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Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with some fun monogrammed note cards I created using Lori’s Pattern Fills and My Silhouette. When I was younger, I always had note cards lying around in case I needed to write a thank you or thinking of you card. These days with email and texting, it seems like a lost art, but I still think it’s important to send a hand written note for some situations! I created these to have on hand, in case nothing but a hand written note would do!
Before I show how I created the cards, I thought it would be helpful to show how to add these patterns to your Silhouette Library. Once you’ve purchased the files from Lori’s Shop (they are not available through the Silhouette Store) you want to unzip the file. Next you will want to open your Silhouette Library, and also open another window showing the Fill files on your computer. To add them in bulk to your library, select all of the files at once, click and drag them over to the Patterns category of your library as shown below…
This will add all of the files to your Silhouette library at once, and they will be available for use through the Patterns category of the Fill function. Now for the cards themselves. I actually didn’t create the whole card in Silhouette, just the front layer. By creating just this layer, it enabled me to get more per piece of paper since I wasn’t cutting the entire card. I started by opening my Silhouette software and creating a 3.75″ x 5″ rectangle. This is the size of my front layer and allows for a .25″ border all around. (my note cards are standard A2 sized or 5.5″ x 4.25″)
Next, I added the fill to this rectangle. To do this I clicked on the fill button (the paint palate icon), then selected fill pattern (the dotted button). This brings up all of the fills I’ve loaded to my Silhouette Library. I scrolled down until I found the pattern. I clicked on my shape to select it, then clicked on the pattern fill I wanted.
The next step was to create the Monogram Circle. I started by drawing a circle using the shape tool. I sized it to be 2.5″. I filled that circle with white using the Fill function, selecting the circle and clicking on the white square.
For the letter I chose Lori’s Deco Font (Lori’s Shop, Silhouette) and sized my letter to 100.
I wanted my letter to be the same color as my background. To do this, I first selected my letter by clicking on it, and opened the Fill Window. I clicked on the dropper icon, then moved over to a blue area on my background piece and clicked. This added the background color to my letter.
The last steps of design were simply to center everything for printing. I first centered the letter in my circle using the Transform Panel.
Using the same buttons, I then centered the circle on my background.
Once everything was centered, I selected all portions of the design, right mouse clicked and selected group. This is a very important step. It allows you to cut just the outside of the design when using the Silhouette print and cut function.
I created a few different cards using the same method and some different fills. I then set up the printer registration marks by selecting Page Set Up, Registration marks and Type 1 Cameo. I have a wide format printer, so I can print 12″ x 12″. If you’re using a standard printer, you would set up the paper size to be 8.5″ x 11″ (from the page set up menu) and you would need to print 2 per page rather than 4.
I then sent the file to print.
Once printed, I clicked on send, selected my media, then most importantly selected cut edge under action. Since I grouped each of the cards to be one file, this will insure that only the edges of the card fronts are cut. I then sent it to cut.
To finish my cards, I glued the front layers to a standard A2 Card ( paper cut to 5.5″ x 8.5″ then folded in half for card).
These would make a fun gift for a friend or family member! I’ve also used the same process to make thank you notes for my daughter to send to companies she has interviewed with for her summer internship! The possibilities are endless. That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!
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Welcome to our February 2018 Creative Team Blog Hop! The creative team has been working hard on some new projects to share with you that will get you in the crafting mood. We also have some FUN new SVG files for you and a GIVEAWAY! Be sure to check them out below. There is also a free file for you!
This week we have a 30% OFF SALE going on at Lori’s SVG SHOP. ALL files (and commercial licenses) from Lori Whitlock, Kolette Hall, Doodlebug Design, Dresden Carri, Paige Evans, Rivka’s Renditions and SAS Creative are on SALE now through Saturday, February 17th!. Be sure to use coupon code: FEB2018 (case sensitive) at checkout in the SVG SHOP. (Only one coupon code per order allowed)
To thank you for joining us in the hop today and sharing the hop with your friends, we have a gift for you! TODAY ONLY, You can download this Happy Valentine’s Day Script file absolutely FREE! Be sure to go grab it while you can.
We have some super fun new files this week! Be sure to grab them while all files are 30% off this week when you use code FEB2018 in my SVG Shop! And, as always, the new files are available in the Silhouette Design Store as well. This week we have new files from Paige Evans and I have some fun Spring Slider Cards. You can see how to assemble these new cards in my new video tutorial.
I also have video tutorials for the new Pop Up Cake Slice Card here and the No Glue A2 Stationary Box here!
And, last but not least… would you like to see what our amazing team has created? Click the links below for some wonderful inspiration. If you get lost come back here to get on track Lori Whitlock, Tracy Penrod, Anita Mulcahey, Brandie Adams, Brigit Mann, Mitsyana Wright, Michelle Zerull, Aimee Kidd, and Ashley Cook!! Thanks again for dropping by! Have a GREAT day!
Hi Everyone:
Anita here with a fun tutorial to make this mini baby album. My brother’s girlfriend just became a grandmother of a beautiful baby boy and I made this album for her to fill and to share with her friends.
This is a photo of the cut file. It is called Baby Layered Mini Album and you can find it in Lori’s store and in the Silhouette Store. I mixed and matched some wonderful collections from Echo Park to make my album including A Perfect Winter, A Perfect Autumn, A Perfect Christmas and I Love Family. I bought 1.5 inch colored rings from Amazon for the album.
I decided that I wanted each page the same print/color so I used the replicate function on my Silhouette to mirror the left tabbed page to the right so that I could glue them together to create a heavier page. I then cut both pages from the same paper and adhered them back to back.
I then used the rectangle tool on the left side bar to create a white piece to be a photo mat. I like to put the item I am trying to match the size on my mat.
Here is the sized rectangle on my mat.
Here is a photo that shows the other rectangles that I created for the pages of my album. I then cut two of each for each page of the album.
I used Lori’s font called Wide Marker at the 56.0 font size and moved them on to the bottle to see how it would look.
Here are the pieces for my album.
There you have it. This worked up very quickly and it so cute. Can’t wait to send it off to it’s recipient.
Hugs,