Category: Die Cutting

Birthday Set with Mendi + Creative Team Call

It’s Mendi here and I’m so excited to be sharing a fun Birthday card and gift bag set that I made using several of Lori’s darling shapes!
This set came about because I was wanting to create a “Sweet 16” milestone birthday card.  I was thrilled to see that Lori already had the work done for me with her cute phrase (and even more thrilled to realize I had a “happy” stamp that matched perfectly from Avery Elle’s Oh Yeah set).  I chose to turn the number 16 into candles with the help of a little embroidery floss and a flame cutting file from another candle by Lori.
For my cupcake I used some Glossy Accents on the sprinkles and flames and a paper piercer with a ruler to form holes so that I could hand-stitch the ribs in my cupcake wrapper (after ungrouping and removing other cutouts).
When I was done I thought it would be really fun to make a matching gift bag, but I didn’t have any of Lori’s newest cupcake boxes on hand so I tried to get creative.  I took her apple favor box file (keeping the base the same size and discarding the apple portion) and enlarged that same cupcake to create a front and back for my little box.  I was able to sandwich some ribbon between the layers to form my handles and it worked perfectly.

To create my little Birthday ensemble I used the following cutting files which are available for purchase in Lori’s Shop:
I hope I’ve inspired you to take some time to play today.  😉

Are you interested in being part of our Creative Team? Well now is your chance.

We currently have openings on our Digital AND Paper team and would love to have you join us. You will need to submit 3 samples of your work using any of Lori’s files, tell us just a big about yourself and provide a link to your blog or Facebook page. Be sure to have all of this emailed to info@loriwhitlock.com by July 18, 2014 at midnight in order to be considered for a position. We will make an announcement on the blog the next week introducing our newest team members! Good luck to you all!

Creative Team Blog Hop + New in SVG Shop + Freebie

Welcome to our July Creative Team Blog Hop. Our team has some beautiful projects to share with you! But first…

There is a sale going on at Lori’s SVG shop. ALL files from Kolette and Lori are on sale 30% off. Use code SUMMER at checkout to receive the sale price at www.loriwhitlock.com/shop.

Also, TODAY ONLY, this NO TOMORROW file is FREE. Download it here.

We have many requests for the PDF file for hand cutting, class room projects etc, now many of new shapes will also include a line art PDF as well. Check the description on each shape before making your purchase, if you desire the PDF on an older shape that does not include a PDF let us know. With the new Cricut Explore, another request has been for cut size measurements on cards and 3d projects. We are now including those in the zip files as well. If you need measurements for an older file please don’t hesitate to ask by emailing us HERE.

New this week… Check out these adorable new files in the SVG Shop, and they are on SALE through the weekend, too!!! All of Lori’s downloads include SVG file, cut size instructions and a PDF for hand cutting if so desired.

There is also a 30% off sale at Snap Click Supply TODAY ONLY!

And finally follow the links below for some wonderful projects. If you ever get lost, come back here to get back on track

Lori Whitlock
Corri Garza 
Mendi Yoshikawa 
Traci Penrod 
Lorrie Nunemaker 
Chrissy Guido
Stephanie Chavers
Ashley Cook

 

Sand Pail Shaped Box with Corri

Hi everyone!  Corri here today sharing my adorable sand pail shaped box.   Lori just added several of these adorable shaped boxes.  They are so simple to assemble and there’s one for every occasion.  I love them!

 

I used paper from the Summer Bliss Collection that Lori designed for Echo Park Paper.  To create the “sand” on the base of my pail, I used the crop feature in Silhouette Studio to trim a rectangle and then ripped the top edge before gluing in place.

This would be so cute filled with a travel size sunscreen and some sunglasses.

Be sure to head over to Lori’s shop to check out all the new shaped boxes.

Link Up Party with Mendi

Welcome Back to our next linkup party! CONGRATS to our most recent linkup winner Helen G. Watch your email for a gift certificate! Now on to Mendi to teach you about the new linkup party. Good luck to all!

I’m excited to be hosting another Link Up party!  Today’s challenge is all about shaped cards!  As many of you know I’m a sucker for shaped cards and Lori has sooo many good ones to chose from.  This challenge can also include shaped cards you create from 2D cutting files as I shared in a past video tutorial HERE.

For my project today I used Lori’s darling Car Shaped Card and then added a doggie driver using her dog shaped card.  It’s probably hard to tell, but I thought it would be fun to create a compound path within the Silhouette Software and cut the windows out of both the card base and card front.  This allowed me to sandwich a piece of clear acetate between the layers for my car windows to peek through to the inside.


For the inside of my card, I added a fun sentiment from Technique Tuesday’s new Mister Man stamp set.  Black enamel dots were the perfect finishing touch for my puppy dog’s eyes.
For this challenge you can use any or Lori’s files from her SVG Shop or the Silhouette Online Store. You have until July 16th at NOON to link-up your project.  The winner will receive a gift card to Lori’s shop and will be announced here on July 17th!
Have fun playing and let your creativity guide you.  I can’t wait to see what you come up with!  🙂

add your project here


Tuesday Freebie on WEDNESDAY + New in SVG Shop

TODAY ONLY, this FIREWORKS file is FREE with Purchase.

Please forgive me, it is birthday central at the our house this week and I mistakenly did not post this in time, so I am making an exception to make this weeks Tuesday Freebie a Wednesday Freebie. Simply add this file: FIREWORKS to your shopping cart along with any $5 purchase from www.loriwhitlock.com/shop.  Be sure to use Coupon Code: FIREWORKS at checkout. The price of the fill will be deducted from your total.

 

We have many requests for the PDF file for hand cutting, class room projects etc, now many of new shapes will also include a line art PDF as well. Check the description on each shape before making your purchase, if you desire the PDF on an older shape that does not include a PDF let us know. With the new Cricut Explore, another request has been for cut size measurements on cards and 3d projects. We are now including those in the zip files as well. If you need measurements for an older file please don’t hesitate to ask by emailing us HERE.

AND did you remember about the Link Up Party with Traci from 2 weeks ago? We hope you are working on your entry, as one random winner will receive a $15 gift card to Lori’s SVG Shop this week! There are only 2 more days until we pick a winner. We have had SO much fun seeing your projects. They have all been so inspiring. Don’t miss out on your chance to win.

New this week… Check out these adorable new files in the SVG Shop, and they are on SALE through the weekend, too!!! All of these downloads include SVG file, cut size instructions and a PDF for hand cutting if so desired. The files by Kolette are still being added to the shop so please be patient with me. They will all be in there no later than July 4th.