Hello! Sheri Reguly here! Thanks so much for joining us on Day 3 of our birthday celebration!!! I have two cards to share with you today, along with one of my favorite cutting tips AND a free cut file!
(SUPPLIES: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Crate Paper, American Crafts; Stickers, Decorative Clip: Crate Paper; Enamel Dots: Doodlebug Designs, Simple Stories, My Mind?s Eye; Manual Dies: Sizzix, My Favorite Things, Simon Says Stamp; Other: Corner Rounder, Baker?s Twine, Cork)
Most of you are probably already familiar with the cutting tip that I'm going to share, but if I can help save time and effort for even a few of you, well then it's worth mentioning. :)
When cutting tiny letters with my Silhouette to incorporate into a design, I like to group the letters together. It makes it so much easier to adhere the title to my design, and the spacing between the letters is always absolutely perfect.
The image below shows my "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" sentiment cut two ways. Individual letters, and then again with a narrow strip added beneath the sentiment, and welded together.
When adhering the welded sentiment to your card, you have two options. You can leave the added strip visible, as I have done on the two cards that I created, as well as on the example below.
OR, you can conceal the strip beneath patterned paper to create the appearance of individual letters.
I have a few basic screen shots to share on how I created this effect.
Step 1. Create text, as well as a narrow rectangular strip.
Step 2. Position and center the narrow strip directly below the letters. Make sure that they're touching, or ever so slightly overlapping.
Step 3. Under the "EDIT" bar, select "SELECT ALL."
Step 4. Click the "WELD" function to weld the selected shapes into one shape.
Super easy, super quick, and a real time saver!!!
Thank you so much for joining in our celebration!!! If you're interested in the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" sentiment that I used for my samples, you can download it *here* and incorporate it into your own designs.
Download HERE
Thank you so much Sheri for the beautiful card and the cut file! Love it!
Day 3 Celebration Giveaways!!!
Happy, happy, 11th birthday to our dear friends at Scrapbook & Cards Today! We are so delighted to have the chance to join in on the festivities celebrating this wonderful, creative, and crafty magazine. Congratulations on reaching yet another well-deserved milestone! Our party favor is a fun prize pack of a few of our newest stamps and dies including our newly released Matchbox Die, Matchy Matchy stamp set with Coordinating Matchy Matchy Dies, Matchy Backgrounds stamp set.
Happy happy birthday from your friends at Pink Paislee! To celebrate you and your big day, we wanted to share our fancy and fabulous Birthday Bash collection! So perfect, right? We hope you have a blast crafting and creating with this colorful, fun-filled line!
"We are happy to celebrate with Scrapbook & Cards Today by offering these two stamp and Thin Cuts bundles! Be sure to check out our Thin Cuts because this month they are all available at 25%-off! Choose from titles, sentiments, and a wide variety of shapes to stamp on, so you can get precise, dimensional shapes in no time! We also carry coordinating stamp sets to making stamping and cutting fast and easy! Happy Birthday!" ~ Close To My Heart
Thank you so much to Sheri and our amazing day 3 sponsors – Taylored Expressions, Close to My Heart and Pink Paislee! All wonderful companies that we love!
For an opportunity to win these prizes, be sure to leave a comment below by March 31st! All randomly selected winners will be announced on April 3rd! Good luck!
We hope you will take a moment today to let our sponsors know how much you love their prizes on their Facebook pages!
We're thrilled you joined us today and hope you'll join us tomorrow for another awesome of celebrating!!!
Thank you for another great prize and a great tip for using my shilouette.
Cool tip and prizes!
What a great tip. I think it would work on the Cricut as well.
Thanks for the inspiring tip!!! Love what you are sharing!!
Thanks for the tip. Seems easier than scrunching all the letters together before welding! Gotta run & try it!!
Thank you for the tip Sheri! I often struggle with this sort of thing! …also gotta love Pink Paislee! Happy day 3 of Birthday Celebrations!
Oh! I love love love these stamps and dies from Close To My Heart, Pink Paislee and Taylored Expressions. What an awesome addition to ANY craft room. This is a very generous prize. Thank you so much for this amazing chance to win. Happy birthday.
