Be Mine

One thing that definitely gets me through our yucky New England January winters is preparing for Valentine's Day.  I simply adore the colors and these Doodlebug patterns are so cute.  I used two different Digi Playground files for my project.  The box is made by the uber talented Jamie Cripps and it is called 3D Candy Bar/Pencil Holder.  So you can use it for two different things.  You can find this amazing file here.

The sentiments are called Valentine Phrases and you can print them in so many wonderful yummy papers and resize them to fit your needs.  You could even make a matching card for your chocolate bar treat holder.  You can find the files for the phrases here.  Jamie made these awesome files as well.

I hope that winter is good to you and be sure to hop on into the store to pick up these and other wonderful Valentine files.

Hugs,

Anita

Thankful Silhouette Knife Tool Tutorial

Hello Everyone:
I hope that those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving had a great one.  I love looking through the Digi Playground store to see what other uses I can find for cut files.  I found this Weave Bracelet by Minilou and knew that I was making holiday breads for our local food pantry and wanted to be able to decorate the breads.  I used the bracelet cut file and worked with it to make a band to put around the bread loaf.

I took the bracelet cut file and put it on my mat.  I then chose the knife tool and cut the end of the bracelet with the side you put the tab into off.  I wanted two layers to my band so did the same to both files.  I measured my bread so that I knew how many of the bands I needed to cut.  

1. Ungroup your files

2.  Delete what you don't need

3.  Click on the knife too

4.  Place start cut at top of item to be cut and drag arrow down

5.  Use select tool (arrow at the top of your left side tool bar) to cut

6.  Move cut piece away

You can also use the eraser tool if you find that your line is not perfectly straight.  You can use the cut lines on the mat on your screen to guide you as well. 

Here is a close up of the band. 

 

I used the cut file called Thankful short envelope bag by Jamie Cripps for the top decoration.  I know that Thanksgiving is over but this would be a fun way to decorate your winter holiday gift breads.

Be sure to check out the Digi Playground store for these and many other wonderful cut files.

Hugs,

Thanksgiving Treat Holders

Happy Halloween Everyone:

It's Saturday which means that it is tutorial day here at Digi Playground.  I decided to make some Thanksgiving treat holders as I am responsible for bringing treats and desserts as my assignment.  Did you know that many of our files include a full color cut file option which I just find so very helpful when planning out what colors/patterns of paper to use for my project.  I usually go back to the Digi Playground web site and take a photo of the original project and then reference that when organizing my cut mat by file and papers used.  I love this little turkey and cup cake wrappers are always so much fun.  This cut file was made by our very own Samantha Walker and is called 3D Cupcake Wrapper Turkey and you can find it here.  

 

I love making multiple different designs which are tied together by the paper line that I used.  In  this case it was Fall Friends from Doodlebug.  The cut file on the right is called Thankful Short Envelope Bag and is by the Uber talented Jamie Cripps.  You can find this file here.  I took the white patterned leaf and laid that cut file over the background file and made the leaf file larger but keeping it smaller than the background so that I could add the second leaf which is red.

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The file on the left is also from Jamie Cripps and is called Turkey Short Envelope Bag and you can find it here

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I hope that you have a great weekend and enjoy these projects.  Be sure to check out the Digi Playground store for many more wonderful files.

Hugs,

Anita

Pinspire Me Challenge at Paper Issues

 My dear friend Shannon Morgan creates these monthly Pinspire me challenges for Paper Issues and this is the one for January.  I was inspired to create a mitten wreath using some wonderful papers from Pink Paislee called City Sidewalks.  Love how cute this came out.  Be sure to check out all the wonderful new things Cassie is listing in the Paper Issues store and play along with this challenge on the Paper Issues Friends FB page.

Oh yeah, and there are prizes.  Need I say more??

We *{WANT}* you to LINK UP and show us what you created! 

You can link up to this Pinspire Me over in our Facebook Group...Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} 

You have until February 8th to add your creation to the Pinspire Me post/picture that will be up over in our Facebook Group. 

If you do link up, you'll have a chance to win one of two awesome ❤{Pinspire Me Prizes}❤

Think a Pinspire Inspired Swag Bag...just for you! Make sure you share your pics with us on Instagram too!! We've got a super snazzy hashtag just for you... #paperissuespinspireme ...

Hugs,

Enjoy Today House of Cards Photo/Color Inspiration

Here is my card for the fifth week challenge at House of Cards.  I absolutely love this photo and wish I had that kitchen nook.  Love the colors.  It made me think of Hydrangeas.  I used Jamie Cripps Hydrangea cut file which you can find in the Silhouette Store.  I also won some wonderful stamps from Scrappy Mom's and used that for the sentiment.  Be sure to have fun playing along with this awesome challenge at House of Cards.

Hugs