Silhouette "Thanks" Card

Silhouette "Thanks" Card

I love all things crafty.  I love quilting and sewing and I love my Silhouette Cameo.  If you landed here via a quilting or sewing site, you might not know what that is.  It's a super-duper paper cutter -  Cameo 

I use it all the time for scrapbooking (well, I would use it for that, but I'm about a dozen years behind - I have recently used it to cut cards for Project Life albums - more on that another time), card-making, and kid crafts.  I'm a Spark leader (5-6 year old Girl Guides) and lead Craft Club at my son's school, so it gets a good work-out.  I put it through it's paces for sure, but if I'm honest, I mostly grab a shape online, pull it up from my library and send it to the machine.

The thing with the Cameo is that while the software is powerful and very user-friendly and easy to use, I rarely sit and play long enough to really figure out what I can do with it.  I know that you know how that goes.  Sigh.  I'm going to master cutting vinyl, printing and cutting - all that good stuff.

I am.

Maybe I should do that by December 31 to make room for those unrealistic New Year's resolutions.

Anyway, back in reality,...today I needed a card, and thought I should flex my Silhouette muscles to use the sketch pens feature.

I watched a tutorial on you-tube and figured I was good to go.  I ungrouped the word from the rest of the card, and then cut over it with the oval shape.  To give the slider a little more gravity, I cut out the shape three times and stacked and glued them together to create a chipboardy vibe.  Things were really cookin' in the craft pit!  I added a sheet of AC paper that I bought while I was with the person I was making the card for - she'll recognize it, I'm sure. 

I'm happy with my first try.  Word to the wise though - be sure to watch more than one you-tube video before trying anything new.  I stumbled upon a written tutorial on the Silhouette site a little later on only to discover that you can actually use a "sketch" tool in the designer edition (yeah, I've got that. oh my.) which only goes to show that I've got a little more playing to do to make sure I'm really using all of the bells and whistles.


I'm tucking in a Project Life card outlining the thought process that birthed this little project.  My friend will probably get a little chuckle out of it, and I'm sure you can relate.

1. I should email _______ and thank her.

2. No. I should send a card!  I've got cards.

3. Oh. A handmade one would be nice.

4. I can use my cutting machine.  I've got a thousand designs.

5.  None of those look right.  I'll just buy a new one.

6. Sketch pens would be even better!

7.  Now to find the sketch pen tutorials...