One year ago I received my first Silhouette machine. I was so excited to get it, yet so intimidated by all of its powers that I didn’t really put it to use until about two months ago. Since then I have been making shirts……lots of personalized shirts. But recently I made my girls each a personalized elf with my Silhouette Portrait. Aren’t they adorable?
Make a Personalized Elf
For this project I purchased the elves from the Dollar Tree. Not even kidding! (I found the same elves on Amazon and almost choked when I saw the price!!) I typed the names into the Silhouette software and mirrored the image. Then I used some white Heat Transfer Vinyl as my cutting medium. I weeded out the excess and ironed onto the elves. I hot glued a pom-pom to the top of each elves hat and some glittery edging around the girl’s hat.
Little Sister loved her elf so much she had me make a second….so the first elf has a friend, of course.
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The Silhouette Cameo starter bundle is currently $179.99 and comes with a $25 Silhouette store gift card!
- This bundle includes a New Silhouette CAMEO, 2 12″x12″ cutting mats, 2 cutting blades, a Silhouette Pick Me Up tool, a Silhouette Metallic Sketch Pen Pack, and a $25 download card for the Silhouette Design Store.
- The Silhouette CAMEO is an electronic cutting machine that can cut a variety of materials (from vinyl to fabric) up to 12 inches wide and 10 feet long.
- This model improves upon its predecessor with a responsive touchscreen, a handy on-unit cross cutter, and built in accessory storage.
- The CAMEOs Print & Cut feature lets you cut precisely around designs and images you have printed on your home printer. Perfect for making stickers, printed iron ons, and much more.
- The CAMEO includes Silhouette Studio, an easy to use but powerful program which allows you to create your own designs using your own fonts and images with your CAMEO.
Of course you can use this as part of your Elf on the Shelf tradition!
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Leandrea is a married mom of two girls, ages 13 and 12, living in Atlanta, GA. She is passionate about helping people save money one coupon at a time. Read more