With Christmas just around the corner, we decided to create our own holiday card. This three layered greeting is sure to exude the spirit of the holidays!
Materials:
Red, green and silver card stock. We purchased ours from Paper and More and have included detailed information below:
The Epilog system used for this project was a 60 watt Helix.
This project mostly utilized the cutting features of the Epilog Helix; however, some engraving was done on the last layer of the card.
First, open the file sc_card_layer1.cdr. and insert your first layer of paper (ours was green.)
To score a neat fold, we used the following settings to create a lightly perforated line through the card: Speed: 60% Power: 10% Frequency: 10
Next, open sc_card_layer2.cdr and insert your second layer of paper (we used silver.)
Cut the snowflakes from the paper using the following settings: Speed: 70% Power: 60% Frequency: 200
Please note since the silver paper is fairly thick, you can simply wipe off any small burn marks you may get from cutting.
Lastly, open sc_card_layer3.cdr and insert your paper (we chose red for this layer because it was best for engraving purposes.)
This is the only layer that contains both cuts and engraving marks.
Use the following settings for engraving: Speed: 80% Power: 8%
And these settings to make your cut: Speed: 70% Power: 60% Frequency: 200
After this step you will have all your card layers ready to assemble.
Scoring fold
Silver layer upon green layer
All three layers
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Assembling the Card
To assemble your card, center each piece to your liking and glue together layers 2 and 3. Once dry, glue that layer to the base layer and your card is complete.
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