Block Party Digital Design Scrapbook Birthday Layouts

Hello crafty friends,

Hope you are enjoying some crafty time during this new year holiday. With Christmas and 2013 officially behind us, it is now time to start thinking about all the pictures you need to get into pages and other celebrations. So for my Scrapyland Design Team project this week, I chose to make a couple of layouts for the birthday celebrations. Here they are:

Here is my little boy version. I used some Bazzill cardstock as well as some patterned paper from a couple of DCWV Stacks including the Sweet Stack paper pad.

Here is the little girl version. Again, I used some Bazzill cardstock as well as some more patterned paper from DCWV Sweet Stack paper.

Candles from the Block Party CD Portfolio.

Here is the cute cake also from the Block Party CD. I used some dimensional paint to add a little frosting look for the cake.

Here is a closer look at the cute little bear piecing. I inked the edges of all the die cuts with various inks. I used some decorative chalk to add the additional dimensional touches.

As I mentioned previously, to complete these pages, I used the Block Party Digital Design CD from Scrapyland.com. This CD is CHOCK FULL of hundreds of great cut files, Print n’ Cut files AND line art files (for coloring in). When you purchase and install this CD it automatically installs into your Studio Software library! It is made for the Silhouette so it comes in their proprietary file format and NOT in the open source SVG format that is widely used for various cutters. So even if you have your Silhouette, Silhouette SD or Cameo, you will be able to install this into the free Silhouette software and get crafting!!! You do NOT need to have the upgraded software to use this cd….that is a plus as I only have the regular design studio software for my cameo.

I started by laying out my page within the software. This allowed me to resize all of the die cuts so I knew exactly what size I would be cutting them in.

All of the images on my page are from the block party cd with the exception of the bear. For the bear I actually used a combination of a few files from the black party cd (i.e. a balloon for his body) and then I used the oval tool in the software to create the rest of the pieces. I found that it was really easy to create the pieces by starting with an oval and then while in “nodes view” I was able to push and pull the lines to form the different shapes (i.e. the chin).

Here is a screen shot to show you how easy it was. For instance his head is a combination of three ovals welded together. Once welded, I simply clicked the “edit points button” on my tool bar and created the shape of his chin. His nose and his snout are simply the same oval with chin (minus the ear bumps) resized. That is one of the amazing things about having a machine with the software. You can manipulate your images very easily to accommodate what you want. For his body, it is simply an upside down balloon image from the cd with an oval welded to it for his body.

I used the following products to complete this project

Silhouette Cameo	Silhouette Block Party Design Portfolio	DCWV Sweet Stack
Pebbles Basic Chalks	Pebbles Pastel Chalks	Pebbles Earth Tone Chalks
Enchantment Ink Pad Set	Whimsy Ink Pad Set	Adventure Ink Pad Set
Basic Ink Pad Set	Tombow Adhesive Runner	Foam Adhesive Tape
Chalk Marker	Memory Glue Dots	Chisel Tip Glue Pen
Craft Glue Dots	MS Fine Tip Glue Pen	3D Foam Dots
American Crafts Glue Runner	Cat’s Eye Aqua Ink	Cat’s Eye Cocoa Ink
Cat’s Eye Orange Ink	Cat’s Eye Moss Green Ink	Cat’s Eye Ruby Ink
	Cat’s Eye Sky Blue Ink

Well, I hope you are inspired to start working on those celebration memories. I did make these two layouts into page kits that can be purchased at page-kits.com. I only made a limited quantity of each, so be sure to get them while you can.  

Also, head over to scrapyland.com and check out all the wonderful products they have including some other digital design portfolio CDs for your silhouette cutting.