Category: Echo Park

Princess Castle Box Card Tutorial

Hello everyone! Marcia here today. Have you seen Lori’s new Our Little Princess collection from Echo Park Paper?  There are lots of coordinating die cuts that you can use to create a truly special card for your little princess. I love making dimensional cards so I selected the Castle 3 Box Card (SVG, Silhouette).

Let me show you how easy it is to put together.

  1. Cut out pieces with your electronic cutter. You can use the print and cut feature for the sentiment on the back of the card or use a sticker from the collection. If the pattern paper you are using is different colors on the front and back, you will want to cut 2 of the castle backs that the sentiment piece is adhered to. This is so when viewed from the front, it is the same color as the rest of the card.

  2. Glue the black cardstock pieces behind the windows and door. Use coordinating ink to ink the edges of the paper to add dimension.

  3. Assemble the card front panel, the back panel, and the 2 castle inserts.

  4. Glue the card base to create a rectangle and then adhere the card front and back panels to the base.

  5. Add the box card inserts and then embellish with stickers from the Our Little Princess collection.

This card folds completely flat for mailing (A7 envelope) and is sure to bring a smile to the lucky recipient’s face. Be sure to check out all the other castle cut files in Lori’s store too.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
~Marcia

Easter Rainbow Box Tutorial

Hello crafty friends! Aimee here with you and I want to share a tutorial today on the 3D Rainbow (Lori’s SVG, Silhouette). And if you know me, then you know I’m always looking at the SVGs and thinking of other holidays/occasions to create the files for. The 3D Rainbow box I have for you today is for Easter but the file was originally created for St. Patrick’s Day. I used the Lori Whitlock Spring Fling and Easter Wishes papers on this project and I think it turned out so very cute! The added flower stickers are from the Easter Stickers (Lori’s SVG, Silhouette).

To start this project, let’s get to cutting out the pieces in the file. While I had the project pulled up in my Silhouette design studio, I changed the colors to get an idea of how I wanted this project to look. I chose softer Easter colors.

Here are the pieces cut out. I used a sturdy piece of white cardstock for the main box piece. If taken care of while storing, these pieces will last over the years! I still decorate my house with Lori Whitlock projects from a few years ago.

Next step is to add the rainbow pieces. I find it easier to adhere these pieces when the box is flat on my desk. To help with lining up the rainbow, I folded the box piece so I could see where the bottom line was. Finish adding all of the pieces and we are ready to move onto the next step.

Next I added the tabbed pieces on to make the rainbow into a box shape. I conditioned the pieces to curve (by running the pieces along the edge of my table) same as the box and then folded the tabbed pieces in.

I found it easiest to adhere the bottom tabs down to the cardstock first.

Tip: Start with adhering the front first because of it being the most viewed side!! I adhered the front first so that I could move the pieces around with my fingers and get it just right. Now add dots of glue to the back side tabs to close the box up.

A little tip I have on keeping the front and back up while the glue is drying is to use little pieces of washi tape. The pieces of washi will come right up without tearing the paper.

After the glue is completely dry (and washi gone) it’s time to have fun decorating your sweet little rainbow!

While working on this project, I was thinking this project would look absolutely adorable on my mantle with my Easter bunnies or on my tiered tray over in the kitchen!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Aimee

 

Bunny Head Box Tutorial

Anita here with a tutorial to make Lori’s Bunny Head Box (SVG, Silhouette).  I used some of Lori’s Echo Park Paper collections for this box including Wish Upon a Star and Celebrate Spring.  I am going to make these to give to each person who comes for Easter dinner! They will look so cute on my table and will be filled with yummy sweets.

Here is a photo of the pieces that you need to cut out for this box.

The next photo shows the face and ear pieces glued on as well as the direction the score lines need to be folded.

This photo shows the sides of the box glued together which was the first step in putting the box together.

After the sides are glued together the bottom hexagon piece gets folded up and glued in to cover up the tabs.

Lastly you can see how cute the box looks with a little Easter grass in it and some chocolate.

To close the box, fold in the short sides first, then gather the ears together and secure with some ribbon or twine.  You could even add a bute little pom pom for a tail!   This went together quickly and easily.  Hope that you have a chance to try this one out.  Be sure to look at all of Lori’s SVG files for your Spring celebration needs.  That’s it for me today.

Hugs,

Anita

A Card for a Princess

Every gal wants to be a Princess!  Isn’t that the truth?!  I still wake up in morning wishing someone would bring me my morning coffee in bed.  I can’t complain though as I am greeted by French Bulldog kisses….so in my own way that’s almost as good as being a princess.

I created today’s card with a brand new collection from Lori for Echo Park.  Our Little Princess is just the sweetest collection.  The colors are so soft and all the amazing little details to the paper.  The embellishments are swoon worthy.  So for this card, I went heavy on embellishments.  I just couldn’t resist them.  One of my favorite parts of designing, is really being able to showcase the amazing products that Lori designs.  So 100% of the time, I look at one of her SVG files and then at one of her collections….and just start creating!   I absolutely love being to design this way.  The sweet dragon in the Our Little Princess collection is my favorite and I know my little grand daughter will adore this card, even though she is already a Princess.

I used this card for the base of my design:  Box Card Envelope Castle (SVG, Silhouette). You can see how that file sparked my idea for this card.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a great day!

Cathy

Pop Up Box Card Birthday Age 60

Hello:

Anita here with a fun card that I made for a good friend who just turned 60.  This card is so easy to put together and really makes a statement.  It is called Pop Up Box Card Birthday and you can find it here (SVG, Silhouette) as well as here you can find Lori’s tutorial for putting together her pop up box cards.  I used one of Lori’s new Echo Park Paper collections called Birthday Boy.  She has many different ages to choose from for the wonderful card.  Below is the card folded flat for mailing, it will fit into a 6″ square envelope.

Have a great day.

Hugs, Anita