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So my wonderful husband decided to surprise me with a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas.  Now I have to admit that after two days of on and off playing with this machine I have had more than my share of frustrations with it.  Out of the box I would have to say that I have personally found it to be less user friendly than my Cricut machines.  But the more I play and learn the easier it is becoming. 

 

Thus far I have completed two different projects with this machine and while I am sharing one with you today it is not my first......that one I will share for a challenge on Wednesday. 

 

Today's project though is a card that I made using this cute mouse holding a camera file I purchased from the Silhouette store.  (For those that are interested it's design ID #45801) 

 

Now this is where I tell you about one of my learning curves with this new machine......When I added the design to my mat everything was white with only the outline.  Unlike my Cricut there were no colors to guide me and I felt like a lost kid in a crowd.  Fortunately several ladies on my PDE Linky Party Design Team were there to help answer questions and get me going on how to add colors so that I could cut out this cute mouse and get it all put together.  And then when I saved my work I was ecstatic to see that it saved my color choices as well as the locations in which I had placed my pieces on the cutting mat.  Kinda like the old Cricut software used to do.

 

To finish off my card I used a sentiment from the Craftin Desert Divas stamp set titled Capture the Good Times.

 

With that I am off to enter my card in to the following challenges:

 

Let's Get Sketchy - Moving Along With the Times - Ends January 7th

 

Anything Goes - Silhouette Challenges - Ends December 31st

Freestyle (Anything but Christmas) - Hiding in My Craft Room - Ends January 3rd