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So excited for this guest feature! Karla is a wonderful fellow mil-spouse and Sconnie and she makes fantastic cards. If you're looking to see a great Silhouette Cameo example or learn what the heck that is...read on!
I was so honored when the lovely Kimberly Erskine asked me
to be a guest feature on her blog. I was especially shocked because I myself am
not a blogger nor would I label myself even a good writer. However, Kim is a
fan of my cards and I love making cards so I didn’t hesitate to say yes. Kim
and I met about three or so years back. We both attended the University of
Wisconsin – Madison at the time and ironically enough, we were both about to
marry men in the Marine Corps. Ever since my husband joined the Marines, I’ve
been a huge fan of writing him letters and more recently making him cards. As
you may or may not know, as a military couple, you spend A LOT of time apart.
Since my husband enlisted in September of 2010 we have spent somewhere between
14-15 months together. You get really good at writing to each other. I quickly got bored of typical letters and
decided to get into card making not only as a hobby to help pass time but also
so that I had more fun things to send my husband. Today I am going to show you
a card I am making for my husband. He is coming home VERY SOON from a
deployment, and I can’t wait to actually give him this card in person!
I personally use the Silhouette Cameo for all of my paper
cutting (and much more) needs. I love the versatility that it gives you. I
began my card today by picking some designs from the online store. (If you
don’t have a silhouette, you could easily cut most of these shapes out with
scissors or other sorts of die cuts and stamps!)
I found this super
cute card from Lori Whitlock. However, the balloon design did not fit my theme
so I also pulled some pumpkins from her gallery as well.
After changing the
shape to match my theme, I made a cute banner with a variety of fonts and
started thinking of colors and sizes for my card. The default size of the card
layout I chose was A2, which I am not fond of. I like big ole 5X6.5” cards.
Once I had all the
sizes and layout established I picked out my papers. I used paper from the Lawn
Fawn – Into the Woods paper pad set. I am absolutely obsessed with everything
Lawn Fawn. If you don’t know anything about their products, stop reading this
and go look them up now. They have adorable stamps, sequins, paper pads, and
more. I love all of their stuff.
I just love how this brown paper has a wood grain look to
it. I just think it’s the funnest little detail. Anyways, now with my papers
established I started cutting everything out with my Silhouette Cameo.
This thing is
amazing. Look how detailed it can cut!
Once all my pieces were cut out, I was ready to assemble the
card into the layout I designed in the Silhouette Studio program.
I personally am a big fan of glue runners to adhere my
shapes together. It doesn’t require drying and it’s super easy to use.
Once all my pieces
were assembled together on the card front, I realized that it needed some extra
pizazz. I’m not one for making “simple” cards. I also am incapable of spending
less than an hour on a card I feel like. It’s just in my nature.
Anyways, so I started adhering various Lawn Fawn sequins
onto the card with jewel glue (it’s what I have on hand). Overall I am very
happy with how the card came together.
I will apologize for my poor iPhone photos and lack of
instruction and commentary. As previously stated I am not a regular blogger,
but I couldn’t resist sharing this opportunity with you all today! I hope you
all like my little card!
-Karla W.
Isn't Karla the best? Absolutely love this adorable card and I may or may not be begging Ryan for a Silhouette for my birthday!!
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