These cards turned out fantastic and I just have to share how I created the Fall cards with my Silhouette and supplies from Pointer USA.
Sometimes I get the opportunity to work with a company or product and my goal is to find ways to use that with my Silhouette or with a Silhouette project. That is after all the main focus of Silhouette Secrets+ right!
I am a Creative Professional with NAMTA and Pointer USA reached out to me before the 2026 Creativation to see if I’d like to test some of their products. I will fully admit I wasn’t sure what the quality would be when I first looked at the site, but once I started using the products I had no doubts. I have since purchased more myself because I am using the products in my projects. Not only are they a good quality craft supply, but they are also economical too, which I know that most of those reading are also looking for. No matter what supplies you use, I hope you get some ideas from this blog post for your future projects
Full disclosure: I have received products from Pointer USA for testing and was paid for the Instagram reel created (Sept 2026). My opinions are my own and I was not paid to promote with this blog post.
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First, I want to share the Instagram reel that I created that shows the process. Of course, reels are designed for short form & it takes longer than 50 seconds to complete the project, so it is a very quick glimpse at my process. I’ll share a few more details, a supply list, and screenshots of my design in Silhouette Studio below the reel, so make sure to scroll farther down.
Supplies Used for Fall Cards with Silhouette
- Silhouette Studio software
- Silhouette Cameo or any model cutting machine
- Silhouette Pen Holder – Type B
- Leaves from Fall Leaves Wire Frame by Sweet Afton – Design #332017
- Fall sentiment from Fall is Proof that Change is Beautiful by Diva Watts Designs – Design #386792
- Art PRO Mixed Media Paper
- Art PRO Watercolor Paint
- Water brush (included with travel watercolor kit)
- Cardstock
- Pens of choice
- Paper Trimmer
- Adhesive: Glue Stick, Tacky Glue, Adhesive Foam Tape used in demo
- Glassboard Magnetic Craft Mat – use code SILHOUETTESECRETS to save 15% on your order
Fall Card Design Details
I started first with the watercolor background. This takes no skill at all and anyone can do this smoosh technique. I love how it gives a different pattern and unique look each time.
I started with my lightest color first. I added a bit of yellow watercolor paint on top of my Glassboard mat and then added water with a water brush from the watercolor travel kit.
Then I laid down the mixed media paper over top to pick up the color. I repeated that to fill the entire page. And repeated the same process with the orange and red watercolors. Have fun with this and create some awesome background images. Don’t focus on what the entire page looks like. It should be random, especially for this project since you will only see a glimpse of the background through the leaf cutouts of the card front.
I chose to use the Art PRO watercolor tubes of paint for this project and it turned out fantastic and bright.
While that dried I headed to the Silhouette Studio software to create my card design. I used a combination of sketching and cutting with the Silhouette to make the card fronts and designed everything in Silhouette so I knew exactly how it would look.
Here is a look at the card design in Silhouette Studio all put together. I love to be able to mock-up a design before I start cutting so I can see how it will all fit together.
The white and the yellow layers have the leaves cut out so it will show through the red layer which is going to be the watercolor background.
Here is a look at the layers of this card design separated out in Silhouette Studio.
The fall sentiment will be sent to sketch out on the front of the card and then without unloading the mat, the leaves will be cut from the card front. From one sheet of letter size paper, I could get 4 card fronts and I took it a step farther by swapping out the pen for each one. This took a little bit more time to complete, but I wanted to show how the colors would look and mix it up.
Since I was sending the designs to sketch and then cut, I used the Cut by line feature to be able to send each action separately. This was extremely helpful to be able to send only one card to sketch at a time and swap out the pen colors in between. More details on using the Cut/Sketch by Line Color in Silhouette HERE.
Look at that background showing through! It turned out even better than I thought it would. Each card is completely different and I don’t know which one is my favorite.
I love playing with paper and seeing what is possible. I hope this has sparked some ideas for crafty projects in your future.
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