Shamrockin' Chandelier

A Shamrockin' Chandelier, huh?  I think so.  So festive and fun.  

I cut out shamrocks using my...(you guessed it)...Silhouette...

I used a sticky dot tape roll to stick shamrocks together with fun, green and white bakers twine in the middle...

I hung them from our dining room chandelier...

St. Pat's Picture Display

Our Dynamic Frames haven't exactly been swapped out with new artwork lately.  My little artist is on to bigger and better things, I guess.  Well, I took this opportunity to display our St. Patrick's Day projects.  I still love these frames, they double as storage!

As for the projects on display (they posted last week):

St. Pat's WordArt
St. Pat's Keep Calm
Glittered Rainbow

Glittered Rainbow and Pot 'O Gold with double sided adhesive and Silhouette

I finally got to try my Silhouette double sided adhesive paper with glitter!  I think it's my first project for both!  I saw a couple projects on blog.silhouetteamerica.com and I knew I needed to try using them both!  A Rainbow and Pot O' Gold seemed like a great fit for glitter...

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St. Pat's 'Keep Calm'

I busted out the Silhouette and decided to jump on the 'Keep Calm' bandwagon.  I couldn't resist.  How about the little drunk leprechaun at the top?!  Isn't he great?!  I love St. Patrick's Day (and my Silhouette)!!

I designed my 'Keep Calm' on Silhouette Studio (including the little drunk leprechaun) and cut it out in green cardstock on my Silhouette...

I pulled the cardstock off the cutting mat and placed it on a piece of white cardstock, adhering it into place with an adhesive dot roller...

I adhered the little center pieces into their respective places...

 I hung it in a frame for all to admire...(mostly myself, but I can pretend)!

St. Pat's WordArt

I love this (and my Silhouette)!  I love St. Patrick's Day as well, even though we just sit home these days. 

I designed the WordArt using Silhouette Studio and cut in out in white cardstock with my Silhouette...

I cut pieces of green colored card stock (3 different shades) and stuck them behind each of the words/phrases.  I stuck the centers on where they were needed as well.  I used an adhesive dot roller to affix the paper in place.  If I put too much where it showed through to the other side, it easily rubbed off, kind of like rubber cement...

This is what the back looked like where I was finished...

Awesome, huh?!  I didn't have to print it out using tons of ink and it has some dimension to it!!

My inspiration:  eighteen25.blogspot.com's subway art collection

Valentine Projects Links

Valentine Fortune Cookies


Valentine Mug Rug


Classmate Valentines


Valentine Gift Bag - Silhouette Cut Out


2013 Valentine Bathroom Decor


Wine Bottle Vase with Conversation Hearts as fillers

Paper Heart Roses

Candy Filled Brown Paper Hearts

Valentine Felt Heart Garland

Valentine Paper Heart Garland

Valentine Bathroom Decor

Candy Heart Valentine Wreath

Valentine's Love of Buttons

Super Simple Valentine's Day Wreath

Valentine's Ribbon Wreath

Valentine's Lantern

Valentine's Stained Glue Hearts

Crayon and Wax Paper Hearts

No Slip Valentine Hand Towels

Valentine Fortune Cookies

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

We made Dad (paper) fortune cookies for Valentine's Day but instead a stuffing a fortune inside them, we put reasons why we love him inside.  We put them all in a paper bag with 'Dad, We Love You...' on it and each reason started with '...because (or when)'.  {i.e. ...because you play with me.}  I had to help Steel get started but then he was on a roll.  It was cute and fun.  

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Classmate Valentines

We made these Valentines for Steel's classmates this year.  These are Brown Paper Hearts but made out of Red Paper Bags instead and... of course, filled with m&ms.  Steel wrote everyone's name on the front and wrote his own name of the back.  Mom stitched around the hearts leaving an opening for the goodies, filled them with m&ms and stitched them closed.

Valentine Gift Bag - Silhouette Project

Awesome, huh?!  After I spent the better part of an hour searching for the design number so that I could share it with you, I realized that it was a free design on my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition.  ARGH!!!  It's great though, isn't it?  

Paper Heart Roses

What Valentine's Day wouldn't be complete without some roses, right?  I was searching for some V-day projects and came across this incredibly cute idea...  

How I Did It...

1.  I punched out lots of hearts out of Valentine cardstock.  (I used 4 hearts per rose.)

2.  I cut stems from the straight part of wire hangers.

3.  I used scotch tape to wrap the paper hearts, one by one onto the stem.  (I first, unsuccessfully tried to use floral wire.)  

4.  I wrapped each flower with flower tape from the last 1/2 inch of the flower and along the entire length of the stem.

 Cute, huh?

Inspiration:  http://www.ehow.com/clips/1331920/