Drawing on Wooden Discs with the Silhouette Curio™

Hello,  This week I've been using my Silhouette Curio™ to decorate blank wooden discs over on the Silhouette UK Blog.  I used some flat wooden disks from Hobbycraft, a pack of the new Silhouette Sketch pens and my Silhouette Curio™.  

My instructions show how to make a template for accurate placement of the designs onto the discs, which would also work for engraving as well as drawing.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Flat Wooden Discs (1.5"/3.8cm circles)

Silhouette Sketch Pens in Brown (NEW Naturals)

Silhouette Curio™ with Regular-sized Base and Cutting Mat

Silhouette Chipboard, or thick card

Downloaded Seaside Designs (#27917, #84503, #46674, #43866 or similar)

Small Drawstring Bag in Canvas or Hessian


I made sufficient of the discs so that they could be used to play the following games

1. For a simple Snap/Pairs game:
Two or more sets with a minimum of one set of designs for each player. Lay out an equal number of discs face down in a grid pattern in front of each player. Take turns to reveal one disc, and the player who calls snap correctly when a pair is revealed keeps the pair. The winner is the player with the most discs when one player has no discs left.

2. For a Matching Activity (for a younger child):
Making a larger number of discs with a single design, print out a complete set of the discs on paper and laminate (I used a simple screen shot).

I placed the finished discs in a small hessian drawstring bag to complete the rustic look.

FREE Weekly File - Folk Art Basket into Pen Pot

There is a new FREE design at the Silhouette Store today. I decided to make myself a pen pot and to try out some more robust materials - sometimes card just isn't durable enough!

Now I thought it would look good with real wooden sides, and I had wood - in the form of lolly sticks (or tongue depressors, as the packet says).  Now to match the strength and durability of the wood I ditched card in favour of faux leather. I re-sized the file pieces to fit the width of the sticks and made it a little taller, but not the full height of the sticks, as that would have been too tall to see the colour of the pens I planned to store in it.

The sticks were trimmed with some heavy duty scissors.

I made up the pot sides in the faux leather (after it had been soaked and dried) and then attached the sticks with fabric glue and a selection of brads.

Then I attached the base with more fabric glue and pushed it inside the pot when dry (not how the design was intended, but I thought it would serve my purpose better that way).

Voila! A durable pen holder for my desk.

I'm sure that you can make something prettier with this file! Why not join in the challenge on the Silhouette UK Blog and prove it?