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Fold and Tuck Lantern Tutorial with Michelle

November 1, 2018October 19, 2018

Can you believe that it’s November already? I love November! I love that I can craft Fall projects, as well as Holiday projects. Today I would like to share a tutorial for the Hexagon Fold and Tuck Lantern Found in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop as well as the Silhouette Design Store. It’s my first Holiday project of the season!

Hexagon Fold and Tuck Paper Christmas Lantern This is such a fun project. The lantern looks difficult, but it’s not. It is an easy project. Let me show you step by step, how to put it together.

Using your electronic cutting machine, cut all three paper elements. Double sided paper looks wonderful with this project since you will be seeing the underside.
Using the main large piece, the body of the lantern, carefully lift the chevron elements to a vertical position, as shown. I like to do one row at a time.
Take the last vertical chevron piece and tuck the arrow portion under the empty piece behind it as shown in the photo. Continue tucking the chevron arrows until you complete the row.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all rows are completed. Doesn’t that look awesome?
Fold along all score lines. There is a large glue tab at the end. Apply your adhesive along that tab and glue the ends together to form a tube. Sit the tube aside to dry completely.
Now you will form your lid. Fold along all score line. Apply a small dot of glue to one of the triangle tabs and glue it to the lip of the lid as shown. Continue gluing the triangles one at a time until the hexagon lid is formed. Sit the lid aside to dry completely.
Now it is time to attach the base to the bottom of the lantern. Fold along all score lines. Place the inside color up facing you. Working quickly, apply a bit of glue to all tabs.
Take the hexagon body tube and place it right over the base as shown from the top view.
Using a pencil or bone folder, make sure the tabs are securely attached to the inside of the base as shown.
Allow your lantern to dry completely before decorating.

Now that’s finished, you can have fun decorating it! Using hot glue, I added a tiny spray of pinecones and chipboard elements from the Echo Park Paper Celebrate Christmas collection. I also put a battery-operated LED light inside. It makes a beautiful display of light and shadows! Remember to never use a real candle. The paper will burn!

Hexagon Fold and Tuck Lantern

Thanks for visiting today. Don’t forget to share your own Hexagon Fold and Tuck Lantern with us on the Lori Whitlock Facebook page or post it on Instagram and hashtag it #loriwhitlock so we can see what you’ve made.

Have a great day!

Michelle

Thankful For You by Aimee

October 17, 2018October 16, 2018

Hello paper crafty friends! Aimee here with you today and bringing you some more Autumn paper goodies. I can never get enough of Fall or the new Celebrate Autumn collection by Echo Park.

Today I am showcasing a couple of Lori’s older svg files and they turned out so fabulous made with Celebrate Autumn! This one here is called Shadow Box Card Scene Squirrel. These cards are so much fun to put together and came together quickly! Best thing is they fold flat for easy mailing. You can get this little beauty at the Lori Whitlock Shop or at the Silhouette Design Store.

The next piece of my project is this little cutie. This is the 3D Acorn Box that you can find at the Lori Whitlock Stop or at the Silhouette Design Store. The top piece lifts off and can be filled with small yummies. I decorated it by adding a bow, sequins, enamel dots, and a couple of die cuts from the Celebrate Autumn collection.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Autumn Days! Thanks for stopping by today!!

Aimee

Halloween Fun with Cathy

October 8, 2018October 7, 2018

I love Halloween paper crafting, I can simply never get enough and it’s so easy to create little treat boxes for all your favorite ghouls with all the choices you have from Lori. There are tons of boxes and bags at her shop or at the Silhouette online Design Store. I used an older Halloween Collection for Echo Park today for my projects.

First up two little treat boxes, easy peasy and go together in a matter of seconds once you have them cut out on your machine. I used the 2 favor boxes on 12×12 at Silhouette and the ribbon tie bracket favor box silhouette version or ribbon tie bracket favor box at Lori’s Shop.

Then I created a cute card and little paper bag for another little ghoul! I used the a2 pop dot bat card, silhouette version and here at Lori’s shop. Then just an adorable little paper bag that just takes seconds…bag with rounded top, Silhouette version and here at Lori’s shop.

Thanks for stopping by today and check out all of Lori’s great treat and favor boxes…the possibilities are endless.

Shutter Card Tutorial with Kathy

October 4, 2018September 28, 2018

Happy Fall Everyone! Today I have a quick assembly tutorial for Lori’s new Shutter Cards. These cards are such fun and have some great dimension. I used the Shutter Card Squirrel file (SVG, Silhouette) for my tutorial along with some papers and embellishments from Echo Park’s Celebrate Autumn Collection.

The actual assembly of these cards is pretty simple, it’s mostly the folds that need some attention. I started by cutting out the pieces of my card.

Next I added the patterned paper panels to the different sections of the card. I like to do this before folding because I think it helps me to visualize how things should be.

Once the panels were added, I folded the card along the score lines.

Here is a view of the folds from the top of the card.

I put together this graphic showing how the folds should be. The upside down V means mountain fold (popping up when lying flat) and the V is a valley fold (pointing down when lying flat).

Once the card was folded, I added the additional embellishments. I started with the squirrel on the bracket shape. I added some foam tape under the bracket to give it a little more dimension.

Next, I added the insert with the leaf and acorn. I started by adding adhesive to the bottom front strip of the piece.

I then tucked this piece in behind the front strip on the card base as seen below.

I finished the card with a cute chipboard piece sentiment from the Celebrate Autumn Chipboard Phrases.

This card folds flat and will fit into an A7 (5.25″ x 7.25″) envelope (Lori has a set here in her shop) . That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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Very, Very Not-So-Scary Autumn Paper Houses with Michelle

October 1, 2018September 28, 2018

Thank you for joining me, Michelle, in sharing some Autumn crafting with Echo Park Paper’s Celebrate Autumn collection. Autumn is my favorite time of year to craft. I love all of the colors and textures of the Season.

Autumn Paper Houses

To make my Celebrate Autumn houses, I used Haunted House Smaller and Haunted House Tall svg files. As you can see, my houses aren’t scary at all! I just snipped the cobwebs of with my scissors.

Lori Has a great assembly video where she explains step by step how to put them together. You can find the files for the Haunted House Smaller at the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, or at the Silhouette Design Store.