Category: Silhouette

Valentine Gift Bag and Cookies with Anita

Hi Everyone!  Anita here with an easy and fun Valentine project that I created for my husband.  My daughter bought some items on Etsy and they came in this awesome cotton bag which I just needed to repurpose!

In addition to some twine, I used Printable Fabric from Cricut which is adhesive back and very easy to use.

I used two different files for this project.  The Valentine’s above are from a file called 3 Valentine’s Cards and you can find them here in the Silhouette Store.  I also used 2 Doily Hearts which you can find here in Lori’s SVG Store and here in the Silhouette Store.  I love using the print and cut feature because you are able to print exactly what you see and then cut it out perfectly.  Don’t forget to add  your registration marks to your mat before you print so your machine will know where the cut lines are.  When I cut the printable cotton canvas using my Silhouette,  I chose Printable Cotton Canvas Silhouette Brand from the media type, and used a cut depth of 5.  It worked perfectly.  The packaging gives directions for using a Cricut to cut the canvas and suggests Fabric, Printable (Cricut).

Make sure to position your printed cotton canvas fabric in the top left hand corner of your mat as in the photo, so that your machine can easily read the registration marks.

Here is what mine looked like after they were cut out.  I would suggest printing one on paper as a sample before putting  your canvas into the printer.

After I cut out the Doily Hearts,  I ran them through my Xyron to put strong adhesive on the back.  I wanted to make sure that they would adhere to the bag and stay in place once it was filled.

I added some twine to the string that was already in the bag.  I threaded the three colored pieces of twine through the same hole to match the embellishments on my bag.

Before I stuck everything down well I pulled the strings tight on the bag to see how the hearts and Valentine card would lay.

Lastly here is a photo of the completed bag with the sugar cookies that I made for my Valentine and I know that he will love them.  Hope you are inspired to start working on some Valentine’s for the loved one’s in  your life and that you will check out all of Lori’s wonderful cut files for what is one of my favorite holidays.

Hugs,

Anita

Happy New Year

Anita here to share a New Year’s card with you.  I used Lori’s Happy New Year Phrase which you can find here in her store and here in the Silhouette store.  I used Lori’s Echo Park Collection called I Love Winter to complete my New Year’s Card.

Here’s a close up of the words.  I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and will have a great new year.

Hugs,

Anita

50% OFF SVG Files – 7 Hours Left!!

There are still a few more hours left to shop my birthday celebration 50% Off SALE in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop!  It’s my way of saying thank you to all of my customers for a wonderful year! Use code THANKS at checkout!

We have some fun things planned for 2017 so keep your eyes open for another amazing new year with Lori Whitlock cut files and tutorials for Silhouette CAMEO, Cricut Explore, Sizzix Eclips, Brother Scan n Cut. Have a great day!

Lori

Print and Cut Labels

Welcome to the weekend.  I hope you have fun plans.  Christmas is almost here.  This year, I made some extracts to give as gifts.  I followed instructions from Our Best Bites.  I started back in September, so I hope they are ready to give.  I used Lori’s Pantry Labels to make up a quick label.  I used the new Darling Font for the extract name, and I used Dreamy Font for the other text.

 

 

 

Hope you get some of your list checked off this weekend. The Blog Hop sale is still going, so grab up those last files needed for your Christmas projects.

 

 

Christmas Recipe Card Box

Anita here with a fun Christmas recipe card box which I made using several different files from Lori’s store. It is called 4X6 recipe box and you can find it here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette store. I hosted a cookie swap last weekend a made one of these boxes for each of the lovely ladies who participated in the swap. The box is so easy to assemble and you can decorate it any way you want.

These are the pieces that you are going to need for the box top. Lori labels her pieces to let you know which piece is for the inner lid and box to cover up your paper seams. I left the note on my piece when I loaded it onto to my cutting mat and then after it was cut I marked  the back side with a pencil which piece was the inner piece. It makes things so much easier.

To start, glue together the sides of the lid so they form a box shape.

Fold down the top tabs inside and glue.  Next,  glue the side and top flaps down.

Glue lid liner into cover.

Glue top on the lid.  You are now ready to put the decorative pieces on your box.

These are the pieces for the box.

Glue the sides of the Main box together.

Glue bottom piece onto box.  (You can see my note that I wrote on the piece before I took it off my mat.)

Add bottom liner to main box and you are ready to decorate your box.


The cut file for the box comes with the divider set as well. I also used a print and cut label called Merry Christmas Print and Cut Phrase which you can find here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette store. I also used a print and cut recipe card for my cookie swap. I used my Xyron to run the pieces through to decorate the box. You can see my label above that is still on the Xyron backing paper.

Here is the box open with the dividers in it. Such a sweet and fun holiday gift. My ladies were so excited by their boxes and you can make one up quickly too. Happy Holidays to everyone. I made Mocha Dot cookies which everyone seemed to love. If you want the recipe, let me know.
Hugs,

Anita
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