SVG Files Now Available + NEW FONT

Finally!

You have been asking and waiting patiently for my cutting shapes to become available for the Cricut and other cutters – wait no longer!  All of my designs will still be available in my Silhouette shop but as of this week, select shapes are now available in Lori Whitlock’s SVG shop.  Click here to shop the sale this week – 30% off the entire store!  Thanks, Lori!

We will be adding  more and more shapes as we go but for now, you can find my Flower Alphabet, Baby Subway Art and all kinds of my popular vinyl quotes.  Hooray!  And get my first font through Lori’s shop as well.  Will work on any computer – no electronic cutter needed.

Head on over and stock up today to celebrate my partnership with the fabulous Lori Whitlock.
Enjoy!

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Healthy Living Challenge – Inspirational Quotes + You Are Braver Than You Believe

For one day of our daily calendar this week we were asked to share a short inspirational quote with the Healthy Living Challenge group.  We all need some inspiration, right?  Here’s a list of our quotes.

• We are what we repeatedly do. – Jenn
• Don’t compare your Chapter 1 to someone else’s Chapter 20. – Pam
• I am awesome because I’m humble. (Woody Paige) – Brooke
• Hope on.  Journey on. (Jeffrey R. Holland) – Becky
• Strength and struggle go together.  The supreme reward of struggle is strength.  LIfe is a battle and the greatest joy is to overcome.  The pursuit of easy things makes men weak.  Do not equip yourselves with superior power, then hope to escape the responsibility and work.  It cannot be done.  It is following the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men crooked. (Ralph Parlette) – Sandi
• Anything can become a habit – it’s up to YOU what they are. – Bonnie
• Embrace the suck! – Joy
• Nothing tastes better than thin feels! – Susan B.
• If you want to improve your life, start by being kind to yourself. – Amber H.
• Give up something good for something better! – Katie
• A successful woman is one who can build a foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her. – Pam
• Everything you are learning now is preparing you for something else. (Marjorie Pay Hinckley )- Lori
• You try, you fail.  You try, you fail.  The only true failure is when you stop trying.  Try again! (Haunted Mansion movie) – Tera
• We can do hard things! – Susan B. (this is her motto for the year – she has lost over 60 pounds since January!)
• If one dreams lofty dreams, so shall he become. There is magic in the way one thinks. If we expect the worst, we will get the worst. If we expect the best, we will receive the best. If we train our minds to have faith in God and ourselves, we are using one of the great laws of life. If we think and live righteously, happiness will find its place in our lives. It is amazing when we expect the best how forces are set in motion which cause the best to materialize. Our thoughts more than circumstances determine the course of our lives. These thoughts carve their impression on our faces, in our hearts, and on the tablet if our eternal souls. (Howard W. Hunter) - LynDee
• Nothing is impossible.  The word itself says, “I’m Possible!” – Kelly
• Start every day by giving everyone a clean slate. – Cassidy
• Never give up on anyone.  And that includes not giving up on yourself.  (Dieter F. Uchtdorf) – Becky
• Don’t you give up.  Don’t you quit.  You keep walking.  You keep trying.  There is help and happiness ahead….it will be all right in the end.  Trust God and believe in good things to come. (Jeffrey R. Holland) – Katie
• Anger is like holding on to a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone – you are the one who gets burned. – Susan H.
• It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is.  It all works out.  I say that to myself every morning.  It will all work out.  If you do your best, it will all work out.  Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future.  The Lord will not forsake us.  He will not forsake us…if we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings.  He will hear our prayers. (Gordon B. Hinckley) – LeeAnne
• Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.(Nido Qubein) – Diane
• I have a problem with low self-esteem, which is really ridiculous when you consider how amazing I am. – Pam

And my personal favorite contribution of the week from Brooke:

No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping the people on the couch.

Oh yeah.

I’ve also added more vinyl quotes to my Silhouette store.  Some are inspirational.  Some are for fun.  Some are because they seem to say just the right thing.

Enjoy them all!

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Mother’s Day Silhouette Shapes

Get ready for Mother’s Day with my Silhouette shapes available here in my Silhouette store.

Check out this link for this project featured on the Silhouette blog using my “Love You Mom” shape:

Here are some more new shapes for you to use for Mother’s Day, including vinyl subway art, a layered phrase, and a flourished phrase.  Give these a try for your Mother’s Day projects.

Here is a card for every mom in your life  from last year’s collection of letter-size cards.

Life Cards for Project Life or to use as an embellishment on all of your projects:

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you women out there – you are mothering someone. Enjoy the day celebrating the mothers in your life.

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You’re One of My Favorite Peeps

Need a last-minute Easter gift?  Here’s the project Coleman and I have been working on this week.

I spray painted this phrase from my Silhouette store and Coleman quickly poured Diamond Dust glitter on it.  The paint acted like the adhesive.  Then I turned my back to spray the background of the blue tag and Cole proceeded to dig his hands into the jar of Diamond Dust and lift them out.

glitter.everywhere.

Oh well, there are worse things than a layer of glitter in your life.

I used this set of bracket labels for the tags.  I applied washi tape in strips on my white cardstock before running it through the Silhouette Cameo.  Result: custom cut washi tape background for my glittered peeps phrase.  However, this technique didn’t really work when I tried to cut out the phrase because it was more intricate of a shape.  Simpler shapes are more successful.

