5 x 7 Flower Truck Box Card Tutorial

June 5, 2025June 30, 2025

Welcome to the Lori Whitlock Blog!

Today I have a tutorial for you on assembling this cute 5 x 7 Flower Truck box card.

Let’s start.

Truck Body: Glue on the tires and the front door pieces. I used mirror silver paper for the front bumper and a different matte silver paper for the windows on the front truck piece. The longer truck piece is the back of the truck. Glue the rectangle piece-this will be the reinforcement piece for the top awning later.

Awning: This awning piece will be glued onto the truck front piece. A little trick to keep the 3 squares centered is to add the thin rectangle into each spot and then glue the back of each square only and insert it and then pick out the thin square piece. You can throw that piece away if you want.

Inserts: Glue up all your little potted flowers. As always, I cut extra little pieces because no matter what-I always lose some. You can also cut different colors to change things up if you want. Each insert piece is numbered so you know which one goes in front. FYI it’s the four potted flowers in front. You can see the numbers on the bottom right corner of each insert.

Glue the two end tabs of this piece and add the main front truck piece. Make sure your card folds flat.

Line up the awning piece and glue to the front truck piece and also add the brown panel at the back of the truck.

Here is the truck after those steps. All that is left is to add the flower pot inserts as you do with any box card, awning support and the sentiment.

Here you go! The inserts are added (at this point make sure your box card will fold flat). You can see I am getting ready to add the rectangle piece inside the awning for support. Glue the rectangle inside to the front and back top awning. All I have to do now is add my print and cut sentiment and it’s done! TIP: if you buy the bundle, print and cut all three sentiments at once and then you will be ready to assemble the other trucks!

These are so fun to make-give them a try!

💕Sue Kment

Mason Jar Pop Up Box Card

May 22, 2025July 22, 2025

Happy Spring almost Summer Everyone! I have a quick little card tutorial to share with you today using Lori’s new Echo Park Collection Firefly. I simply adore everything about this collection, the patterns, the amazing details, the colors….it is all swoon worthy, you have to get it. It is just so perfect for summer. The card is one of her pop up box cards, that fold flat for mailing and then pop up and give a fabulous 3 d effect for your recipient. You can find this card here in Lori’s Shop or here in The Silhouette Online Design Store. I just love mason jars and this is just so cute.

First, cut and organize all your pieces.

I always ink all my edges, except the white.

Put your card base together, here I used papers from the 6×6 Firefly paper pad and card stock. Your score lines will be a peak and a valley.

As you can see here, it fold to a 5×5 card base.

Next, make this piece. Here I added some beautiful washi tape from the Firefly collection. Love it! Again you will have a peak and a valley for score lines.

You are only going to add adhesive on the two ends, and you can see where I wrote here and here. Make sure no adhesive goes in the middle, otherwise your card won’t pop up. My adhesive fits the first little panel and then from the second score line to the right.

Once you add this piece, you can see how the little pop up box is formed to add your remaining dimensional pieces.

Now just finish up the layers for these two pieces and add adhesive to the sides. Add them in order, as Lori numbers them for you…1 & 2.

Press them firmly to the sides to create the pop up effect!

And there you have it! The cutest little card popping with joy! I love using all the fun embellishments form her collections to really create my own take on each of her cards.

Thank you for joining us today!

Cathy

Summer Layout Tutorial

April 3, 2025April 2, 2025

Hello! We got the dreamiest paper in the mail last week and I couldn’t wait to create with it. Echo Park’s Have A Great Summer designed by Lori Whitlock has all the best colors and papers. It made me think of how fun this layout would be with these papers.

First I decided on papers and made my cuts. (*If you are making this on cricut, check your sizes, my scallop page cut 7×7 so I had to adjust.)

I went ahead and inked all my little pieces

And then I added letters to the banner pieces.

One thing I’ve learned over the years is it’s never a bad things to flip the paper over. I had originally thought I wanted to use the pink side of the solid paper, but it just wasn’t as summery so I flipped it and used the yellow. I love that I did. So bright and fun.

I added my photo and took a few liberties with positioning the other elements. I made sure my sun was over my clouds so it wouldn’t blend into the background and popped the photo corner up on the outside of the photo.

My banner I wanted on a string so I added my bakers twine and then popped the banners up over top of the bakers twine.

Finished off the layout with some chipboard and stickers from the Have A Great Summer line and a few enamel dots.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Chelsea

🚗Friday $5 Bundle: Vehicle SVGs!🚗

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

This week’s Friday $5 Bundle is all about “vehicles” and it’s packed with fun! 🚗 You’ll get 5 unique SVG cards, including a golf cart, vintage bug, surf van, bronco, and classic red truck. These designs are perfect for revving up your creativity. Don’t miss out—this fantastic deal is available until Sunday at midnight. Snag your bundle now and get started on crafting some amazing projects this weekend. Happy crafting!

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** Because Friday $5 Bundles are already heavily discounted they are not eligible for further discounts including monthly, seasonal and flash sales.

Thank you for joining us today! Have fun crafting this weekend!!!

~Lori

NEW Shadowbox SVG Files! 25% OFF!

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

Hey there! Did you get a chance to check out the new releases yesterday? I’m so excited about the three new 8×8 shadowbox SVG files that I designed! There’s something for every season:

Gorgeous Sunset: Perfect year-round, with customizable colors and optional snowflakes for winter.
Autumn Bliss: Embrace all the cozy fall vibes.
Spooky Halloween: Featuring a fun haunted house to get you into the festive spirit.

Using foam dots between layers adds wonderful depth to each design, making them not only enjoyable to assemble but also a striking addition to your home decor. Also, the file includes the die line for the 8×8 shadowbox. However, if you have a wooden frame or something else that you would like to use, you can resize the insert layers as desired. And, don’t forget: ALL new releases are 25% OFF until Sunday at midnight! Do any of these designs catch your eye?

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