Welcome 2020 & New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year everyone! This year has already had a rocky start in my house. Everyone was down and out with the flu. I got the flu shot. I got the flu. Is anyone else in that boat? Well I am sick. Sick of being sick. I had so many great and energetic ideas. Plans to watch fewer shows, do more crafts, write more blog posts, make more svg files, spend more quality time with my family. Instead, I have been on my back watching shows. Talk about demoralizing!
But now, I am back. Well, almost. I still have a cough that could wake the neighborhood and resulted in my husband giving me dirty looks at the movie theater for my inability to stop my coughing fits. But, my energy is mostly revived. Hooray for 2020!
Has anyone missed me?
So, I have a gut feeling about this one. My blog is not a household staple. No one has been clinging to the edge of their seat wondering where on earth Kristin at Kabram Krafts has disappeared to. If you have, I am enchanted.
The truth is, I have felt sooooo guilty that I haven’t been creating more files and crafts to share with you here. I have been crafting. But, more often than not you will find me trying to catch up on laundry, dishes, and the general chaos of having three young daughters!
In fact, one of my top resolutions this year is to grow this site. To fill it to the brim with lots of crafty ideas and files for you to try.
New Christmas Toys
Did you receive any fun crafty toys for Christmas? Well, I made sure I did. Am I the only one who bought themselves a Christmas gift, wrapped it and put it under the tree? I present to you, my new Silhouette Cameo 4.
So far, I haven’t really put its capabilities to the test, but all the testing for today’s file was done on my new Cameo and it worked like a champ.
Free Valentine’s Day Message Hearts
I have more variations in my head for these. Including trying out the Foil Quill to write the messages on them. Hence, I have titled this post “Part I” – so hold me to it, more on the horizon.
Foil Quill Version: COMPLETE!
Here is what I came up with. These are three parts per heart. A backing for the text color, the heart with message, and the small shadow to make these look like the small message heart candies. So cute, and yet so very unappetizing. A Valentine’s Day staple. I choose three saying, but it would not be very hard to alter the messages if you know how the fun little path tools work.
For the shadow pieces, I colored each one with the same color to make it slightly darker. I think it might look just as good or better if you hand shade the heart with the words instead of adding the “shadow” paper piece.
Without further ado, here is the free Valentine’s Day message heart svg file freebie for you.
I was unable to get free down load you had posted.
The SVG either downloads or opens in the browser depending on your settings. If it opens in the browser it looks like just a picture, you can right click the link and hit “Save As”. It gets a lot of people and I am working on transitioning my downloads to ZIP files which browsers are better at just downloading!
I can’t get the heart svg Part 1 & Part 2 to download.
Hi Janice,
How the downloads open depends on your browser, but if it takes you to a picture of the file you can right click it and then hit “Save as…”.
Kristin
OHHH doing it in Foil Quill? Yes Please! I have both sets and still have not done anything with it. Now I can have inspiration. Yes I missed you!
Yes! I am going to try it. For whatever reason I am super intimidated by the Foil Quill and have let it just sit there since I got it. But no more! I am going to be brave and try it out. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
I’m glad to see . you again! Your files are always welcome. As to why I’m here, well, all of the above. Files, inspiration, and whatever. Thanks.
Thank you so much for your kind words, they mean a lot! It always feels like I am typing words into a void, but I am glad there are people who benefit from it. 🙂