Category: Echo Park

Summer Pinwheel

Hi:

Anita here with a fun and really easy tutorial to make this giant pinwheel.  It is part of a whole set of goodies that I made for my nieces to have a lemonade stand.  I used Lori’s Echo Park Collections called Celebrate Spring and Celebrate Easter.  The cut file that I used for the pinwheel is called 3D Double Pinwheel and you can find it here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette Design store.

Here is what the cut file looks like when you it open it in the Silhouette program.  You have to ungroup it as the pinwheels will only fit one to a page.

Here are the supplies that I used for the pinwheel.  You will need a hole punch that can go through the paper straw and a brad that has a long enough shank to make it through all the layers.  I used one of Lori’s Echo park I Love Christmas Decorative Brads.  I placed the sides of the paper that I wanted to see most of  facing up.  Two sided papers work beautifully with this project as you can see some of the other side when it is put together.

I used a paper straw and punched a small hole near the top of the straw.  Paper straws come in many different colors and look so cute with the pinwheel!

The first step in putting together your pinwheel is to put the brad through the two center pieces of the pinwheel.

You put it all together by pulling gently on the center piece that has the hole in it and pushing the brad through the hole.  Keep going until you have all the holes connected through the center brad.  Then push the brad through the straw.  Depending on how thick your paper is and how long your brad shank is you may have to fuss with this a bit.  I pushed it through with the assistance of my Tim Holtz pick and then bent the shank pieces down with a knife.

You can only see one tab of the brad but they are both there just underneath one another.  Turn the pinwheel over and you should be able to separate the two pieces to fan them out and show a bit more of the paper designs.

Here is a close up of the pinwheel.

I used a whole lot of Lori’s files to create this set and just love that huge pinwheel.  Have a great day and hope you have a chance to make something pretty today.

Hugs,

Anita

 

 

Gable Box with Bow by Lezlye

Welcome friends! Today I am sharing the adorable little Gable Box with Bow.There are only 5 pieces in this file. Two of them for the bow.

I made this box to fill with candies for my Mom. She has Dementia and a lot of the time is depressed. She loves to have little candies around  so this was the perfect little box for just that. These would make great little party favor boxes too! It was super easy and quick. Especially using Lori’s Papers by Echo Park. This pattern is from the Spring Collection.

The Ephemra is Echo Park Spring Collection too

 

Files I used are:
Gable Box with Bow. Silhouette here
Spring Paper Pack Lori Whitlock for Echo Park

With the double sided papers even the inside is FUN! Have a great Day!

Fox Shaped Card with Courtney

Hello everyone! I turned this ADORABLE Fox 2 cut file into a shaped card! The links for the fox are below.

I used the adorable “Little Man” collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park Paper for this card. Everything came out of the collection pack including that super cute sentiment that I thought would be darling doubled as a scarf.

This card would be great for Father’s Day, birthdays for boy or man or just because! I hope you enjoyed this card and pick up this cute fox. (psst. another idea: I almost turned this into a girl “you’re foxy” card! Wouldn’t that be cute?!)

Fox 2 in Lori Whitlock Shop
Fox 2 in Silhouette Shop

Mermaid Birthday- by Lezlye Lauterbach

Welcome to Lori’s Blog. Today, I’d like to tell you some of my little tricks for sprucing up my digital cut files.   I start by importing the SVG file into my Cricut Design Space just as is.   (Make sure to attach your score lines to each piece after ungrouping the design.)   The cutting on these files is really easy.  Just choose your paper colors and the Cricut Explore prompts you when to change the paper.

Here are all the pieces cut.

Now to personalize it a bit!  To add a little dimension to the background pieces,  I used a bubbles embossing folder.   Because the paper was larger than the folder I ran it through twice moving the paper to cover the whole piece.

I used a background wave stamp to add to the wave cuts with a white unicorn ink.  This gives it more of an ocean feel!

Now for some sparkle!  I used some Nuvo glimmer for the mermaid’s tail!

It’s easy to customize your cards, just add a little ink,  Stickles and/or glossy accents to dress up your pieces!

Thanks for stopping by..

You can find this fabulous file at the following links:

Little Mermaid Box Card Silhouette Here

Echo Park Papers

Camera Box Card with Kathy

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy here to wish you a happy Monday!   In my family we have a LOT of spring birthdays and I thought it would be good if I got ahead of things and made some cards! I love Lori’s box cards and the A2 Shaped Box Card Camera (here in the Silhouette Store)  is perfect for almost anyone!  Take a peek…

You can make this card for a man or woman, just change up the colors to suit your needs!  I made my “springy” using some papers from Echo Park’s Celebrate Spring and Celebrate Easter Collections.

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