Category: Lori Whitlock

Hidden Binding Mini Album House – Halloween Style!

Hi friends!

Traci here and today, I’m sharing a fun Halloween Mini Album that’s in the shape of a not-so-scary little haunted house. I made it with a wonderful Lori Whitlock cutting file called Hidden Binding Mini Album House (SVG, Silhouette) and I just love it!

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album with cute ghosts, spiders, and bats

To start, I cut the base out of Bazzill card stock in raven black, then added some cute pattern paper and mini icon stickers from the Doodlebug Happy Haunting Collection. Lori’s file comes with 2 pretty flowers and a front door but, I added some stickers instead to keep with the Halloween theme.

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album with cute ghosts, spiders, and bats

The album uses a hidden binding technique to secure the pages. That allows
enough room in between for pop dots, stickers, die cuts, tags, twine, etc. And, it lays
perfectly flat when closed! You can watch the assembly tutorial for it over on Lori’s YouTube Channel here.

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album page with a cute cat sitting on a pink chair, a bookshelf, and spider webs

Inside, I wanted 4 pages that were super sturdy so I cut 8 pieces out of black card stock and adhered two back to back to make each of my 4 pages. But, you could create this album with just 4 single pages.

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album page with a chandelier, skull and bones, and a stack of books

I covered each page in cute pattern papers, photo mats, then decorated with stickers. It’s “frightful & delightful”!

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album page with ghosts, owls, and wonky eyes
Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album page with a moon, a cloud, and purple skeletons

While I designed this as a haunted house, the file could be used for ANY theme just by changing the paper collection. You could decorate it for pictures of family/home, a dog house, fall, a summer beach house, a cabin in the woods, or a winter wonderland in the mountains. It’s so versatile!

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album page with cute ghosts, stars, and a gate

On some of the pages, I added scalloped circular photo mats. To make these, I used a 3″ scallop circle punch and a 2.5″ circle punch.

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album page with pumpkins and colorful stars

 

This cute mini album would be great filled with Halloween photos of family, friends, the pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving, a party, a haunted house, a festival, a corn maze, awesome costumes, trick-or-treating, and loads of sweet treats!

 

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album page with cute houses, pumpkins, and a skeleton

This would also make an amazing gift idea for the holiday. Give it to a friend, teacher, babysitter, dog walker, or the hostess of a Halloween party. 

 

Halloween House Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album on an Artsy Albums Acrylic Display Stand


Lori has other hidden binding mini album shapes too. I’ve made the flower, telephone, and the tag shape and I’ve loved them all. But she has even more, so be sure to check those out.

I hope you like my Halloween version of this house shaped mini album and it
inspires you to create one yourself. Until next time … happy scrappin’!

 

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FRIDAY $5 Bundle!!

Our latest $5 Bundle went up this morning. Did you get a chance to check it out? This week, we have an adorable combination of fall and Halloween envelope box cards for you. This bundle disappears on Sunday night. Also, don’t forget our sale for other items ($5 bundle not included) and our contest that ends tomorrow, Saturday night, at midnight MST. So much is happening!

Have a great weekend!

P.S. The tutorial for these is here.

October Blog Hop! 30% OFF!!

We’re thrilled to launch the October 2024 Creative Team Blog Hop! Our amazing team has been busy creating some stunning new projects that are sure to spark your inspiration this fall.

To make things even more exciting, we’re offering a fantastic 30% OFF SALE at Lori’s SVG SHOP on all digital files and commercial licenses until Saturday, October 12th! Just use the code OCT2024 (don’t forget, it’s case-sensitive).

But wait, there’s more! We have a special freebie for you and an incredible giveaway you won’t want to miss.

Join us, dive into the fun, and let your creativity shine! Happy crafting!

As a huge thank you for joining the hop and spreading the joy with your friends, we’ve got a special gift just for you! For TODAY ONLY, you can get this amazing Fence Mailbox Pop Up Card SVG file completely FREE. Don’t delay—add it to your cart and it’s all yours at checkout!

***CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE NEW FILES***

How about a giveaway? Yay! Watch for the winner to be announced right on the entry form found on this blog post. The winner will receive an email.

And, last but not least… would you like to see what our amazing team has created? Click the links below for some wonderful inspiration. If you get lost come back here to get on track Lori Whitlock you are here), Brandie Adams, Ashley Cook, Cathy Harper, Chelsea VanWyk, Sue Kment, Noelene Apap, Tamara Tigchelaar.

Thanks again for dropping by! Have a GREAT day!

~Lori

 

Baby Bottle Shaped Shaker Card Tutorial

Hello Crafty friends, today I want to share how I made this adorable Baby shaker card!

The file for my project today is the Baby Bottle Shaped Card (SVG, Silhouette).
 
