Tutorial Tuesday: "Spring Wildflowers Bunny" SVG Cutz Make-a-Wreath Tutorial by Leigh

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"Spring Wildflowers Bunny"

SVG Cutz Make-a-Wreath

Tutorial by Leigh

 

 

Spring has sprung and Easter is just around the corner so here's a wonderful fun and easy Spring Wildflowers Bunny Wreath tutorial for you featuring decorative digi paper and SVG Cutz from my new Spring Wildflowers 2023 Collections🌸

 

The Spring Wildflowers ~ Make-a-Wreath ~ SVG Cutz Mega Kit is a 42 piece MEGA KIT that includes everything you need to create incredible 3D twig wreaths in various styles and sizes from fully assembled bunny shaped wreaths, bunny or traditional round wreaths using the separate elements and then customize them with a bouquet of pretty wildflowers and a variety of floral greenery and a multi-layered bow in any colour and style you want!  Pair this wonderful mega kit up with my Spring Wildflowers Decorative Digi Paper Packs or use your own papers and cardstocks for lots of fun Spring, Easter and year long floral crafting for years to come! 

 

 

 

Let's take a closer look at what you get in the Spring Wildflowers ~ Make-a-Wreath ~ SVG Cutz Mega Kit!  This super versatile mega kit includes 42 individual pieces:

You get one fully assembled bunny shaped wreath plus a matching mat layer to make the bunny I'm featuring today.  You also get 2 separate bunny ear wreaths as well as one small circle wreath and one large circle wreath that you can use to create your own bunny wreath and traditional round wreaths in a variety of sizes.  How big you can go is only limited to the size of your electronic cutting machine mat, so if you've got a 12 x12 or 12 x 24 inch mat you can make a huge bunny wreath when you start by sizing up the large circle wreath and cut it out of 12 x12 inch cardstock or rolls of vinyl!  Then you will have so much fun building your bunny wreath by adding the "head" and "bunny ears" to the "body" - you can play around with the position and tilt of the "head" and "bunny ears" and then customize your bunny wreath with the wonderful variety of 18 wildflowers and 9 piece floral greenery and matching mat layers and then finish off with a magnificent multi-layered bow!  This mega kit is truly a must for all your Spring and Easter paper crafting and home decor makes!  

 

 

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For today's tutorial I'm using the fully assembled one piece bunny wreath pictured on the far right of the above photo which works with your 8.5 x 11", A4 and 12 x 12 cutting mats.  You can size-up or down accordingly and I recommend that you group all the elements you intend to use together and size them all at the same time.  My Bunny Wreath today is 11 inches tall and about 5.5 inches at the widest point.

 

 

Using my Silhouette Cameo 4 and 12 x 12 inch cutting mat I cut the overlay twig wreath out of brown cardstock and the matching mat layer out of white cardstock.

 

 

I then used my new "Spring Wildflowers" Decorative Digi Paper Pack of 6 designs and "Misty Wildflowers" Decorative Digi Paper Pack of 6 designs to cut out a wonderful selection of wildflowers, greenery and bows.

 

 

Import the decorative digi papers into your cutting machine's design software and first print them out with your home printer using Silhouette's or Cricut's print and cut feature.  I then placed all the cut shapes onto the paper on my computer screen within Design Studio - as shown in the photo above - and cut them all out as shown in the photo below.

 

 

 

 Now you can play around with your collection of Spring Wildflowers and Greenery!  You can use them as single layers or add flower centers from the variety of shapes included in the kit with pop dots or take it to the next level and combine multiple floral shapes to create multi-dimensional wildflowers and even curl the pieces to enhance the 3D effect too!

 

 

The Bow comes with 5 layers which layer up to create a multi-dimensional bow, I used pop dots to make my pretty 3D bow!

 

The pretty Bow is so versatile coz you can use it all year long for literally any occasion from Birthdays to Christmas, the possibilities are endless and that goes for all the Wildflowers and Greenery too and of course all the circle wreaths are perfect for Christmas too!

 

 

I embellished the Bow and all the Spring Wildflowers and Greenery with Diamond Stickles glitter for lots of pretty sparkle!

