You Put the Happily in My Ever After

I made this card for my hubby for Valentine’s Day this year and then forgot to share it! I love how this 5″ x 7″ card turned out. The phrase is from one of my favorite word-art designers, Kolette Hall, and you can find it as design ID #54422 in the Silhouette design store.

This is a layered phrase, so you can cut the whole phrase at once from one color, or you can cut selected parts. I cut the whole phrase out of silver printable foil, then just the word “happily” with printable gold foil to place perfectly on top of the silver layer.

Because of the printable coating on the foil, I didn’t want to use any kind of transfer tape that might pull off the thin top layer.  Instead, I cut the phrase again out of a piece of scrap paper that I laid down on my card temporarily to help me position my foil letters.  The foil is quite thick, so it holds its shape while moving the pieces around. (In contrast to vinyl, which goes all floppy if you try to move a whole welded word without transfer tape.)  The foil is self adhesive, so it’s just like working with firm foil stickers.

The foil cuts so beautifully, so even my tiny little word “the” was cut perfectly.  I added a rhinestone to dot the “i” and included this tiny little envelope with a heart cutout to hold it closed.  (There’s even a tiny little letter inside.)

I hope you enjoyed this card!