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Today is my last  post for Scrapbook Boutique after joining the design team back in October 2011.  Thankyou Evelyn and all the girls on the design team past and present for their friendship and inspiration, it's been lots of fun.  I should also  thank the Scrapbook Boutique customers who drop by my blog on a regular basis. I've enjoyed seeing all your makes and  really appreciate you taking the time to leave comments here :)

Tomorrow is the day we hand over our home  to the new owners.  With that in mind, I thought this card might be appropriate  to leave for them.

You can read about how I used the Cameo to make this chalkboard label over on the Store Blog today.

'The boyfriend' and I have bought a caravan and plan to see a bit more of Australia before returning to the UK for another extended visit. Hopefully when we return our new house will be ready to move into :). I'll be popping in here from time to time  and hope to have more time to visit some of my favourite blogs.

Thanks again everyone :)

SBB White Smooth Cardstock 12x12	SBB - Simple Stories 6 x 6 paper pad Snap Colour Vibe	SBB-Silhouette Cameo 2 Digital Cutting Machine
SBB-Silhouette Cameo - 12inch Replacement Cutting Mat (1)	SBB - Scrapbook Adhesives - 3D foam squares 1/4"	SBB - X-Press It Double Sided Tape - High Tack 6mm X 50m
SBB - ScorPal Score Board 12"x12" Imperial

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Some Valentine Goodies......

Hello Bloggers,

I'm sharing some Valentine goodies today........You can read all the details over on the Scrapbook Boutique Blog.

I had some fun with brown wrapping paper and Silhouette's Printable Magnet Papers.  It's so easy to drop free images from the web to use in the Print and Cut feature the Studio software offers.

These goodie bags are going to be on the fridge door with some little treats ready for the boss.  He's always first up to make a pot of tea......

How cool to use the Sketch Pens to draw designs as well as Sentiments.

Hope you enjoy some Valentine goodies on the 14th :-)  Thanks for dropping past today.......

Click on the following links to take you to the product in the Scrapbook Boutique Store:

Silhouette Printable Magnet Paper
BoBunny Gold Glimmer Mist

SBB-Silhouette Cameo 2 Digital Cutting Machine	SBB-Silhouette Cameo - 12inch Replacement Cutting Mat (1)	SBB-Silhouette Electronic Cutter - Sketch Pen (24 pack)
SBB - Ranger Inkssentials - Kraft Cardstock - 10 Sheets	SBB Textured nCardstock Pack - Christmas Colours 12 x 12 (30)	SBB White Smooth Cardstock 12x12
X-Press It Glue Pen 1mm - 10g	SBB - Scrapbook Adhesives - 3D foam squares 1/4"	SBB - Art Glitter - Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
	SBB - ScorPal Score Board 12"x12" Imperial

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Scrapbook Boutique February Blog Hop and Challenge

Time for another BLOG HOP and Inspirational Challenge from Scrapbook Boutique .

The Hop starts and ends at the Scrapbook Boutique Blog.  If you're following along you should have arrived from Narelle's blog and when you leave me you hop over to Therese's Blog.

The hop is open for one week, closing at midday Tuesday 17th February. 

To be eligible to win the prize, leave a comment on each of the blogs, with the SB blog being the last one.  The random winner will be drawn from the  SB blog and announced on Wednesday 18th.

Unfortunately the blog hop prize (and the inspiration challenge) are only open to anyone with an Australian mailing address.

Join the Blog Hop and you could be the lucky person to receive 
a $10 gift voucher to spend in the store.

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Join us if you can for our regular monthly inspirational challenge.

   Make a project using the following picture as your inspiration.

You could be the winner of a $30 gift voucher for Scrapbook Boutique.  

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I thought it might be fun to recreate the inspiration photo using the Silhouette Cameo.

My challenge was to create a scalloped card from scratch.  I tried drawing a large circle followed by smaller circles around the the edge but there was a much easier way......Thank you  Google  :)

• Follow this tutorial to draw the scalloped circle.  
• Enlarge to measure 5 inches then mirror it above.
• Overlap the scallops where the two images meet and weld.
• Draw a dashed fold line at this point. (to stand the card on the bottom two scallops, the fold will be at approx. 10 o'clock.)
• Send to Silhouette and cut from white card.
• With the scalloped card still on the desktop, draw a circle and size to fit within the scallops. For now click on 'no cut' in the cutting window.
• Move base card off the desktop. Chose a font and type happy birthday. Double click on the sentiment and drag it to fit within the top of the circle.
• Exchange the cutting blade for a black sketch pen. Send the file to the silhouette and watch in wonder as it writes your sentiment over your chosen DP. Don't remove the cutting mat between writing and cutting.
• Replace the sketch pen for the cutting blade and in the cutting window click on 'cut edge'.
• Adhere the sentiment DP to the front of the scalloped card.

• The cupcake was designed in three parts, filled with colour and welded together.  The fonts were added to the cream topping and slate, then filled with colour.
• This image was being printed to white card first, so I added the registration marks.
• In the software I selected cut edge in the cutting panel. Added the printed image to my cutting board and cut the cupcake out.

• To complete the card I popped the cupcake over the DP using foam squares.

Now on with the hop.......thanks for your visit :)

Cameo Valentine so very CAS

Hello Bloggers......a bit quiet around here but the boss and I are packing up and selling all the stuff we don't think we'll need anymore.  It's a big job but it feels quite liberating, 'stuff' weighs you down and we want to be able to just 'pack and go' when the mood takes us!

I do have a little card to share today though. I thought I should have one ready well in advance. It's another Cameo designed card, I have a few that I played with but this was just very CAS and made up in a spare few minutes :)

• In the Studio Software I drew a rectangle with rounded corners sized to 5.25 x 4.00 inches.
• Next I drew a heart shape with an outer dashed line and 
• A rectangle with rounded corners sized to 5.25 x 4.00 inches  was added around the heart shape, making sure to centre the heart. 
• I picked a font to sketch the word Sweetheart, sizing it to fit within the cut shape.  
• I sent the sketch penned sentiment through the Cameo first then added my DP to the cutting mat to cut the heart.
• I centred the sentiment behind the DP with double sided tape. Then popped up the piece over a plain white top fold card, using foam tape.
• To complete the card I added a half pearl flourish.

I cut an envelope for this card too.  This design came from the SIL Store and I just cut a panel from the front to add a plain white addressing area.  How fabulous to be able to make matching envelopes for my cards.....love that!  The DP is from a cheap 12 x 12 pad I bought in Aldi .....of all places.  It's the perfect weight for an envelope.

Thanks for calling past, now back to work for me :)