This card is especially dear to me as I did it almost entirely with the silhouette, my computer, and my printer! I used absolutely no papers on this one other than my ordinary Staples 110 pound white cardstock (not counting the card itself and the envelope)
I started with my silhouette studio software and opened the Pumpkin Baby digital stamp I purchased at Karen's Doodles and re-sized it to fit a 5×7 card. I made sure I set up the registration marks on the Silhouette in order to cut out the stamp later. The next step was to print it on white cardstock and colour it with Prismacolor pencils and blended with Sansodor. I used copics on the pumpkin's darker shade and the dark green on the leaves and blended with the clear copic pen. Back to my computer and the silhouette, I stuck my finished drawing to the mat and fed it into the silhouette. On the computer, I did an outline tracing of pumpkin baby in order to get the cutting line. I find it much easier to make a blacked out version in Photoshop and use it to trace the drawing. You have to make sure you align it with the drawing perfectly without moving it or it won't cut in the right spot. That done, go ahead and detect your registration marks and cut your drawing. I then highlighted my pumpkin with stickles and set it aside to dry. Continue reading
