One of the items I needed to pick up during my run of errands the other day was Thank You Cards. As I was looking through the meager assortment of Thank You Cards in the store, it occurred to me to make them myself. Why not?
I have paper. I have envelopes. I have a Silhouette® Cameo!
Other than wedding invitations, birthday party invitations, and baby shower invitations, I have never made cards. No Birthday Cards, no Get Well Cards, no Thank You Cards! Why the heck not?
Good question! I think it’s because I don’t think I’m much of a card designer. But surely I can make a simple Thank You Card.
This is what I used to make the Thank You Cards (includes affiliate links):
- card stock
- paper cutter
- Silhouette® Cameo
- Silhouette® printable gold foil
- bone folder
- envelopes
My card stock was 8-1/2″ x 11″. I cut the card stock in half using my paper cutter and folded each piece in half.
I used the bone folder to get a clean fold.
In Silhouette Studio, I designed my card. Actually, all I did was make a rectangle 5-1/2″ wide by 4-1/4″ tall – the size of my folded card – and typed “thank you” in Sweet Pea font. I also found an arrow I liked in the Silhouette Online store.
TIP: I used the rectangle as a guide to make sure the words and arrow would fit.
Next, I filled the “page” with thank you’s and arrows. Since I was cutting these shapes out of the 8-1/2″ x 11″ foil, I changed my “page” in Studio to the same. See photo above.
All that was left to do was stock the words and arrows on the front of each card.
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I really need to get myself one of these amazing machines! Great job!