Category: Echo Park

Merry and Bright Shadowbox with Cathy

Hi Lori Whitlock fans…Cathy here with you today and I have a quick last minute gift idea to share with you!  I created a shadow box with one of Lori’s Christmas Phrase Set 1!  I know that this isn’t the most original idea out there but they are really quick and easy to make.  Lori Whitlock has so many wonderful phrase sets that the possibilities are endless for creating these shadowboxes.

I started with and 8×8 white shadow box and added an 8×8 piece of black chalkboard paper from Lori’s Echo Park Christmas Cheer collection.  Just adhere this piece to the back of your frame.  Next, fill your frame with tiny ornaments or jingle bells.

I cut the Merry and Bright out of gold metallic Oracle 631 vinyl.  I scaled it down to the size you can see below.  The preset vinyl setting on the Silhouette cuts is beautifully with a nice sharp blade.  Weed your vinyl and transfer the saying onto the transfer paper.    Then just adhere it where you want it to be and just like that you are done!  Easy Peasy!

Such a super cute set!  If I need another last minute gift, I will use the Jingle all the Way and fill it full of multi colored jingle bells!

And as I mentioned earlier, that Lori has so many phrases that the possibilities are endless for these shadowboxes!

Christmas Phrases Set 1 link  or the Silhouette Store Merry and Bright link!

Corri Garza- Poinsettia Flower Pot

Hi everyone!  Corri here today sharing my version of Lori’s Poinsettia Flower Pot Card.

I love the dimensional look of the flowers.  This would be a great way to gift a gift card…you could should use a glue dot to attach the card to the pull out portion of the card.

I used paper from the Christmas Cheer Collection from Echo Park.  I love the addition of black to the traditional Christmas colors.  The tag is from the element sticker sheet.  I sprinkled the back with baby powder so it wouldn’t stick to the front of the card.

Check out all the beautiful new Christmas files that Lori added to the shop.

Silhouette Tutorial with Tya – Custom Card Sentiments

Hi everyone- Its Tya here to share with you a fun and easy Silhouette tutorial! I love using Lori’s shapes in all sorts of fun ways. Today I wanted to share with you how to add a custom sentiment to a card front.

For my card base I used Lori’s A2 Snowflake Ornament Card that you can find here in her SVG shop and here on the Silhouette website.

As you can see, I removed the snowflake from the card front and added some festive holiday sentiments on my card front instead using the handy subtract tool in the Silhouette software. Let me show you the steps that I followed to make the cards.

1- Ungroup the shape and delete the snowflake.

2- Grab the card front. Using the Draw a Rectangle tool, draw a 1.5×4.5 inch box right in the center of the ornament.

3-Open the modify window, select both shapes, and then click on subtract.

4-You will now have the top and bottom section of the shape with a space in the middle.

5- Type out your sentiment. I typed the word Merry in all capitals using the LW Block font I downloaded from the Silhouette store. I suggest using block fonts, or fonts with a serif on them for this technique. I also like to use capital letters just to make things easy and even. Resize your sentiment so that the letters slightly overlap the top and bottom lines of our space we cut out of the middle.

6- Select  just the top section of the ornament, right click and click on make a compound path. This keeps the hole in the top section of the ornament.

7- Select the whole shape, right click and select Weld. You can see now that the shape of the ornament is still intact, and we added a custom sentiment to our card front – this is a fun way to add a personal touch to your cards and to get more use from your card shapes.

Here are all the cards I made using this technique. I really enjoyed using Lori’s Christmas Cheer Echo Park paper line for my cards. The colors just pop! Love it! For this card, I used the Merry Christmas flourish phrase found here and here.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and letting me share this tutorial with you! I hope that you will give this nifty technique a try! And I would love it if you would stop by my blog and say hi! Happy Holidays and Happy Crafting!

 

Christmas Gift Link Up with Corri Garza

Hi everyone!  Corri here today with a new link up party for you guys.  Since this time of the year is all about gift giving, I thought it would be fun to have our link party be all about “Gift Ideas.” Lori has recently added so many great gift files to her shop….check out these cute ideas.

Link up your projects using any of Lori’s files for a chance to win a $15 gift card.

Here’s my project for today.

This box would be so cute filled with candy, a gift card or a small gift.  I used paper from the Christmas Cheer Collection from Echo Park.

We love seeing all your projects…you can also share them on Instagram using the hashtag #loriwhitlock and tag @loriwhitlock.


Santa Shaped Card with Corri

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!  Corri here today sharing a fun shaped card made with Lori’s Santa Face file. Here’s how I made it.

First, ungroup the pieces and drag them off your mat.    Drag the beard portion onto your mat and then click on the replicate menu along the top. Click on mirror above.

Next, select the top beard and move it down slightly.  Select both pieces and the right click and select weld.

Now you have your card base. Next, cut all the layers including an additional white beard piece.   To add some texture to the card, I embossed this layer.

I used paper from the Christmas Cheer Collection from Echo Park Paper.  Such a fun card and it goes together really quickly.

Be sure to check out all the new Christmas files in Lori’s SVG shop and Silhouette Shop.

Also, be sure to check out the Silhouette Black Friday Sale from last night’s post. To get these deals be sure to shop HERE. And use code LORI at checkout. Sale ends December 8.

Already a Silhouette user?
Use code: LORI to receive 40% OFF at SilhouetteAmerica.com (*excluding machines, design downloads, download cards, subscriptions and gift cards) PLUS Free Shipping on orders over $25 for the lower 48 states
50% OFF all designs at SilhouetteDesignStore.com – no code needed!