Silhouette UK: Thank you cards for your customers

Hi everyone. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button bringing you another project. Today's project features the gold scratch-off sticker sheets. Gold scratch-off sticker sheets are just like the material you find on scratch cards from the post office. The material sits on top of the clear plastic adhesive sheet. Therefore, just cut your shape like you would a sticker, peel off of the adhesive back and stick down onto your project. Then your recipient will be able to scratch the gold material off the clear plastic to reveal your suprise. Now, I know a lot of people use their Silhouette machines to make objects to sell. But why not use your Silhouette machine to help with your business stationery as well? I don't sell items I make, but I wanted to do this post to help inspire you. These cards are a great way to interact with your customers, and reward repeat custom. They are so easy to make and easy to change the 'reward' to suit you.

Thank you cards for your customers' details:

To start, turn out your print and cut registration marks on and decide on how big you want the card to be. The cards I made are 2"x 3". I used the Just' a Little Thank You' design from the store (ID below), and positioned this towards the top of the box. To make sure this was centred. I used the transform panel and whilst selecting the box and text I aligned this horizontally in the centre.

Before adding any more text, it is best to work out and place your 'scratch-off' on your design. I kept it simple with a circle, and use the Width and Height options in the top toolbar to alter the size. Again, to make sure this was aligned centrally, I repeated the previous step.

Once I was happy with the design, I grouped the whole card together. Using the replicate window, I duplicated the card using the duplicate right option. I was able to fit three cards on the a4 sheet horizontally.

To space these cards equally, move one card to the outer edge of the print and cut area. Selecting all three cards, selecting the horizontal spacing option in the transform window.

You can then use the replicate the trio of cards with the replicate window selection duplicate down option. Once the panel is full, send to your print and load on to your cutting mat.

Before cutting these out. make sure you either move the 'circle' lines for your scratch off shapes off the card panels or change the line colour off red. You can then cut by line colour of red as long as no other item in your card has a red line and only the outline.

On a separate sheet, copy and paste the circle 'scratch-off' shape enough times for the number of cards you have cut. Apply the gold scratch-off sticker sheet on to your mat and load into your machine. Send the circles to cut, making sure you select the correct material from the menu and test-cut first!

Once cut, peel the material off the adhesive backing and stick onto your cards.