Recently I saw a card I liked on a Facebook page. The lady who posted it had made a design for her Cricut machine. This is similar to my Silhouette Cameo but I think the software is much more restrictive. Anyway I cannot use Cricut files in my Silhouette, so I looked up the link where she said she had found the original design. This was by a designer called Iced Images, and the card design is called Z-fold pop-up block card. She does not design for a machine but measures and cuts everything by hand. Her video tutorial was good, so although she was working in inches, which I left behind many moons ago, I followed her step by step and made a birthday card that I was quite pleased with. (Unable to show it yet).
But I realised that it would be a lot easier if I cut it all in cms on my machine, so I set about making my own file for Silhouette, changing the dimensions of each piece slightly to fit my usual base card (17 x 11.5cms). I used this to make a second birthday card and was very happy with the results, so I now have a file in my library that I can use at any time. And I used for my Christmas designs this time.
For my first card today I chose a sheet of scrapbook paper from my extensive collection on the computer, and down sized it to give the effect I wanted.
The santa was made from some clipart pictures merged together, resized and cut from glossy black vinyl.
I cut the background twice so I could continue it across the front and side panels. I chose some navy card snippets for the mats, and finished it off with a silver peel-off sentiment and some randomly placed stars.
I then decided to have a second go while I was on a roll and this time I used some dark red card for the mats, red patterned paper from a magazine, and a pale pink sheet from a give-away. It has probably been in my files for years.
Beautiful cards.
ReplyDeletewow! Two wonderful designs. I do love Santa with a sleigh on a card but I also love the pretty red and green on the second card.
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What a very clever person you are to adapt a design for your cutting machine.
I love both cards they look stunning and so beautifully made.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.
Absolutely delightful and thanks for joining us at June's Rudolf Days Challenge, Luv Sam x
ReplyDeleteI thought I had commented on these fabulous cards Kate, anyhow, clever you to adapt inches to cm and make a template too. I have templates for 5x7 and 6x6, makes it so much easier to size in Silhouette. I LOVE the split Santa on your card and the wonderful design. Your second looks so different, with the different papers. I love the fact you used vinyl too. Fabulous.
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