Category: Die Cutting

Exciting News!

I officially have my first design team member!!

Tamara of Happy Life Crafty Wife has joined my team! YAY, I couldn’t be more excited!!!! She’s such a talented designer and I am thrilled that she’ll be showcasing my work with Echo Park, cutting files, and even some fabric once it’s finally available. {I’m seriously doing the happy dance right now!!!}

And if you’re interested in playing… Tamara and I will be hosting a design challenge next week. So, stay tuned. There will be prizes!!

Have you seen the super cute Thanksgiving Treat box that Tamara created using my pumpkin window box? You can purchase that file both HERE and at the Silhouette Online Store. Make sure you visit her site for instructions and all the details on how to make the box (see the super cute images below).

I’ve had a few people wondering if I’ll be adding more images to my store… YES, I am trying my hardest get more SVG files added to my online store. If you have any specific requests…. please email me. I can work on those first : )

Have a lovely evening (or day if you don’t read this until tomorrow)!

 

New Stuff!

Fall is in the air. I took a refreshing walk with my family this evening. I love this time of year and hope that winter takes it’s time getting here.

My studio is buzzing lately even though my blog has been a little quiet. I’m been working on some new collections for Echo Park. I can’t wait to show you!! Anyhow, I’ve been adding new shapes to the Silhouette Online Store and hope to find the time to add a few more shapes to my blog store, soon.  Below you’ll see a few of the shapes that I’ve created for Silhouette this week. I would LOVE to see and share projects created with my shapes and/or Echo Park products. Please feel free to post them on my Facebook page or email them directly to me at: info@loriwhitlock.com.

All Boxed Up!

This week you should see my studio! It’s completely covered in scraps of paper. I’ve been working on some NEW boxes for the Silhouette Online Store. I am quite pleased at how they turned out. How cute will these be for the upcoming fall and holiday season?? Fill them with Halloween treats, make Thanksgiving door prizes, or tuck them into a stocking for Christmas. I would LOVE to see what you create with these files. So, please feel free to email them to me (info@loriwhitlock.com) and I’ll share some of them here on my blog. Oh, and you’ll notice that the top 3 boxes are cut out of cardstock from my Happy Day’s Collection for Echo Park Paper.

Card Making

I have always received a great deal of joy from creating beautiful things…. out of nothing. So, for me, the limitless possibilities of fun shapes I can engineer and cut with my digital cutting machine is super exciting!! Seriously…to be able to load a sheet of paper into my Silhouette and then have it magically cut the sheet perfectly so that it folds up into a beautiful card (or box or whatever) is nothing short of a miracle! The end result is an awesome project handmade by me that brings a smile to someone’s face. And, to me that’s absolutely amazing!

I’ve designed quite a collection of cards over the past couple of years that are available at the Silhouette Online Store. I thought I’d take the opportunity today to post several of them all in one place so you can see them, use them for assembly reference, and hopefully get some good ideas! Even if you don’t have a cutting machine, hopefully you can glean some ideas from this post.

Card making is something I really love to do. I’ve designed several card kits and card projects over the years. One of the first card projects I worked on as a graphic designer was “The Ultimate Card Kit” by Lisa Bearnson. Right then and there I was seriously hooked on engineering cards. Cards are easy to assemble and go together very quickly. Homemade cards certainly don’t need to be a sheet of cardstock folded in half. Try making a card out of a circle, scalloped shape, or a bracket shape. You can create them out of just a few supplies that you most likely already have on hand. Use ribbon, stamps, brads, buttons, and flowers to embellish your cards. And, the best part… when you give your card away you are making the world a more beautiful and cheerful place. So, go give it a whirl and make someone happy today!