I am so excited to be sharing with you my first Official post as a member of the new Design team for Simply Crafty SVGs. Today I am showing off the Perpetual Calendar SVG Design.
What I love about this is the colours are unlimited to your imagination you can even customize the bottom tray to put the person’s name on it, anything at all. The instructions were so easy to follow for putting this together that a beginner to advanced 3D builder can follow. Here are the pieces and as you can see not that many.
And here the pieces put together.
All in all, this was a fun piece to put together and will be used everyday!!
Stay tuned tomorrow to see how I took this file and made a vacation countdown!!! Keep on crafting my friends!!!!
Simply Crafty SVGs is very pleased to have our first post by our Design Team Member, Deb Rauch. She took our Garden Shack SVG and made it into a Surf Shack!!!
I’m very excited to announce that this is my first project for Simply Crafty SVGs! The file I started with was Garden Shack SVG File. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t like to follow the file exactly, and usually put my own spin on them.
For this Surf Shack, I cut out the pieces labeled Box 1 and Box 2. I removed the cut window piece, folded it in half, and glued it inside the shack to make a shelf. From there, I glued the actual box pieces together. I did leave the side piece unglued so that you can open the side and put a little gift or even a battery tea light.
From there, I needed to figure out a way to make the thatched roof. I cut a 3″ strip of 12″ long paper and with my paper cutter, I cut strips 1/4″ wide to make the thatching strips. To apply the strips to the roof, I added a small glue dot on the back end and stuck it down on the back of the roof. I overlapped the strips so that the whole roof was covered.
Then, I needed to put my thinking cap on. The whole shack was a tan color with a green thatched roof. I needed color on the front, sides, and back. For the front, I used Crushed Olive Distress Ink and covered the whole front, including the door. For the shelf, I used Peacock Distress Ink.
For the sides, I added a piece of olive green patterned paper from my stash. Then, on the right side I cut out some colorful hibiscus flowers with my electronic cutter and applied them to the side. Then I went back to the front. I cut a 2″ long piece of paper and cut it into thin strips, then sandpapered it for a distressed look. I added that under the shelf. I felt like I still needed some tropical feel to this shack, so I cut some palm leaves with my electronic cutter and placed them around the front window, next to the door, and across the top.
For the back, I continued placing the palm leaves until I covered the entire back.
You can’t have a surf shack without surfboards!! I, once again, cut a couple surfboards out with my electronic cutter and pop dotted them on the side so that they would be a little dimensional.
We are pleased to announce our First ever Design team. Please welcome this wonderful group of people and help us support them as they offer inspiration for you all
Debs Smith –Design Team Coordinator
“Hi y’all My names is Debs and I am from Essex, Ontario Canada. Proud pet parent of 2 wonderful dogs and a cat. Been crafting all my life but my papercrafting journey started 5 years after an accident limited my crafts. I started with cardmaking and now 3D paper structures to mix media. I am also working with perler beads to make pieces of art for friends and family”
I’m a retired nurse and have been married to my husband for 34 years. I’m also the mother of two grown boys, and have recently become a first time Grandmom! I’ve been crafting since I was a young girl. I’ve tried many crafts, but for the last 15 years I have been papercrafting. I have also expanded into mixed media, altered items, and most recently art journaling. I love learning new techniques and making new crafty friends.
My name is Els Schutte and I live with my wonderful and talented husband, Michael, on Vancouver Island in Parksville, British Columbia, Canada. As long as I can remember I have been creative; I worked in a bakery, as a seamstress in an interior design store, and then opened and managed my own craft store from 2006-2012. In 2013 my husband and I moved from the Netherlands to Canada. In the Netherlands I taught several classes each week at my store and now I teach private classes in scrapbooking, in addition to designing cards, digital layouts, mini-albums and altered items by special request. Much of my day is spent crafting, so know that I am able to devote the time needed to create weekly and monthly projects!
Over the years, I have entered several competitions and had my winning cards, digital scrapbook pages and altered items published in several magazines (Cards Only, Creatief, Hobbyzine, Webster’s Pages). I have always been inspired by beautiful paper and scrapbooking products, love to try new techniques and enjoy sharing that inspiration with others by creating projects together in class and by creating meaningful gifts that can be enjoyed by others.
Janet lives in Scotland where the unpredictable weather gives plenty of ‘stay-in-doors’ opportunities for crafting. She’s a big fan of Silhouette cutting machines and loves making 3D items as well as cards and all manner of home décor projects. She loves to add a little extra surprise to her makes, so look out for those unexpected colour combinations and use of unusual media.
Janet’s creative journey started at age 4 when an inspired relative gave her a lovely big box of Caran D’Ashe pencils. Since then she’s passed though phases of painting, dressmaking, sewing, and toy-making, and has finally found the perfect mix of technology and creativity in papercrafting!
I am Kimberly Sisco and live in Springfield, MO with my husband, Michael, and our fur babes (9 year old pups) Cooper and Felix. When I am not in creative mode I am working as an R.N.
For as long as I can remember I have had a desire to create, but it was about 9 years ago when I purchased my first electronic die cutting machine, a Cricut Personal, that I developed a love for paper crafting, especially card making. I have a passion for creating and sharing the art of paper crafting. I also enjoy stamping, painting, and sewing.
