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Valentine Craft Roundup

Three great projects for Valentine's Day - faux watercolor, typographic heart garlands and a polka dot gift card holder | SuzerSpace.com

I’ve realized that every year I say I don’t decorate for Valentine’s Day, and then every year some craft comes around that I just have to try, and sure enough, I’ve decorated for the holiday.

This year, three projects made their way into my crafterday afternoons:

Faux watercolor cards. While technically not a Valentine’s Craft, I combined this technique with my favorite thing – a pun – to make a cheery card. This also let me work on my brush lettering and doodling challenges that I’m doing this year.

Faux watercolor and doodling create a punny Valentine's Card! | suzerspace.com This super cute garland tugged at my tyopography heart strings. The original post features a different technique; I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the large letter “U” to make my hearts. (It’s Helvetica Neu Bold Condensed if you are keeping score at home). Strung with red and white baker’s twine, it looks happy over my fireplace.

This polka dot technique is more popular as a Sharpie craft on mugs, but I used it to make a gift card holder.

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February 12, 2018 by suzer I made this In the Craft Room Links and Things To Celebrate To Remember Using my Silhouette Cameo

Personalized Phone Case

Personalize your phone case with your initial (or anything else) | suzerspace.com

Last Fall, Mr. Suzerspace and I upgraded our phones. Right away, we needed safe places to store them. And just as urgent was a protective case.

A custom felt phone holder is a quick sewing project | suzerspace.com

STITCH UP A FELT PHONE HOLDER

As luck would have it, even though we browsed the aisles separately, we both chose the same case for our phones. We laughed about how couples become more similar as they age, and then decided we both had made the best decision and bought them.

As time has gone by, it’s been an entertaining but frustrating experience to pick up the wrong phone, over and over and over.

So I decided to “mod” mine. Does anyone say that anymore?

I didn’t want anything flashy. Just something that would let me see the difference before flipping it over.

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January 22, 2018 by suzer I made this In the Craft Room Using my Silhouette Cameo

Digital Gingerbread Holiday Garland

Silhouette Studio's Print and Cut feature, combined with layer and texture effects in Photoshop "bake" a cute holiday garland | suzerspace.com

As a Photoshop nerd, I believe nothing beats digital “baking” for last minute holiday treats.

And I’m not alone – when I decided I wanted some gingerbread cookie letters for a garland, Google did not disappoint.

Because I’m a do-it-yourself kind of gal, my interest turned mostly to the tutorials. I followed parts of this one which looks like it has a ton of steps, but that’s because they show you how to make the tablecloth and a plate to set them on as well. It’s also a little dated version wise, so if you follow it, be aware that not all the windows will match – the settings are all somewhere, you just have to hunt around a little.

If you aren’t a Photoshop wizard, fear not, because I’m sharing my completed files at the end of this post!

I decided to do a “Happy Holidays” garland made out of gingerbread letters, and the best way to do that is as a Print and Cut in Silhouette Studio.

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December 18, 2017 by suzer Freebies I made this In the Craft Room To Celebrate Using a Computer or iPad Using my Silhouette Cameo

Mini Holly Wreaths

I love the look of multiple wreaths holiday decorating. There are many pinterest pins of beautiful kitchens with each cabinet door adorned with a tiny, perfect boxwood or rosemary wreath.

I’d love to do this in my kitchen, but I know making that many of the same item will tire me out, and not be as much fun as I hoped. Plus I’m not sure how fun it is to have a wreath swinging around as you open and close the doors to make meals. Especially breakfast, before you’ve had any coffee 😉 .

However, a set of 4 small holly wreaths made from paper are within my funzone, and are perfect for hanging on a stair railing.

December 11, 2017 by suzer I made this In the Craft Room To Celebrate Using my Silhouette Cameo

Holiday Light Paper Garland

The first week of December is always holiday decorating time at SuzerSpace. We especially like outdoor lights, but because we both don’t enjoy being on the roof, we never hang them there. We go the easier route of wrapping the bushes and putting up some oversize lights in the flowerbeds.

A Holiday Light Paper Garland fills the back window nicely, and the way the files fit together, there’s room to create a bunch of matching mini gift tags.

December 4, 2017 by suzer Freebies I made this In the Craft Room To Celebrate Using my Silhouette Cameo