Personalized Valentine Stickers by Tya

Hi friends - It's Tya and today I am sharing with you a tutorial on how to custom make your very own Valentines Day Stickers! Recently Lori came out with a few darling sets of Print and Cut Valentines with the cutest icons on them. So I thought it would be fun to make some matching stickers with the same icons on them and add a little personal touch to them by saying who they were from as well!

 Let me show you the steps on how I did this!
First off gather your supplies - I used some Double Dot papers from Bo Bunny for my enevelopes, some Silhouette White Sticker paper and some buttons for decor.

First step-
Pull up the files in the the Silhouette Software - I used the Butterfly and Heart Valentine file for my project.
Using the Print and Cut feature - I printed out my cards.

Next I ungrouped the images until I got the Butterfly and Heart Image all by themselves.

Now I want to draw a circle around the shapes to make the outside of the sticker, so I took the Ellipse tool and made a 3 inch circle around both shapes.

Next, I typed out my sentiment using the Type Tool - I used the LW Simple Dot Font. I added the sentiment onto the shapes.

 Next , using the Ellipse Tool again, I drew a 2 .75 inch circle.Drag that circle into the larger circle and center. Using the Line Style Tool, changed the line from solid to dashed to make it look like it was a sewn edge. You don't necessarily have to do this step but I thought it was fun. :) Now go ahead and duplicate the shapes to fill your sticker sheet.

Next we need to make sure that the only lines that the Silhouette is going to cut is the outer line as shown, so go to the Cut Settings tab and make sure you click on every part of the sticker and make sure that the inside shape, sentiment and dotted line circle do not get cut by clicking No Cut. Then select the outer line and select cut edge. This way the only line that will get cut is the very outer edge.

Now we are ready to print the sticker sheet out. Load the sticker paper into the printer. Add registration marks and select the "White Sticker Paper" setting on the Silhouette and then print it out. The settings that are preset for this type of paper are perfect. Here is the paper all printed and ready to cut.

And here are the stickers when then have been cut out.

Next , using pattern paper cut out the envelopes.

Now you are ready to decorate your envelopes with the stickers. I added some fun buttons and twine to fancy them up a bit.

That's all there is to it! If you are tired of boring, store bought Valentines cards, give these cute cards and stickers a try. This would be so fun to let your kids help with the decorating of the envelopes. Thanks for stopping by! Happy crafting!

"Hoppy" Valentines Day

Hi everyone - today I am sharing a fun Valentines Day gift set featuring a couple of new cut files from Lori. Lori has the knack for creating the cutest little critters and when I saw these cute frogs I "jumped" at the chance to create this fun set. I made the Frog Lip Balm Holder and the Frog Treat box.

First up this the Frog Treat Box. I used a basic dot paper in a few different shades for the box. I added some black enamel dot eyes and topped the treat bag filled with what else- gummy frogs- with a print and cut "Hoppy" Valentines Day sentiment using the LW Dandy Font and a ticket shaped tag in the 5 Layered Shapes file.

Next up is a fun lip balm holder with the same papers and accents- the red EOS holder was the perfect touch.

Make sure to stop by Lori's shop and check out all the new Valentines Day critters - http://www.shop.loriwhitlock.com/ - they are so cute and a nice little surprise for your Valentine! Thanks for stopping by!

Polar Pals Collection: Winter Gift Set by Tya Smith

Hi there Doodlebug fans - Today I am here up on my blog with a cute Winter themed gift set using the adorable new Polar Pals line. I have a very good friend who just loves winter - so I thought it would be great to make her this fun little set telling her thank you for being my friend.

I got out my trusty Silhouette Cameo and found a few winter themed cut files that I loved. First off is this fun fry box treat holder:

 I used some snowflakes from the Craft kit and layered them on the front of the box. The snowflake is finished off with a sprinkle in the center.

I also made this cute little tag to go on the bag using some stickers from the This and That sticker sheet and a darling purple penguin from the Icon sticker sheet. I finished the tag off with a shaped snowflake sprinkle and some lilac chunky twine.

Next up I did a gift card holder. I loved this darling mitten shape and how it fit perfectly with the Polar Pals theme.

