Author: Anita Mulcahey

Mickey Mouse 3D First Birthday Blocks Tutorial

Anita here with a tutorial to show you how I made Mickey Mouse letters for my grandson’s first birthday party.  I used Lori’s awesome files for the 3D Letters, including the 3D Letter Alphabet O (SVG, Silhouette), the 3D Letter Alphabet N (SVG, Silhouette) and the 3D Letter Alphabet E (SVG, Silhouette).   Lori also has a wonderful tutorial on her YouTube page which you can watch here to assist with putting the letters together.

Here are all the pieces that I cut out to make my blocks.  I used kraft cardstock papers for assembling my letters.  I will describe what I did to create the Mickey ears at the top of the letter and cut an extra letter in the red, and cut it to fit near the bottom third of the letters.

To create the ears, I used the shape tool in my Silhouette Studio software and created a small circles that were the size that I wanted for the ears.  I copy and pasted a copy of the larger front piece from the file as I didn’t want the layered look as shown in the original cut file.  Once I had all three of the letters on the mat I added two circles to each letter.  I then grouped each letter with the ears and arranged them on the mat so that they all fit.  I then sent the file to cut and selected each letter one at a time and then selected cut edge.  I sent it to my Silhouette and it came out perfect.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,

Anita

Shadow Box Card Friends

 

Anita here with a card that I made for a dear friend who is moving away to be closer to her daughter and be in a warmer climate.  I wanted to give her a special card which reflected the importance of her friendship to me.  I made this 5X7 Shadow Box Card Friends which you can find here in Lori’s SVG Shop and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I used one of Lori’s new Echo Park Paper collections called A Slice of Summer to piece it together.  This card folds flat for mailing and is sure to add some cheer to a friend’s day.

If you need help with assembly, Lori has a video here.  That’s it for me today.  Thanks for looking and have a great day.  Be sure to check out Lori’s other beautiful friendship cards.

Hugs,

Anita

Mother’s Day Box Card Teapot

 

Hi Everyone!  April just seems to be flying by.  It’s never too early to start making your Mother’s Day cards.  Anita here with a adorable, easy to assemble A2 Shaped Box Card Teapot (SVG, Silhouette.)

I love that this folds flat for mailing (it will fit into an A2 envelope) and there’s space on the back to add a personal note if you wish.  If you need help assembling the card, there is a shaped box card tutorial here.  That’s it for me, thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,

Anita

Perpetual Celebration Calendar Tutorial

Happy Thursday Everyone:

Anita here today with a tutorial for a Perpetual Celebration Calendar.  I have a perpetual calendar which I have been using for years and wanted to replace it with something more fun.  I decided to buy a rolodex and found some great files in Lori’s store that I used to create the pages for my calendar.  I used Memorydex Scalloped Cards (SVG, Silhouette) and used all three included shapes.  Male birthdays got the rectangle shape which can be found in the 4 Cute Tags file (SVG, Silhouette).  I  used 4 Scalloped Shapes (SVG, Silhouette) as the date reminder tags that went on the female birthday cards.  And I used the Nested Hearts file (SVG, Silhouette) for the anniversary cards. For the files without the punch holes in the bottom, I used a memorydex punch to add them.   Please note that each card also has an extra layer on the back of cardstock to give it a bit more stability and to help it to be more stable on the rolodex holder as it spins.

I used the Memorydex Box and Cards (SVG, Silhouette) for the month tab cards.  You can find a tutorial to make the Memorydex Box and Cards here on Lori’s blog.  I also used the Month 4X6 Journaling Cards (SVG, Silhouette)  I resized them to fit on the card and then cut them out.  I did my editing of this file on my Silhouette.   I decorated the cards with ephemera from my stash.

That’s it for me today.  I love how this came out and now each  month I get to flip the pages to see who I will be celebrating that month.

Hugs,

Anita

Snow Globe Shaker Card Snowman

Happy President’s Day Everyone:

Anita here with a card that I made to send to my sweet grandson for mail day at his daycare center.  I made this A2 Snowglobe Card Snowman and you can find this file here in Lori’s SVG Shop and here in the Silhouette store.  It even comes with the envelope file to mail your lovely interactive card in.  Lori also has a tutorial for this card on her blog by my friend, Kathy Skou and you can find that here.  I used several different Echo Park Paper collections of Lori’s on this card including A Perfect Winter, Celebrate Winter and My Favorite Winter.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.  Be sure to check out all of Lori’s shaker cards.  They are so much fun and my grandson and his daycare teachers loved it.

Hugs,

Anita