Let's Start By Taking A Smallish Nap or Two

Hello, hello - Karen here with a 'sort of' design of the week.  I apologise in advance for the photography as it has been a horrible foggy day today and impossible to get a decent photo.

From the 22nd to 30th November the Silhouette Design Store is giving away a different free design every day!

This was one from Sunday and as soon as I saw it I knew the exact photo I wanted to use with it. 

I decided that I would make an 11 x 8.5 scrapbook page - a size I used to scrap with all the time but haven't used for several years.

I started by arranging lots of z's around the page, adding a rectangle to hold my photo and writing my journaling, all of which will be written using Apple Pie Sketch font and a blue Silhouette pen.

I added the design to my page, resized and ungrouped it then rearranged it as I wanted to use the moon and clouds to hide things on my photograph.

I added a few more stars and cut it out.  I backed the stars with gold glitter card and the text with silver.

All that was left to do was to add my photo, moon and clouds.

I think that the whole page took less than 50 minutes to make from start to finish!

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Design of the Week - Making Magic Happen - 25th September 2018

Well hello lovely Silhouetters - it's that time again - DOTW.  This week it is a cut file - Making Magic Happen. 

I have to admit I was at a bit of a loss as to what to do with this one as I didn't want to use it on a scrapbook page and that is my 'go to' project.  I took the dog for a walk whilst I had a think and saw a friend who's daughter had married at the weekend and that's when inspiration hit me (you never know when it will)!  What an ideal sentiment for a wedding or anniversary card and so my project for this week was born.

I used a 5.5 square card and matted a 5 x 5in piece of gold glitter onto that.  I then cut a piece of white card 4.5 ins square and used an embossing folder to give it some texture. 

I reduced the design to 4ins wide and cut it from the same gold glitter card.  I then rearranged the layout of the design and used the centre of one of the stars for the dot on my 'i' in 'making' and one of the larger stars as the dot on my 'i' in 'Magic'. 

From not having a clue as to what I was going to do to making a card I am really pleased with all because I took Kiera out for a walk - how fortunate was that?