Tutorial – Lori Whitlock

Quick Tips for Last Minute Gift Tags

December 19, 2024December 18, 2024Leave a comment

Hello there! My tutorial today is not on construction of a file but is more about time savings! We are all busy this time of year so I am going to show you how I whip up a few cute Lori Whitlock gift tags in minutes!

I chose a set of tags that were same style, different design. That’s not necessary but makes for fast tracking your project if your time is limited and you want to add a special touch to your gifts. I doubled all the pieces to make 2 sets of tags.

Christmas Tag Santa (Lori Whitlock SVG, Silhouette)

Christmas Tag Penguin (Lori Whitlock SVG, Silhouette)

Christmas Tag Polar Bear (Lori Whitlock SVG, Silhouette)

Christmas Tag Snowman (Lori Whitlock SVG, Silhouette)

In the Lori Whitlock Store you can also buy all of these tags as a bundle HERE.

Christmas Tag Bundle

I opened each tag file and made a copy of each one. (Ctrl + arrow button). One of them I keep grouped and resize it very small and pull it off to the side(will use for reference only). The second one I ungroup (rt click on file, choose ungroup)

Once ungrouped, I pull each color off to the side. Repeat 3 more times with the other files.

You can see above that I have all 4 grouped files resized to a very small size and set off to the side for reference. This allows you to refer to them after cutting so you can re-group the misc pieces back to the Santa, penguin, snowman and polar bear tag. In this instance, the bear is the only one that has ears, so he’s easy to spot! All the other tan backgrounds are exactly the same size and shape. Very convenient!

By doing this, you can cut one mat of tan and another of white, pink, orange, and black. You can see I also used four different colored 6×6 patterned papers on my first mat -all my hats done at once. Another space saver! I normally have two mats ready for a project so that I can have the second mat ready to load and cut while I am clearing the other mat off. Quite a time saver.

As usual, I always make duplicate of the small pieces in case I lose one. Never fails something disappears! Also if you want your hat bands to be white, add them to the white group.

From there just match up the pieces of each different design and glue up. It takes minutes to glue them all up. I timed myself to see how long it took me- literally less than 2 minutes for each one, and that was while being distracted watching a Hallmark movie LOL! I think it took me 15 minutes to glue up all 8 tags.

I hope you can find a few minutes to make some cute little gift tags-Lori has so many cute sets to choose from!

💕Sue Kment

12 Day Advent Calendar Houses

December 12, 2024December 11, 2024Leave a comment

How is December going for you? Are you busy, relaxed, crafting, wrapping gifts? I hope the season is grand.

Today I’m going to share a tutorial about editing the doors in the 12 Day Advent (SVG, Silhouette). You can find a YouTube video here that shows how to construct the house.

I wanted to change the numbers of the doors, so I’m going to show you how to do that in Silhouette Studio.

Before cutting, you can layout the doors/windows on your computer to make sure all the numbers have a home.

Now you have different numbers for different doors. I want the number 1 door to be the last opened, so I wanted it to be the biggest door.

You can use this technique in other projects too. Enjoy.

Ashley

Mug Lighted Shadowbox Tutorial

December 5, 2024December 4, 2024Leave a comment

Hi there! Today I am sharing an assembly tutorial for the Mug Lighted Shadowbox Snowman (SVG, Silhouette). This shadowbox would make a great gift or beautiful decoration for the holiday season. I used The Magic of Winter collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

This project was a little bigger than I thought. It stands at eleven inches tall and eight inches wide. I needed four sheets of white cardstock, two sheets of navy, one patterned paper and smaller scraps for the red, orange, and pink elements. I used some ballon lights to light mine, but a short strand of fairy lights will also work.

First, I folded all of the score lines as mountain folds with the navy color facing out. I then glued down the decorative panels to the mug base. The bottom of the mug base has three segments I glued the longest middle tab to the base of the mug to give it a good anchor making sure everything was lined up and straight. After the middle tab was dry, I glued the two shorter tabs to the base. (I thought it might be easier to leave one side open while I added the white panels, it isn’t. Just glue all the tabs.)

