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Persia Lou

Creative. Crafty. Fun.


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

A sheet of iridescent craft room supply labels on a pink background. A Silhouette Cameo 4 blade and a black marker in a Silhouette pen holder tool lay on the table next to the craft room labels.

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]

February 2, 2021 4:21 pm Alexis Leave a Comment Filed Under: Craft

How to Cut Shrink Plastic with your Silhouette

silhouette portrait 3 pictured with shrink plastic and diy shrink plastic earrings

Learn how to cut shrink plastic with your Silhouette machine! This detailed video tutorial will get you cutting and crafting with shrinky dinks in no time. A big thank you to Silhouette for partnering with me on this post! This post also contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. I have definitely done my share of shrinky dink crafts, but I haven't yet written a detailed guide on cutting shrink plastic sheets with your Silhouette machine, so that's what I'm doing with this post and video tutorial! Hopefully this post will answer all of your Silhouette and shrink plastic questions! Shrinky film crafts are some of my favorites because you can create some really cool and beautiful things with a simple childhood favorite craft supply. Really! ... [Read More]

November 3, 2020 1:27 pm Alexis Leave a Comment Filed Under: Craft

How to Make Reusable Stencils: DIY Buffalo Plaid Planter

DIY buffalo plaid planter

Learn how to make reusable stencils using your Silhouette or Cricut. Plus make your own trendy DIY Buffalo Plaid planter and stencil all the things with your new reusable stencil! This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Today, I'm happy to share a great technique with you guys. We are going to be talking all about how to make your own stencils that you can use over and over again. I often will use adhesive vinyl to make stencils (like I did here), and I'm a big fan of vinyl stencils; however, they can only be used once. Sometimes you want stencils that can be used over and over again, and that's where stencil material comes in. I love using stencil material to stencil a larger area or for multiple projects. It just makes it ... [Read More]

May 21, 2018 6:44 pm Alexis 5 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Easily Make DIY Scratch Off Cards in Color! (Plus Free Easter Printable)

diy scratch off cards for easter - make scratch off cards in color!

Learn how to DIY scratch off cards with color and pattern! It is so easy with Silhouette printable scratch off material! I will walk you through the whole process step by step plus you can get a free Easter printable for adorable Easter egg cards! This post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Thank you! I am super excited to share this fun technique and product with you guys today. I have done scratch off cards before - (even Easter ones!) - but the cards I am sharing today are extra special. Can you see why? That's no silver scratch off, folks! It's colorful! It's patterned! It can be whatever you want it to be! Seriously. How cool is that? I am crazy about this stuff. You can do make your own DIY scratch off stickers ... [Read More]

March 9, 2018 11:15 am Alexis 1 Comment Filed Under: Celebrate, Craft

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