Silhouette Cameo - Tina Fitch - Butterfly Easel Card

Mothers Day Cards

 

I love to make special cards for both Mums.

This year I had decided I was making exploding boxes.

I cut the pieces out for the first one and started gluing together but I'm not sure if it was my choice of card or the colour/pattern combination but it looked like something a five year old had made. (no offence meant to any 5 year olds).

With 2 days to go I needed inspiration for a stunning card I could make quickly!

 

I am so please I chose this card

This is a cutting file bought from Tina Fitch Forever Memories  and cut on my

Silhouette Cameo Machine.



I think the cards look stunning! 

Once all of the pieces are cut out they are very easy to construct

with sticky pads and glue

They do use quite a lot of card and sticky pads.

Each card takes 8 sheets of A4 but I think it is worth it.



Large Family Tree - Silhouette Cameo

I really enjoyed making this tree

This was a special order for a friend to give to her best friend as a wedding gift. 

What a gorgeous idea to celebrate not just a wedding

But two families coming together.

 

 

As there were 18 names to fit on the tree I suggested a bigger frame & tree

The frame is a 55cm square Ikea Ribba Frame.

The tree is 40cm square from Bespoke Lazercutz  and is much bigger than it looks in the picture.

 

 

The layout of the hearts is very much personal to the customer.

The trees I have made so far have laid the names out in a way that shows the order of the family from top down but could be changes so that the family "grows" from the middle.

 

When designing this tree a challenge was to find a backing paper that was big enough (50cm square) but did not detract from the tree.

Here are some of the options considered

This is wrapping paper, we felt it was too busy.

 

Wrapping paper again,  didn't like this.

 

This is cotton fabric and although very pretty was too busy a pattern.

This is the backing that comes with the frame and a square of coloured paper

Thought it looked a bit weird.

Although the Gold was a lovely warm colour we felt it did not give

enough contrast to the tree.

 

 

 



More Box Frame - Family Tree's - Silhouette Cameo

A few more family trees to share with you

As before the wooden pieces are bought from Bespoke Lazercutz .

The first one is a little different as I have painted the leaves and hearts with acrylic paint before adding the lettering. 

 

 

The lettering has been cut in silver vinyl as I didn't think black would show up very well on the burgundy hearts.  The frames I have used so far are from Ikea which are good value but only available in black or white.  The frames used for these trees are Ribba Frame  which are approx 25cm square (inner approx 23cm square)

 

 

This was my first black frame,  I quite like it!

The background and gem colour are chosen to fit in with the décor of the home it is going to live in.

 

 

For this size of Tree and frame I wouldn't want to add many more hearts/names than this one as I feel it would hide too much of the beautiful tree.