I added the white panels to the inside of the mug base. No glue required, they just slide in and sit in the notches that my machine cut. I then glued the top of the mug into place using the same method as the bottom. I folded all the tabs into place for the decorative front. I assembled the cookie, candy cane, and snowman. I added some white highlights to all of my elements with a paint pen. Then glued them into place on the front of the mug.

I added glue to one side tab of the mug base and lined the edges up waiting till everything was dry and secure. Once the tab was dry, I lifted the top to add glue to the remaining tabs and secured the top into place.

I added a few stickers from the collection. I also slipped a few lights into the back to see it lit up.

This shadow box is darling and was fun to make. There are several other versions of this style of shadow box that you can find here.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie

2×2 Give Thanks Mini Album with Traci

November 28, 2024November 27, 2024Leave a comment

Happy Thanksgiving! Traci here and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday filled with blessings and warm, happy moments. Today, I have a tiny scrapbook to share with you titled Give Thanks that would be so fun for those memories. And, it might be the “miniest” mini album I’ve ever made!

Look how small it is! 💕 I created it with one of Lori’s amazing cutting files called 2×2 Accordion Mini Album (SVG, Silhouette) and the Echo Park, I love Fall Collection also designed by Lori.

First, let’s look at this little cutie, then I’ll explain exactly how I made it with a tutorial below.

I just love that it looks like a miniature book. It has an orange and green scalloped spine, pretty pattern papers, and a Give Thanks title sticker on the cover from the 12×12 elements sheet.

Inside, there are 16 little scrapbook pages (8 double-sided). I added some fun shaped journaling spots and photo mats using a 2″ scallop circle punch and a 1.75″ circle punch by Marvy Uchida.

You could use each page in this album for photos, or … mix it up and add embellishments on some of them like I did. Above, I added the Harvest Blessings sticker from the sticker book.

The journaling spots are perfect for adding dates, names, locations, events, or … what you and your family are most grateful for this year.

This project could be a cute little gift idea for after Thanksgiving. Make them for your guests with pictures from the holiday. Or … create this tiny album with ANY paper collection and it could be a fun Christmas present or stocking stuffer idea!

Now, for some instructions …

1. I chose my papers and cut out the 8 pages, 2 inside covers, 2 outside covers, and three pieces for the spine.

2. Next, I folded the paper on the score lines for each of the pages and positioned them on my table with the 1/2″ tab on the left.

3. Then, I adhered each 1/2” tab to the back of the page before it until I had all 8 pages glued together.

4. The very first page still has a tab on the left side, so I adhered the inside front cover here.

5. The inside back cover has a tab on it, so I adhered this to the last page of the album.

6. Once all of the pages are attached, I folded them into a little book and added the front and back covers.

7.
Finally, I adhered the 2 scallop accent pieces next to the spine on the
front and back, then used liquid adhesive to fold the orange spine around the
entire left side of the book.

There
is no need to adhere any of the pages back to back or to the spine. They stay nicely in their accordion shape once the spine piece goes on. Once the book is complete … it’s time to decorate!

I hope you’ll try this fun project made with Lori’s 2×2 Accordion Mini Album cutting file and her fabulous I Love Fall Collection designed for Echo Park.

For a video tutorial of this album, please see Lori’s YouTube video here:

Have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy your day with family and friends! 🍂🦃🧡

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Snowman Flexi Card Tutorial

November 21, 2024November 19, 2024

Hi everyone! I have a fun and quick little card tutorial for you today. I haven’t made one of Lori’s Flexi cards in quite awhile and was scrolling through my library and came across this super cute one. They are so easy to make, they fold flat for mailing and your recipient will love it. You can find this file here In Lori’s Shop or here in the Silhouette Online Design Store. Or you can down get a whole bundle of fun Christmas, Christmas Flexi Bundle. I did alter it a little bit.