Christmas Tree boughs & 'JOY' flag (free Silhouette cutting files & svgs)

Been having a tricksy time getting decent photos, but I wanted to share these cut files made

from a doodle of tree boughs with you (in case anyone still has time for last minute crafting!)

Edited to add: Oops! The vertical card is actually uploaded & linked now... :-)

For the card on the left I did this stuff: 

1) Cut the Horizontal A2 Tree bough file out of white cardstock.

2) Heat embossed Hero Arts Flower Dot Pattern stamp in white.

3) Inked using Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on a foam applicator.

4) Layed it over silver gilded paper and added embroidery knots.

5) Pierced a frame around & added hand-stitches in white thread.

For the card on the right I did this stuff: 

1) Cut the Vertical A2 Tree bough file out of white cs & saved all the pieces.

2) Inked up the remnants with Crushed Olive & Mowed Lawn Distress Inks.

3) Coloured the stems of each branch with a brown grey Copic marker - W-7

4) Cut a panel to fit under the white piece; inked it with the same green inks.

5) Glued it all together with the boughs on top (glue on the center stems only.)

6) Punched little snowflakes (using a Martha Stewart Snowflake edge punch)

7) Glued them on with sequins; pierced and stitched a border in white thread.

8) Stamped a Hero Arts sentiment in white on black cardstock, on silver leaf.

Download Christmas tree boughs (vertical A2 card size)

as a cutting file for Silhouette Studio here.

Click the image or the link, then FILE, then DOWNLOAD

Download Christmas tree boughs 
(vertical A2 card size) SVG file here.

Click the image or the link, then FILE, then DOWNLOAD

 

Download the free ' JOY' sentiment flag
 as a Silhouette .studio cutting file here.

Click the image or the link, then FILE, then DOWNLOAD

Download the free ' JOY' sentiment flag SVG cut file here.

Click the image or the link, then FILE, then DOWNLOAD

Download Christmas tree boughs (horizontal A2 card size)

as a cutting file for Silhouette Studio here.

Click the image or the link, then FILE, then DOWNLOAD

Download the free Christmas tree bough SVG cut file here.

Click the image or the link, then FILE, then DOWNLOAD

And here's a paper saver (for 4 A2 cards per sheet) It's only in .studio for now, since I'm actually

not sure how to get the spacing right for SVG but if you'd like the svg, please just let me know.

Download Christmas tree boughs (vertical A2 card size)

4 per sheet as a cutting file for Silhouette Studio here.

Click the image or the link, then FILE, then DOWNLOAD

This digital work is offered up for free, but mainly for personal use or handmade sale items only.

Please do not use these to make digital papers or kits for sale, nor mass produced items.
If you have any questions, please be sure to read my terms of use here. Thanks!

May this Christmas be filled with blessings and
loads of love and laughter for You & Yours! ox

Gift Box tag card

Trying to squeeze in all those Christmas projects before the big day has come and gone.

This one was paper-pieced using some gilded paper and some snow dot paper (behind 

the bow shape and a strip on top as well, to make it look like the ribbon wraps around it.)

> Christmas tags cut file freebie available here
> Silver gilded paper (silver leaf foil on Silhouette sticker paper)
> Hero Arts BasicGrey Flower Dot Pattern background stamp
> an older Hero Arts set called Holiday Sentiments
> Frost white Colorbox pigment ink
> Wow! super fine white embossing powder
> My Favorite Things Steel Grey cardstock

Here's that tag cut file set:

This paper was the card-base (it prints more grey on my printer)
Small Chevron paper (in light taupe):

The 12.5" size is here on flickr
and the letter size is also here.

...and this paper was for the paper piecing (printed small scale)
Day Snow Dot paper (in light turquoise):

 

The 12.5" square paper is also here on flickr

or you can find other smaller sizes here.

The envelope is lined with this paper

Large circle paper (in light margarita)

The 12.5" square paper is also here on flickr

or you can find other smaller sizes here.

 

How to save these single papers directly from my blog:

PC users in Firefox/Chrome: 1) Click image to enlarge 2) Right click & choose "save link as"

PC users in Explorer: 1) Click image to enlarge 2) Right click & choose "save target as".

Mac users: 1) Please visit the Flickr links 2) Click on the paper you want, then right click and 

select 'all sizes' & 3) Click on "download the original size of this photo" 

 

This digital work is offered up for free, but mainly for personal use only. 
Hand made items are okay :) Please read my terms of use here. Thanks!

Hope you're having a gorgeous day!

Happy Merry Christmas - free cut files & ombre papers

Just a couple of script font greetings for the Silhouette (and in .svg) today. (Must admit, I've been just a tad obsessed with making designs where the centers of the letters stay put once everything is cut and pulled up. It's sort of satisfying when that happens, no?) :-D

I figured that these sayings could be used for the front of a text-focused card design

or maybe even on the inside of the card for something a little out of the ordinary...?

Download the Merry Happy Christmas

 in an svg file format here.

A note about downloading SVG files.

In order to get a true svg (and not a png file) you should be sure to do it this way.

For those whose browser is Mozilla Firefox, click the
arrow in the top left-hand corner of google documents:

For those of you whose browser is Internet Explorer, 

first click the file tab then select download at the bottom:

 

Download the Merry Happy Christmas

 as a Silhouette .studio cut file here.

And I thought I'd share the printable ombre papers for those of you who 

don't have a cutting machine, but still want something new to play with:

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Please Note! click images to enlarge before saving :-)

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12.5"square Blue Raspberry Ombre stripe paper:

(also available on flickr here)

Letter size (8.5x11")

(also available on flickr here)

Letter size mix Lime & Blue Raspberry:

(also available on flickr here)

Letter size (8.5x11") lime ombre:

(also available on flickr here)

12.5"square Lime Ombre stripe paper:

(also available on flickr here)

  How to save these single papers directly from my blog:

PC users in Firefox/Chrome: Click on the paper you want & it will open a new window, 
then right click on the image & choose "save link as" 

PC users in Explorer: Click on the paper you want & it will open a new window, 
then right click on the image & choose "save target as"
 .

Mac users: Please visit the flickr links for each paper, then right click select 'all sizes'
& click on "download the original size of this photo"

 

This digital work is offered up for free, but mainly for personal use or handmade sale items only.

Please do not use these to make digital papers or kits for sale, nor mass produced items.
If you have any questions, please be sure to read my terms of use here. Thanks!

Hope Christmas isn't sneaking 

up on you too quickly! ;-)

P.S. If you would like to make your own stencil font from any style font, there's a video tutorial here by Margaret Wilburn using the rectangle tool. The 'knife tool' video she mentions is here.