Make your own glitter card and paper

Hello, over on the Silhouette UK Blog I've been using the Silhouette Glitter Sheets. This is one of my favourite Silhouette media as it is so versatile. It can be used for Print & Cut, but here I've simply printed it all over in a couple of colours and then cut out my shapes. I call this Print THEN Cut!

I made two shades of brown glitter card to transform the Stacked Polar Bear Card, by Jennifer Rush, into a cute a cuddly brown bear. Details on how to make the glitter paper and card, togther with details on making the card are over on the Silhouette UK Blog, so do pop over there to get more info.

I'm rather fond of this little bear with his friendly expression.

Make this Dandelion Printable from Sarah Hurley's cut file

Hiya.  Over on the Silhouette UK Blog this week I have a tutorial showing how to produce a printable using this lovely free dandelion design cut file by Sarah Hurley. Sarah is a British designer, so its always exciting to see her new designs in the Silhouette Design Store.

The project uses this week's featured product - Silhouette Printable Glitter Sticker Paper. It has a fabulous glittery finish and is fantastic for printables. My post has step-by-step instructions for how to transform the cut file into a printable design using the Silhouette Studio software.

It includes how to do the following:

• Arrange the file pieces for printing
• Make a colour swatch
• Colour the file using the "Colour Picking' technique
• Refine the colours for this special media
• Prepare the print.

The Make a Wish file was free in the Silhouette Design Store at the time of writing this post.  I can't promise that it will still be free by the time you read this, but let's hope so. P.S. You don't need a Silhouette machine to make this - just the software, which is free to download here.


The last time I used the Glitter Sheets was to make these. I still regret that we had to use them (would rather have kept them for other years).

Polar Bear Luminary with Silhouette Glitter Sheets

Hiya, I have new post over on the Silhouette UK Blog today using Silhouette's new printable media – printable glitter sticker paper. Today's project cuts the sheets to make a cute piece of home using the Polar Bears Papercut Lantern file by Nic Squirrell to make a fun wintry, seasonal luminary.

The lantern is made in three layers. An exterior layer of adhesive glitter paper featuring the polar bear design that is layered over a vellum layer printed with a night sky (Constellation Background by Sarah Hurley also from the Silhouette Design Store). Between the two is an acetate layer to which the polar bears are adhered and which gives shape, rigidity, and shine to the lantern.

The post includes details on how to re-size the design to fit an LED candle as well as how to cut the materials and assemble the luminary.

The polar bear design could be changed out for other images - penguins, swans, even fairies would look great.

I do hope you'll try the glitter sticker sheets for cut projects too. 

Decorated Christmas Crackers with Silhouette Glitter Sticker Sheets

Hiya, today I have a post on the Silhouette UK Blog on the NEW Silhouette® Glitter Sticker Sheets.  It includes a festive project using glitter stickers to decorate some home-made Christmas crackers. I used the Oh Deer heads by Lettering Delights from the Silhouette Store. They are also available as a bundle from Lettering Delights.

The Glitter sticker sheets are new to the UK. There are 8 sheets in a pack, each sheet being 8.5in. x 11in., or 215 mm x 280 mm. The sheets are glittery with a slightly silvery colouration.  They can be printed with any pattern on a home printer. The sheets are adhesive-backed, so no additional adhesive is needed.

My post over on the Silhouette UK blog covers the cut settings for the Silhouette Cameo 3.  I didn't have immediate success with them so I've included lots of tips on using this media specifically.  These tips are useful for using Print & Cut media generally, especially useful for those who haven't let got to grips with this extremely useful function of the Silhouette family of machines.

There are also brief instructions on how to use the Oh Deer heads to make wrappers to decorate homemade Christmas crackers. They could be used for many other projects too; toppers, picks and even napkin holders.