Working on finishing up the Artventure course by Wilna Furstenberg and loving these beautiful florals she designed. I'm using the Silhouette Portrait to cut them.
Cutting Flowers
Stencils and Achromatic Colors
Die cuts from Wilna Furstenberg. Cut them out with the Silhouette Portrait then stenciled them using gel matte medium with some white acrylic paint. For the grayish colors behind the other cut outs, I used calligraphy ink by Parker, and added a little bit of water to lighten up the ink. Patterned paper by Amy... Continue Reading →
How to Make Sticker Sheets Using the Silhouette + Photos
When I was younger I collected sticker sheets. I still have those stickers stored somewhere in the house. I decided to make my own stickers using the Silhouette Portrait (mentioned here, here, and here.) and they turned out pretty good. Here's a tutorial on how I accomplished these stickers. What you'll need: Printer Silhouette Portrait... Continue Reading →
Happy
Last night, I plugged in the Silhouette Portrait and tried it for the first time. It was very easy to use and worked as expected. I'm going to get a lot of use out of this little tool.
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