 I again used some snowflakes from the Paper Craft kit and finished the snowflake off with a white sprinkle. Then I added again some lilac chunky twine to the loop.

Lastly I did a simple card with a thank you sentiment.

 More Icon stickers were used for the Snowman and the snowflakes. They also again have a sprinkle for the centers. The stripes are from the Fancy Frill sticker sheet. To tie all the projects together - some more lilac chunky twine was added to the bottom edge.

That's all there is to it! I used these files for my projects found on the Silhouette store:
-Snowflake Thank You Card by Lori Whitlock
-Mitten Gift Card Holder by Lori Whitlock
-3D Snowflake Box by Lori Whitlock 
 Thanks so much for stopping by! Hopefully I have inspired you to create a fun winter themed gift set of your very own! Happy Crafting!!

Lori Whitlock Creative Team January Blog Hop

Hi friends - welcome to Lori Whitlock's January Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Kathy's blog or you can start at the very beginning at Lori's blog where you can pick up this darling freebie that is available through today and she is also doing a gift card giveaway if you comment on her blog so make sure to stop back there!

 I have always been a traditional scrapbooker and while I still love playing with pattern papers, and brads and stickers, I am finding myself wanting to get some of my events that I have a lot of photos of in my albums, and digital scrapbooking has made this really easy for me! Today I am sharing a pocket photo spread of a fun tradition that we started doing a few years back with my husbands side of the family. Every year we head up to the mountains and all 30 of us rent a huge house and spend the weekend together. We love to build snowmen, have snowball fights and go tubing. The dad's are experts at building the most thrilling tubing hills with jumps and turns! It is so fun watching everyone. So that's what I based my layout on for this blog hop. Here they are!

Here are a couple of close ups

If you haven't ever had a chance to check out Lori's awesome digital scrapbooking supplies on Snap Click Supply - don't wait any longer - and stop by and check them out! I am in love!

I used the following files to make my layout-
(All found on Snap Click Supply)
-Winter Wonderland Kit
-Life Templates Square Set 1 
-Basics Embellishments Set

Hopefully I have inspired you to pick up some cute digi scrapbooking files and start the year out getting all those pictures in the albums!

Your next stop is Chrissy's darling blog!  

Make sure you check out Lori's promotions she has going on with this month's blog hop - she always has such great sales- don't forget to check them out!

Perpetual Planner

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by!  This is my very first blog post as a new member of the Snap Click Supply Design team and I am so excited for this new venture. There are some AWESOME digital designs on Snap Click Supply! I am excited to share with you today this really fun and easy to put together Perpetual Planner. I don't know about you but as soon as the New Year comes around, my thoughts turn to setting organization goals for the upcoming year. One of the areas that I really want to focus on this year is having a plan for my memory keeping and this planner was an easy solution to get me on the right track to stay organized.

  


I started with the Life Planner templates from Lori Whitlock. They were just what I needed to get my ideas down for planning out my pages. I loved how there is a spot to sketch out my layout and also lines next to each date for a little journaling about what happened that day.

The templates come as a PDF file so I opened up Week 1 and got to work.

 I used the adorable Typeset Collection by Basic Grey for the papers and elements on my pages. There are so many darling shapes and elements that were perfect for my planner.
I started with a letter sized document and then began dragging and dropping papers and elements into the document to make my page. Here is Week 1:

Here is Week 2

I also designed a cover to go on the front page of my planner. I am going to use a 3 ring binder and page protectors to put the pages in. These will be easy to pull in and out and edit when I need to by using this method. 

Here are a few close ups of the planner after I got it all printed out and ready to place in the binder –I love the color scheme of this kit – all my favorites – black with pops of color!

Hopefully by utilizing this method I will be able to keep on track and plan my pocket scrapbook layouts for the 2016 year. Hopefully I have inspired you to create this fun and easy planner for your own use. With a few simple files and a cute binder- you too can have a cute planner of your own. Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Supplies Used:
Typeset Complete Collection by Basic Grey
Life Planner by Lori Whitlock
3 Ring Binder
Page Protectors
Cardstock