Video Tutorial: How to use Weld & Offset to make interesting cards with Silhouette Studio

You may know that a shaped card is made by welding the offsets of an image together but have you ever used the same technique to design the front of the shaped card?

By welding the offset of an image to a basic shape like a square or a rectangle, you can create all kinds of interesting shaped cards. For today's card, I welded rounded rectangles to the offsets and ended up with several new layers that I could then fill with a patterned digital paper.

Once I finished designing the card front and the card base, I print-and-cut the latter. In order to make the card more interesting, I cut the main image out from different colored cardstock and layered them together with glue and foam tape.

To finish the card, I added a sentiment by typing it with the Text Tool and I also rubber-stamped the tree trunk with a woodgrain pattern.

The following video will show you how I designed the front and the base to make today's card. I am still using Silhouette Studio (Designer Edition) version 2.8.16d because I do not like the latest version 3.0.343. No matter what version of Silhouette Studio you are using, you will be able to use today's tutorial to make an interesting card front and shaped card base with your software.

In the video, you may notice that I did not show how I added the sentiment. I deliberately skipped this step because many folks like to rubber-stamp their greetings onto the cards. If you prefer to print the sentiment, just type it in by using the Text Tool and Color Fill the words with black or any color of your choice. Be sure to turn off the cutting lines (Set Cut Style to "No Cut") so that your Silhouette cutter do not attempt to cut the words out during the print-and-cut process.

screen capture from my video tutorial.

I also kept the red outlines on the card so that the different layers remain well-defined. The Line Thickness of each of the red outlines is 0.00pt so they will not be printed and thus not show up on the printed page. If you follow my tutorial to make today's card, please make sure that the red outlines are either set to No Color (i.e. Transparent) or that the Line Thickness is set to 0.00 so that they do not show up when you print the card.

I wanted to keep the video short so I may have gone a little fast while recording. If you miss a step, just hit the Pause or Replay button. If you have any questions, just drop me a line here or you can find me on my Facebook Page.

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http://youtu.be/K0tRvZCmzuo




Files used:
Over-Koala-fied Cut It set {This set is included in the Great Gift Giving bundle that is currently on sale. Use the code MayFlowers to get the 40-set bundle for only $31.50 (reg. $170!)}

Over Koala-fied Paper Pack
LD Blankie font
TXT Longhand font