Welcome back to our Tuesday Freebie! I have been wishing for more warm weather and thought this was almost as good. I thought you might like some cheerfulness, too. Today only, this beautiful butterfly SVG file is FREE with ANY PURCHASE. Just add coupon code: BUTTRFLY at checkout and the cost will be deducted from your purchase.
Here are some of Lori’s newest shapes added to the SVG shop and her Silhouette Portfolio! Thanks for stopping by… Lisa
Today we have a special treat by having 2 of our talented Creative Team Members sharing projects with us. First we have Mendi, her blog is here if you want more info…
Today I have a new layout up on Lori Whitlock’s blog using her adorable Sweet Girl Collectionshe designed for Echo Park. I thought for a slight change of pace I would try a layout where diecutting would take on more of a complimentary role to all the cute embellishments that come with this fun collection.
With my addiction to diecuts I must admit that sometimes I have an adversion to stickers (particularly ones with a white border), but with a little fussy cutting I was able to trim the banner border and one of the pinwheels to fit my style perfectly. This line has so many adorable images. Love the dimensional hot air balloon!
For my title I cut out the word “happy” from the patterned paper, inked the edges and popped the squares up with foam tape to carry out the Scrabble tile feel. The word “girl” was diecut using Lori’s My Girl Titles cutting file.
I also used her Banner Flag Set which I elongated by welding the pennant to a rectangle of the same width. To anchor my title I used an enlarged label from her 14 Labels set paired with a couple of darling brads from the collection.
Next we have Brigit sharing her first project on the blog.
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and I thought this cute card and box from Lori’s shop would make a wonderful gift set.
I chose digital paper and elements from Echo Park’s For The Record 2 Tailored, I love the flower pattern, the colors are beautiful.
For the Mom Shaped Card I used some elements from the paper collection and one of the flowers from the Layered Flowers Set 2. The pretty pink and cream bow is Trendy Twine’s Posy. This card also comes with an envelope.
Love this Window Treat Box, it comes with the matching bracket tag. I added the internal offset shadow layer and did a print and cut on my Cameo for the Happy Mother’s Day sentiment. The same flower was used from the Layered Flower Set 2 on the tag. The box is tied closed with some homemade pink crinkle ribbon.
You can check out Brigits blog here
Are you ready for Spring? So are we! Have a flower on us! Add THIS file to your cart along with at least $8 of product in Lori’s SVG shop, use coupon code FLOWER at checkout and voila, the flower is free. This offer is good through tomorrow (4/24/13) at midnight. Keep an eye out on Tuesdays from now on for special Freebie offers. Visit the shop HERE.
While you are looking for shapes to purchase, check out Lori’s new shapes this week. You’ll find these in both the Silhouette Online Store for Silhouette users along with Lori’s SVG Shop for those with other cutting machines.
Now is your chance! Silhouette is sponsoring a fabulous GIVEAWAY allowing us to give away a SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT cutting machine to one of you, our awesome followers! All you need to do is enter below. You can earn multiple entries by following us on Facebook, commenting below, tweeting about the giveaway, and signing up for the email updates. In the comments section tell me what shapes you’d like to see me create for the Silhouette Online Store. This giveaway is open to US customers only.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Silhouette has recently lowered the price of their premium vinyl. And, now through April 26th you can get an additional 25% OFF. It’s time to stock up on VINYL! Also, my readers can get the following deals on bundles:
1 Silhouette Portrait™ + 1 roll of black vinyl, 1 roll of white vinyl, and 1 roll of transfer paper: $139.99
1 Silhouette CAMEO® + 1 roll of black vinyl, 1 roll of white vinyl, and 1 roll of transfer paper: $269.99
All premium vinyl bought outside of a machine bundle is 25% OFF with promotion code: LORI
It’s a great time to buy if you’re looking to get a machine.
I had a chance to play with the vinyl this week. I recently purchased new clear containers for my pantry. I needed some labels. So, I thought the vinyl would do the trick. I designed some Pantry Labels and you can download them for FREE right HERE through the Monday. Then you’ll find them at the Silhouette Online Store after that. There’s just something about a nice organized pantry that makes you feel good, huh?
There are tons of fun applications for vinyl. And, it’s really easy to use. Here are the steps I followed to cut these labels:
1. Load the vinyl on the roll with no cutting mat into your machine. Adjust the rollers to the right width if you have a cameo.
2. Set the blade to 2.
3. Open the Pantry Label art.
4. Set the media to Vinyl.
5. Cut.
6. Remove the unwanted vinyl from around the art. Leave the labels and words on the paper. Throw the rest away. Use a hook to “weed” the unwanted bits from between the letters.
7. Apply transfer material to the front of the art. Use a scraper to make sure it’s stuck good.
8. Cut the labels apart at this point.
9. Remove the paper backing and apply the vinyl art to the plastic surface on your canisters. Use the scraper again to make sure it’s nice and smooth.
Note: Silhouette make a scraper and a hook tool that make this easier, but you could use tweezers and a spatula or something if you don’t have those tools.
Have a great weekend and good luck on winning the Portrait!!
