Chevron Birthday Cards

I made this rainbow-colored set of chevron birthday cards for the young women in our neighborhood. The chevron square background is my own design, but the cute little sketched flags are in the Silhouette online store, all ready to be sketched and cut.

Originally I had started a tutorial on sketch pens to fill the page with different sketch colors, but then Studio version 3 was released and the instructions for sketching multiple colors changed. For the better! So let me give you the new, shorter tutorial for sketch pens in multiple colors using Studio version 3.

1- Using the desired sketch sentiment tag, replicate the tag to fill the page. Ungroup the words from the tags.

2- Leaving the tag line color red, change the line color (Line Color Window) of the text inside to as many colors as you want. Keep in mind you’ll be manually swapping out the sketch pen for each color change. I always change my line color to represent the color of sketch pen I will use.

3- In the Cut Settings Window, check the box for Advanced and select the Line Color option.

4- Choose Silhouette Sketch Pen as the media type for each color except red. For only the red line color (your tag outline), choose Cardstock or whatever paper type you are cutting.

5- Place your line colors in the order you want to change pen colors by dragging them up or down in the Cut Order section (the top color cuts first). I used my line colors on the page as a reference and worked left to right, top to bottom (e.g. blue, brown, teal, grey, etc.).

6- Right click on each color in the Cut Order section and choose Add Pause. (No need to add a pause after the final cut.)

7- Click Send to Silhouette. Now your machine will cut/sketch in the order listed on the right. It will pause after each color, which allows you to swap out pen colors while the paper stays loaded and in position.

8- Click Resume Cutting (not Start) when you’ve switched the pen color and you’re ready to continue sketching with the next color. After all the text has been sketched, switch to your blade for the final cut.

I added some rhinestones to each card and curled the tag a little before gluing it on. I love making sets in rainbow colors!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you found this sketch tutorial helpful!

 Shapes Used:
3 sketch sentiments (#47424) by Lori Whitlock
Chevron square block is my own design, but it is comparable to Chevron card (#19178) by Alaa’ K and to Chevron lace background single fold square card (#37034) by Jamie Koay

{Tutorial uses Silhouette Studio 3.1.417, Designer Edition}