Give Thanks -- with Julie

Happy Wednesday, crafty friends!  Julie here today from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers. It's time to switch to winter mode here in Wisconsin.  We are digging out from the first major winter storm of the season.  Everything is white and snowy outside, but inside, I have a Fall card to share today.  I used a beautiful Snapdragon Snippets card file to create this:

This is called the Oak Leaf Swag Card.  You can find it HERE in the Silhouette Design Store.  There are also many great Fall, Christmas, and Winter designs in the NEW Snapdragon Snippets Store.

I followed this design very closely, altering it only by stamping a sentiment on it. All card stock is from Close To My Heart.  The "Give Thanks" sentiment is from Joy's Life. This is from the All Fall Puns sentiment set.  I also added a few sequins from Bella Creationz.

There's a blog hop coming up this weekend! Join us for the fun!

I give thanks for you, my crafty friends, every day.  In this season of counting blessings, know that I count you as very important!

The 8 inches of snow, though.  I'm having a bit more trouble counting the blessing there.  I know!  One day closer to spring!

One File, Four Projects!

Hi! This is Debb and I'm bringing you some projects made with "Leaf Tile" found on the NEW Snapdragon Snippets store! I just wanted to show you that a file can be used in SO MANY ways!

Here it is the focal on the front of a card.

Here I just reduced the size and added vellum to the back, and put four of them together to make this cute little tea light.

Isn't it pretty? Be sure and use a battery tea light!

In this one I made it into wall décor. I love the monochromatic tones!

More wall décor, but I used two different colors and created a shadow box for each one.

I hope I've encouraged you to look at files in new ways. I can't wait to use this on a scrapbooking layout, too! Thanks for joining me today!

Orange, Black, Cats -- it must be Halloween!

Hello, crafty friends.  Julie here today from Muddy Paw & Inky Fingers. I'm on a quest to get at least 50 Halloween cards made for the nursing home residents where I work, so I knew I wanted to make some cards. Snapdragon Snippets has lots of great ones! Here's what I did....

This first card is the SDS Halloween Black Cat Rocker Card (Silhouette Online Store). It is also available as part of the JGW Bewitched Bootique kit at SVG Attic. OR, you can look for this file in the BRAND NEW Snapdragon Snippets Store!
 It was very fun to put together, with it's various layers to cut and assemble.  There is a tutorial here that can help also.

I also made two very easy cards -- 5 minutes from start to finish.  You gotta love that!

These cards are the SDS Candy Corn Card, found in the Silhouette Online Store.  They can also be found at SVG Attic as part of the Spooky Cards set.

Here's one more look at a Candy Corn card-- simple, but really cute!

Halloween is almost here.  I better get my craft on!

Quilter Wall Art

Hello everyone, it's Esther here with another fun wall art using a couple different files from Snapdragon Snippets!

My sister is a fabulous quilter and I have been the recipient of several beautiful quilts. I always give her a little something for Mothers day, so this year I decided to make her something for her sewing room. Snapdragon Snippets had the perfect files to create some lovely wall art for her.

I used a shadowbox I purchased at Joann's; some purple card stock and scraps of patterned paper; and two files from Snapdragon. For the inside quilt block I used file #9344 quilt blocks 2 and for the vinyl on the glass I used file #55633 the power of one quilter.

If you have a seamstress, but not a quilter, they do have a cut file that simply says: Never underestimate the power of one Woman and her sewing machine! It is file #55634!

Don't forget about our May - Anything Goes challenge! You can enter here!!!

We'd love to see your creation and there are fabulous prizes you can win!

Split Wall Art

Hi everyone, Esther here!

I wanted to share a couple of projects I made with Snapdragon Snippets Wall Art files. These files are so fun and I love the way you can insert a name, or anything else you want, in between the split.

I decided I wanted to make some wall art for my grandchildren's rooms.

My granddaughter is totally into princesses (what girl isn't) right now, so for her I chose to use split castle wall art which you can find here and cut it out with black vinyl. I decided to put it on a white shadow box so that I could put some fun background paper behind it. I used Magical Forest in Ever After by Pebbles. Then I cut her name out at 3/4" with pink vinyl using the Storybook Cricut cartridge.

