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Xyron and Derwent Collaboration


FTC disclaimer: I received some of these products for free but was not compensated for writing this post. To view my complete disclaimer, click here. 

Hello everyone! I am excited about this weeks project for Xyron. We have teamed up with Derwent to bring you some color. Now with it being spring and seeing flowers starting to pop, color is just what we need after a long winter in these parts of the Inland Northwest.
For my project, I decided to step a little outside of my normal and use the 'sketch' feature with my Silhouette Cameo 3. (I added a little bonus project to the bottom of this post)

After searching for sketches in the Silhouette Design Store, I decided on the mushroom and the rose sketches.

Mushroom Card Recipe: 
Using a Pigma Micron 03 pen and the pen holder, I was able to sketch out the base layer of the mushroom on a sheet of paper from the Derwent Big Book A5 Sketch Book.
Then I picked a few square areas and sketched those out as well. I left the main base image black and white while coloring in the three smaller square areas that I sketched out with Derwent's Procolour Pencils.
Next I grabbed my embossing powder and accessories to emboss the sentiment on the top of the base image.
Then I ran each element through my Xyron Creative Station Lite®  (Note I threw in some foam to create some pop up squares for the three colored pieces)

Rose Card Recipe:
For the rose card, I repeated most of the steps for the mushroom card. I decided that I wanted the rose to have softer lines though so after I sketched it out in pen, I took another sheet of paper from the Derwent Big Book A5 Sketch Book and simply did a rough sketch with a pencil.

I really wanted some water drops on the rose so that actually was the main reason why I wanted the softer lines so I could draw in the water!

Note with the rose card, instead of doing the pop up squares like I did on the mushroom card, I did the opposite for this card.

I ran the three base images through my Xyron Creative Station Lite® and the sentiment through my 1.5" Sticker Maker to get an even amount of adhesive to my backing.


 Final Project: 





Bonus Project: 
Little people know that I started my artistic adventure in drawing. Well if we really want to get technical I started it with a coloring contest for a grocery store and won in the 1st grade (thank you red, white, and blue turkey).

Moving on....I haven't drawn for at least 10 years. Life happens, kids come along, priorities change! So when I received my products from Derwent, I was excited and determined to use the journal and pencils. My first drawing, not very attractive. So I gave it a bit until I felt inspired to put pencil to paper.

I decided on doing some cherry blossoms. We have a cherry blossom tree in our yard and it happens to be my favorite. So much so, I have it tattooed on my foot. But I decided to sketch it out because the blossoms only last for a week, so why not memorialize it?!


One of the things I really liked about the Derwent pencils is that it was easy enough to blend colors effortlessly. With something like a tree branch, multiple colors can work together without having to really make sense.



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Happy Easter

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Hello all! It seems that spring is popping up, at least the flowers have begun to around here! With spring comes Easter. 

I decided to grab two SnapDragon Snippet files to help celebrate this holiday. 

Rather than go the traditional color route, I decided to grab my Blush Glam stack by Craft and Smith and do a soft pink and gold set.
Instead of making the bow a necktie for my bunny, I decided to make her a girl and give her a head bow instead.
 The pink, tail. Love it!
I switched out the files eyes for wiggly ones just for a little fun on both the card and 3D bunny.

I continued with the same 'girl' theme with the pop up box
I changed out the sentiment in the file for a 'Happy Easter' and 3 small eggs sentiment.

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Bundle of Joy

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Looking through all of the files on Birds SVGs, I came across the 'Bundle of Joy' set. There are so many great files with this little bundle, that I couldn't just pick one to do so I did four of the files.

  • Rocking Horse Card
  • Baby Rattle Shaker Gift Tag
  • Baby Bundle Gift Bag
  • Rocking Horse matching envelope



I started with the Craft Smith 'Blush Glam' stack. This stack is perfect for a little girl gift set
Image result for blush glam stack
After cutting each section out with the Silhouette Cameo 3, I ran all the parts that needed adhesive through the Xyron Creative Station Lite®  

 I also used Xyron's Tape Runner for the smaller pieces to adhere.

 Final Product:







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Spring Explosion Box

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Hello all! I am so happy to see signs of spring. Ready for the sun, warmer days, and best of all flowers with lots of color. Which happened to be my inspiration for this spring explosion box for my first official project as a part of the 2018 Xyron Design Team.

For today's post, I used six of my Xyron products as listed below:

  1. 1.5" Sticker Maker
  2. Xyron Creative Station®
  3. Xyron Creative Station Lite® 
  4. Tape Runner
  5. Teresa Collins Mega Runner by Xyron®
  6. Teresa Collins ¼” Mega Runner refill 

Step 1: Make the lid
I used the Tape Runner to adhere the sides of the lid so that I didn't have to wait for glue to dry and the width of the tape was perfect for each tab.


Step 2: Details
After cutting each piece out with my Silhouette Cameo 3, I used my Craftwell eBrush to bring in some colored detail. This project was probably the most I have used my eBrush on as I did each piece double sided since the majority of pieces are all 3D.


Step 3: Adhere
The fun part, assembly
For the carrot top, I used the Teresa Collins Mega Runner by Xyron® because I have a Teresa Collins ¼” Mega Runner refill  cartridge in this gun for the smaller areas to adhere.

For the larger cuts, I used the Xyron Creative Station®


And for the smaller cuts I used the Xyron Creative Station Lite®. Of course I could have used one or the other machine, but I didn't want to waste any of my running tape on the larger machine when I have the smaller machine to help with the smaller cuts. 

As you can see below, the different in width (about 4 inches) between the Xyron Creative Station® and the Xyron Creative Station Lite®. 

For the carrot tops, I decided to run them through the 1.5" Sticker Maker as they were small enough to fit. 
Not having to wait for each piece to dry after gluing together is a major time saving benefit when using they Xyron products. 

The coverage of adhesive on each piece is equal which is one thing I absolutely appreciate and love when working with these larger pieces.
Step 4: Pop up tab
Oh yes, yes you can use these machines to make your own pop up tabs! A few pieces of foam ran through the machine top and bottom makes for instant pop up tabs.
 After ran through the machine the first time, remove the top shiny sheet only
 Flip the piece over and run through the machine again
 Cut to size! So easy.
Step 5: Final details
Using my McGill flower rollers, I shaped each flower and leaf to what I needed.

For the stems, I simply covered wooden dowels and the bottom of each leaf with floral tape
Final Project:


The two butterflies started out as simple white cardstock until they were blessed by the eBrush.





 Inside the envelope is a place for a note

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