Category: Die Cutting

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!

SVG Gingerbread House & Fall Wreath

Today I have a  real treat for you. Two of my amazing design team members have completed some absolutely FANTASTIC projects for you to take a look at. I am so excited to show these to you!

The first project is by Carolyn King… it’s the cutest little gingerbread house ever! She’s used my gingerbread house file found HERE.  She also used patterned paper from two different Echo Park collections to make the house: Season’s Greetings and Holly Jolly. The tree, gingerbread man and candy canes and candy are some of the embellishments that come with the gingerbread house file. To read more details about Carolyn’s project, visit her post.

The second project that I have for you today is by Corri Garza. She’s put together the cutest autumn mantle decor using some of my SVG files. For her wreath, Corri used a foam wreath as a base from a craft store. And, she used my SVG leaf files available HERE. For her banner she used my nested frame set SVG files HERE. Visit Corri’s post to read more of the details about her beautiful wreath and banner projects.

Feel free to let Corri and Carolyn know what you think of their super awesome projects! Have a great Monday!

DT Spotlight: Natalie Graham

I sure hope you’re all having an excellent weekend! Today is our last DT spotlight. Today I’d like you all to meet the super talented and crafty Natalie Graham. Natalie is one of my best friends and a ton fun to be around! She’s always overflowing with fun projects and ideas.  Make sure to look at the darling projects she created at the bottom of the post.

Hello. My name is Natalie Graham and I live in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. I am a Utah girl living here in Canada with my husband and kids for a couple of years.  I have  been married to my husband Ben for 14 years and have four wonderful kids, Hayden, 12, Ethan, 9, Abby, 6 and Aubrey, almost 3.  I use to teach preschool for the school district and for Head Start before I had my first baby, then I decided it was better for me to use my teaching skills for my family and have been home with them ever since. I just started my first “craft blog” where you can find my work at mygrahamcrackers.blogspot.com

Q: How long have you been paper crafting?
I started “playing with paper” after my first son was born, so I guess I can say my habit for hoarding scrapbook supplies has been about 12 years.

Q: What made you start paper crafting?
I love doing all things creative, I see something cute, and I immediately want to make analyze it and figure out how to make one myself.   I also have few memories or memorabilia from my own childhood and want to make sure I document my children’s life well so they have something to look back on and remember what a fun family we are!

Q: What is your favorite type of paper crafting project to make?
There is something truly satisfying about a finished scrapbook page. Scrapbook pages will never get tossed like a card or get smooshed in a decoration box.

Q: What is your ‘must have’ paper crafting tool?
Hands down… Diet Coke!

Q: What inspires you most?
Other people’s work.  It makes me get all giddy with the idea of I can do it too!

Q: What are some of your favorite colors to work with?
I’m a girly girl at heart. I would put pink on everything if I could.  Somehow my boys don’t agree.

Q: What is your favorite type of embellishment?
See above…. A girly girl love flowers…. Pink ones are even better!

Q: What other crafty things do you enjoy?
Maybe I should say the things I don’t do…. That would be shorter…I am a sewer, photographer, quilter, jewelry maker…I also like to crochet, digital scrapbook and stalk others blogs for other DIY projects. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t have a “project” going.

Q: What are some of your other hobbies and passions?
I love to read, cook, bake and hang out with my kiddos!

I am super excited to have the chance to work with Lori and these talented gals on the team. My head is spinning with all the up coming project ideas! 

Look at the darling winter card Natalie created out of my Wintertime collection for Echo Park. And, the “thank you” gift card holder is adorable! To create the holder Natalie used the Scalloped Gift Card Holder file that is available HERE.

DT Spotlight: Carolyn King

Hello everyone! Happy Friday!! Today we all have the pleasure of getting to know the talented Carolyn King a little better! I’m super excited to have Carolyn on the team. She’s quite a talented paper crafter and I think you’ll enjoy her work.

Hi, My name is Carolyn King (Cammie).  My husband and I have three wonderful children and we have recently relocated from Texas to not-so-sunny Pittsburgh, PA!

I have been blogging for the past few years at http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com

Q: How long have you been paper crafting?
I have been paper crafting for the past seven years, although I pretty much grew up doodling and making things with paper and glue.

Q: What made you start paper crafting?
I started scrapbooking with a moms group after our family was moved across the country when my husband was in the army.  From there, I started stamping and card making.  And the rest is history!

Q: What is your favorite type of paper crafting project to make?
This is a tough question.  It changes all the time….I actually love making cards, scrapbook pages, altered items…anything.  I just enjoy it all!

Q: What is your ‘must have’ paper crafting tool?
My MUST have paper crafting tool is good sharp pair of scissors.

Q: What inspires you most?
I have been pretty active in the paper crafting community for years and I have to say the sheer talent of so many people is a huge inspiration.  I am always trying to improve and I love that crafty people share so much of their talents with others.  I am hugely inspired by Lori and have been since I found her work through Echo Park paper.  I am so excited to work with her designs and hope I can do them some justice in my projects.

Q: What are some of your favorite colors to work with? 
I love bright colors….so I tend to gravitate to any bold colors and paper companies that use bright colors in their designs.

Q: What is your favorite type of embellishment?
My favorite embellishment changes all the time too! But I would have to put buttons and hemp/string near the tippy top!

Q: What other crafty things do you enjoy?
I like to paint and draw but I don’t do either much anymore.  I really prefer playing with paper.

Q: What are some of your other hobbies and passions?
I love to run, play with my kiddos, watch television and read.

Thanks to Lori for this awesome opportunity. I cannot wait to get started and work with all the amazing designers on this team.

Look at the darling notepad that Carolyn created using  THIS cupcake shape. I love how she’s taken an ordinary shape and turned it into a notepad. You could use this concept to create other items such as cards, etc.