Free shape from Silhouette: wreath

Silhouette is giving away a free shape every day from now through Christmas. Click HERE to grab today's free wreath from the Silhouette Design Store.

Friday Freebies {plus new Warmest Wishes bundle}

The LD 75% off bundle sale is still going on and they have added 2 more bundles to the sale today:

Click HERE to get the Warmest Wishes Graphics bundle (great for print-and-cut) or HERE to get the Cut Its bundle (SVG included).

Don't forget to use your coupon if you are shopping the sale. Use the code merry25 to save an extra 25% on purchases of $15 or more.

Here is your Friday Freebie:

Click HERE or the image above to go to the LD site. Add the Warmest Wishes Surfing Santa Cut It (SVG) and graphic set to your cart and checkout. You pay $0.00! The links to the download will show up after the "transaction" is completed.

scrapNfonts is a sister site of LD and they also have a freebie to give away. Click HERE to go to their store and get their Snowman Treat Labels (printable).

Silhouette users, don't forget to grab the weekly freebie from the Silhouette Online (Shape) Store.

Jin's Snow Globe Shaker Card

I might have squealed a little too loudly when I first saw the LD Snow Globes. A penguin snow globe? YES, PLEASE!! My oldest kid is crazy about penguins and I just know that she would love the penguin card from the set. In fact, I would make her a penguin shaker card so she could shake it as though it's a real snow globe.

Instead of using the Cut It set, I thought I would use the graphic because I like the snowflake background in the latter. However, I realized that the "bubble" on the graphic distracts from the penguin so I decided to recreate the design using Cut Its instead.

To make the snowflake background, I used the snowflake images from the Chill in the Air Cut Its set. I added the snow flurries by drawing little circles with the Circle Tool. To make the penguin look more interesting, I added a pattern to the scarf.

With reference to the screenshot above, after cutting out all the layers, I adhered the Transparency (or you can use acetate) to the back of the Card Front. Next, I cut out small pieces of foam tape and adhered them around the clear window. This is to make room between the window and the printed background for the fake snow that I will be using as the "shakable elements" of the shaker card.

It dawned upon me that the card front looked rather bare so I went ahead and added a greeting using a vinyl cutout. It is probably a good idea to do this before the previous step but I was glad that it worked out anyway.

Now I am ready to fill the card with fake snow, glitter, and tiny sequins!

Here's the finished card:

I love how the foil cardstock made the snow globe looks as though it has a silver stand and I just looove the interactive element of this card. Because of its "shaker" feature, this paper snow globe feels like a card version of a real snow globe! Too fun! I can't wait to show this to my kid. 'Wonder if she would squeal just as loud as I did. ;)


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Files used:
Snow Globes Cut It set (SVG included)
Chill in the Air Cut It (SVG included) (snowflake background)
Peepsicles Paper Pack (pattern-fill for scarf)

Stampendous Shaved Ice

**I bought the foil cardstock from a local paper shop that has since closed but I think that the AC foil papers should work too.

LD Bonus Freebies for Dec 2014

This month's bonus freebies are up on the LD site!

Click on the image(s) below to go to the LD site. Add the Bo Ho Ho (printable) , and the Gingerbread Cupcake Wraps (SVG) to your cart and check out. You pay $0! The links to the downloads will show up once the "transaction" is completed.

There is also a free sample alphabet posted on the LD site. Unlike their usual freebie(s), you cannot checkout with the whole alphabet set to get it for free. Instead, you can only download a word or a phrase. Hence a free alphabet sample. (Hint: Use it to make a free title for your scrapbook page!)

To get your Christmas Glow alphabet sample, click HERE to go to the LD site and click on the Try Me Now button on the top right corner. Enter a word or a phrase in the text box and the preview box will show you how it looks like in the form of the alphabet. If you like the way it looks, you can get the word/phrase as a free sample by clicking on the Save button. Don't forget to change the image to a higher resolution before starting the download. Note that you can only download the word or phrase that you type in the text box for free. Unlike the usual LD freebies, you will be charged for the alphabet if you try to check out with the entire set in your cart.

Friday Freebies {plus 75% off LD Bundles!}

There is an AWESOME sale going on over at the LD store. All bundles are 75% off! This includes their new Snow Globes Collection!

 

Click HERE to see all the bundles that are on sale.

LD has also brought back their Archived Bundles and put them on sale at a whooping 95% off! Click HERE to see what's included.

 

It's the first Friday of the month and LD has a brand new "Earn It For Free" promotion going on:

Click HERE to find out how you can get the Make Life Sweet collection added to your LD Library at no additional charges.

Here's a closer look at the Snow Globes collection that I mentioned earlier. Isn't it adorable? Click HERE to get the bundle that is on sale for 75% off. It's a much better deal than buying the sets individually.

Don't forget your coupon! Use the code merry25 to save an extra 25% on purchases of $15 or more.

Here is your Friday Freebie:

Click HERE or the image above to go to the LD site. Add the Make Life Sweet Cut It (SVG) and graphic set to your cart and checkout. You pay $0.00! The links to the download will show up after the "transaction" is completed.

scrapNfonts is a sister site of LD and they also have a freebie to give away. Click HERE to go to their store and get their "The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway" printable.

Silhouette users, don't forget to grab the weekly freebie from the Silhouette Online (Shape) Store.

1-day only! 50% off LD.

LD has a new coupon out that is good for 1 day only. The code Gift4You will take 50% off any purchase of $10 or more.

 Click HERE to go to the LD store.

Jin's Gingerbread House Shaped Card

One of our favorite things to do during the holiday season is to decorate a gingerbread house with the kids. We always buy the kit from Costco. I would set everything out on the table and Hubby would help the girls with the gingerbread house while I take pictures.

While browsing the LD site the other day, I came across the cutting file of a gingerbread house. The Christmas Calories Cut It set was released last year when I was on vacation and I never got around to playing with it when I got back. Now that the holiday season is upon us again, it's time that I gave the set a try.

Before attempting the cutting file for the gingerbread house, I decided to cut and assemble the gingerbread boy first. It was so easy to do that I ended up making a batch of those "cookies" quickly.

As soon as I finished assembling the gingerbread cookies, I started to import the gingerbread house SVG into Silhouette Studio DE (v2.8.16d). This is the shaped card that I came up with:

Using a combination of print-and-cut, and traditional paper-layering, I made this gingerbread house shaped card:

The layers that made up the house were cut out of different colored cardstock and adhered together with glue. The card base as well as the patterned background were print-and-cut.

When the kids were little, they would decorate one gingerbread house together. Now that they are older, I may have to get them their own Gingerbread House kit. Excuse me while I take a moment to check my budget...

1 Gingerbread House Kit = $9.99

3 Gingerbread House Kit = 3 x $9.99 = $29.97

Hmm.... on second thoughts, I wonder if they'd settle for making shaped cards instead.

Files used:
Christmas Calories Cut It (SVG)
Strawberry Kisses Paper Pack