Thank You Card with Natalie

Today’s project is a thank you card.  I saw this in Lori’s store and knew I need to make it.  It was darling.  I made it with Lori’s Reflections collections from Echo Park found here.  The card file is found in her store, here.    I love these card files, they are super easy to put together, and they make such darling cards that everyone loves.  I dressed this one up with some stitching, twine and a thank you sticker.  Perfect for that someone that needs a thank you!
Thanks for stopping by…. Please check Natalie’s blog for her $10 SVG winner. Kimberly Vojacek, congrats on being the winner from Lori’s page. Check your email for details.
Also, if you have been trying to use the coupon code LOVE to get shapes at 30% off, be aware there was a problem and it cut off the sale early. We are extending the sale till MONDAY February 17. If you would like to take advantage of this great sale use coupon code LOVE at checkout to receive the 30% off. 

Silhouette Tutorial with Traci: Making your own Chipboard Embellishments

Hi everyone!  Traci here and I have a fun and easy tutorial to share with you today.  Have you ever been working on a project and didn’t have the perfect embellishment you wanted?  Happens to me all the time!  I’m a big fan of chipboard embellishments — I love the dimension they give to a project.  So today I’m going to show you how easy it is to create your own chipboard embellishments with your silhouette machine using Lori’s fun shapes and digital papers.
The first step is really fun — go through all of Lori’s cute shapes and pick out a handful of fun designs.
These will be print and cut shapes so be sure to size your mat to 8.5×11.
Since we are going to print these out, we want to “fill” them with colors and patterns.  Go to the “Fill Pattern” window and with your shape highlighted, click on some different colors and patterns for each shape.  Lori has some great digital papers too.  You can find them at Snap Click Supply.   If you purchase and download them to your computer, you can drag them right into your shapes.  Many of her digital papers match her Echo Park designs so you can create embellishments that go perfectly with your paper!
I’m using Lori’s “Sweet Memories” papers for my embellishments.
For more information on importing digital papers into your Silhouette software, check out this tutorial.
Tip:  If you try to fill a shape that has a space cut out (for example, the ticket with the star above) the fill pattern may cover the entire shape, including the star.  If this happens, just right click on the shape and click on “make compound path”.  This will usually fix that problem.
If you have any shapes with printed words (see my banner shapes), you will also need to increase the line thickness for the lettering.  Just highlight the word, click on the “Line Style” window, and increase the thickness.  I set mine to 1.25 show that the words print clearly.
Once all of your shapes are filled with pattern, color, or digital paper, it’s time to print.  Be sure to click on the Registration Marks window and “Show Reg Marks”.  You may also have to move your shapes around a bit to make sure they all fit within the registration marks on your paper.
Now that you have everything printed, send it through your Silhouette to cut everything out.
Next, cut the same shapes out of Silhouette chipboard two times (I like the thickness of two layers of chipboard, but one layer would work too).
Glue all of your shapes to their matching chipboard pieces and voila! Adorable chipboard embellishments!
Happy crafting!!
Shapes:

New in SVG Shop, Tuesday Freebie + 30% off SALE

TODAY ONLY, this LIFE CARD LOVE SVG file is FREE with purchase.

With your $5.00 purchase this $0.99 file will be yours free. This freebie is ONLY good until midnight tonight! After completing your purchase, please email your receipt or order number to info@loriwhitlock.com and your freebie will be emailed to you.

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. Remember ALL new shapes from Lori and Kolette are normally on sale for 25% off until Monday of next week, but this week ALL shapes are 30% off for the blog hop sale. Enter coupon code LOVE at checkout to receive discount. You must use coupon code to receive sale price.

Only a purchase in Lori’s SVG shop will qualify for the free cutting file.

Lori Whitlock February Blog Hop

Welcome to the February Creative Team Blog Hop.  As usual our team has some amazing projects to share. I can’t wait to show you their work. Hop to the following blogs and check out their adorable projects. While you are there be sure to enter to win a $10 GIFT CARD to Lori’s SVG shop. Each team member is giving one away! You have a chance to win at each stop. Good Luck!

Lori Whitlock (you are here)
Brigit Mann 
Christine Ousley 
Corri Garza 
Mendi Yoshikawa 
Natalie Graham 
Traci Penrod 
Chrissy Guido
Ashley Cook
Lorrie Nunemaker 
Smitha Katti
Stephanie Chavers

Before you start hoping be sure to grab this freebie as a THANK YOU from us. We love seeing your projects on Lori’s Facebook page and appreciate your kind words and support. You can pick it up HERE

Along with the hop there is a sale on all Lori and Kolette’s SVG and fonts in the SHOP. Be sure to use coupon code LOVE at checkout to receive the discount.

Also have you seen the sale on the Designer Edition at Silhouette? Currently you can buy it for $29.99!!  This is THE BEST price I’ve seen (reg. price $49.99)!! Use promo code: LORI www.silhouetteamerica.com/designer

And last but not least would you like to win a $10 GIFT CARD to Lori’s SVG Shop? Enter below for your chance and be sure to enter at each stop as each team member is giving one away! Winners will be announced on the blog Monday February 17, 2014.

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Digital Scrapbooking Collections at Jessica Sprague

Have you seen the digital scrapbook files from Lori Whitlock at Jessica Sprague? Last week Lori’s That’s My Boy Collection from Echo Park debuted at Jessica Sprague as digital scrapbooking files. Our Creative Team Member Stephanie created this beautiful layout using the collection.

Another collection Lori designed for Echo Park, that is also available as digital scrapbooking files, is Love Story. Lorrie has created this beautiful shadow box using both the Love Story collection and Lori’s SVG Shadowbox Frame 11.3×11.3