{"id":3882,"date":"2013-02-28T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.positivelysplendid.com\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2013-02-28T08:08:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:08:41","slug":"diy-business-cards-silhouette-portrait-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positivelysplendid.com\/diy-business-cards-silhouette-portrait-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Business Cards + Silhouette Portrait Giveaway!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a happy day here at PS: I get to give away a brand-new Silhouette Portrait to one lucky reader!! Woot!<\/h2>\n

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Before we get to that, though, I wanted to share the DIY business cards that I made recently with my CAMEO and the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Software.<\/p>\n

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Photo above via\u00a0Positively Splendid on Instagram.<\/a>\u00a0Pop over and follow along!<\/em><\/p>\n

In January, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to go to the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Shown in Anaheim, California. It was a fabulous experience, and I knew I wanted my business cards for the show to really impress. I decided to use the Designer Edition software to put together some cool scalloped cards that truly stood out from the crowd!<\/p>\n

To start, I designed the graphic portion of the card in Photoshop, and I saved that file as a jpeg.<\/p>\n

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I then opened up the jpeg file with the Designer Edition software. I set my page width to 8.5×11″, and my cutting mat to 12×12″.<\/p>\n

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At the top right-hand side of the screen, I clicked on the button to open the Registration Mark Settings Window (the icon looks like 3 L-shaped marks around a square.) I clicked on “show registration marks,” and then I set my registration mark margins as low as they would go (.395″).<\/p>\n

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With my registration marks in place, I clicked on the printer icon at the top left of the screen and followed the prompts to print the image onto white cardstock.<\/p>\n

While the file was printing, I framed each card on the sheet with a scalloped frame from my Silhouette library. (Note: This particular frame came as a freebie with my old Silhouette SD machine.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Once my sheet was done printing, I placed it on the cutting mat, and then I clicked the on the Silhouette icon at the top left of the screen to send the file to my CAMEO for cutting. After just a few minute’s time, each of my cards was cut out beautifully! Yay!\u00a0I love how these cards turned out, and it was such a cost savings to DIY them instead of ordering them.<\/p>\n

Silhouette March Promotion<\/h2>\n

This month is all about the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Software.\u00a0This software honestly leaves you with no limits in terms of what you can create with your Silhouette machine.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By using the code POSITIVELY when you shop, you can score any of these terrific deals:<\/p>\n