Saturday, October 20, 2012

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Halloween Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbon Blog Hop!! 



If you have come here from Ana Maria's blog then you are in the right spot! If you have stumbled upon this hop, please head back to Lisa's blog - Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - to make sure you don't miss out on anything!!! 

I choose to work with the Halloween cuties from the Monster Mash Graphics set along with Digital Paper from the Chevron & Harlequin paper pack. 



I had a little help with my project today. Since these are little treat boxes for my daughters I thought I would let them choose which little character they would like on their own boxes. I knew they would forget about them by the time Halloween came around and they also had no idea what I was doing with the little characters.... 

I used print and cut with my Cameo along with Lisa's digital papers to make the pillow boxes. 


I added some glossy accents over my character's eyes to give them some detail and popped them up with foam stickers. The sentiments are from Pink By Design, bling is from Michaels, twine is Grape Fizz from Trendy Twine. 

I bought some little gummy spiders to put inside the pillow boxes. I also thought some of you might like to see a little tutorial of how I made these using the Silhouette Studio. I don't do tutorials often, but I am so excited about using print/cut along with digital papers that I wanted to share the awesomeness of it all!! :) 

1. I started out by opening up a new project in my Silhouette Studio then selected the Letter size (since I am using a regular printer which only prints Letter size) in the Page Tools Window
2. Next I opened up the Registration Marks Setting Window and checked the box 'Show Reg Marks'. A grey pattern shows up along one edge of the sheet, as well as in one other corner. You will not be able to cut anything within this grey pattern. (CLICK ON PICS TO SEE THEM LARGER)


3. I opened a pillow box SVG through the library in the Silhouette software (which I had previously purchased this cut from the Silhouette store). I sized the cut to be slightly smaller than the max size my Letter sized sheet would allow (the red border).

 I plan to fill my pillow box in with digital paper... If you have ever tried the print and cut feature with the Silhouette, sometimes you might notice the cut doesn't match up EXACTLY to the graphic, leaving a little white edge around your cut. Drives me nuts, so I have a few little tricks to make sure this doesn't happen to my cuts without wasting a bunch of printer ink. I create a little border around my cut which will be filled with a pattern to give the Silhouette a little room to be 'off' in its cutting.  


4. First create an outline of the outside of the pillowbox.... Open up the Trace window, select 'Select Trace Area', and draw a box enclosing the whole pillow box. Uncheck the 'High Pass Filter' box, and slide the Threshold slider all the way to the right so the pillow box is outlined in yellow. Click 'Trace Outer Edge' option.  


5. Select the outline you have just created... To select this outline, you might have to zoom right in. Once you have selected the trace line - and not the actual pillow box itself, which can be tricky sometimes - choose the Offset window. Choose offset then change the Offset Distance. I used 0.200, then clicked Apply. I then deleted the original outline that was created when we traced the pillow box. 


6. Fill the new shape we created from Offsetting the outline of the pillow box. To do this, open a window where your digital paper is located. Make sure your outline shape is selected, then drag and drop the pattern you choose onto the outline shape. 


7. Your outline shape should be filled with the pattern. Next, double check the cut lines in the Cut Style Window. It doesn't really matter if the outline gets cut, but it doesn't really need to get cut... Select the outline then choose No Cut. Make sure the original pillow box is outlined in red (as pictured) so that it WILL cut. 

8. At this point you can print, send the print through your Silhouette to cut your pillow box and then decorate!! :) 

I hope my tutorial was clear enough!! If you have any questions at all, feel free to contact me and I will clarify! I would love everyone to be able to have as much fun with digital papers as I have been having - the possibilities are endless! :) 

MORE FUN!! :) Lisa is giving away goodies!!! 

1.  Be a follower of EVERY BLOG in our little hop. There are just 7 of us, so that shouldn't be too hard.  
AND
2.  Leave a comment at EACH blog along the hop. Be sure to let us know you are a follower and leave us your e-mail address.
That's all you have to do. If you would like EXTRA entries, you can also do one or more of the following:
3.  Like the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Facebook Page.  Leave Lisa a separate comment on her blog telling her you did.  Don't forget to leave your e-mail address.
4.  Sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter and leave a comment on Lisa's blog telling her you did.  You'll get a weekly e-mail telling you about new files, coupon codes/sales, and freebies. Don't forget to leave her the e-mail address you signed up with. :)


Lisa will randomly choose a winner of the big hop prize on Tuesday, October 23. Only US or Canadian mailing addresses, please.

Your next stop on the hop is my friend Melisa, over at
Enjoy the rest of the hop!!! :) 

I am also going to enter this project into a couple current challenges...

46 comments:

Karon said...

New follower:-) And I love those treat boxes, so cute. And I want a Silhouette!!! Thanks for sharing the tutorial.

karon(dot)hughes(at)gmail(dot)com

http://karonskraftykorner.blogspot.ca/

Lisa Norris said...

These are toooo cute, Candace! I love that you used the Glossy Accents to help the eyes show up better. :) Great tutorial, too! Thanks so much for being an awesome part of my DT!

Shorty Creations said...

