Persia Lou

Creative. Crafty. Fun.


  • Mama Bird Paper Cut Card – Free SVG Cut File

    Celebrate the mamas in your life this Mother’s Day with this free “Mama Bird” SVG cut file! You can use this design to make a beautiful paper cut card or cut the design from vinyl for home decor, apparel, and more. This post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no… [Keep Reading]

    Mama Bird Paper Cut Card – Free SVG Cut File

  • How to Use the Silhouette Go Mobile App

    This beginner’s guide to the Silhouette Go mobile app will teach you everything you need to know to make your first project in minutes! The Silhouette Go app makes it easier for you to craft with your Silhouette machine on the go! This post was made in partnership with Silhouette and may contain affiliate links,… [Keep Reading]

    How to Use the Silhouette Go Mobile App

  • “Love the Earth” SVG + Free Earth Day Cut Files

    Celebrate Mother Earth with a free “Love the Earth” SVG cut file! You can use this design with your electronic cutting machine to make all kinds of projects perfect for Earth Day. This post main contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Today I am really excited… [Keep Reading]

    “Love the Earth” SVG + Free Earth Day Cut Files

  • DIY Fluid Art Easter Egg Decorations with DecoArt

    Easter is just around the corner! You can make your own gorgeous paint pour Easter egg decorations super easily with this simple technique. Learn all about making your perfectly marbled fluid art Easter decor. I partnered with DecoArt on this post, which also contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra… [Keep Reading]

    DIY Fluid Art Easter Egg Decorations with DecoArt

Mama Bird Paper Cut Card – Free SVG Cut File

Celebrate the mamas in your life this Mother's Day with this free "Mama Bird" SVG cut file! You can use this design to make a beautiful paper cut card or cut the design from vinyl for home decor, apparel, and more. This post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Hello! Hello! Once again, it's time for our monthly collection of brand new free SVG cut files. This month, all of the designers are sharing a Mother's Day design. I created a Mama Bird design that works perfectly for creating a pretty little paper cut greeting card. I love making paper cut cards (like my Floral Easter Egg card or Paper Cut Christmas cards), and I'm really happy with how this little guy turned out. The card cut file includes some elements that are ... [Read More]

How to Use the Silhouette Go Mobile App

This beginner's guide to the Silhouette Go mobile app will teach you everything you need to know to make your first project in minutes! The Silhouette Go app makes it easier for you to craft with your Silhouette machine on the go! This post was made in partnership with Silhouette and may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Thanks! Today, I am going to be talking all about Silhouette Go! If you have been wondering if you can use your Cameo with your iPad or thinking you wanted to try some more mobile Silhouette crafting, then this post is for you! What is Silhouette Go? Silhouette Go is a new mobile app that makes it easier to use your Silhouette machine on the go. It allows you to access your library of designs from your mobile ... [Read More]

“Love the Earth” SVG + Free Earth Day Cut Files

Celebrate Mother Earth with a free "Love the Earth" SVG cut file! You can use this design with your electronic cutting machine to make all kinds of projects perfect for Earth Day. This post main contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Today I am really excited to share a new free SVG cut file design with you all plus a whole collection of amazing designs from some of my design friends! This month our little SVG group decided to make a collection of cut files in honor of Earth Day! Make sure you catch all of the awesome designs at the end of this post. I created this "love the earth" design that depicts the globe as the center of a flower. I have really been digging a 70's aesthetic lately, and I was trying to channel my inner hippie with ... [Read More]

DIY Fluid Art Easter Egg Decorations with DecoArt

Easter is just around the corner! You can make your own gorgeous paint pour Easter egg decorations super easily with this simple technique. Learn all about making your perfectly marbled fluid art Easter decor. I partnered with DecoArt on this post, which also contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. This year, I am adding some colorful Spring decor to our home with a simple little fluid art project. These paint pour Easter egg tags are perfect for tying on to Easter baskets, adding a pop of color to shelf decor, or tied on to a vase like I did in the image below. For this project I used DecoArt Fluid Art Ready-to-pour™, which makes things super easy because it allows you to create paint pour art in just one step. No mixing or measuring ... [Read More]

Birthday Rosette Badge Free Printables – DIY Paper Buttons!

