I made some leaf paper cutting templates and inked them with my new Dylusions sprays :) I found some leaves that had prominent veins, and created cutting files from them. I then inked them with crushed grape and cut grass dylusions spray inks as well as Inktense paint blocks.. then used them as stencils as…
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Shwe Shwe Open Wide Zippered Pouch
I made some presents using Noodlehead’s open wide zipper pouch tutorial and South African Shwe Shwe fabric
Nature Journaling – Elmstead Woods
During the summer I did a wildflower survey in Elmstead Woods (South East London) for Plantlife.com and collected leaves from some of the plants I saw. I decided to make a nature journal page using paper copies of the leaves and thought I’d share how I made it. Firstly I pasted a brown paper bag…
Silhouette Studio Notebook Tutorial
Hi all, I’ve been making lots of these dinky little notebooks on my Silhouette Cameo lately so thought I would share a tutorial. First design the pages in the silhouette studio software Make a rectangle to the size you require your pages, it will be double the size of each page. Then using the guides…
Kathy Orta mini album with DCWV black current paper
Another gift mini album made using the All Occasions Mini Album tutorial by Kathy Orta and the Black Current paper stack by Die Cuts with a View (DCWV)
Mini Album using Tattered Time (DCWV) paper
Another All Occasions (Kathy Orta) mini album I made as a gift using the Tattered Time paper stack by Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) video here
Altered desk decor box
Hi, I had some spare time so decided to finish my altered desk decor box Here is my desk during the process I used gold coloured gouache on the box body and legs, then added brads and antiqued bronze chain plus a key trinket. I think it looks quite cute :) I’ve also included these…
Paper cut christmas decorations
Here are some of the christmas decorations I cut on my silhouette cameo. UPDATE! I now have a tutorial for making the paper cut Christmas wreath here https://phloem.co.uk/2015/12/13/tutorial-video-paper-cut-wreath-using-the-silhouette-cameo/ I made the banner using 2 different colours of blue, they were then sewn onto some blue ribbon using my sewing machine. I think they look…
Kathy Orta All Occasions Mini Album with Tim Holtz Laboratory Paper
Hi everyone, here is one of the presents I made for christmas, it’s a Kathy Orta All Occasions Mini Album made with Tim Holtz Laboratory Paper. I cut lots of elements on my silhouette cameo and hand painted them with Inktense blocks. it was really good fun, check out the video below too..
Gel pen heaven
Just a small selection of my glitter and metallic gel pens (am writing xmas cards), I seem to have an ever increasing variety of them but mostly uni-ball, pentel and crayola :) I cant wait to get a pen holder for my cameo, so instead of cutting it will automatically write and draw in a…
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