Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Have I mentioned that I love my Silhouette?

I am in love.  With my Silhouette.  It is consistently ah-may-zing me with each new project.  I recently made cards on it.  Where has it been all my life?  I digress.

The first card was a birthday card for a gift that was ordered through my etsy shop.  The customer asked that it be shipped directly to the birthday girl and I included this card:

  
To create the card, I used two different files that came with my Silhouette.  I used the card with a scallop edge from one file and the happy birthday from another file.  Easy.

Now that I had some confidence in my card making...(ha!)...I decided to create a thank you card to include with a different order.  This one was designed around my shop's logo.  


It's just circles.  The bottom row of circles has my shop logo peeking through.  The top two rows say 'thank you', as if you needed me to spell it out.  Although my husband had trouble figuring out what it said...is it hard to read?  I liked how the "k" wraps around so the rows stay consistent and mimics the four circles in the logo.  What do you think?

And because I didn't want the inside writing to show through, I dug through my scrap pile and found a charcoal gray piece of sheer fabric, cut it to size, glued it to a piece of white card stock, then glued to whole thing to the back of the front flap.  In the pic below, you can see the shimmer of the sheer fabric. 

I swear, it looked better in person!  I hope the recipient thinks so, too!  

9 comments:

  1. I've never heard of a Silhouette, but that's so cute that I'm going to have to get researching!

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  2. wow! such beautiful cards! great job. love the fabric you used.

    i would love for you to come link up this or any other amazing project at my creativity party going on right now!

    letbirdzfly.blogspot.com

    thanks so much for sharing!

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  3. Cool card! If you get a chance, I'd love to have you link this up to my party at http://scrapbookingez.blogspot.com/2011/09/everyone-wins-giveaway-linky-party.html. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Love it! Thanks for linking up to Things I've Done Thursday!

    Melanie
    bearrabbitbear.blogspot.com

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  5. Very, very cute! I would love a Silhouette. Maybe one day. :) Your cards are adorable, I would love to receive one! I'm so glad you shared this @ Show & Share, hope to see more from you!

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  6. The recipient LOVED the card and thought it was fabulous. She also LOVED the note inside so much that the card is now attached to her bulletin board next to her desk where she keeps all her favorite things.

    BTW, the clutch is amazing. I love it so much. I'm blown away at how perfect it is. I've used it every day since I got it in the mail.

    xoxo

    Allison @ House of Hepworths

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  7. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Allison!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can gua-RON-tee (for full effect, imagine that in a cajun accent) the exclamation points do not even begin to illustrate my excitement that you love the package! You are awe-flippin'-some!

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  8. Beautiful cards!I just got a Silhouette, but couldn't find the "Happy Birthday" cut file you used. Do you mind telling me who is the artist? Thank you.

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