Category: 3D Projects

Doodlebug Design Cut File Feature: Sweet Summer

Hi Everyone!  Today I’m showcasing another fabulous project using Doodlebug Design’s cut files!  These fun Sweet Summer Box Cards were designed by Kathy Skou for Doodlebug Design.

 

Kathy used the Radio, Ice Cream Truck and Pineapple files  from the Sweet Summer Collection for these sweet cards!

For more views and a tutorial, see the original post here.   New Doodlebug Design SVG files are being added to the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop on a regular basis, so stop by to see all of the fun SVG files HERE!

Have a great day!

Teacher Thank You With Anita

Hi Everyone:

Anita here with an adorable lunch bag teacher treat holder.  I used Lori’s cut file called Lunch Bag Thank You Teacher and you can find it here in her store and here in the Silhouette Store.  I used Lori’s brand new collection from Echo Park called Celebrate Autumn. I used her wood grain embossing folder to give the bag some dimension.

This was so easy to create and would fit a gift card perfectly as well as some chocolates.  A little gift to the teacher to get the year off to a great start.

I love the print and cut little chalk board that is part of this set.  Hope you have a chance to check out this cute and so easy to put together gift set as well as many other wonderful fall and back to school designs.

Hugs,

Anita

Welcome Back Cathy Harper!

We are so happy to welcome back the talented Cathy Harper to our team!  Check out her fabulous cards!

Hi everyone!  So after a couple year hiatus from the scraping and designing world, I am beyond thrilled to be back designing for Lori Whitlock.  I have missed this team so much and the chance to design with the greatest cut files and paper collections.

I had a lot of fun this week working on some cute summer projects with Lori’s files and her paper collection Let’s Be Mermaids from Echo Park.

Bear with me on the photography, it’s been a while since I’ve edited projects and I have a whole new scrap room and still trying to figure out the best lighting and such.

First up, I have a Shell Flexi Card. (SVG, Silhouette)  This was so much fun to make, super easy and who wouldn’t want to receive this little card with just a bit more pizzazz with the flexi shape.  I just cut it out with my silhouette and used the paper, embellishments and stickers from the Let’s Be Mermaids to complete.  I can’t wait to try more of Lori’s Flexi cards.

A cute little ocean scene on the inside of the card that peeks through the flexi shell!

Next,  an Intricate Cut Thank You (SVG, Silhouette)!  This card is simple and gorgeous, all you have to do is add a background paper and cut the the scallop oval frame.  I cut two frames and popped one up with adhesive pop dots, just for a bit more dimension.  Then a just added twine, enamel dots and some small vellum flowers with Lori’s 3 mix and match flowers (SVG, Silhouette).

Lastly, I have just a fun little box card.  Loving all the fun patterns and colors in the Let’s Be Mermaids collection.  Soon summer will be gone, so I enjoyed creating with the bright colors and summer files.  This is the A2 pineapple box card (SVG, Silhouette).  Quick and easy, and perfect to send to someone special to brighten their day.  It goes together in just a matter of minutes.  I love little projects that are a breeze to make.

As I said before, I am thrilled to be back with Lori and her amazing team.  She has so many new files that I can’t wait to try and lots of gorgeous new collections coming from Echo Park.  I am one happy girl!

A New Friday $5 Bundle!

Hi Everyone! Today we have a new Friday $5 Bundle! It will ONLY be available until Midnight Sunday and when it’s gone it’s gone. These SVG files can be used with Cricut Explore, Silhouette Studio (with the Designer Edition upgrade), Scan N Cut, and any other cutter that will work with SVG files. Help spread the word by telling your friends and announcing it on social media!

Now through Sunday, you can pick up this Back to School bundle including 5 SVG files for just $5!

 

 

The cost of this bundle is $5, for $9.95 worth of SVG files, over a 49% savings!  But don’t wait, this bundle will only be around until Sunday at midnight!

Have a great day!

Instax Photo Banner Using Build A Banner Dingbats Font with Kathy

Hi Everyone!  Today I have a tutorial showing you how to create a fun banner using the Build a Banner Dingbats Font (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)  My daughter is headed off to study in Scotland for her Junior year and I wanted to make her a little something to decorate her room, that wouldn’t take up too much suitcase space!  I thought a banner with some of her favorite photos would be fun.  She loves her Instax camera so I made the banner to hold some of these cute instant photos!

If you’re not familiar with Dingbat Fonts, they are fonts that have pictures and shapes in place of the letters.  Lori has a lot of them in her shop, and they really can be used for almost anything including vinyl, HTV and cutting projects like mine.  If you look at the picture below, I’ve typed out A through Z using the Build a Banner Dingbats Font and the Text tool.

To create my banner I started by choosing 3 of the banner pieces (A, X and U)  I resized each piece to be 5″H x 3.25″W so that each piece would be large enough to hold a picture.

I wanted to make the banner so that my daughter could swap out the pictures if she wanted, so I set out to add small cut lines on the banner pieces to hold just the corners of the picture.  To do this I needed first to know the size of the pictures being used.  Instax pictures are approximately 3.39″H x 2.13″W so I created a rectangle that size using the shape tool.

I placed the rectangle on one of the banner pieces and centered it using the Transform tool.

I drew a line 0.5″ long and then moved it to one corner of the picture.  Using the green dot, I slanted the line so that it covered one of the corners.

Next, I copied the small line, clicked on the copy, right mouse clicked and selected flip horizontally.  This gave me a line to add to the opposite corner.   I made sure the two lines were properly aligned by using the transform tool.  Once I was happy with the placement, I selected both lines and grouped them.

To create the bottom lines, I made a copy of the grouped top lines, right mouse clicked on the copy and selected flip vertically.  I positioned those lines along the bottom of the rectangle.

Again I made sure that all the lines were aligned correctly within the banner piece using the transform tool.

Once they were all in place, I removed the rectangle, and grouped the slot lines along with the banner piece to make them one.

I copied the lines before grouping and added them to the other banner pieces, centering them using the transform tool.

Once they were all ready, I sent them to cut!  I added the pictures to the cut pieces, and decorated them using some Rosettes from the Build a Rosette Set 1.5″ (SVG, Silhouette) and Build a Rosette Set 2″(SVG, Silhouette).  I strung all of the banner pieces together on a piece of twine, holding them in place with small clothespins.  Some quick hints: 1)  Hot Glue is your friend when making rosettes, and 2) before threading the pieces on the twine, add a little glue to the ends of the twine and let them dry.  This will prevent fraying.

That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

 

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