happy tree decor!
Ok, so this was delivered to my door yesterday...
yep, the Silhouette SD digital die cutting machine! I've been stalking it for a long time, wondering if it was something that I really wanted or not. I've seen so many cool projects done with it & had lots of cool ideas in my mind. I finally decided to take the leap, as I could use it for Pink Trike & for gifts, etc. So this morning I unpacked it, got it hooked up & loaded on my mac & off I went. I figured out a few things right off that I messed up, but seriously it's super cool & easy to use. My first project was an easy one... I had in my head that I wanted to make a banner garland for our christmas tree. I took a file I already had created & just resized to what I needed. My cup runneth over with excess scrapbook paper that has been sad & lonely in their bins. I've been wanting to clean house of "traditional" scrapbook stuff, so that's what I decided to use... but how sweet would this be made out of any digital paper printed off & cut? Here's how it turned out...
I think it's super cute. All I did was fold the banners in half & stapled them to some twine. I also made up those coffee filter flowers over the weekend & added the scrapbook papers to the centers & the buttons that I have a gazillion of! I wanted our tree to look sorta fun & simple this year. I've used the same ornaments & decorations for the last five years & I'm planning on putting them to use in other parts of the house to decorate.
Since I was so busy playing today, I didn't get any "real" work done, but I do have new kits coming out tomorrow... they'll be printable Christmas gift tags! I've done up 4 different versions, with 2 different sheets in each... super useful this time of year! I need to get some printed off myself... see you soon!
{robyn}
12.1.2010
Reader Comments (2)
This is so fabulous! You are so creative! Love, love, love!
love the banner garland idea! i have my tree up and lighted ... but havn't put any decorations on it yet. i was debating if i wanted to use my old bead garland or not. now i'm debating making one of these! and glad to hear you have your silhouette up and running. mine is out of the box and on my desk ... but i havn't had a chance to play with it yet.