Echo Park – Lori Whitlock

5×7 Iris Shutter Card Latte

December 9, 2024December 8, 20241 Comment

Happy Monday! Can you believe it’s December already? Where has this year gone? Time to get started on Christmas cards. I’ve been looking at this adorable iris shutter latte card (SVG, Silhouette) and know I could make it festive.

When you slide the lever down the side of the card, the shutter opens/closes to reveal the heart.

I used Echo Park Paper Have A Holly Jolly Christmas by Lori Whitlock. I added some holly stickers from the paper line to the sentiment and the heart.

I removed the flowers from the card and added the holly instead. (SVG, Silhouette). And if you haven’t figured out by now, I’m a fan of puns/play on words so I had to change up the sentiment as well.

You can find a tutorial on how to make this and other iris shutter cards HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Chelsea

Mug Lighted Shadowbox Tutorial

December 5, 2024December 4, 2024Leave a comment

Hi there! Today I am sharing an assembly tutorial for the Mug Lighted Shadowbox Snowman (SVG, Silhouette). This shadowbox would make a great gift or beautiful decoration for the holiday season. I used The Magic of Winter collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

This project was a little bigger than I thought. It stands at eleven inches tall and eight inches wide. I needed four sheets of white cardstock, two sheets of navy, one patterned paper and smaller scraps for the red, orange, and pink elements. I used some ballon lights to light mine, but a short strand of fairy lights will also work.

First, I folded all of the score lines as mountain folds with the navy color facing out. I then glued down the decorative panels to the mug base. The bottom of the mug base has three segments I glued the longest middle tab to the base of the mug to give it a good anchor making sure everything was lined up and straight. After the middle tab was dry, I glued the two shorter tabs to the base. (I thought it might be easier to leave one side open while I added the white panels, it isn’t. Just glue all the tabs.)

I added the white panels to the inside of the mug base. No glue required, they just slide in and sit in the notches that my machine cut. I then glued the top of the mug into place using the same method as the bottom. I folded all the tabs into place for the decorative front. I assembled the cookie, candy cane, and snowman. I added some white highlights to all of my elements with a paint pen. Then glued them into place on the front of the mug.

I added glue to one side tab of the mug base and lined the edges up waiting till everything was dry and secure. Once the tab was dry, I lifted the top to add glue to the remaining tabs and secured the top into place.

I added a few stickers from the collection. I also slipped a few lights into the back to see it lit up.

This shadow box is darling and was fun to make. There are several other versions of this style of shadow box that you can find here.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie

Box Card Envelope Birthday Balloons

November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

Hi there friends! Today I am sharing a card I made for a sweet boy who is celebrating his golden birthday very soon. I used the Box Card Envelope Birthday Balloons (SVG, Silhouette). I’m a sucker for a box card and this envelope version is so cute! This birthday boy will be celebrating in one of his favorite places, so I had to use the A Magical Place and Magical Voyage paper collections by Echo Park Paper Co.

I love how this card turned out. Thanks for dropping by today.

Brandie

Hidden Binding Mini Album Apple or Pumpkin?

October 31, 2024October 30, 2024

Happy Halloween! Traci here and today, I’m sharing a pumpkin shaped mini scrapbook that’s great for saving fall photos. I used one of Lori’s super fun cutting files called Hidden Binding Mini Album Apple (SVG, Silhouette). With some orange cardstock and pretty patterns, I turned it into an autumn themed pumpkin!

First, let’s take a look inside then I’ll explain how I made it with a tutorial below.

To create this, I cut the base out of solid cardstock and decorated it with the beautiful Echo Park, I Love Fall Collection designed by Lori. On the cover, I added a pretty 6×6 print (the small size is so cute!), a few enamel dots, an acorn brad, and the pumpkin farm sticker from the 12×12 elements sheet.

The album has 5 pages (including the covers) and inside, I layered each one with a different pattern paper. Then, I added cute round photo mats using a 3″ scallop punch and a 2.5″ circle punch by Marvy Uchida.

I embellished the pages with stickers from the 12×12 sheet and the sticker book. For the smaller round photo mat on the right side, I used a 2″ scallop punch and a 1.75″ circle punch.

Above, I added a few more stickers, a brad, and on the right … I punched the round “thankful, grateful, blessed” circle out of one of the I Love Fall 4×6 journaling cards. I used the 2.5″ circle punch.

It’s such a pretty little album, right? Now let me show you how simple it is to make!

1. Cut the pieces out – I cut the binding pieces and 10 apple shapes out of apricot cardstock by Bazzill. Then, I cut 10 leaves out of the green I Love Fall paper and 10 stems out of the brown Fall Flowers pattern.

2. Once those are cut, take the binding piece and fold it along the score lines.

3. You’ll end up with mountains and valleys like in the photo above. Add adhesive inside the valleys.

4. Press the valley sides together to create the spine of the album.

5. Then, adhere the rectangular cover piece over the flat side of the folds.

6. Gather your page pieces and adhere the leaves and stems to the front of 5 left-side facing pumpkins and 5 right-side facing pumpkins.

7. Now adhere the pumpkin pages to each of the accordion spine folds. Add one to the front and one to the back of each fold, matching the shapes back-to-back. This creates layered pages that are nice and sturdy.

8. Continue to adhere the rest of the pumpkin pages to each of the folds until the album is complete. Then it’s time to decorate!

When you’re finished, you’ll end up with a fabulous mini album that’s perfect for pictures of autumn, a pumpkin patch, fall leaves, and everyday memories.

Lori has so many wonderful hidden binding mini album shapes. I’ve made the (haunted) house that’s perfect for Halloween, the flower, telephone, and the tag shape. I love these and they make the cutest gifts. She has even more designs in her shop, so be sure to check those out.

I hope you’ll try this fun project made with Lori’s Hidden Binding Mini Album Apple SVG file. Have a great day!

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Time for Pie! A2 Box Card Pumpkin Pie Flowers

October 21, 2024October 20, 2024

Hi everyone!

The holidays are just around the corner…hard to believe they are sneaking up on us so fast. I had fun in my little studio creating this adorable box card. It’s Lori’s A2 pumpkin pie flower box card or you can find it here In the Silhouette Online Design Store. It’s just too cute with that little crust edge…love it.

I used Lori’s Echo Park I Love Fall collection. I have used this collection over and over, it is just perfect for everything this time of year.