Love the text tip for today! Thanks to Close to My Heart, Pink Paislee and Taylored Expressions for their generous prizes!
Thank you for the adorable cut file and the hints and tips. I can’t wait to try them!
What a great tip! I don’t often cut out individual letters because I hate having to position each one. I have a Cricut Expression which I’m sure can do the same thing. I will have to try it. Off now to be creative! Happy Birthday Scrapbook & Cards Today! Hope you all have a great day!
Thank you CTMH, Pink Paislee, and TE!
Wow, super cute cards, and especially cute giveaways! Thanks to every company that takes part in sponsoring such generous gifts! Happy first day of Spring! :)
Trying the Cut file today!!:)
Thanks for the cutting tips. I have a Pazzles Inspiration that I have not mastered YET, but now I feel more inspired to do so.
I love the card ideas posted today! I also love the companies that are represented today such great prizes!!
Happy 11th Birthday.
Best wishes for many more.
thanks for the tips on cutting
letters.
Great Cameo hint, thank you!
Fabulous giveaway! Thanks SCT!
Thank you for the great cutting tip. Happy Birthday and may you have many more.
I would be so thrilled to win one of the prizes
offered for your 11th birthday celebration.
thanks for the chance.
Happy Birthday and best wishes for many more.
Wow! Another great day full of amazing prizes!!! Thanks!!!
The donut is a new idea for me. I look forward to making cards with that die.
I have a circut all you do is cut out the Wewords and then use the negative space for aligning. I use removal adhesive attach to card the glue letters into negative space. Remove negative space. Presto letters added to cards. It does take a bit of practice. Works great if you can’t weld your letters.
Thanks for another day of amazing inspiration!
Wow what another great giveaway! Thank you for the chance!
Love the Silhouette tip … so easy to do! Great giveaway … thanks!
I love the tip for keeping the letters spaced just right. Thanks
Happy Birthday SCT, great party favors today
Great products today – Happy Birthday!
Cute card, Sheri, love those feathers.
Thanks for an awesome day of prizes from amazing
companies we all love.
Thank you to the lovely sponsors, Taylored Expressions, CTMH and Pink Paislee.
What fun your 11th celebration is! Thanks for the chance to win such wonderful prizes!
Festive cards–thanks for the cut file and thanks to the sponsors.
I’m just learning to use my new cricut
machine,so thanks for the tips! Great prizes again today! Thanks so much for the chance to win!!
Love anything die with stamps or Stamps with Dies…… so much fun, happy day 3 of Birthday 11!
Love the cut file! Awesome party loot again today! Off to thank the sponsors and Happy 11th Birthday!TFS!
What awesome cards Sheri and thanks for the cutting tip. Very handy idea. More wonderful goodies today. Love all three of these companies!
Love the great ideas, thanks for sharing.
Happy birthday too.
Great tip! I’ve been partial to cursive handwriting just so it’s easier to adhere but now it’ll be easy with print letters too! Thanks!
Love the card. Wish I could use the cut file, but it is cool you show us how to use it a couple of ways.
Loving all the “party favors”! I could see those babies coming home to roost in my scraproom!
I’m loving the colours of the birthday bash collection!
Thanks for the tip… Maybe I should start using my Silhouette!! It’s nice to see so many vendors celebrating this great milestone. Thanks for all the great giveaway opportunities.
Love the inspiration and giveaways! Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for the tip. I love to be inspired to create.
I love to get new ideas because I am a new crafter.
Thank you for the free file and the tip! I love all the layers of this card! Such a perfect feature for the first day or spring.
Happy 11th birthday! Love those card examples and tips.
Thanks Shari for the cut file and tip! And thanks to all the Day 3 sponsors. I was saying “awwww..” As I scrolled through the blog post. So cute!
Happy 11th birthday! What great prizes and inspiration. Thanks for the chance to win!
Love your celebration cards, and what a fab giveaway too!
Thank you for the Happy Birthday cut file and for a chance to win products from 3 great companies. Great ideas shown here.
OMG, why didn’t I think up that lettering cutfile tip myself? So simple. Thanks for the opportunity to win.