Traci Penrod

March Link-Up Party with Traci

March 5, 2015March 28, 2016

First off, we have a winner from our February Link Up Party! Lee-Ann Kubinec, you just won a $15 gift voucher to Lori Whitlock’s SVG Shop! Please email me at info@loriwhitlock.com and I’ll send you your gift voucher. And, today we have a new Link Up Party with Traci with another $15 prize this month. So, everyone please enter. It’s so fun to see all the great projects everyone creates! And, it’s a good way to spread the word about your blog.

Hi everyone! It’s Traci, from Artsy Albums and I’m back to host another Link Up party with you! We love seeing what you are creating with Lori’s files so we want you to “link-up” your project here on Lori’s blog! Remember all of Lori’s files, from the Silhouette Online store and Lori’s SVG SHOP qualify to be entered in the drawing. To be eligible to win a gift card you MUST use a qualifying shape of Lori’s.

In honor of Lori’s brand new Echo Park Paper Line, Jack & Jill, I thought it might be fun to focus on “Jack” or “a masculine theme” this time. Lori has so many great designs for boys, dads, brothers, etc. Create a fun project using any of Lori’s designs to create a masculine or boy-themed project. Here is a fun card I created for this challenge using Lori’s Baby Boy Overall Card and the new paper collection Lori designed for Echo Park. I also used Lori’s frog favor box to cut the little frog’s head out 🙂

We can’t wait to see your boyish masculine themed projects! Link up for a chance to WIN a $15 gift card to Lori’s SVG shop! The winner will be announced when we begin our next link up on April 2. Have fun!

Traci

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3×3″ Pop-up cards with Traci

February 16, 2015February 12, 2015

Hi Lori fans! It’s Traci from Artsy Albums and I’m back to share Lori’s new pop-up cards with you. These are quick and easy to make, and will be perfect little notecards for gifts. Lori designed them as Valentine’s cards … but I wanted to show you how easily they can be turned into birthday, thank you, thinking of you cards, etc.

The base of the card is 3″x 3″ and it cuts out in one piece that folds up. Lori has a simple instruction sheet for folding these little gems here.

There are several designs to choose from … the dinosaur is my favorite! Check out those little spikes down his back! How cute is that!?

Lori added a notch on the card so that they can stay closed, as well as base cover pieces that you can cut and then embellish the front as you wish.

As you can see, I had fun adding stickers and gems to mine! I hope I’ve inspired you today! I know you’ll have fun with these!

Page Layout with Traci

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

Hi everyone, it’s Traci and I’m glad to be back on Lori’s blog today to share a page layout with you. I ran across these wonderful pictures of my nieces so I decided to create a sister page with a bit of a Valentine twist. Lori’s Heart Polaroid Frames were the starting point for me.

I also love this twisted border. You can cut the two pieces in any colors you want and then wrap them around each other to create the twist effect — super simple and adds a fun look to the page. For my title, I cut letters out using Lori’s Bubble Letter Font. This is the perfect font for nice chunky letters that show up great on a page!

Finally, I wanted one more design along the bottom of my page so this family border did the trick. I hope you like the design and I’ve given you some ideas to use on your next project! I would love for you to stop by my blog at Artsy Albums and say hello!

Baby Crib/Bed Pop Up Card Tutorial with Traci

January 29, 2015August 22, 2018

Hi everyone! It’s Traci from Artsy Albums back with you today to share a tutorial on assembling Lori’s adorable pop-up crib card! This card is just precious, and so easy to put together. Get the Baby Crib Pop Up Card SVG file HERE. Get the Silhouette file HERE.

Start by cutting each of the pieces out of your favorite paper or card stock (I used THIS collection). I cut my base out of solid white card stock and then cut it out again from pink pattern paper … cute “wallpaper” isn’t it? For the pink, I trimmed the edges 1/8″ on each side to fit inside the white base card.

Next, glue your pieces together. Glue the crib by adhering the two ends together into a rectangle. Adhere the pieces of your base card together as desired.

In order to get the crib to “pop-up”, you will want to adhere the back left leg of the crib into the corner fold of your card, with the “back” of the crib adhered to the right side of the card, and the “left side” of the crib adhered to the left side of your card as shown below. If adhered correctly on two sides, your crib should fold down when the card is closed and pop back up when the card is opened.

I “decorated” my room with cute stickers from my stash, and added Lori’s cute little shelf on foam adhesive for dimension.

Finally, assemble the front of the card. I cut out the base card window shape a third time in order to get a cute pattern paper for the front of my card. Then I cut the adorable little rattle out of card stock, tied a sweet ribbon around it, and added a few more stickers. So cute!!

Get the Baby Crib Pop Up Card SVG file HERE. Get the Silhouette file HERE.

I hope this has given you a bit more direction on assembling this darling card! Thanks for letting me share it with you. Come visit me over at Artsy Albums sometime to say hi!

Valentine Card + Treat Box with Traci

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015

Hi Lori fans…It’s Traci and I’m back to share a Valentine gift set with you today. With Christmas behind me, I’m getting a head start on my Valentine projects. I love Lori’s cute little Hershey’s Nugget Box so I used several of her files to create a fun top on the box, along with a matching card.

I added some sparkle to both projects with lines of tiny clear gems, and wrapped the candies in 1″ strips of pattern paper. This is a super easy, affordable, and fun gift for classmates, co-workers, or for anyone that you want to give a special little treat to.