My grandson is playing Little League and just loving every minute of it. For his wall art I chose to use Split Baseball wall art which you can purchase here and cut it out with white vinyl. I picked a black shadowbox and his background paper is Zach from Love You More by Pebbles. His name was cut out in yellow vinyl at 3/4" using the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!!

New DT Member

Hi, my name is Esther. I am a wife, mother of 2 beautiful daughters and grandmother of both a sweet boy and girl!! I have been a crafter all of my life and have been scrapbooking for about 15 years. I love all kinds of paper crafting, card making, scrapbooking and home decor. I am super excited to be a part of the Snapdragon Snippets design team and am looking forward to creating all kinds of fun projects!!! You can find me either on my Blog: http://forthjoyofcreating.blogspot.com  or on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/poodlecups/

I'd like to share with you three, of the many, projects I've made with Snapdragon Snippets files which you can purchase here.

3D Rose & Tulip Tutorial

The Rose and Tulip have a lot of similarities.   Start with the largest petal ring first and insert the tabs into the  hole on the adjacent petal forming a bowl.

This picture shows the different sets of petals for the rose.

The piece above is the stem.  Form it by rolling the rectangle part shown on the right up above.    The goal here is to form a tight roll so you may have to roll it a few times.  The long thin part to the left is kept straight.

Once rolled tightly.  Check the hole on the petals  to make sure that the stem fits into the hole.  Once rolled glue in place.

Fold the long piece along the dotted lines.

Form a tri-fold which will be the top part of the stem and hold the petals down.

Insert stem through the smallest petals.  Ensure the tri-fold is on the inside.  

Insert other petals onto the stem from smallest to largest.

Form base cone, by curling it then gluing the edge that overlaps.  Be sure to  the gap at the tip of the cone to insert the  stem.

Slide base onto the stem and press up against the petals.

Add leaves by gluing the base of the leave onto the stem.   Once attached fold down.

Out of this world! 3D Rocket Box Tutorial

A few weeks ago, we released a cute little rocket box in the Silhouette Online Store. There were a few glitches, but it is now back! I'd love to take credit for it, but it was mostly all Mike's creation. I just love it! I guess to make a cool boy box, it really does take a guy.

For the tutorial, we asked the amazing Sarah Traub to once again work her magic in video tutorials. She did not disappoint. I especially love the little clip at the end! You'll know what I mean when you see it.
So without further adieu, here is Sarah's Tutorial of the 3D Rocket Box from Snapdragon Snippets!

3D ROCKET BOX TUTORIAL 

by Sarah Traub

The digital die cut for this file can be found in the Silhouette Online Store in .studio form
or at www.snapdragonsnippets.com in .svg form. 

3D woven baskets tutorial

COMING SOON

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

This tutorial shows how to assemble the woven 3D baskets from Snapdragon Snippets. The digital dies can be found in the Silhouette online store in .studio form or at www.snapdragonsnippets.com in .svg form.

In this tutorial I'll walk you through the single handled basket, but the double handled basket is basically the same.

This is how I set up my cut files. The basket body I cut from a dark blue. This includes the 6 side pieces (squished hexagons), the handle strip (rectangle), and the base of the basket (hexagon with 6 tabs).

 Weaving the sides

Choose one of the squished hexagons. Locate the side with all the slashes in it. 

To weave the strips through easier, I pushed the vertical "threads" out a little.

When weaving, I suggest not removing the strips from your mat. The reason, that's a lot of little strips and it could get really confusing which one to use next if they're just in a big pile. I keep them on the mat and take one strip off at a time. 

Take the largest strip of the first set of strips. Weave it through the two slits closest to the middle as shown below. 

 

When I created this die cut, I purposely made it to hang slightly hang over the edge on both sides to cover the seems between each section. If this bugs you, trim it down. 

Take the next longest strip of the first set and weave it through the next three "threads" down as shown below.

 

Repeat all the way down. When you're inserting the last strip, be cautious. I ripped through the bottom of one of my sections.

Once you've weaved all six sections, crease each one in half. There are a couple different creases to make.

#1: the plain squished hexagon - just fold in half.

 

#2: Handled squished hexagon Single handled basket - fold in half except for middle nob. (See photos below)

Double handled basket - fold in half except for handles. 

 #3: Squished hexagon with side tabs - fold both tabs towards inside

 #4: Handled squished hexagon  - fold all tabs toward inside