Hi everyone! I am loving the addition of the digital store at
Studio Calico and the silhouette cuts are so fun to use for Project
Life. In this tutorial, I'll show you how I used some of the silhouette
cuts to put together some quick and simple pre-made journaling cards.
You can easily make some pre-made cards too so that you can use them
whenever you want for your Project Life! Let's get started.
First off, I picked some shapes that I want to use
for my PL cards. I chose the Love Banner Cut Designs (which coordinate
with February's Front Row Kit) as well as the Be Brave Feather Cut
Design (which coordinates with SC's new CHA lines).
I sent the cut
designs to my Silhouette and cut them out of white American Crafts
cardstock. Using white cardstock makes the cuts really versatile because
I can mist them any color I want. You can choose your favorite colors!
For these cuts, I used Pretty Pink, Powder Blue, Pinstripe, and Overdue
Mister Hueys.
For
the first pre-made card, I used SC grid paper as the 4x6 base. Then I
added a strip of washi tape (from February's Matinee add-on) to the
bottom. I chose two of the banner cuts and decided to angle them for a
fun design. I wanted the top banner to be shorter than the bottom banner
so I just trimmed the right side of the banner. After adhering them to
the card, I cut off the extra bits.
The second pre-made
card is a 3x4 card. I knew I wanted to create a card that would be
perfect to jot down a current 'love list'. I flipped one of the banners
so that it would run vertically along the card, then attached the heart
banner to the top right hand corner. I used an arrow veneer (from
February's Front Row scrapbook kit) to point from the 'right now' to the
heart, just for emphasis. Trim off the extra pieces again once
everything is adhered.
You may have
noticed that I didn't mist the 'Be Brave' feather earlier on. Another
way to use the silhouette cut is as a mask! I used temporary adhesive to
adhere the feather to a 3x4 grid journaling card, and then I misted it
with Pretty Pink Mister Huey. Careful not to over mist - it may cause
the mist to bleed underneath your mask. Peel off the feather.
For this misted
card, the mist bled a little on the masked feather image so I outlined
the image with my white pen. Doing so helped 'clean up' the image and
make it stand out more. I added a label and some wood veneer brackets to
finish it off. The fun thing is that the misted feather that was used
as a mask is still usable! Here, I attached it to the middle of another
grid card and added sequins to create a filler card - super easy.
Here are the four
cards all together. I hope this tutorial gives you some ideas on how to
use SC's silhouette cuts on your Project Life cards!
Supplies: Silhouette cut files -
Front Row Love Banner Cut Designs,
Be Brave Feather Cut Design; patterned paper - Studio Calico Classic Calico v.1 Folio,
SC Front Row Card Kit; washi tape -
Matinee add-on; veneer - (arrow)
Front Row Scrapbook Kit, (brackets)
Front Row Project Life Kit; label -
Front Row Card Kit; mist - Pretty Pink, Overdue, Powder Blue, Pinstripe Mister Huey; cardstock -
American Crafts; pen - Uniball Signo; other -
Silhouette Cameo,
sequins