Awwwww... Candace! I just love the way these pillow boxes came out. They are super cute! I just may have to scraplift this one for my students =)

Lot of love,
Ana Maria

jessica said...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE these!!!! What a SUPER cute Halloween treat!! Awesome job with these GREAT files!!
TFS
jessica
chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
eschfamily@yahoo.com

BugBites said...

Awesome project and fabulous tutorial.

Gloria said...

Super super cute pillow boxes!! Thank You so much for taking the time to do a photo tutorial. I'm already a happy follower. Disneynut 4 life at yahoo dot com

Nancy Kirkup said...

Your treat boxes are adorable!! Your girls are sure to love them! New follower here and on your FB page :)
Nancy
alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

katieo said...

The images your kids chose look so cute on the boxes. Love the papers

Amanda said...

Super super cute treat holders!!

Scrappy hugs,
Amanda ;0)

Unknown said...

Thanks for the tutorial...i do so much better with visual than just reading about it. Your pillow boxes are so darling! i am a follower


marianneDOTwanhamATgmailDOTcom

Kate said...

This is so CUTE! Love your pillow boxes.

Kate said...

Also Thank you so much for joining us over Trendy Twine's October Challenge.

Jeanne said...

Oh these little treat boxes are sooo cute! And what a great tip for printing and cutting! I also sometimes have that problem an I never though of adding a shadow layer to compensate for it! Thanks for sharing!! Great job!

Lisa said...

These are so awesome!! I love the fun designs!! You should link these up at Decorate to Celebrate's Halloween challenge!! (http://decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.com/)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Melisa Alzammar said...

Those are some cute candy holders Candace. I love that you did a tutorial. I'll have to try it out. Thanks, Melisa

Maria said...

great project

teachdanz said...

love the pillow boxes Candace!! so sweet that your girls helped but will forget later :-) ( I loved that stage!) great tutorial too!! Hugs from your DT sister!

Anonymous said...

Your treat boxes are so cute. I'm a new follower.
stuff@gt.rr.com

Linda Simpson said...

These are fabulous I love them! The images are fabulous.

Hugs
Linda xxx

Jen said...

Cute pillow boxes and what a great blog hop! I am a follower!

Jennifer Russell
http://scrapinexpecttheunexpected.blogspot.com/

June Houck said...

These are super adorable pillow box treat holders, Candace! You rocked this :)

ddazzled71 said...

These treat boxes are fabulously fun and adorable! xx

Tanya~Studio 5380 said...

Candace your treat boxes are just over the top cute! Your girls have a good eye for design (just like their momma)! Thanks for the tip on filling in a design with a pattern, I'll have to remember that one!

Rebekah said...

Cute!! Those are some lucky little girls to have such a crafty mama!! Great job :-)

calbekah at aol dot com

Sue D said...

Cute treat containers--I like that your girls helped pick out the character.
I am a follower.
slrdowney at hotmail dot com

cvjac2009 said...

This is so adorable

I am a follower
Viviana
Cvjac at att dot net

Monica said...

This is fabulous!!! The tutorial is awesome.

Sherrie K. said...

Aaaw, your pillow treat boxes are adorable!
Sherrie K
http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

Kate M said...

Two lovely Halloween treat boxes.
Kate
xx

lady jasmine crafts said...

fab boxes hun xx

Connie Can Crop said...

Adorable!! I need to come back and hop! Looks like some fantastic stuff! Thanks for participating in my monthly challenge!!
Scrappy Hugs
Connie
http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Sukie said...

Adorable pillow boxes, what a fun little treat. Thanks for joining our monthly challenge over at Trendy Twine!

Ashley Nicole said...

These pillow boxes are too cute! Perfect little treats for the girls.
Ashley

Annie's Paper Boutique | Trendy Twine said...

Love that little treat box. So cute!

Thanks so much for joining us for our monthly challenge.

Lesley
Trendy Twine

marg0006 said...

So cute and love the paper. Your daughters will love them.

marg0006 at verizon dot net

Two Scraptastic Gals said...

Perfect pillow boxes, I wish I could make enough of these for all the trick or treaters. Wouldnt that be one expensive Halloween LOL.

Meriah

Kristi said...

Halloween Cuties are pretty cute. Love the boxes.
kidshomelove at yahoo.com

-Candi said...

These are awesome & I appreciate the tutorial too! Thanks for joining us at Trendy Twine this month for the challenge!

Helen said...

Those are so cute!! Thanks so much for joining the Trendy Twine Challenge this month :)

Jessica Pascarella said...

Too cute! Thanks for all the tips! Thanks for sharing them in our Monthly Challenge at Trendy Twine!

Alyssa Leanne said...

Love these little boxes!! Thanks so much for joining us for the Trendy Twine Challenge!
<3 Alyssa

CityGirl Planners said...

Great papers and images. I love them. Thanks so much for joining us for the Trendy Twine Challenge!

Anita said...

This is adorable, thanks for playing along with us at Trendy Twine this month. Hugs, Anita

Izzy Anderson said...

These turned out super cute! Thanks so much for playing along with the Trendy Twine challenge!

Yvonne said...

Super cute Halloween treats! thanks for joining the Trendy Twine Challenge this month!

Jamie said...

So cute! Thanks for playing along with us in the challenge!

Jamie
Trendy Twine DT