Month: July 2016

A Summer Fonts Deal!

I wanted to make you aware of another great font bundle for just a few more days called “The Summer Font Bundle.” Font Bundles has done it again with this offering of $600 worth of gorgeous fonts for just $29. Yep, you read that right just $29. The Summer Font Bundle contains 40 sizzling hot fonts fresh off the press – great for sunny beach designs, BBQ invites or whatever else floats your boat this Summer! This is an amazing way to collect several great fonts for under a dollar each which will cut beautifully on your Silhouette CAMEO or Cricut Explore machines. But, this deal won’t last forever, it will be gone in 4 days.

Be sure to watch my video on how to use the swashes and ornaments HERE. Check out some of the gorgeous fonts included in this bundle….

And be sure to check out these other bundles over at Font Bundles! They are the perfect way to add to your font library!

The Celebration Font Bundle

The Summer Sale Bundle

Also, be sure to pick up their FREE Fonts available HERE.

Have a great day!


Owl Thank You Card

Hi everyone!  It’s Traci, from Artsy Albums, and I’m back to share another project using Lori’s Sizzix dies.  I created this cute thank you card using her Owl #5 Bigz die, and a sentiment stamp from the Fox & Owl Sentiments set.

To create the card, I cut the base from a piece of folded white card stock, making sure that the paper fold was placed just under the top cutting portion of the owl’s ears.  Then, I cut each of the pieces out of pattern paper from Echo Park’s Pinstripes collection (designed by Lori) and layered them on the front of my card.

For the sentiment, I cut a frame from the Fox & Owl Sentiment set and then stamped the cute thank you phrase.  This will be the perfect little card to tell a friend how much I appreciate her!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Check out all of Lori’s awesome Sizzix dies here.


Digital Life Cards and Print Elements with the Cricut Explore with Karin

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I worked on a series of videos to show you how I am using Lori Whitlock’s digital life cards in my Project Life binder. I combined the videos into the one below and will add another in two weeks showing how far I have progressed in a very short time.
I had started a Project Life binder in 2012 and had it very well organized, but then I never kept it up. Since it is now so much later, I have decided that I won’t organize the binder by date. Instead I will just work through all my images and journalling using digital life cards and make my binder look nice and complete the project.
I literally have hundreds of files to work with so I need to organize them before I get started. I used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to do this because it makes it so easy to find what I need. Also, if I want to tag elements for specific topics or themes, Lightroom makes this very easy. The image above shows how the thumbnails look in Lightroom.
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The image above shows how I took an element, uploaded it into Design Space, cleaned away the outer white area to have the scalloped edge and inner portions as a print element that I cut out with my Cricut Explore.
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In my video, I show you how I set up the element in the upper left corner of the print then cut image above to use it as a card in a 3×4 pocket.
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This image shows you how the cutting line goes around the outside of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to check back in two weeks when I post a flip through of my Project Life binder so far.


July Creative Team Blog Hop and New in Shop

 

Welcome to our June 2016 Creative Team Blog Hop! Our creative team has some awesome new projects to share with you to get you in the crafting mood. In addition, I have some FUN new files for you! Be sure to check them out below.

One thing customers seem to like about blog hop week is our 30% OFF SALE going on at Lori’s SVG SHOP. ALL files (and commercial licenses) from Lori Whitlock, Kolette Hall, and Dresden Carrie are on SALE. Use code JUN2016 (case sensitive) at checkout in the SVG SHOP. (only one discount code per order allowed)

 

In addition, TODAY ONLY, you can get 30% OFF all of my digital files over at Snap Click Supply! Use code DIGIJUN16 at checkout to get the discount!

I also have a gift for you! TODAY ONLY, You can get this fun 3 Popsicles file for FREE! So, be sure to go grab it while you can from the SVG shop.

