Category: Die Cutting

Another Beautiful Nativity Idea

This week, the cute ladies over at eighteen25 showed us how to create a beautiful Christmas home decor piece. I thought you might all enjoy seeing this and even possibly making one for your own home.

The TALL NATIVITY and the words are cut out of vinyl with a Silhouette and adhered to a stained board. I think the result is stunning and it seems so simple to create.

For detailed instructions go visit the blog post over at eighteen25.blogspot.com. Thanks eighteen25 for inspiring us all! You ROCK!!

You can purchase the Tall Nativity in SVG and DXF formats HERE.
Or if you have a Silhouette, you can purchase it in the Silhouette Online Store.

Nativity Christmas Ornaments with Silhouette or Cricut

Looking for a simple and beautiful Christmas project idea? I spotted the most amazing Christmas ornament using my NATIVITY CUTTING FILE while blog hopping one day. I contacted Vanessa… who writes the blog (sewcakemake.blogspot.com) and asked if I could highlight her fabulous Nativity Ornament. She was happy to share her idea with all of us. I think these Christmas ornaments are so pretty and they look so easy to make. I may just have to make a few of these for our tree or to give as gifts this year.

Oh… and to make this project just a little easier for you, I created a FREE SVG file for the clear insert ornament (made for 2 5/8″ wide ornaments) that you can download HERE. This file includes a JPG for printing as well as SVG and DXF files for your Silhouette, Cricut Expression, and any other cutting machine that will use these files. I also created a Print and Cut version of the insert WITH the nativity available for purchase HERE. You can get printable acetate HERE. You can get regular (non-printable) acetate HERE (for use with VINYL).

You can purchase the Nativity SVG cutting file HERE

You can purchase the clear insert with the Nativity for Print and Cut HERE

or if you have a Silhouette you can find it at the Silhouette Online Store HERE.

Visit Vanessa’s BLOG for detailed instructions on how to make this ornament. She has a great tutorial.

Autumn Time Layout

I sure hope you all (in the US) had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday! We had a nice break here at my house. We hosted 16 family members and just had a fun few days. We went ice skating, rode TRAX into SLC, went to see Temple Square, and even visited the hot pots at Crystal Hot Springs. The most important part… the kids had a great time with their cousins! I really meant to post this lovely layout by Krissy last week, but somehow the holiday hijacked my life and I am just getting back into the swing of things. I apologize.

I love all the layering Krissy used and the way she used so many different cutting files. You can visit Krissy’s post HERE to find out what files she used.

I guess it’s about time to say goodbye to Autumn and hello to Winter and Christmas! Have a great day!

Welcome to the Blog Hop

We have a fun Friday (and Saturday) in store for you! It’s our very first Design Team blog hop and we’re so super excited that you’re here to support us! The Design Team has been busy working on some fun Christmas projects to help you get in the holiday crafting mood. I know… Thanksgiving isn’t over, yet! But, us crafters need a plan and have to get started early to make the magic happen!

To celebrate and to help you get your holiday crafting cutting files… EVERYTHING IN THE ONLINE SHOP IS 25% OFF THIS WEEKEND (now through Sunday)! Just use coupon code: JOLLY25 at checkout.

And, to express my appreciation to YOU, I’ve created a SVG/DXF gift tag set to give to YOU today absolutely FREE. I am truly humbled and honored that so many of you support my design and products. You are AMAZING and I thank you!! You can collect a tag file at each of the Design Team blogs. So, be sure to visit each blog to get the entire set.

DOWNLOAD TAG #1 BY CLICKING HERE.

Last but not least… we’re also giving away a $25 gift card to the online shop to one lucky winner. Simply leave a comment at each stop along the blog hop (there’s 7) and we’ll choose a random winner from the commenters. I’ll post the winner here on my blog and on my Facebook page on Sunday. So, be sure to check back so I can send the winner a gift card.

So, without further delay… I’d like to share with you a project I’ve been working on for the blog hop… a village. There are 3 separate SVG/DXF files: Cottage, Church, and School House. I’ve spent my spare moments over the past few weeks developing the cutting files for this darling set and they are NOW available in my ONLINE SHOP. Due to the time involved in developing the village it will remain exclusive to my online shop. And, at 25% OFF, this is the time to pick it up! I’m so happy with how it turned out. The pictures look pretty good, but it’s absolutely awesome in person! You’ll be amazed at how simple these are to construct. What a cute home decor set for the holidays! And, the school would make a super cute teacher gift!!

Don’t forget to comment at all 7 stops for your chance to win a $25 gift card. Thanks for visiting. Below is the lineup for the rest of the blog hop. Have FUN!

Lori Whitlock (you are here)
Carolyn King
Natalie Graham
Corri Garza
Joy Dickson
Krissy Clark
Tamara Tripodi

Have a super awesome weekend getting ready for Thanksgiving! Hopefully you find this hop inspiring!

Christmas Blog Hop This Weekend!

This weekend we have our very first design team blog hop! Come join us for some inspiration and a chance to win a $25 gift card to the loriwhitlock.com. Mark your calendar! It’s gonna be FUN! See you there. And, just incase you have not seen… Echo Park has a Blog Hop going on RIGHT NOW (with a giveaway). Go check it out. There’s some great Winter Park ideas and Tamara has some super cute mustache ideas for you, too!