Echo Park – Page 107 – Lori Whitlock

Favor + Invite from Brigit

May 27, 2013May 3, 2016

Here’s a cute matching set, perfect for a barbecue invite and favor or a summer birthday party.

The paper and elements are from Echo Park’s A Perfect Summer collection designed by Lori, I absolutely love it, so bright and cheery!

For the card I welded the flipflops together from Lori’s Don’t Bother Me set, Corri has a great tutorial on how to create a shaped card in Silhouette Studio, you can find it here.

The stamped sentiment is from Jaded Blossom’s Happy Summer set and the Trendy Twine is Tickled With Teal.

The candy tube holder was so easy to make, I used Lori’s Firecracker Box and sized the whole thing to 13.25w (check lock aspect ratio).

I ungrouped and deleted the other pieces, select all and grouped the box and score marks together again, (it should measure 5.9h x 6.410w.) Then I centered a 1″ circle on the top flap of the box for the cutout, (depending on the tube you use you may have to make the hole slightly larger.)

The back piece is just a rectangle cut at 1.535w x 6.75h and glued onto the back. The two top inside flaps have to be trimmed a little so they don’t block the hole.

I used some Orangesicle Trendy Twine on the tube and filled with some Reese’s Pieces.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed my summery project!!

Giveaway, Freebie + New SVG Shapes

May 21, 2013May 21, 2013

Do you follow the paper collections Lori designs for Echo Park? They are so so cute. Each release I think is my favorite, then she comes out with a new one and my favorite changes. Recently “A Perfect Summer” was released and Lori is hosting a GIVEAWAY! Three lucky people will be winning this collection. Are you one of them?

If you haven’t had a chance to enter be sure and enter below for your opportunity to win one of these beautiful collections. Winners will be announced on Thursday. Enter by Wednesday at midnight.
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Also, TODAY ONLY, this ice cream cone SVG file is FREE. Just add coupon code: ICECREAM at checkout and the cost will be deducted from your purchase.

Here are some of Lori’s newest shapes added to the SVG shop and her Silhouette Portfolio! Thanks for stopping by… Lisa

Stationary Set by Traci and Centerpiece by Corri

May 20, 2013May 3, 2016

Today we have some fabulous projects by Traci and Corri

Hi Lori fans!

I’m so excited to be on the blog today sharing a really fun, and pretty quick, project with you. As many of you may know, I’m a mini album girl. They are my all-time favorite project. Despite my mini love, I also love giving fun gifts with cute packaging. So today I decided to share my love of little gift notes. A 3×3 gift note is the perfect little “accessory” to a perfectly wrapped present. I make several at a time so that when I have a birthday, wedding, or new baby gift to wrap, I already have a cute little hand-made gift enclosure to go with it.

Here is some gift note inspiration for you — complete with Lori’s adorable 3×3 stationary box to keep the cards in until you need them.

I love all of Lori’s digital cutting files, so it’s never hard to find the perfect addition to any card or project. For this one, my favorite part of each card are the sentiments. Lori designed the “Happy Birthday”, “Thank You’ and “Hello” pieces with an adorable font and a great background piece. The ability to cut a white background allowed each of my sentiments to “pop” off any pattern paper I layered it onto. I also love the cupcake for this card…especially with the little heart cut out.

I have always been a fan of Echo Park…especially the paper and embellishments that Lori designs for them. Most of the papers I’ve used in this card set are from the “My Girl” Collection. For the card below, I added a fun little branch from the sticker sheet and set an adorable bird up on pop dots for dimension.

For the “Thank You” card, I found Lori’s mason jar cutting file

This design can be used for so many things — I cut the design and then added a flower sticker and brad from the “My Girl” collection and finished it off with a knot of twine.

For the 3×3 box, I cut the file and also created an “inset” shape for each side. After adding the inset accent pieces, I cut one of Lori’s new 3D flower designs for the front. The flower also serves as a little accent to tuck the tab behind so that the lid stays closed 🙂 So, so, cute!

Thanks so much for visiting today! Please stop by my personal blog, Artsy Albums, to say hello!

Traci

Next we have this adorable center piece by Corri.

I have a fun project for you today that would be great for a Memorial Day or July 4th table decoration.

I cut Lori’s Octagon Flower Pot as sized in the file from some kraft card stock.

For the rim of the pot, I used the red wood grain paper from Echo Park’s “Perfect Summer” collection which Lori designed.

I cut 3 of the Spiral Stars (size reduced to 2.795″h) and 2 Spiral Flower 1 from some navy card stock and some pattern paper from the “Perfect Summer” collection. I cut an extra base layer for each flower, then hot glued a wooden skewer to one of the base layers and mounted the assemble flower to that with foam dots.

