I have been away for a while working on a new crafting adventure. A few months ago I invested in a Silhouette Cameo and I absolutely love this machine, I have discovered a love of making cards for friends and family and this machine has helped a lot. Learning the software has been challenging and I am sure I still have a lot to learn but getting there. I will be starting a new blog for the cards and other crafts and with possibly selling them once I have got a name and more ideas drawn out. Eventually I would like to start using HTV (heat transfer vinyl) but I will have to wait to get a heat press. In the mean time here is what I have been working on Created for my dad for Father's Day Crested for my husband for Fathers Day Created for my husband for his birthday Created for my Father-in-law for Fathers day These are just a few of the card I have created over the last month and I look forward to doing many more. I love how much more personal these cards are i
I am calling this my successful fail, this was my first attempt at using a couple of new tools. It was a fail because it did not turn out how I would have liked but successful because I learned some valuable lessons in the process. Lesson #1: The Pen holder for the Silhouette Cameo: I took a chance on this tool, I was not sure if it would work in the new machine, all the videos on you tube had shown the older machine. After using the Sketch pens made for the machine, which I am not a big fan of because my last card I made the ink skipped. I wanted to make sure the ink would not skip again so I figured I would test out a couple of pens in the holder. What I found was the shape of the pen makes a difference. I love my micron pens but I find they did not fit as well as the Copic multiliners, the Copic pens are fatter near the tip so it was a snug fit and did not slip. The Micron are thinner near the tip and it slipped from the holder. Here is the test sheet I did with a few different