cricut THIS!

Browsing around on my cartridges I found this pretty heart on the Home Decor one! And what do you know, a very nice "love" script as well. Shrinking the word a bit sideways I welded it into the heart. Made a duplicate of this for a shadow and got a pretty quick card out of this!

This is my entry for the current Just Buggin' Love Ya Challenge .

card size: 6 by 5.5
papers: assorted shimmer and linen papers
cartridge: Home Decor
get .cut file

Now how do you make yourself a custom shadow like that in design studio?
Very easy: Line up and weld your items on the first page.
Use the shadow function and same slider size and add both items again.
Now move them behind the original to see how the shadow fits.
The heart was easy as I had not changed this, but put it exactly behind the original cut the way you want the shadow to appear.
Now the "love" text I had manipulated so it took a little while of shifting and adjusting the width until it fit properly as a shadow.
You are still working on the first page in DS!
When you are happy with it all, open a second page.
Select the heart by clicking on it, copy (ctrl C), then go to your second page and paste. DO NOT MOVE THIS! It will paste exactly to the same position as it was copied from the first page.
Go back and copy your second item (text), and paste it to your second page. It will copy exactly at the same spot that you had it on your first page. Select weld on both items. Go back to first page again and select your shadow items and delete them.

So, in other words, in order to make a shadow of welded items in design studio, you arrange your shadow items right on top of your original items on page 1 until you are happy with their size. Then just copy all welded items to a second page and paste them there without moving. Go back to your first page and delete them there.