To add some stability, put something with a little weight in the bottom of the flower pot. I used a few tokens from Chuck E. Cheese! I used some more hot glue to glue a 4″ foam ball in the pot and then arranged my flowers and covered with some paper shreds.

You could change up this cute project for all kinds of summer parties. Add some graduation caps and 2013 on your sticks for a cute graduation party center piece. Corri

Flower Pot by Brigit + Mini Album by Traci

May 6, 2013March 21, 2016

Are you ready for Mother’s Day next weekend? When I saw this adorable project by Brigit, I was inspired and hope you are too. Brigit says…

I first saw the 3 Little Flower Pots set from Lori’s store I wanted to make it right away, it’s so adorable. I paired it with the Tree Shaped Card for a cute little unique gift set, perfect for Mother’s Day or just to give someone special!

The digital paper and elements are from Lori’s Sweet Memories Collection, I didn’t want a traditional green tree so the flower pattern was just what I was looking for. Everything was printed and cutout on my Silhouette Cameo.

The 3D flower I downloaded from the Silhouette Online Store and the leaves are from the 3D Flower Set 8. I used utee (ultra thick embossing enamel), on some Limeade Trendy Twine for the stem so it would stand straight, I really love how these turned out. I also used some Tickled Pink Trendy Twine on the planter box with a cute little button.

For the faux stitching I added an internal offset to the tree top and trunk and changed the lines to dashes, it’s a fun way to add stitching. The tag is attached with some Tickled Teal Trendy Twine.

Thanks for stopping by, if you make this set I would love to see, you can post on Lori’s facebook page here, or add a link or on my blog post here. To check out Brigits blog you can go here.

Next we have an awesome mini album by Traci! Both of these projects took my breath away! Way to go ladies!

Traci says… “Spring has arrived here in Georgia, but before we know it, these warm days will turn into the hot days of summer! Since I’m a little behind on scrapping last summer’s photos, I decided to make a quick mini album to get a little caught up. This fun cascading album is one of my favorite new digital cutting files from Lori. She has several of these cute albums, and they all have different edges. You can use the same edge throughout the mini, or mix the edges up for even more fun!

The title is also one of Lori’s designs — I love how I can pull both up on my computer and size the title to fit the album perfectly!

The paper and embellishments are from Echo Park, “A Perfect Summer” by Lori. So cute!

For the first and second pages, I used several pieces from the chipboard sheet. I also layered one of the adorable brads on the camera to give the page a little shine.

What would summer be without the sun? When I saw this chevron edge circle it reminded me of a sun and I thought it would be a cute spot for a round photo.

I always love pockets and tags in my mini albums, so this adorable library pocket was perfect for tucking in a journaling card.

I have a few more photos posted over on my blog at Artsy Albums so I invite you to stop by and say hi!

Here is a list of products that I used in this mini:

Digital Cutting Files:

Lori Whitlock Tiered Album Ticket

Lori Whitlock Summer Titles

Lori Whitlock Chevron Edge Set

Lori Whitlock Library Pocket with Tab

Lori Whitlock Layered Flowers Set 2

Lori Whitlock 12 Months

Paper and Embellishments:

Echo Park “A Perfect Summer”

White card stock, Bazzill

Ribbon, American Crafts

Just a reminder that through tomorrow, May 7, you can get 30% OFF in Lori’s SVG SHOP.

Enter code SALE30 at checkout.

Lori’s Digital Scrapbooking files at Jessica Sprague are 30% OFF. No coupon code needed.

Card Making Tutorial by Corri

May 2, 2013March 21, 2016

Welcome! We are so excited to share with you our new Thursday Tutorials. We have had so many questions, we thought we would start a collection of answers and tips here. Today we have Corri sharing one of her perfected skills. Take it away Corri…

One of the most popular cards that I’ve done is this cupcake card I did last year.

I thought I would share a tutorial to show you all how to weld shapes to create your own shape card.

First, select a shape you would like to use to create your card. It’s best if the top of the shape is simple to allow for a clean weld and crease along the top.

I used this cupcakes file to create my card. I resized the file to 11.75″h so that my completed card would be about 5″h.

Next, ungroup and delete the pieces you don’t need.

Drag the cupcake top and wrapper off the mat and position the cupcake base layer in the lower left corner of your mat.

Click on the cupcake shape, then on the menus along the top of your screen select object, pull down to duplicate then select replicate above.

Now you have two identical shapes stacked on top of each other. Click on the top cupcake to select it.

Then go to object, transform, flip vertically.

While the top cupcake is still selected, use the arrow keys to move it down a little until the edges overlap slightly. Select both cupcake shapes (you can hold down the shift key to add the second shape to your selection) and then go back to the object menu. Pull down to select Modify and then Weld.