CRICUT CUTIE LIFTED MY SPIRITS

I am trying very hard to keep up with my crafting dreams of publishing a rich library of informative Youtubes, blog posts, and Facebook pages all while attending to multiple medical issues. My daughter, who also had serious medical problems, had been using meditations to help her find positivity in her life. She has been sharing these meditations with me and I have been using them also. Even though my health is improving I have been busy with doctors' appointments and physical therapy. I also needed to prepare for Card Class. So today was the first time in a while that I was able to just play. Thanks to Terrie Wytosick I was able to make a Cricut Cutie and resize it to fit my Easy Press.

Birtthday Card Using Foil Quill Pen

I wanted to make a special Birthday card for a friend and decided to use the We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill Pen. Although I had already played with it when I first bought it I hadn't used it in a while and decided to watch a video first.

The video was clear that you should put tape all around the foil to keep it in place and to keep the foil flat.
On my first attempt, I followed the directions exactly and put the special tape on all four sides.

The tape was covering the paper where the word DAY was and the result was that the word was only partially done. You can see that the tops of the letters are completely filled and the bottoms only have some of the lines. FYI the font is called Karley Sketch in Cricut Design Space.

I redid the cut and put it on green paper. I was very careful to make the foil piece large enough that the tape would not cover any of the design.

I was pleased with everything except that I cut the design a little close at the top but decided to use it anyway.

Above is the inside of the card also with a foil embellishment.