Category: Echo Park

Pop Up Drawer Birthday Cat

Hello everyone, Marcia here today. I love giving gift cards for all occasions and am always looking for a unique way to present them. For my cat-loving friends, you would love the Birthday Cat Pop-up Drawer Gift Box (SVG, Silhouette). I used pattern papers from the Lori Whitlock Life Is Beautiful collection. It looks like a normal box when closed.

When you pull the drawer open, the panel with the cat pops up. Inside the drawer, there is a gift card holder. You could place other things in the box instead if you wish like candy or other treats.

This cut file can be found in Lori’s Store along with many other varieties of pop-up drawer gift boxes. Have fun creating!

Thanks so much for stopping by,
~Marcia

Explosion Box Dinosaur Tutorial

Oh my Gosh everyone!  Lori has designed the cutest new collection for Echo Park and I just couldn’t wait to play.  Dino-Mite is just that, dynamite.  The cutest dinosaurs, colors and patterns.  I had so much fun putting my project together and digging through the collection to find all the perfect pieces for my explosion box.  You can find the Dinosaur Explosion Box here in Lori’s Shop or here in the Silhouette Online Design Store.

First, cut all of your pieces. Sort your pieces to make assembly easy.  I started with the lid of the box.

Fold your lid on the score lines to start to create the shape, adhere your patterned paper pieces and then add scor-tape to the tabs.

Adhere your tabs and you’ve now got the lid for your box.

Next, we will create the bottom of the explosion box. On one side you will add the 3 panels for the bottom the box and scor tape on the 5 tabs.  The extra piece you see here is the very bottom of the box, which goes on last.

Flip the bottom of your explosion box over and add the remaining pieces as shown.

Now fold and adhere into a box and add your bottom square.
You should now have this as your base.
Next up is adding the 3 inserts inside the box.  Lori makes the easy for us by numbering them.  Disclosure:  One of my favorite things to do when creating with Lori’s amazing collections is use the darling stickers and elements from the paper packs as part of the card.  I replace some pieces with the stickers.  I just dust the stickers with baby powder.
The original file is darling, I just couldn’t resist these stickers.
Fold on the score line and add scor tape
Insert your pieces next.
Now for the fun part………….EMBELLISH!  This does not fold flat for mailing. So it might have to be hand delivered.
The bow is easy peasy, is just loops together.  You don’t need my assistance here.
Adorable!
Thank you for stopping by today!
Cathy

 

 

Shadow Box Bee Card Tutorial

Hello friends! Traci here and today I have the cutest little card to share with you that’s perfect for summer. I made it using one of Lori’s awesome cutting files called Shadow Box Bee Card (SVG, Silhouette) and I’m so in love with all the pretty layers!

Shadowbox Bee Card made with a Lori Whitlock cutting file


I’ve had so much fun creating with Lori’s Bee Happy Collection that she designed for Echo Park. So, I chose the honeycomb print from it called Life is Sweet for the front and the solid green for the leaves and stems. The colors were perfect. 

Here’s a quick tutorial on how I put the card together …

Cut out all of the white pieces first so that you can see how
the colored pieces are going to be adhered.

Shadowbox Bee Card Tutorial by Artsy Albums

Add your colored patterned paper to the white cardstock pieces before gluing the 2 card bases together. 

Then adhere one of the base tabs to the back of the other base as shown above. The other tab (on the right side in the photo above) will be what you use later to secure the front with.

Shadowbox Bee Card Tutorial by Artsy Albums


Adhere all of the fun colored pieces to the 3 inside white scenes.  

Shadowbox Bee Card Tutorial by Artsy Albums


Then add the scenes inside the shadowbox base. Start with the blue flowers first, inserting the tabs into the slots on the sides.

Shadowbox Bee Card Tutorial by Artsy Albums

Repeat this for the bee scene, then continue with the last one that has the red flowers.

Shadowbox Bee Card Tutorial by Artsy Albums


Once they are securely in place, you can close the front of the card and adhere it to the tab on the left.

Shadowbox Bee Card Tutorial by Artsy Albums using a Lori Whitlock cutting file


And voila!! You’ve got an un-bee-lievably cute card to send to someone special. When it’s open, it can stand alone on a shelf, desk, or counter for display.

Shadowbox Bee Card Tutorial by Artsy Albums

But when it’s being sent through the mail or stored, it can be folded flat. I hope you have fun with this one! Thanks for stopping by the blog and have a great day!

 

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Dino Mini Album

Hi crafty friends! Today I am sharing a cute little mini album I made with the new Dino-Mite collection by Echo Park Paper and the Mini Album cut file (SVG, Silhouette).

This paper collection is so cute! Those little dinosaurs have so much personality. Perfect for any dino loving kid.

This little album has five built in hinges but has room to add a few more in-between the pages. The cut file also includes six different pages including a fun tag pocket. This album can be used for all sorts of occasions all that needs to change is the paper and embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie

Summer Fruit Shaped Cards

Some of my favorite cards to create with Lori’s files are her shape cards, especially for my granddaughter.  She loves to receive mail and I try to send a card to her every couple of weeks with a bit of spending cash.  These are two cards that will be coming her way, bright and fun for summertime.  Both have just a couple of stickers from Lori’s Echo Park collection A Slice of Summer.  It’s one of my all-time favorite collections and I am always reaching for little bits and pieces of it to create with….it’s a must-have.

First, I have one of her new cherry cards. How cute is this?!  It is the Cherry Carton A2 Shaped Card  or you can find it here in the Silhouette Design Store.  I just love this little card, it’s so bright and cheery!  I used sketch pens to outline the basket, kind of hard to see here, and little hearts onto a couple of the cherries!

My next card continues with the fruit theme… this fun A2 Shaped Strawberry Card in Lori’s shop or here in the Silhouette Design Store.  Love the little hearts in the design of this file, so cute.  I added some stitch lines with a sketch pen to the top of the strawberry and a couple of stickers from the Slice of Summer collection. The perfect summer cards.

There are several strawberry and cherry card designs to choose from, go check them out!

 

Thanks for stopping by!
Cathy