If you’re wondering how to cut out this Stationery Box, you’ve come to the right place. Below you’ll see that I’ve created a labeled diagram of all the pieces in the file. Hopefully this helps you plan out your paper for cutting. 
3 Stacking Boxes Cutting Diagram
If you’re wondering how to cut out the 3 Stacking Boxes, this just might help you out. I’ve created a labeled diagram of all the pieces in the file. I’ve kept them grouped as you’ll see them in the file. All the pieces for the large box are labeled yellow. All the pieces for the medium box are labeled red. All the pieces for the small box are labeled blue. 
Silhouette Tutorial Welding Shapes by Christine
If there is one thing that I love about digital die cuts, it’s that you can have fun manipulating them to make something very different than they might have been intended for. I took one of Lori’s 4×6 Life Card files and made a mini album from it. I only used one of the shapes but using the directions that I am going to give you, it will be very possible to make a mini book with different shaped pages.
Here is the file that I used. Once I had my shape on my mat, I actually resized it to a 3×4 size for a mini, mini album, but you can create it in any size that you would like.
Here are some pictures of my finished mini book. I used Lori Whitlock’s Here & Now for Echo Park paper and embellishment collection to create my mini book. I’ll have more up close pictures of my mini on my blog if you want to pop on over there.
So now for the tutorial. How do you take a 4×6 Life card and make it into this ticket shaped accordion mini album? Let me show you!
Pick the shape that you want to use. I picked the ticket stye. Ungroup the file and delete the shapes that you don’t want to use for this project. Replicate your shape so that you have a row of three.
Move each shape to the left so that they are just barely overlapping. You don’t want to go too far because it will distort the shape. You will know when you weld the shapes together you will know if you put them close enough because the middle lines will disappear.
If you move over too much or not enough, just click the undo button and try again.
Tip: Hold down the shift key while you are drawing your line, to get a perfect straight line.
This step can be done whether you have the basic or Designer Edition of the Silhouette Software.
Sorry, the above direction should say, Copy one of the perforated lines and paste it on the end of the welded shape where you just erased the line. Draw a short angled line, select it and mirror left under the replicate feature.
Cut out as many of these groupings to make your mini book long or short.
Try this technique with basic shapes or more complicated shapes. You never know what you can make until you try.
To create the mats for the individual pages of my mini book, I took one of the original shapes and used the inside offset feature. Those I cut out separately from matching paper.
I hope you enjoyed the tutorial today. If you have any questions please feel free to visit my blog and leave your question in the comment section. Thanks!!
Supplies used:
Here & Now paper and embellishment collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park
Tuesday Freebie Butterfly
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Here are some of Lori’s newest shapes added to the SVG shop and her Silhouette Portfolio! Thanks for stopping by… Lisa
Only a purchase in Lori’s SVG shop will qualify for the free shape.
Shaped Card by Brigit and Desk Set by Corri
First off, I wanted to thank you all for participating in the Silhouette Giveaway! We have a winner: Entry #2092 Suzanne A. Congrats Suzanne! Please email your address to me at: info@loriwhitlock.com and I’ll get your prize sent out to you. Keep an eye out for more giveaway in the future : )
Today on the blog we have a few beautiful things to share with you. First is Brigit.
Shaped cards are so much fun to work with and Lori has many cute ones, just like this A2 watermelon shaped card. So perfect for a thank you card, I just added one of the flowers from the 5 layering flowers set and leaves from the 3D flower set 5.
I also used Lori’s digital paper Summer Fun, the pretty summer colors went perfect. I finished the card with some stickles on the seeds, watermelon taffy Trendy Twine and stamp sentiment from Jaded Blossom’s feeling fruity.
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Thanks for stopping by, you can visit me at http://www.brigitsscraps.com
Next up we have Corri with an adorable matching desk set
Corri here with a great project for keeping things organized. I just got a new calendar on July 1st to keep my design team deadlines organized. It’s a pretty cranberry color and I thought it would be fun to dress it up with some vinyl.
I created a offset for Lori’s Remember This Title. You can find my tutorial on how to create an offset here.
I cut the offset and title in vinyl and layered them on the front of the calendar.
I also cut the Cute Flowers file and applied that under the title. It turned out really cute! This would also be a great way to personalize kids binder, folders, and notebooks for
To keep my notes and lists, I made this cute sticky note holder….
and this To Do List holder. I love how these have a place for a pen. They will be perfect to keep on my desk. I used paper and sticker from the Echo Park Here and Now collection.