You can make your own adorable birthday rosette badges with my free printables! All you need is a few minutes to print, cut, and glue to create your own colorful printable birthday buttons! This post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Do you have any birthdays coming up in your family? My oldest is getting ready to celebrate his second pandemic birthday (😭), and we are trying to figure out little ways to make it special. If you are looking for some fun and cute printables to celebrate a loved one's birthday, then you are in the right place because I'm teaming up with my #totallyfreeprintables friends to bring you a bunch of free birthday printables! Yay! For my design, I created birthday rosette badges, because I just love me a ... [Read More]

How to Sketch with Your Silhouette – Sketching & Sketch Pens 101

Do you want to learn how to use Silhouette Sketch Pens and how to use your Silhouette machine to sketch or draw? If so, this is the post for you! In this detailed beginner's guide and video tutorial, I will walk you through all of the basics about sketching with your Silhouette machine. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Most people who get a new Silhouette machine can't wait to start cutting paper, vinyl, and all kinds of materials, which I totally get! It's exciting stuff! But with all of the excitement around cutting, you may not even realize that your cutting machine is also a sketching and drawing machine! What a treat! If you want to learn how to sketch with your machine or if you ended up here because you just saw ... [Read More]

Free “Good Luck” Four Leaf Clover SVG Cut File

Download my free "Good Luck" Four Leaf Clover SVG cut file and get crafting for St. Patrick's Day! This cut file design can be used with your Silhouette, Cricut, or other electronic cutting machine to make yourself some seasonal apparel, home decor, and more! This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Hello hello! I'm not sure how this has happened, but we are almost already two months into 2021, and that means St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner! To get you ready for St. Paddy's Day, I've teamed up with some of my cut file designer friends to bring you a whole of sweet new collection SVGs. You can use this design in a lot of different ways - put it on a t-shirt, make yourself a vinyl decal, or even make a cute little ... [Read More]

Free Printable Washi Tape Valentines

These free Valentine's Day printables will help you to make cute and crafty gifts in minutes! Just print, tie on a cute roll of washi tape, and you have a special Valentine's Day surprise! This post was originally shared at the Consumer Crafts blog and contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Thanks! I know people can have... feelings about Valentine's Day. It can be cheesy and depressing and lots of other not great things, but I have found that I kind of love Valentine's Day with kids. We like to make heart shaped pizzas and make punny valentines for their friends, and really it's all just fun and low pressure. The kids love picking out little toys or trinkets to hand out to their classmates, and we work together to come up with little ... [Read More]

How to Sketch & Cut with the Silhouette Cameo 4 or Portrait 3

Learn how to sketch and cut with the Silhouette Cameo 4 (or Portrait 3!) machine! Sketching and cutting makes it super easy to make custom labels, tags, and more without a printer! Thank you to Silhouette for sponsoring this post, which contains affiliate links that help to support this site at no extra cost to you. I know I'm not the only one who finds themselves purging clutter and working on organization at the beginning of a new year. My craft supply stash has gotten pretty out of control lately, so I have been working on cleaning things up, and pretty labels always make organization a little more fun. While I could have printed labels or cut vinyl decals, instead, I decided to make labels by sketching and cutting, which is perfect for making quick, gorgeous projects without a ... [Read More]

“Wild About You” Leopard Print Cards + More Free Valentine’s Printables

Download my free leopard print "Wild about You" Valentine's Day cards and printables to give to your Valentine this year! This post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Who is ready for some free Valentine's Day printables?? 🙋‍♀️I love me some good free printables, and this month my Totally Free Printables friends and I have some really good free printables for you all. I'm sharing a "Wild about You" Leopard Print design, which I am loving. This design comes in two different colors and in both an 8" x 10" print and an A2 sized card. I created these as a Valentine's Day print, but they could obviously be used any time. I think the 8" x 10" print could be a cute little home decor print year round. Just, print, trim, and ... [Read More]