Silhouette Cards

Good morning all

Well I'm thankful to say the wind seems to have eased a bit this morning - it was quite frightening last night.  I thought my house was about to blow away!  I have just photographed some cards I managed to make yesterday so will post two of them now.

I headed off to my craftroom yesterday afternoon with the intention of trying the print and cut function on my Silhouette Cameo as I am still learning what it can do.  But as often happens with me, I got sidetracked and instead decided to see how well it cuts Coredinations card.  I chose two different colours to test it on, with the intention of making one card, but have to confess that I couldn't work out how to cut bits of the file whilst leaving others uncut so ended up with two cards, one being the reverse of the other, so to speak!

Card One:

The whole card, including the card base, was made from Coredintions card from Crafters Companion, which cut beautifully at the first attempt.  To cut the two mats I used gsd files from Coco Pop Art.  The oval mat was cut at the size on the file and I resized the rectangular one to fit an A5 card front.

Second Card:

I couln't decide on a sentiment for these cards so decided to leave it until I have some inspiration - if anyone has any suggestions for a generic sentiment that would fit then I would be pleased to hear them.

Sticking to my resolution to design the inserts at the same time I make the cards I did just that, using Craft Artist.  I will personalise the insert, print it and stick it in once I know who the recipient is going to be.  I decided to use the same insert for both cards, and here it is:

And just as a matter of interest, I did actually get around to trying the print and cut facility after I had made these two cards, but I will post the results separately, possibly tomorrow.

Thank you for calling in.

Catherine x