A New Friday $5 Bundle

April 6, 2018April 4, 2018

Hi Everyone! Today we have a new Friday $5 Bundle! It will ONLY be available until Midnight Sunday and when it’s gone it’s gone. These SVG files can be used with Cricut Explore, Silhouette Studio (with the Designer Edition upgrade), Scan N Cut, and any other cutter that will work with SVG files. Help spread the word by telling your friends and announcing it on social media!

Now through Sunday, you can pick up this floral themed themed bundle including 6 beautiful SVG files for just $5!

The cost of this bundle is $5, for $10.94 worth of SVG files, over a 54% savings! It’s the perfect spring bundle! But don’t wait, this bundle will only be around until Sunday at midnight!

Have a great day!

How to Make a Shaped Card with Kathy

April 5, 2018April 3, 2018

Happy April Everyone! It’s Kathy today with a tutorial showing how to make a shaped card from a one-dimensional file using my Silhouette. I make a lot of these cards, and always get asked how I do them, so I decided it was time to write it all out! For my card, I started with Lori’s new Cute Dog File (SVG, Silhouette) I thought it would make a sweet card!

Start by loading the file into Silhouette. I then sized it so it was 6″ wide. ( I wanted my card to be able to fit into a 6.5″ square envelope when done)

Next, select the image by clicking on it, and then select the offset button. (the button that looks like a star with a line around it) The default offset is .125, which was fine for my project, click apply. This will create a shape around your original shape which is slightly larger.

Move the original file off of your mat, and copy the offset shape two more times.

Click on one of the copies, right mouse click and select flip vertically.

Move the flipped shape down so that it overlaps the other offset shape. Where they intersect will eventually be where the card folds. Select both the “top and bottom” shapes, click on the transform button then click on the left justify button. This will make sure your card sides are properly aligned.

Once the pieces are aligned, make sure they are still both selected, right mouse click and select weld. This will make them one solid piece.

To add a score line, select the line tool, and draw a line in the center of the intersect. Change the line to a dashed line.

Lastly, select the line and the card base, right mouse click and select group.

After I created the file, I cut all the pieces. I assembled the dog shape, then layered it on the single offset piece. This is then layered onto the folded base.

What you end up with is a cute puppy-shaped card! I used Lori’s Sweet Baby Girl collection for Echo Park paper for the card.

That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Tuesday Freebie and New in Shop

April 3, 2018April 2, 2018

ALL WEEK, this SVG file is FREE with any $1.99 purchase!

We have a FREE file with purchase all this week! Simply add this Flexi Card Happy Birthday file to your shopping cart along with ANY $1.99+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. Be sure to use Coupon Code: HBD2U (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through next Sunday.

(Your cart must reach at least $3.98 before the coupon will be applied and then $1.49 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)

In addition, don’t forget about this special ! You can get this Free Kit of the Month with any $20 purchase (Purchase must be in one transaction.) Simply add the 2018 April Kit of the Month to your shopping cart along with ANY $20.00+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. Be sure to use Coupon Code: APR18KOTM (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through April 30, 2018!

(Your cart must reach at least $27.95 before the coupon will be applied and then $7.95 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)

Check out our exciting new SVG files releasing this week! And, just like always, the NEW SVG files are ON SALE 25% OFF through the weekend in the SVG Shop! These downloads include SVG files that may be used with Cricut Explore, Silhoeutte (DE upgrade required), Eclips, Brother Scan and Cut, and any other software that will open SVG files. No coupon code necessary, the files are all discounted in the shop! Be sure to go get them while they are on SALE this week.

This week I have a new Bobble Head Card bundle! We also have some great new files from Paige Evans and Dresden Carrie!

Thanks for visiting the blog today! Please let us know if you need any help with your files. We want to make sure everyone is happy with their purchase. Have a great week!

April 2018 Kit of the Month

April 2, 2018March 27, 2018

We have a brand new special for the entire month of April ! You can get this Free Kit of the Month with any $20 purchase (Purchase must be in one transaction.) Simply add the 2018 April Kit of the Month to your shopping cart along with ANY $20.00+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. Be sure to use Coupon Code: APR18KOTM (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through April 30, 2018.

Thanks for visiting the blog today! Please let us know if you need any help with your files. We want to make sure everyone is happy with their purchase. Have a great day!

Flat Front Shutter Card Birthday

March 29, 2018March 27, 2018

Hello Everyone:

Anita here with a fun and easy tutorial for the Flat Front Shutter Card Birthday which you can find here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette Design Store. I used one of Lori’s brand new Echo Park lines called Sweet Baby Girl. It was perfect for a soft and feminine card.

Here are all the pieces. There are several that are small so remember to keep track of them.

I put together the pieces of the card and glued everything down before I started folding. It is much easier to work on the folds that way.

Your first step is to crease the fold to the right of the cake and you will be folding it so it pops up when lying flat.

I held the card in my left hand and pressed gently down on the middle score line with my left hand and held it in place while I used my right hand to score it across the fold. You will be creating a valley fold here. As you can see the folds on the top and bottom of that section just naturally pop up the way that they are supposed to be creating hill folds.

I folded up the right side of the card and used a bone folder to gently strengthen my score marks. On the smaller pieces you will be scoring through two of the folds.