I love you because…….Fill a jar with Sentiments

This week I’m showing off a project I made for my Mum which I gave her for Mother’s Day. I couldn’t blog it earlier as Mum reads my blog ( Thanks Mum!) but the idea will work for Birthdays, Anniversary or any occasion that you are celebrating a loved one and want to show them how much you love them.

I decorated a jar (with the free cutting file below) and filled it with a sentiments, but first, here’s a little “how to” showing how I put the sentiments together using my Cameo.

How I did it+

• Working in Silhouette Studio – First, I chose frame shape from my library. I already had a Birthday Card design in my Library – a Lori Whitlock design Design ID #16464. I opened it, ungrouped it and deleted everything except the frame I was going to use.
• I set up the registration marks and duplicated and resized the shape. I fitted 6 frames to each page. I aligned them, then grouped them together and centered them on the page.
• I added a text box. To set up the text box, choose the font, type your sentiment, then set the fill Bucket and line settings to your chosen text colour. Resize to fit within one of the frames.
• Now the important bit – Set the cut settings to “No Cut” for the text box
• Now it’s just a matter of duplicating the text box (I copy and paste), double click on it to edit it and change the sentiment and font if desired, then resize to fit within the next frame……then repeat the last three steps until you have filled the page with meaningful sentiments!

• Print and cut then keep going until you have as many sentiments as needed.

Did you read my sentiments above? Yes, my Mum really did let me eat raw potatoes! I loved them when I was a kid. When I’m peeling spuds now, I always peel an extra one to eat raw!

• Fold each sentiment and pop it in your jar or container.
• Resize the free File to suit the jar you are using and cut from Vinyl or Contact and transfer to your container.
• Decorate as desired with ribbons, gift Tags etc.

The Options

I did everything in Silhouette Studio, but the sentiments could be done  in Photoshop, Publisher or Word too. I used the Amigirl Script and the Amigirl Swash fonts for the sentiments,  but any font will work, as would handwriting the sentiments or using sketch pens.

I used coloured copy paper, although Scrapbook paper would be nice too.

I also made a matching card . I used the Braided Edge Card Base (Get the Free Cut file over on this post) and decorated it with the same font and a dotty design that I did in Silhouette Studio.

Here’s the set – with a matching envelope.

Credit Where Credit’s Due

For the cutting file, I used the Font “Glamour Brush” and removed all the distressing. In the cut file I have also included the titles: Husband, Wife, Sister, Brother, as well as Mom, Mum and Dad and I’ve already removed the distressing to make it nice and easy for you, so this is a super versatile file.

The Files

Here’s the Silhouette Studio “I love you because” Cutting File for v3.

Here’s the Silhouette Studio “I love you because” Cutting File for v2.

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