Giving my Silhouette a shot

I am always so happy when Friday rolls around.  I wouldn’t trade the weekdays with Henry for anything, but the days can become tiring, especially now.  Friday nights are typically “hang out at home family nights” and Saturday night we make occasional plans with friends when we are in town & don’t have family visiting.  Tonight was just that!  We even ended the night catching up on the new episode of 24 from Monday.  Gotta love DVR.

This post will be short and sweet or should I say, simple.  I finally busted out my Silhouette Cameo a few weeks ago.  It was a Christmas gift and I felt so intimidated by it all of these months, so I had to find the courage to open the box, read the instructions and dive in.  I have a TON to learn when it comes to the ins and outs of the tool, but for now, I am having fun just playing around with it… designing a few things and cutting them!  The possibilities are seriously endless though.  This week, I attempted my 2nd and 3rd projects on it.  One is for the nursery, which I will share upon completion and the other is the Word Art I mentioned yesterday.

Here is how this little thing turned out:

So I opened a MS Word doc, typed out “Keep it” in AR Julian font, point size 80 and printed it on white cardstock paper.  I then opened up the Silhouette Studio on my computer, typed out “Simple” in Scriptina font and fed the gold vinyl adhesive paper in the machine and told it to “cut”. From there, I simply peeled the letters off the sheet and placed them on my cardstock.  Popped it in this black and gold 8.5″ x 11″ Goodwill frame I’ve had for a while and BAM!  New piece of word art in my entryway. I <3 it!

It might seem like gold overkill in the pictures, but if you know me, you know I have been obsessing over all things gold / brass / sparkle / you name it.  A little bling never hurt nobody! 🙂

Have a great weekend and Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mamas out there!