T his card is made using Stampin' Up! materials and the Silhouette Cameo cutter
Project Recipe
Cut Whisper White card stock 5.5 x 8.5
Score at 4.25 and fold to make an A2 base card
Cut Painted Love Specialty DSP (designer series paper) 1 x 5.5 and .5 x 5.5
Attach the 1" wide strip to the card front on the opening side of the card
Attach the .5" wide strip to the right hand opening edge
Open the balloons image #18508 by American Crafts in the Silhouette Studio software.
Open a Happy Birthday script. The one I used here has been discontinued but there are lots of options to choose from in the Silhouette store.
Create a rectangle 3.25 x 5.5 and size the script and the balloon image to fit within the rectangle placing them where you are going to want them to be when completed. This step is just to get the sizing right for the pieces
Select the balloons image and release the compound path. All you want here are the centers of the balloons so pull the colored portion of each balloon to the side
Use the trace option to create a cut line around the balloons, group them
Place the balloons and the rectangle with the script on the page
Turn on registration marks to make it a print and cut page.
You can adjust the setting for the borders of the registration marks so that you don't use more the card stock than necessary
Once everything is in place send the job to your laser printer. Foil will only work on laser printers. I print in black only. It will get covered with foil.
Once the design is printed cut and apply foil to the images. I place pink on the lettering, and blue, green and pink on the balloons.
Once the foil is in place I put it in the laminator sleeve and cover the the printed piece with a sheet of copy paper. (if you don't do this the ink from the laser printer comes off onto you laminator cover and ruins your registration marks.
If you forget all is not lost Just use a black sharp point pen and color in the registration marks
After the piece is foiled cut out the balloons and the card layer with the script
Do not remove the paper from the mat yet. Instead go into design space and bring the balloon outline onto the page.
Remove the balloons and the card front and turn off the registration marks
Send the balloon base to the cutter.
Attach the Whisper White piece with the foiled script on it to the front of the card
Attach the balloons to the balloon background piece
Hand draw the string and bows and attach to card front wiht Stampin' Dimensionals
Supplies
Name | |||
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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock | have it | want it | Buy It |
Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper(retired) | have it | want it | |
Stampin' Dimensionals | have it | want it | Buy It |
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals | have it | want it | Buy It |
Snail | |||
Heidi Swapp Minc Foil Laminator | |||
Transfer Foil various colors | |||
Silhouette Cameo 3 with Designer Edition |