I opened my file in Silhouette studio & took the bottle panel of my file, (coloured in white in my pic), & made a copy so that I now have 2. 
 
One will be used to create a frame for my shaker by making an internal offset & the other I will use to cut a sheet of acetate for the shaker window.

 

I created an internal offset of 0.450 on one of them. You can now put the other, (for the acetate), without the offset to the side. I have slightly enlarged my card so the offset measurements may vary depending on the size of your card. I just kept playing with mine till I got it to the desired size.
 I then copy & pasted this to fill my page. I was able to fit 4 in total. I cut out 12 pieces of this panel. These are to create the frame for your shaker. You only keep the outside frame. The insert is not needed. You will only need to cut 1 frame if you prefer to create the window frame with foam tape. I prefer this way as I find them much sturdier. I then cut out another of the same panel using the printed paper to make the top printed panel. This time keep both the frame & inside cut. Once I cut out all my pieces the first step was to glue the frame together by layering carefully my 12 pieces.
How thick the layer will depend on the type of shaker confetti you use inside. My shaker balls where a little raised & I wanted them to move freely in my card.
Next I glued together my top panels onto the front of my bottle panel & also glued down the shaker frame I created onto the bottom part.
I wanted some embellishments as well as sprinkles in my card, so I adhered some cute stickers on the inside panel first.

 

Once my stickers were in place I took the panel & glued it inside my frame. This should fit perfectly. Then I added my tiny balls. You can use any sprinkles in your stash. I wanted mine to look like milk inside the bottle that is why I chose the white balls. Next I gave my acetate a light brush of powder on the side I was going to glue down so that it is not static. I then glued the acetate to the frame. I let it dry before the next steps. Acetate takes a little longer to dry & not so instant as paper. Once the acetate was dry I glued on top the printed panel frame. Lastly I glued down my complete bottle panel onto the front of the card frame.
I added a sticker with sentiment on top to finish off!
 
For more inspiration, check out my Instagram!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs
Noelene 🙂

 

School Folio Mini Album Tutorial

Hey guys, Traci here and today I have a cute folio style mini album to share with you! I designed this with a school theme that’s perfect for some of your child’s “big memories”. I used one of Lori’s creative cutting files called Multi Flap Mini Album (SVG, Silhouette) and had so much fun putting this little 5.5″ x 4″ scrapbook together!

First, let’s take a look inside then I’ll explain exactly how I made it. I decorated this little scrapbook with paper and embellishments from the Bella Blvd, School is Cool Collection.

The album has 2 interactive pages with 4 flaps and one envelope style fold-out in the center. When you open it, the page above is the first one you see. It has a great spot for a photo of your child’s first day of school or a fun picture with friends. Flip that over …

… and you’ll see this! On the left is a gate-fold style page with 2 flaps and space inside for more photos. In the center is an envelope style fold-out. Use the clock embellishment to lift up, the bottom section folds down, and inside …

…  I added a plaid paper and white photo mat. I covered the flaps in a black patterned paper filled with more school supplies.


On the right, there’s a second gate-fold page. You could add photos to all the flaps (front and back), cover them in a cute pattern paper, or … both!

On the backside of that gate-fold page, there’s another page with a photo mat and a cute bookworm sticker.


Here’s a broader look at the folio. Check out all those fun spaces for photos of your child’s school days! If you add pictures to all of the flaps, this mini album will hold 15 photos. I decided to add cute papers to some of mine so, this one holds 9-11 photos.

Now for the tutorial …

  1. I cut out all of my pieces using black card stock and patterned papers.

2. There is one base piece that folds around the flap pages. I folded this piece on the score lines and added the red and plaid prints.

3. There are 3 flap pages that are all the same size and have 2 score lines on each. Fold the score lines on all three pieces, then adhere the flaps back-to-back as shown in the photo above. This becomes a tri-fold with two flaps that open to the right and left, and each flap has two additional flaps.

  1. The envelope style fold-out gets adhered in the center of this piece, and then the entire piece gets adhered to the base. It will help to fold up all of the flaps into a 5.25” x 4” bundle and adhere the entire thing between the score lines on the base cover.

5. Add photo mats and embellishments as desired.


6.  You can finish by wrapping a ribbon or twine around the album, or choose a large embellishment to keep your cover flap closed. To do this, I added a piece of foam tape to the right side of the back of my embellishment, added it to the larger side of the cover, and tucked the smaller side of the cover underneath.  

And there ya have it! This super cute mini album can be made with ANY paper collection in ANY theme! It would be fabulous designed for fall, Halloween, or Christmas and displayed on one of my Artsy Albums Display Stands as decor in your home. So fun!

For a video tutorial of this album, please see Lori’s YouTube video here:

https://youtu.be/XilujNe8Im8?si=uD0qPvYaatU-C8h9

I hope this inspires you to create Lori’s Multi Flap Mini Album. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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