Author: Lori Whitlock

Advent Calendar

I have a real treat for you today! Linda Auclair designed a stunning advent calendar using my Season’s Greetings collection that I designed for Echo Park Paper. You can download a handy instruction sheet that Linda put together right HERE. December is just a couple of days away… so if you’re planning to make an advent calendar… you still have some time.

This is the completed tree.

This is the wooden base that Linda found at a craft store.


Hopefully this inspires you to create something FUN today! Be sure to download the instructions HERE. I’d like to thank Linda for sharing this fabulous project with us. Please let Linda know how lovely her project is by leaving a comment for her below! Have a great day!

Autumn Time Layout

I sure hope you all (in the US) had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday! We had a nice break here at my house. We hosted 16 family members and just had a fun few days. We went ice skating, rode TRAX into SLC, went to see Temple Square, and even visited the hot pots at Crystal Hot Springs. The most important part… the kids had a great time with their cousins! I really meant to post this lovely layout by Krissy last week, but somehow the holiday hijacked my life and I am just getting back into the swing of things. I apologize.

I love all the layering Krissy used and the way she used so many different cutting files. You can visit Krissy’s post HERE to find out what files she used.

I guess it’s about time to say goodbye to Autumn and hello to Winter and Christmas! Have a great day!

Neighbor Gift

Today I’d like to share a darling project compliments of the design team…

Isn’t this the cutest little gift box? Wouldn’t this make a great neighbor gift! I think Corri did an amazing job on this project. This box features my Winter Park pattern paper that I designed for Echo Park Paper. She also used several of my SVG cutting files:

TAG
BOX
TREE
HOUSE

Go visit Corri’s post for more infomation. And, feel free to let Corri know how you like her idea by leaving a comment below! Hope you’re all having a great week and are having fun getting ready for Thanksgiving!

Blog Hop Winner Announced

Thank you so much for participating in our fun blog hop! I’m overwhelmed with the amazing turn out and response to the hop. It’s so fun to bring crafters together and meet new people. We’ll have to make this a tradition, for sure!! And, the announcement I know you are all waiting for… The winner of the $25 gift card to Lori Whitlock.com is…

SUE D  Submitted on 2011/11/18 at 4:39 pm “Thanks so much for the tags! Your little village is adorable!”

Sue, I’ll email you shortly. Congrats!!!

Have a lovely afternoon.

Welcome to the Blog Hop

We have a fun Friday (and Saturday) in store for you! It’s our very first Design Team blog hop and we’re so super excited that you’re here to support us! The Design Team has been busy working on some fun Christmas projects to help you get in the holiday crafting mood. I know… Thanksgiving isn’t over, yet! But, us crafters need a plan and have to get started early to make the magic happen!

To celebrate and to help you get your holiday crafting cutting files… EVERYTHING IN THE ONLINE SHOP IS 25% OFF THIS WEEKEND (now through Sunday)! Just use coupon code: JOLLY25 at checkout.

And, to express my appreciation to YOU, I’ve created a SVG/DXF gift tag set to give to YOU today absolutely FREE. I am truly humbled and honored that so many of you support my design and products. You are AMAZING and I thank you!! You can collect a tag file at each of the Design Team blogs. So, be sure to visit each blog to get the entire set.

DOWNLOAD TAG #1 BY CLICKING HERE.

Last but not least… we’re also giving away a $25 gift card to the online shop to one lucky winner. Simply leave a comment at each stop along the blog hop (there’s 7) and we’ll choose a random winner from the commenters. I’ll post the winner here on my blog and on my Facebook page on Sunday. So, be sure to check back so I can send the winner a gift card.

So, without further delay… I’d like to share with you a project I’ve been working on for the blog hop… a village. There are 3 separate SVG/DXF files: Cottage, Church, and School House. I’ve spent my spare moments over the past few weeks developing the cutting files for this darling set and they are NOW available in my ONLINE SHOP. Due to the time involved in developing the village it will remain exclusive to my online shop. And, at 25% OFF, this is the time to pick it up! I’m so happy with how it turned out. The pictures look pretty good, but it’s absolutely awesome in person! You’ll be amazed at how simple these are to construct. What a cute home decor set for the holidays! And, the school would make a super cute teacher gift!!

Don’t forget to comment at all 7 stops for your chance to win a $25 gift card. Thanks for visiting. Below is the lineup for the rest of the blog hop. Have FUN!

Lori Whitlock (you are here)
Carolyn King
Natalie Graham
Corri Garza
Joy Dickson
Krissy Clark
Tamara Tripodi

Have a super awesome weekend getting ready for Thanksgiving! Hopefully you find this hop inspiring!