Category: Die Cutting

Thank You Card by Natalie

Today we have a beautiful Thank You card by Natalie…
The other day I was in need of a thank you cards for some cute neighbors.  They needed to be signed by a group of girls, so they needed to be big enough to hold lots of comments.  So I made these cute mini albums which turned out to be the perfect thank yous.
I used Lori’s mini album with the round end found here.  I love that it comes with files for all the middle pages, but a little binding piece and a cover for the front.  I cut it out with Echo Park‘s For the Record 2, which had the perfect embellishments to cover the front and back pages.  I filled them full of blank pages and handed out each page to all the girls who were writing notes, then took all them and bound it into a cute book.  I hope that these become a treasure for the recipients of the books and know how much we love them!

Easter Basket and Carrots by Corri

Corri is here today sharing an adorable Easter project with us, she says…

Lori Whitlock just added this adorable carrot box to the Silhouette Store. I just love it and couldn’t wait to cut it.

I cut the carrots as sized in the file.   I embossed the green tops with the Cuttlebug D’Vine Swirls embossing folder. I cut this adorable 3d Easter Basket at 10″ wide so I could fit the carrots inside.  I probably should have gone a little larger .  This basket it so cute…it just takes to brads to hold it together.

The paper on my project today is all from Echo Park – All about a Boy.

 

 

Silhouette Sketch Pen Promotion!

Have you seen the NEW Silhouette Sketch Pen Starter Kit? I’m really excited to get the word out on these pens! In the past they’ve had three small sketch pen packages.  This one is awesome because it contains 24 pens and 10 exclusive sketch designs! Between March 26-31, my readers can buy any of these three bundles at discounted prices:

Silhouette CAMEO® and sketch pen starter kit: $269.99
Silhouette Portrait™ and sketch pen starter kit: $139.99
Sketch pen starter kit: $12.99 (regularly $19.99)

To get the discounted pricing go to: www.silhouetteamerica.com/pen and use code: LORI at checkout.

I had a chance to play with the pens and I designed a few new shapes that you’ll find a the Silhouette Online Store. First up, is a set of Easter Sketch Designs. I tested them out and created these tags:

Next, I designed this A2 Birthday Step Card

Just a reminder, you will only find the discounted pricing through this link: www.silhouetteamerica.com/pen and you’ll need to use code: LORI at checkout.

I hope you get a chance to own and play with these sketch pens. I love that with my Silhouette machine and some sketch designs, I can create so many more customized projects! It’s like having an endless supply of stamps on hand. And, you can count on seeing more sketch designs from me in the future.

Have a great day!!

Spring & Easter projects by Christine & Natalie

Today we have 2 different Creative Team members sharing their talents with us. First is Christine, she says…
I have created a mini book using the Mini Album Pinking Edge and some papers and embellishments from Sweet Girl by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park.  These are just a few of the pages.  You can see the rest at my blog.

The front page of the mini book has a banner title that is part of the Sweet Girl collection by Echo Park in the Silhouette store.  I loved that I could make this banner larger so it really becomes the focus of the page.

I used another digital cutting file by Lori, called Scalloped Shapes for the background of this journaling card that is part of the paper pack.

You can see yet another frame on this page from Lori Whitlock.  It is called the 4×6 Frame in the Silhouette Store

Mini books are really so much fun, especially when you can cut out your own.  It easy to add as many pages as you want and even alter the size.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by to see my project.
Supplies Used:
4×6 Frame- Silhouette Store #9783
Sweet Girl Paper Collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park
 Natalie has a beautiful Easter project to share with us. 
I’ve been know to make big signs for my front porch.  So when I brought this wooden pallet sign for my front door home from my local craft store, my son immediately said, “Mom, that isn’t nearly big enough for the front porch.”  I said, “silly, it’s for the front door.”  I had to figure out how to make it work, because I just had to bring the pallet looking sign home.  And since Easter is around the corner, I came up with this:

I first cut out the Easter saying out of vinyl, and placed it on the unpainted pallet.  Then I painted the wooden pallet blue, sanded and distressed it, removing the vinyl to reveal the color below.  I then cut out the Easter egg out of card stock, and using mod podge adhered it to foam core.  I then used plain old doilies, and cut circles and used the left over flowers that were cut to make the banner and stapled them to some twine and attached it to the pallet using hot glue.  It took me about an hour to make it.

I used the following files from Lori Whitlock’s store
Easter phrase – found here
Easter egg set – found here