And don’t forget about the July Kit of the Month! If you spend $20 in the SVG Shop (in one transaction) you can get the Kit of the Month for free! Simply add the July Kit of the Month to your shopping cart along with ANY $20.00+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. These would be perfect for summer celebrations! Be sure to use Coupon Code: JULYKOTM (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through July 31st!

(Your cart must reach at least $20.00 before the coupon will be applied and then $7.95 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)

How would you like to win a $20 Gift card to my SVG Shop?

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This past Saturday I hosted a special event at my house. I have never done anything like this before. It’s been in the works for months and I’m so excited to share it with you. Crafter’s Home (a group of store owners) is in town and they went on a studio tour all day Saturday. My home/studio was one of the stops on their itinerary! It was an honor to get to meet all these amazing crafters/business owners and get to know them.

The event was truly a community effort! Sarah with Crafter’s Home prepared and served the food, Sizzix sponsored the event and their designers made all of the decorations along with goodie bags, Echo Park Paper was also a sponsor, presented and provided goodies to take home. I taught a workshop where we made two cards from my new summer 2016 release with Sizzix using my Echo Park paper.

I also had have my office ready for the studio tour. And, last but certainly not least, my sweet husband has been grooming the yard and giving the garden some TLC for the past few months so that we could host the event. And, my two daughters were super helpful with setting up and serving the meal. Thanks everyone that helped pull this event off. It truly was teamwork!

 

 

Imagine the surprise on the neighbors faces when a charter bus pulled into the neighborhood. About forty to fifty people attended the event.

We enjoyed a lovely BBQ dinner with mason jars for lemonade and the cutest table decorations made with many of my Sizzix dies along with dies from other designers like Eileen Hull and Jo Packham (Where Women Cook)!

 

At the end of the event we took groups into my studio for a quick tour. Let me just say… there’s nothing like an event like this to get you organized and cleaned up. Now I’m afraid to go back to work because I really don’t want to mess it up again. HaHa!!

So, needless to say being gone for the fourth of July and then getting ready for this event has kept me pretty busy for the past couple of weeks. So, unfortunately there are no new releases this week. But, that’s OK because I have lots of new ideas flowing and will have time to devote to it this week. So, watch for new things coming this week.

 And, last but not least… would you like to see what our amazing team has created? Click the links below for some wonderful inspiration. If you get lost come back here to get on track. Lori Whitlock ,Mendi Yoshikawa  Kathy Skou  Courtney Lee Ashley Cook   Thanks again for dropping by! Have a GREAT day!

Graduation Card with Courtney

Hello! This is Courtney Lee from Court’s Crafts here with a graduation card that I made for my brother in law. You can pin this for the future or if you missed a graduation send a late card! Better late than never! 🙂

For the front of my card I cut the “green panel” a second time out of white so that I could use my Cricut pens on the front. The difference between maroons is because he went to undergrad at Harvard and just finished his post graduate work at MIT. He’s a smarty pants. 🙂

 Here is what the card looks like from the side. I love the dimension and it’s amazing how it folds flat!

I added his name to the mailbox, a graduation scroll and a pile of books. The latter two were stickers in my stash. I also copied the front of the mailbox and made it smaller so that I could make it look like an open mailbox.

I added writing to the bottom of the card too so that basically all we had to do was sign it. “If only it was this easy…” refers to getting the diploma in the mail. Wouldn’t it be nice if it was that easy!? 🙂

Thank you for looking and I hope you have a beautiful day!

Recipe:
(Store) Lori Whitlock’s Mailbox Pop-up Card Cut File
(Silhouette Store) Lori Whitlock’s Mailbox Pop-up Card Cut File
Cricut Explore Air + Cricut Pen in Midnight
Lori Whitlock for Echo Park: Happy Summer: Flocking Feathers (HS105005)
Lori Whitlock for Echo Park: Happy Summer: Summer Blossoms (HS105010)
Lori Whitlock for Echo Park: Pinstripes 6×6 Paper Pad
Vellum
Solid Carstock