Echo Park – Page 80 – Lori Whitlock

Happy Camper Box with Brandie

August 3, 2017August 1, 2017

Hi there!

Brandie here from Conviviality Crafts with a fun Camper Box tutorial. We have a family tradition of camping over Labor Day weekend and knew this little project would be a fun surprise for the kids. You can find the SVG file here in Lori’s shop and in the Silhouette Store here.

Once I had the files uploaded in Cricut Design Space I resized the all of the images and added an extra layer to the camper body for the two tone look with a stripe. All of the pattern papers I used are from Echo Park’s I Love Family collection.

After getting everything cut out I inked the edges of all my pieces, folded all the score lines with mountain folds, and stacked the two box pieces together to punch a hole for my handle. I then dry fit everything so that I would know how everything fit before gluing.

It’s easiest to assemble and glue all the detail pieces first, the banner, door, wheel, and camper stripes. For the curtains, be sure to attach to the back side of the camper body. I used some foam tape on the curtains, wheel, and the camper body for depth. I glued down all of the detail pieces to the camper body then attached the camper to the shadow piece. I then glued the hitch into place.

For the box I laid the two pieces side by side and applied glue to one of the tabs and glued the pieces together using the score lines as guides, creating one long piece. Next I folded the box in half on the score line, applied glue to the other side tab, and tucked the tab in so that the glue side of the tab is on the inside of the box. Once the tabs were secure, I lined up and glued the camper to the box while it was still flat.

Once the camper was glued into place, I popped out the box, folded the bottom tabs in, applied the glue then folded the bottom up creating the bottom of the box. Before the glue was set I made sure everything was lined up, turned the box over and pressed the tabs down from the inside of the box.

From here I attached my wire handle and embellished the front of the camper with enamel dots and stickers. I also filled my box with all the ingredients for S’mores! Which is a camping MUST. Now I just need to make a few more for all the rest of kids going camping this year.

Thanks for stopping by!

Brandie

Sneak Peek: 3D Backpack with Kathy

July 31, 2017August 1, 2017

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today and I have a sneak peek at a new file that will be available tomorrow in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop and the Silhouette Store. This 3d Backpack is just so cute and would make a great back to school gift for the kids (and teachers!) in your life!

I put together a quick tutorial showing how to assemble this new file, so you’ll be all set once it hits the shop! I started by cutting my pieces and folding along all of the score lines. ( I used Lori’s Celebrate Spring and Celebrate Easter Collections for Echo Park Paper) The sides of the backpack are folded inward similar to a milk carton. I then added my decorative panels.

You are going to want to glue the backpack sides together before stringing the “straps.”

For demonstration purposes I’m showing you how I threaded the ribbon while it is still unglued. I started with an 18″ piece of ribbon. You won’t need this much but I like to leave myself some room for error… You want to use ribbon that is not too stiff or wide. Thick twine would work as well. Starting on the inside of the backpack, thread the ribbon through one of the bottom holes, to the outside. Then following the guide below, thread the ribbon through the other holes to make the backpack straps and hanger. Tie knots in the ribbon on the inside of the box and trim any excess. When done, glue the bottom flaps of the backpack to seal.

Fold the front pocket piece into a box form and glue. Add the decorative panel to the front and front flap. I closed mine with a small glue dot and finished it off with an enamel dot.

Close the flap on the main part of the backpack with a glue dot as well, and then glue the “pocket” on the front, slightly below the flap.

The only thing left is to decorate your backpack! Such a cute way to package up a little back to school gift!

That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Sew Happy Jar with Anita

July 24, 2017July 22, 2017

Happy Monday everyone.

Anita here with a quick gift that I made for a dear friend. She is my quilting buddy and I filled this jar with goodies for her. I used some adorable cut files from Lori’s store and papers from her amazing Echo Park collection called Perfect Princess. The cut files that I used are the 4 Vintage Buttons and 4 Christmas Tags files. You can find the Vintage Button files here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette Store. You can also find the Christmas Tag files here in the Silhouette Store. Here are some views of the button on the top and the tag. I also used embellishments from Lori’s Celebrate Easter collection, including the Paper Clip Bows and Enamel Dots.

Hope you are having the best summer ever and be sure to check out Lori’s files for all your summer celebration needs.

Hugs,

Anita

Side Step Card Tutorial with Kathy

July 20, 2017July 18, 2017

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with a tutorial showing how to assemble the Side Step Card – Birthday Cake. (available here in the Silhouette Store) This is such a cute card and it’s really pretty easy to put together! I made this one for my daughter’s birthday.

I started by cutting all of my card pieces. I used Lori’s Perfect Princess Collection for Echo Park. It’s such a fun, girly collection with great colors and patterns. The sentiment piece was created using the print and cut feature of my Silhouette. If you’re not sure how to use Print and Cut you can refer to this tutorial for Silhouette and this tutorial for Cricut.

The first step is to fold the base piece. It looks complicated, but it’s really pretty simple. I recommend starting with the left side of the card, then folding each “step” on the right side one at a time.

Once the card is folded, you can add the decorative strip to the left side of the step card base.

The next step is to assemble the cake pieces. I find that it is easiest to do this before gluing to the steps in the card.

Once your cake pieces are together, add them to the steps. The cake pieces should be centered on the steps, and the bottom of the cake pieces should be flush with the “bottom” of the step. I also added the sentiment strip at this point.

The final step is to piece the balloons together, and add them to the left side of the card. I attached mine with some foam tape to give them a little dimension. I also added the number 19 to one of the balloons (it was her 19th birthday) using Lori’s Awesome Font (available here in the Silhouette Store)

That’s it for me today! Thanks for stopping by to peek!

Dream Big Little One Light Box with Anita

July 13, 2017June 8, 2017

Anita here with a quick tutorial to use some of Lori’s adorable phrase files in a fun and different way. I used the file called Dream Big Little One 2 which you can find here in Lori’s wonderful shop and here in the Silhouette store. I used files similar to these to embellish some baby onesies. When I found this box at a craft store I knew I could make something cute with it. I used Lori’s brand new Echo Park Collection called Perfect Princess. It is a very sweet line.

Here are the materials for this project. I used some fun milk paint which was so soft and pretty, and some Mod Podge at the end to seal my letters, stars and moon onto the project.