Playing with my cutting machine

I’ve been having so much fun creating paper crafts with my cutting machine.  I’m still on a learning curve but enjoying the process.

I’ve found several websites that supply svg files that you can use with cutting machines .  All of the websites I have been using offer free svgs along with some for sale.

 Jennifer Maker.com has really good tutorials on almost everything you would want to know about using your machine.  She also offers a free svg library for use with cutting machines.

Birthday Cake card made from svg file
designed by Jennifer Maker

Esmeralda's Quaint Cottage Halloween House found on 
Jennifer Maker's blog designed by Lucy Foxworth

I tried to make her pop up birthday cake card.  The file and tutorial she offers is great.  I also made Esmeralda’s Quaint Cottage Halloween House that I found on Jennifer’s blog.  The design was created by Lucy Foxworth.  I decided to give it a more spring look using some of the embellishments from Jennifer Maker’s pop up Fairy house card.

Album made from svg designed by Lori Whitlock using 
Dreaming Tree's Design Elements on the front

I also bought a few svgs from the LoriWhitlock.com website.  I made one of the albums she designed.  I then added a free Design Element from Dreaming Tree to the front of the album.

Dreaming Tree’s website 3dsvg.com has so many free svgs that you can download along with several that you can purchase.  I used their free Design Element for the album designed by Lori Whitlock and also on some greeting cards that I made.  I really enjoyed creating Dreaming Tree's Bookmarks too.

Cards made using Dreaming Tree's Design
Elements SVG

Bookmarks made from Dreaming Tree's SVG

 

But I had the most fun creating the Dreaming Tree’s Darling Dresses Greeting Cards!

Dreaming Tree's Darling Dresses Greeting Cards

Hope  you are enjoying a creative day!

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Self Study Classes by Marla L. Niederer

I will be teaching The Goddess online starting May 11^th on AforArtistic.  You can find out more by clicking on the picture below.

 

The Goddess Online Class with Marla L. Niederer

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Little Lion Art Doll by Marla L. Niederer

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Free Tutorials by Marla L. Niederer

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Until next time…….

 

warm hugs,

 

Marla 

Entering the World of Romance

Now that my Bridgette online class is over I have immersed myself completely into my next project, Claudette.  Claudette will be a very romantic version of the cage doll.  And since Claudette lives in the world of romance guess what fantasy world I have been living in lately? I should be decorating my home and getting ready for the holidays but instead I just can’t seem to leave Claudette’s world of romance.  I spent the past few days playing with paper, paint, and cardboard to create the romantic and vintage style frame and flowers that will be used in her embellishment.  I woke up ridiculously early this morning and had to “gild” the frames by using an idea that just popped into my head. 

Of course this fantasy world has also influenced my search for the end of the internet.  I thought I would share a few romantic tidbits I found this week.

Did you know that December is one of the biggest times of year for getting engaged?  According to an article in USA Today (that of course I found online) the four big proposal days of the year are Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s. 

The Romantics, an American power pop and new wave band from Detroit, Michigan formed in 1977 on Valentine’s Day according to Wikipedia.  You can hear them perform one of their hits “What I like About You” on youtube by clicking on this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqnw5IfbZOU

Enjoy!