 

 

I then had a ball decorating my Bunny Wreath with the pretty Bow, Spring Wildflowers and Greenery!  Look how stunning it turned out!  You will have so much fun with this wonderful mega kit!

 

 

My new Spring Wildflowers ~ Make-a-Wreath ~ SVG Cutz Mega Kit really makes it super easy for you to make amazing cards and home decor projects that look so professional and will WOW your friends and family so go add this wonderful SVG Cutz kit to your collection while it's on sale in the St Patrick's Day Sale!

 

 

 We do love to see what you make too so do come share all your makes with us using this incredible new Spring Wildflowers 2023 Collection which pairs up nicely with my St Patrick's Day/Irish themed digi stamps and play in our March Challenge - #15 Spring Leprechauns!

  

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Intro to the Spring Wildflowers Collection

Thanks for stopping by to see today's featured make!

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tutorial Tuesdays with Leigh: FantaSea "Coral Balleigh MerMonster" Horizontal Slimline Make-a-Card SVG Cutz!

🧜🏻‍♀️ Happy MerMay Creative Friends 🧜🏻‍♀️

 

It's Tutorial Tuesday with Leigh time and today I'm going to show you how I made a horizontal slimline card featuring Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz from my brand new FantaSea Collection🧜🏻‍♀️

 

 

Check out the new FantaSea Collection of Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz launch post!

 

 

The FantaSea Collection and all my Mermaid themed collections are on sale for the entire month of MerMay!  Sale ends at midnight pacific on May 31st!

 

"Coral Balleigh MerMonster"

Horizontal Slimline Make-a-Card SVG Cutz

by Leigh

 

 Today's slimline card features Coral Balleigh MerMonster and the "Mermaid Scales" Horizontal Slimline Make-a-Card SVG Cutz kit from my brand new FantaSea Collection🧜🏻‍♀️

 

 

My new "Mermaid Scales" Horizontal Slimline Make-a-Card SVG Cutz kit is a mer-mazing 12 piece cutting file set that lets you make a vertical slimline card from start to finish!  This kit includes 10 mermaid scale layers perfectly sized to the slimline shape, a slimline card base with a perforated fold line and 1 mat layer.  All LeighSBDesigns SVG Cutz are for popular electronic cutting machines compatible with SVG files like Silhouette, Cricut and Scan n Cut.  They are designed in Silhouette Design Studio and always include both Silhouette Studio 3 and SVG files. 

 

First I cut out the slimline folded card base and mat layer included in the "Mermaid Scales" Horizontal Slimline Make-a-Card SVG Cutz kit.  I used 138lb (250gsm) heavy weight white cardstock to cut the slimline card.  The slimline card comes with a perforated fold line so you just cut it out and fold, easy peasy.  The mat layer included in the set is part of the layered scales as it peeks out along the bottom edge beneath the last scale so depending on the colour of the last scale you'll want to cut the mat layer from a different colour if you're using alternating colours.  If you're going to do alternating scales like I've done today then you can either plan everything out before cutting or just keep things simple and cut one set of scales plus the mat layer from one colour and another set from the 2nd colour and simply alternate the scales and make 2 cards at the same time!

 

The slimline make-a-card kit is designed to work with both 8.5 x 11 (A4) and 12 x 12 cutting mats so the size of your cardstock and cutting mat will determine how you lay the mermaid scales out for cutting.  I used turquoise and teal from Crafter's Companion heavy weight 12 x 12 textured cardstock to create my alternating scale layers.  I cut one set of scales and the mat layer from the turquoise cardstock and a second set from the teal.

TOP TIP:

To keep the mermaid scales in order remove the first scale from the cutting mat and write #1 on the back and so on.  This way your scales will always be in order especially if you plan to customize them before assembling or keep for a later make down the road!

 

Use the mat layer that comes in the slimline card kit as the base layer to adhere the mermaid scales to for perfect alignment.  The amount of alternating colours you use and how closely you overlap them will determine how many scales you will need for your card.  I provided 10 but you might need extra or use less so I recommend doing a dry fit on your mat layer before gluing the scales down.  You will also then be able to determine how much of the mat layer colour peeks out from under the last scale at the bottom.  To adhere the mermaid scales always start with the bottom scale layer first and glue as you work upwards, lining up the scale edges with the edge of the mat layer, for perfect overlapping scales.  Working from the bottom to the top will then allow you to trim away any overlap if you were a bit off with your dry test.  

