Category: Card Making

Cards by Christine and Flowers by Natalie

I LOVE that so many of our Creative Team Members are in the card making mode. It has been great inspiration for me. Today we have Christine and Natalie sharing their adorable projects with us.  Christine says…
It’s time to stock up on cards.  Already this year, I have been caught without a card when I really needed one.  So I found this cute little card file in Lori Whitlock’s shop and decided to make a couple.  There is actually 4 different styles and I am showing two of them.  

What I love about making this cards is that if you use double sided paper, you can do the card base and accent panels from one piece of paper and one cut!
The belly bands are the different elements in the four cards.  The other two, not shown, are square and star shaped.  Look for those in an upcoming post because I am hooked.
Here is my second card.  This one has a circle shape on the belly band.  Instead of using the circle accent, I decided to use the space to attach some coordinating cardstock stickers.
The papers I used on both of my cards is  For the Record Documented by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park.  It’s a beautiful paper collection.
These cards are really easy and quick to cut out and decorate.  A really good card to use to build up your stash!
Supplies used:
Other Supplies used:
For the Record “Documented” paper collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park
Papertrey Ink Stamps
Next I have some very clever hair flowers to share with you. Natalie has created these beauties with one of Lori’s SVG files, I was shocked…
I’m excited to share with you this cute little project. I would bet you would have never bet that this was made from my silhouette?  When I saw the rolled flowers in Lori’s shop I knew that I wanted to try them out of fabric, and they worked.  The key is to use either stiff fabric with some stabilizer under it or, use this thin fabric to cut from.  The fabric I chose was thin polyester lining.  It’s used to line skirts or dresses with out adding a lot of bulk.  I came in an array of colors, and it was super cheap.  I cut the fabric 12×12 to fit on my cutting mat, then cut out the shape with my silhouette.  There were a few places that didn’t cut all the way through, which I hand trimmed, which is OK because these are not suppose to be perfect.  After I cut them, I grabbed my lighter and singed the edges, making them pucker and curl.  Then I got a needle and thread and had sewed the curls into place, then attached the rhinestone button.  Then hot glued a clip and some felt to clean it up.  Now I have some cute little flowers for my girls hair.  I think they turned out darling, now only if I had the time to make about 100 more!
The file I used was from Lori’s shop and you can find it here.

Layout by Mendi and Cards by Joy

Happy Presidents Day. I am home playing with my kids today and hope you are doing something fun also.  Today we have 2 projects to share with you. First is Mendi, she says…

“Today I thought I would give Lori’s awesome Life Card cutting files a try. I don’t actually keep a Project Life  album, but I just knew these fabulous little cards would also work well for a traditional grid style layout as well.  I decided it would be fun to cut them out with a white tone-on-tone approach, almost making them appear as if they were embossed.  I have to say I love the results!  I especially love how it adds a lot of texture and detail without overwhelming my layout visually.  Swing by my blog today for more detailed shots and design dilemmas I overcame for my layout”.

For This project, I used the following cutting files:
Border Strip Layered (Silhouette Store)
4 Button Set (Silhouette Store)
Arrow Set (Silhouette Store)
3 Circles (Silhouette Store)
Hearts (Silhouette Store)
Next up we have Joy. She has some cute Thank You cards to share with us…

I’m bad about keeping cards on hand.  I usually make them and then use them, so when an event comes up I have to prepare for the event AND make a card.  I’m trying to get ahead so I stop driving myself crazy.  LOL!  I used these two thank you card files by Lori :  “Thank You Card” and “Thank You So Much Card“.  They’re so easy to make!  Did you see that washi tape?  I’m in love with it.  It’s from Lori’s newest Echo Park paper line release:  All About a Boy and Sweet Girl.  All the paper I’m using comes from those lines too.  I used the 6×6 paper pads and shrank my cards down so I could have a few smaller ones on hand.  Whew!  Three thank you cards down…now to make a few birthday ones, hello ones, get well ones, Easter ones…

 

Happy Valentines Day projects by Corri & Amanda

Happy Valentines Day! or SAD (Single Awareness Day) as my teenagers would say. We hope no matter your situation you have a fabulous day! As always we are sharing some amazing projects. First up is the talented Corri, she says…

Happy Valentine’s Day!  I hope you all have a great day with the ones you love.

I have one last Valentine’s Day project to show you and I have to say I’m a little sad….I’ve had so much fun creating with the Love Story Collection from Echo Park, designed by Lori Whitlock.  

For today’s project, I made a simple card using two hearts from Lori’s 11 hearts set. 

I created the scallop mat by welding a border strip to a rectangle. I cut this adorable tall heart gable box to match.  This box is super simple to make….it cuts out has one piece. I added some chipboard embellishments from the Love Story collection.

Amanda has created this beautiful Valentines Day Box…

As it’s valentine’s day I thought I’d create and decorate Lori’s fabulous heart shaped box. I used some layered flowers and doilies on the lid for embellishment. I glittered the flower pieces and added a valentine’s border around the lid.
I used the Love Story papers and SVG Files used are:
3 doilies 3 
Heart Shaped box
Valentines borders 2 
5 layering flowers 

A Sale & Projects by Corri & Amanda

First things first, I want to tell you about the sale going on loriwhitlock.com

Next up we have 2 of our Creative Team Members sharing projects with you, Corri and Amanda. Corri says…

I love hot air balloons so when I saw Lori’s new hot air balloon card I couldn’t wait to make it. 

This card goes together very easily and would be perfect for almost any occasion.
I used paper from Echo Park – Hello Summer collection which Lori designed.  I love the bright colors on this collection.

Next we have Amanda sharing with us this adorable layout.

I created this page to document the fact that although my little cat likes to pretend she’s grumpy, we often catch her snuggling and grooming our other 2 cats. She’s a big softie, really!

8 Tabs – http://www.loriwhitlock.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=950
Valentine tickets – http://www.loriwhitlock.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=946
Happy Place Word Art titles – http://www.loriwhitlock.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=934
And the 1pc flourish heart here in sil store – http://www.silhouetteonlinestore.com/php/?page=view-shape&id=37918
I also used a few scraps of paper and the doily border sticker from the Love Story collection by Echo Park

Valentine Treat’s by Mendi and Joy

Today Mendi is here sharing Lori’s Love Story paper collection and shapes. Be sure to check out her blog.

“Using the negative image of the Damask Hearts diecut that I had leftover from last week’s layout, I was able to create a quick Valentine’s Day card using Echo Park’s Love Story collection designed by Lori.   Of course no card is complete without some treats to go with it, right?  Lori’s new Heart Top Box immediately caught my eye and it was so much fun decorating it in papers to match.  A little bling and stitching for added interest and it was done!  Both these went together so easily and yet I think they will go a long way to brighten someone’s day!”

Next Joy is sharing an adorable project from the Love Story collection as well. She says…

This is so easy you’re going to love it.  I’m using Lori’s Valentine Tote file.  It’s a breeze to put together.  I cut it out using my Silhouette Cameo and Lori’s beautiful  Love Story paper.  I know I always say that it blows my mind that just a few pieces of paper can make a cool 3D project but I’m sayin’ it again!  It’s the coolest thing in the paper world to me.  This held four of my heart muffins and was really sturdy.  It’s perfect for treats for family and friends!  I have more photos and information about this project on my blog.