To create the dots on the blue tag, just place coins on top of the cut design (I used pennies) and spray paint lightly over the whole thing.  The pennies work as a mask.

I get impatient so instead of waiting for it to dry, I simply flipped the pennies off the card and let it sit for about 10 minutes to dry.  The paint dries quickly on cardstock.

We painted the phrase a different color and attached it to the background.  Done.

Here’s to you – my favorite peeps!

Happy Easter!

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Project Life Cards – Silhouette Style

I’ve been involved the scrapbooking industry for many years.  Trends have come and gone throughout the course of the the 10 years that I’ve been going to trade shows and events.  But one thing that hasn’t changed is the ability that Becky Higgins has to record life in a meaningful way.  Project Life is no different and now that she has been doing this a few years, we are scouring the internet for creative ideas of how to personalize our Project Life albums even more.

If you own a Silhouette, you’ll love these Project Life Cards that are now available in my Silhouette online store.  Here’s a look at what you will find:

Quotes 1, Quotes 2, Quotes 3, Quotes 4, Ampersands, Arrows 1, Arrows 2, Months of the Year, Days of the Week

What are you doing with your Project Life Cards?  Let’s see!  Send me an email with images or links to your blog and we’ll feature it here!

Happy Cutting!

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Silhouette Bracket Frames, Labels + Herringbone Pattern

What have you been doing with my Silhouette shapes?  Send me an email with photos or links to your blog posts and we’ll share!  Your creativity is awesome to see in action.

Don’t you love the new herringbone trend that we are seeing everywhere?  I do.  Of course, we need to transfer this trend into our Silhouette projects and you can do it with this herringbone pattern in square and rectangle shape – horizontal and vertical options all in one file.

Also, I have a new batch of bracket frames and labels that look A-MA-ZING on any project.  You’ll want to pick up all of them to have on hand.

Happy Cutting!

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Silhouette Arrows, Banner Words, Arrow Words + Flourish Phrases

Arrows are HOT, HOT, HOT right now.  My Silhouette store has a whole bunch of great arrow shapes for all of your projects.  I’m taking submissions for project photos or links to blogs that use my shapes.  Email me at kolette@kolettehall.com if you have something to share!

Arrows and Thin Arrows

8 Thin Arrows & 7 Thin Arrows

I love words.  In any form.  Therefore, when I design for the Silhouette, I do a lot of words, phrases, sayings and thoughts.  Here are some of my word and phrase collections found in the Silhouette store.

Banner Words and Phrases: Life, Birthday, Thank You, Love, Princess

Arrow Words and Phrases: Birthday, Life, Remember, Sentiments, Thank You, Together, Baby, Months, Days

Flourish Words and Phrases:

Smile/Enjoy

Wish/Birthday

Celebrate/Party

Memories/Remember

Love Each Moment

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St. Patty’s Day + Easter Silhouette Shapes

Jason is home from the hospital (finally!) and it would be an understatement to say that I’ve been busy with getting our family back together and running smoothly.  I’ve added quite a few shapes to my silhouette store including the following muy popular springtime alphabet:

Flower Alpha (includes numbers and punctuation options)

For St. Patrick’s Day celebrating, check out these new cards and shapes:

St. Patrick’s Day Subway Vinyl

LUCKY Banner

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Sentiment + Card (click on each word to find both the sentiment and card)

Rainbow + Card

You Are My Lucky Charm + Card

Lots of Shamrocks & Clovers

Getting ready for Easter?  Here’s some Spring shapes that you’ll love:

Spring Subway Vinyl

Posies & Tulips

One of My Favorite Peeps

Happy Spring

Spring Has Sprung

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Shamrock Craft Ideas

Are you ready for St. Patrick’s Day?  Here are three different SIMPLE and FUN craft ideas using my digital cutting shamrock file found here in my silhouette store.  Jill did a great job of creating darling ideas to celebrate the holiday and keep you pinch-proof at the same time!

Let me know when you post ideas of how you have used my shapes or designs in your projects, or send me a high quality photo.  I would love to share your ideas on my blog.  Thanks, Jill!  Bring on those Skittles!

Rainbow Seeds

St. Patty’s Day Breakfast

Leprechaun Wands

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Valentine Cards + Valentine Photo Props + Valentine Subway Art

Here we go.  I’ve loaded up my silhouette store with all kinds of valentines.  There is something for everyone – kids or friends or spouses.  You’ll find it all here.  Want to take a look?  Click on each image to find the designs in my store.

A2 Cards + Envelope:

Flourish Hearts + Butterfly Heart:

Valentine Subway Art (Muy popular, by the way.  Don’t be the only one who doesn’t have one!):

Valentine Photo Props + Kissing Booth Banner (I know you want these.  I can see the darling photos now!):

3D Print and Cut Cards (yes, that’s a spider.  Hello, little boy valentine!) + envelope.  You print and cut these out and either add the cut shape that comes with each card or add a 3D toy (aka: a real toy top, a real maze toy or a toy bug).  If you use a 3D toy then use a plastic or glassine bag as the envelope for your valentine.  So cute.

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