 

TOP TIP:

I just applied a dab of glue to each scallop and a bit on the top edge as I worked upwards and then put a line of glue along the top edge of the last scale to make sure the mermaid scale layer was fully adhered to the base layer. 

 

  The layered mermaid scales make a mermazing slimline card on their own or you can customize with a sentiment complete or make it truly mermazing and embellish with a digi stamp from my new FantaSea Collection🧜🏻‍♀️

 

 

 I coloured Coral Balleigh MerMonster in Adobe Fresco, printed her out and then used a Torn Edge Crafter's Companion circle die to cut her out.  Coral comes with a Mother's Day senti but I had extras of the Mother's Day senti that comes in the Pearl Balleigh MerMonster and Senti set to use.  I printed the senti via Silhouette Design Studio and used the offset feature to cut the senti out in a fancy shape.

 

 I then used Waterfall Stickles glitter to edge the layered mermaid scales panel, Coral and the senti too.  I decorated the inside of the card with a panel cut from the teal cardstock and added the senti.

 

 I then adhered the layered mermaid scales panel to the front of the folded slimline card base and embellished the the upper right corner with clear dew drop gems adhered with Glossy Accents.

 

 

Then adhered the Coral panel to the card front with low profile pop dots for just a little bit of dimension and embellished with 3 clear dew drop gems and a 4th in the top left corner of the card too.

 

To complete my horizontal slimline card I added pretty magical shimmer by painting Coral's pearl with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle brush glitter pen.  It's always hard to capture just how pretty the sparkle is in real life but you get the idea in these photos!

 

 

The "Mermaid Scales" Horizontal Slimline Make-a-Card SVG Cutz kit combined with Coral Balleigh MerMonster makes such a striking slimline card full of FINtastic layered texture.  The SVG Cutz slimline card kit may look daunting at first glance but my kit makes it really easy for you to cut out and assemble for lots of fun mermazing card making🧜🏻‍♀️

 

There's just 5 days left of our challenge for May so swim on over and play in Challenge #5 MerMay, details and linky party are in the MAIN CHALLENGE POST🧜‍♀️

 

The FantaSea Collection plus all my other Mermaid themed collections are on sale for the entire month of MerMay!  Sale ends at midnight pacific on May 31st!

 

 

  You can shop for the Waterfall Stickles glitter and more at Scrapbook.com via my affiliate link at no extra cost to you.  Thank you for supporting LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog while getting awesome deals on your fave products!

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Tutorial Tuesdays with Leigh: FantaSea "Mermaid Scales" Circle Card featuring Anubis FantaSea Pet!

🧜🏻‍♀️ Happy MerMay Creative Friends 🧜🏻‍♀️

 

It's Tutorial Tuesday with Leigh time and today I'm going to show you how I made a FINtastic birthday card featuring Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz from my brand new FantaSea Collection🧜🏻‍♀️

 

 

Check out the new FantaSea Collection of Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz launch post!

 

 

The FantaSea Collection and all my Mermaid themed collections are on sale for the entire month of MerMay!  Sale ends at midnight pacific on May 31st!

 

"Mermaid Scales"

Layered Circle SVG Cutz Card

with Anubis FantaSea Pet

by Leigh

 

 My round birthday card today features Anubis DogFish FantaSea Pet and the FINtastic senti included in the set plus the “Mermaid Scales” Layered Circle SVG Cutz set from my brand new FantaSea Collection🧜🏻‍♀️

 

 

My new “Mermaid Scales” Layered Circle SVG Cutz is a mer-mazing 9 piece cutting file set that includes 6 mermaid scale layers and 3 mat layers.  Use this FINtastic set to create round cards, ornaments, decorate card fronts etc, plus I designed it to go perfectly with the FantaSea MERMAIDS Letter Page Circle Make-a-Book kit, use it to decorate the covers and pages for truly mermazing book making!  LeighSBDesigns SVG Cutz are for popular electronic cutting machines compatible with SVG files like Silhouette, Cricut and Scan n Cut.  All my SVG Cutz are designed in Silhouette Design Studio and include both Silhouette Studio 3 and SVG files. 

