Samantha Walker Silhouette Portrait Giveaway and Promotion!

Have you been by Samantha Walker's Blog this morning?  
She is giving away another Silhouette Portrait Machine!  

Enter Here!

Silhouette is also having a special promotion with their fabric interfacing and you are going to love all that you can create with it!  

I am sharing an adorable onesie I created using Samantha's Dog Puppy Silhouette cut, the Clean Cut Fabric Interfacing, and Samantha's Serenata fabric collection!  

Tutorial:

1.  Cut a piece of the Clean Cut Fabric Interface a little smaller than your fabric.  Place the textured side down on the back of your fabric.

2.  Use a hot iron to adhere the interfacing to the fabric.

3.  The back of your fabric should look like this now.

4.  Remove the backing from the interfacing.

5.  Place the fabric on your Silhouette mat.

6.  Insert your Fabric Blade into your machine and load your fabric.

7.  Move your design to match where your fabric is on your mat and then press the "send to silhouette" button.  Change your cut setting to "fabric cotton print" and make sure your blade is adjusted properly.  Press "cut".

 8.  Your Silhouette will cut your design.

 9.  Unload your mat once the cut is complete and remove the fabric.

10. Your cut should look similar to this.  Remove the design from the mat.

11. Place the design on your onesie and place it where you want it.

12. Iron the design on.

13. I used the Clean Cut Fabric Interfacing for my project and then hand-stitched the edges.  If you want to use a machine to sew on your design make sure you use the Sewable Fabric Interfacing.

If you already have a Silhouette, be sure to take advantage of the promotion!  You can get both the Clean Cut Fabric Interfacing and the Sewable Fabric Interfacing plus the Fabric Blade and a $25 download card for just $29.99!

Just click HERE and use promo code SAMANTHA!

Father's Day Cards with PSA Essentials!

Good morning!  Today I am sharing three Father's Day cards I 

created using PSA Essentials Peel and Stick stamps and some of my favorite SRM Stickers!  

Be sure to check out the PSA Essentials blog to see more!

May Flowers Challenge - Day Two!

Welcome to day two of The Twinery May Flowers Challenge!  

If you missed day one, be sure to click here to see Sarah's project and her fabulous tutorial!  All week long, The Twinery designers will be sharing all their beautiful projects and we hope you have time to enter yours too!  You can find all the details about the challenge by clicking here!

I am with you today sharing a fun tutorial using 

label paper and of course twine!

This is one of my favorite ways to adhere twine to my 

cards and I think once you try it, you will love it too!

1.  Cut a 2" piece of label paper to fit the width of your card.

2.  Adhere the non-sticky side of the label paper to the front of your card.

3.  Peel off the label paper backing and begin adhering your twine.

4.  Continue building your twine strips until you reach the thickness you want.

5.  You can add other colors easily by starting a new row!

6.  I placed a strip of ribbon below my twine to hide the gap between my twine and the scallop paper.

Super quick and easy!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  

Be sure to check out the May Flowers Challenge and enter your creation!

A Little Something For Dad

Good morning!  Today I am back to share a fun little card for dad!  

I am using the Basis Cardstock from CutCardStock.com along with my Silhouette!  This cardstock is 80# weight and comes in some many rich and bold colors, in a variety of sizes and it cuts beautifully in my die cutting machines!  You can see all the colors here.

Tutorial:

1.  Cut out the pieces using the Basis Cardstock and your digital die cutting machine.  Ink around the edges of all the pieces.

2.  Fold the cardbase on the score line.  Use the white gel pen to create dashes around the edges of the cardbase and the banner.

3.  Use foam adhesive to adhere the banner piece to the center of the banner shape on the cardbase.

4.  Adhere the smaller letters inside the larger letters as shown.

5.  With the white gel pen, create dashes on the inside letters.

6.  Manually cut a piece of coordinating cardstock to fit inside the card.

7.  Attach the "DAD" to the front of the card with foam adhesive, lining up the letters with the base of the card.

8.  Embellish card as desired!

CutCardStock.com Supplies:

  

Other Supplies:

Digital Die Cut: DAD Card (Jamie Lane Designs/svg)

Twine: Charcoal (The Twinery)

Wood Chip: Hearts (Freckled Fawn)

Ink: Charcoal and Olive Pastel Cat's Eye Chalk (ClearSnap)

Samantha Walker May Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Welcome to the Samantha Walker Creative Crafters Team Blog Hop!
You should have arrived here from Diana Fisher's blog!


We also have an amazing giveaway this month sponsored by Silhouette! 
This month one lucky winner will receive a 
Silhouette Portrait Die Cutting Machine!

All you need to do is enter below. You can earn multiple entries by following us on Facebook, commenting below, tweeting about the giveaway, and signing up for the email updates. This giveaway is open to US customers only.

Click HERE to enter!


Today I am sharing a Teacher gift using Samantha's 3D Apple Basket Silhouette cut and Silhouette's new Chipboard!  I love the weight of the chipboard and how beautifully it cuts with my Silhouette machine!  It really adds such sturdiness to the boxes and bags and now they can hold SO MUCH more!  My basket today has four post-it note pads, a pack of pencils, and a gift card and it doesn't bend what so ever when I pick it up!  Love that.

  Samantha Walker Supplies:
Silhouette Cuts: 3D Apple Basket
Papers: A to Z Collection

Other supplies:
Chipboard: Chipboard Pack (Silhouette) promo code SAMANTHA
Twine: The Twinery
Ink: Peeled Paint Distress, Tim Holtz (Ranger)
Color Shine (Heidi Swapp)
Wood Veneer (Studio Calico)



You can find Silhouette's new chipboard on sale now through 5/15!
Just click HERE and enter promo code SAMANTHA!

Tutorial:

1. Cut the 3D Apple Basket using Silhouette's Chipboard and again with your patterned paper.

2. Adhere the patterned paper on top of the chipboard cuts.

3. Fold on all the score marks and run the handle along the edge of your desk to form with a curve.

4. Place adhesive on the side tabs of the basket then adhere two sides against the apple shape as shown.

5. Adhere the remaining two side as shown in the image.

6. Place the handles through the slots provided on the sides.

7. Ink the chipboard stems with green ink and cut a 1" rectangle, trimming a triangle from one end.  Ink the banner shape as well.

8. After inking, lightly spritz with Color Shine to add shimmer.

9. Adhere the pieces to the basket and add twine and wood veneer to embellish.

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Creating a Card with Scraps!

 Good morning!  I am back with you today to 

share a fun tutorial to create this card!

What I love most about this card is that you can use small pieces of paper which allows you to use your scraps (or save bigger pieces of paper for more projects)!

Tutorial:

1.  Cut 1-1/4" x 3" strips of coordinating papers then cut triangle shapes out of the bottom of each.  They do not have to be perfectly centered, in fact off setting some of the cuts adds to the cuteness!  

2.  Adhere two of the banner shapes to a white cardstock base as shown.

3.  Adhere a third banner to overlap one of the already placed banners.

4.  Place the last banner over the other three banners as shown.

5.  Trim the white cardstock down leaving a small white border on three sides.

Next you will want to create a white cardbase and adhere a piece of ribbon in the center lining up the left edge.  Attach your banner pieced card using foam adhesives and tie a coordinating ribbon in a bow and add in a piece of white twine to tie around the center of the other bow.  Finish the card by adding in the 'friends' fabric button!

CTMH Supplies:

Workshops On The Go Chantilly Scrapbooking Kit

Be sure to check out Dr. Phil's blog to see 

more creations using the fabulous CTMH products!

Teacher Appreciation Week with The Twinery!

Welcome to The Twinery's Teacher Appreciation Week!  All week long you will find lots of wonderful and inspiring ideas from The Twinery Designers!

My oldest is in middle school and finding a gift that we both agree upon isn't as easy as it use to be and since she has multiple teachers, gift cards and store bought gifts really add up quickly and don't quite fit our budget.  

We decided this year we would make personalized Teacher Note Card Sets!  

Tutorial:

1.  Use your digital die cutting machine to cut the 3D Semi Circle box from Samantha Walker cutting the box first by placing it on the active mat and then the coordinating pieces as shown.

2.  For the main box, fold on all the score lines.

3.  Place the two larger semi-circles on the tabs, making sure to place the one with the slots on the slotted area of the box.

4.  Place the smaller semi-circles on the remaining areas.

5.  Cut 5" x 5" squares from cream cardstock and create "from the desk of:  {insert teacher's name}" in a word processing application then print on all of the squares.  I have 25 squares in mine.

6.  Once you have all the printing done, cut 3/4" x 5" strips of coordinating papers and adhere to the left edge of the squares as shown.

7.  Using the Ocean Twine tie the squares together then place them inside the box.

8.  Fold the two side flaps over and then fold the two larger flaps in.

9-10.  Tuck the tab into the slot and push to close.

Tie a ribbon on the outside of the box to help secure it in place then use the Ocean and Marigold twine to tie a bow around the ribbon!

The Twinery supplies:

Other Supplies:

Die Cut: 3D Semi-Circle Box, Silhouette (Samantha Walker)

Patterned Paper: Traditions Collection by Samantha Walker (Carta Bella)

Cardstock: Cream (Prism)

Fonts: Print Clearly and Pea Hannah Rocky Road

Ribbon: Oragandy Ribbon, Light Blue (Ribbons Unlimited)

Be sure to head over to The Twinery blog to see 

more Teacher Appreciation Gifts all week!