Many Thanks | Flap Card
Here’s a little card I whipped up for a friend. As an experienced card maker I don’t typically use card kits in the Silhouette design store, but this arrow stamp flap card by Kolette Hall just called my name.
The card is a flat piece of A2 grey paper, but the white postage-stamp cutout has a flap that lifts to reveal your note.
I tried something new and cut this many thanks sentiment out of printable clear sticker paper, then colored it with a blue Spectrum Noir alcohol marker.
It wasn’t exactly the perfect shade of blue, but when I laid it on top of the yellow background it turned just the right shade of blue-green to match my pattern paper. Lucky me!
I think I’ll be coloring more clear sticker cutouts in the future. I just love the sheer look, and the clear sticker paper is nice and sturdy so it’s easy to get clean intricate cuts. (And it’s self adhesive. Always a bonus!)
Designs Used:
A2 arrow stamp flap card (#64396) by Kolette Hall
Thank you layered sentiments (#58317) by Kolette Hall
What a beautiful card! Love your choice of colors! I will have to experiment with the clear sticker paper, what a great idea!
Thank you, Marilyn! 🙂
Thanks for sharing Kelly. I plan on making this card, and your suggestion about the sticker paper is great.
Thanks.
Glad to hear it!
ok i am new to this and really like this card. How did you print the words? regular printer? then when you colored it you peeled it off(clear except coloring?) why not print with color?
The words are not printed at all; they are cut from clear sticker paper with my Silhouette cutter. The sticker paper is clear and glossy, so I colored it with a marker just because I wanted to see what it would look like. It stayed partially transparent, which is what I wanted.
I could have done a print & cut to print on my regular printer onto the clear sticker paper, then cut with my Silhouette cutter, but it would be more wasteful with the paper in this case, and I would have had to experiment with colors anyway to get the right shade of blue.