 

This “Mermaid Scales” Layered Circle SVG Cutz set is designed to work with both 8.5 x 11 (A4) and 12 x 12 cutting mats so you've got lots room to play with resizing if you want to, I made this project using the size it comes in with the largest mat measuring just a hair over 5 x 5 inches.  I used 2 shades of purple from Crafter's Companion heavy weight 12 x 12 textured cardstock to create my alternating scale layers.  With scissors I cut panels from both colours and laid them out on my Silhouette Cameo 4's 12 x 12 inch cutting mat then lined up the scales on my computer screen to match.  To alternate the colours I worked left to right and started with scale #1 at the top of the light purple panel, scale #2 on the darker purple panel then back to the light shade for scale #3 and so on.  If you've got enough space on your cardstock it doesn't hurt to add additional scales as back up plus, if you're going to make 2 or more cards then cut all the scales from both colours and mix and match them! 

 

 

Next I cut the circle layers included in the set.  I used 138lb (250gsm) heavy weight white cardstock to cut 2 of the largest circle mat which I then used to make the round card base.  I used black cardstock for the middle mat layer and smallest circle from the lighter purple cardstock.  You will use the smallest mat layer as the base for the mermaid scales to adhere to.  The mat does peek out at the bottom beneath the last scale so make sure you cut it out from the alternating colour.

 

 

Do a dry fit first to get a feel for the layering and then adhere the scales in place starting with the bottom scale layer first and work upwards lining up the scale edges with the edge of the mat layer as you go for perfect overlapping scales.

 

TOP TIP:

I just applied a dab of glue to each scallop and a bit on the top edge as I worked upwards and then put a line of glue along the top edge of the last scale to make sure the mermaid scale layer was fully adhered to the base layer.

 

I then applied Waterfall Stickles glitter to the circle edge for a touch of magical mermaid sparkle and to cover the cardstock's exposed white core edges.  I also used the same glitter on the black mat...so fun how the colour of the glitter changes depending on the colour of the cardstock beneath.

 

The layered mermaid scales make a mermazing circle that you could use to decorate the cover of the MERMAIDS Letter Page Circle Make-a-Book SVG Cutz or make FINtastic ornaments or a fun round card like I did with today's make🧜🏻‍♀️

 

 

The recipient of this birthday card is a dog person so the star of this card is Anubis DogFish FantaSea Pet and the FINtastic senti included in the set.  I coloured this adorable puppy fish in Adobe Fresco on my ipad and printed him and senti out.  I then die cut them both out using Crafter's Companion torn edge dies and edged them with the Waterfall Stickles glitter.

 

 

 I also printed and die cut out the Happy Birthday senti included in the Coral Balleigh MerMonster and Senti set for the inside of my card and decorated it with Stickles too.  To make my folded round card base I scored a fold line near the top of the back round panel and cut off a bit off the bottom to allow the round card to stand then just glued the two circles together and added the senti inside.

 

For even more pretty magical shimmer I painted Anubis and all the bubbles with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle brush glitter pen.  It's always hard to capture just how pretty the sparkle is in real life but the next pic gives you a good idea!

 

 

 I then decorated the card front with the Anubis panel applied with glue and the senti popped up with low profile pop dots for just a little bit of dimension.

 

  For my finishing touch I added self adhesive pearls in hot pink!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial and will give this fun mermaid scales round card a try🧜🏻‍♀️

 

 

MerMay is in full splash with 10 days left of our challenge for May already, come play in Challenge #5 MerMay, details and linky party are in the MAIN CHALLENGE POST🧜‍♀️

 

The FantaSea Collection plus all my other Mermaid themed collections are on sale for the entire month of MerMay!

  You can shop for the Waterfall Stickles glitter and more at Scrapbook.com via my affiliate link at no extra cost to you.  Thank you for supporting LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog while getting awesome deals on your fave products!

Happy Creating!

THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN