Category: Tutorial

Box Card Tea Cup Flowers Tutorial

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Hello crafty friends, Noelene here today! I want to share with you a tutorial from Lori Whitlock’s Box Card Tea Cup Flowers (SVG, Silhouette)!
To start out I cut out all my pieces & glued on the panels. Make sure to leave out the tea cup side panel with the slits. Do not glue this down just yet. I used foam squares for dimension behind my flowers.
Now for the tea cup side panel with the 2 cut slits I pushed the handle panel tabs through the slits. I then placed a little glue to the back of each tab & pressed them flat. Now place this face down until it’s dry. Once dry you can glue this panel onto the panel base.
Now take your tea cup side panels & glue the tabs to the inside to create your box. I like to fold it flat as I go.

Now it’s time to put your box card together. Start by folding down all the scored lines. Now glue the tabs on the inside of the box. I find the best way to do this is by folding the box flat to get the tabs nice & straight along the edge. I used the tabs as a space guide starting from front to back.
To finish off I added some gems & enamel sprinkles & a cute little butterfly sticker.
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Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs
Noelene 🙂

Fall Acorn Box Card

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Hey, crafty friends! Ready to say goodbye to summer? The little signs of Fall popping up in stores have me excited for cooler days, pumpkins, and seasonal crafting. For today’s tutorial, I worked with the Acorn box card (SVG, Silhouette).

This box card features two insets, two acorn covers, and a flower cluster on the front. I began by adding ink to most of the elements to give them dimension. The large flowers have two main layers plus a center, while the smaller flowers have one layer and a center. For several flowers, I swapped the paper centers for enamel dots or brads. The suggested placement for the small flowers works well, but if I could, I’d move the small orange flower out and up along the green stem. Once assembled, the acorn stem covers it.

The main body of the box card is a simple box with two acorn covers and two small, patterned paper covers. Each acorn has three layers: one for the body and two for the cap. The score lines are folded into mountain folds, with the acorns attached to the long sides of the box and the patterned papers on the short sides. For the inserts, I folded the score lines as valley folds. I flipped the card base over, added glue to the back of the tab on the purple flower insert, and lined it up with the top of the box and the score line. I repeated the process for the second insert, aligning it with the top of the box and the back of the first insert. Then I flipped the inserts back over, glued the back side of the tabs, and closed the card base over them, making sure everything was aligned. Finally, I glued the box tab and closed the card, carefully lining up all the edges.

With the acorn box, I attached the orange flower cluster to the front of the box. I also added a “Hello” sticker and a small acorn sticker from my stash of supplies.

That’s all for me today, thanks for stopping by!
Brandie

5×7 Shaped Card Flower Cluster turned Layout

Hello, crafty friends! This is Lindsay, sharing a layout that I created using the 5×7 Shaped Card Flower Cluster (svg, silhouette). I combined bright, colorful cardstock with the “Here Comes the Sun” collection, designed by Lori for Echo Park. I am a layout girl at heart. When I saw the outer offset shape of this card, I just knew it would be the perfect layered border. Let me show you how I did it!

I started by opening the project in Design Space. I changed the card height to 6″, and the width automatically adjusted. Then I created a second copy of the entire card. I welded the base card pieces together (bottom of one card to the top of the other card), making one long 12″ piece, and then I sliced off the back panel of the card. If that sounds too complicated, just cut the card twice, remove the back panels (on the other side of the fold) and hide the seam. Because I used striped paper, I could easily camouflage a cut line. Then, I cut all of the florals 3 times with various colors of coordinating cardstock. Two sets will be used on the offset card panel, and an additional flower cluster will be used to accent my photos.

Next, I assembled all of the flowers. I inked the edges and then used foam adhesive for some of the layers.

Now it’s time to add the florals onto the large offset and create the layout. I used the red grid paper as my background piece. The blue waves paper is 5″x 12″. I added a 1″ yellow accent strip before adhering my floral piece. I added a 5.5″x 8.5″ piece of blue waves paper behind the photos. My photos measure 3″x 4″ (2) and 3″x 3″. At the corner of the photo piece, I added the third floral cluster. I finished off the page with some stickers, the title card and enamel dots. I am so happy with the end result!

Here is a closer look at the beautiful accent border.

I hope this layout has inspired you to think creatively about all of the files you see on Lori’s site. Most can be modified to be amazing accents on scrapbook layouts. Thanks for stopping by today. Happy crafting! — Lindsay

3D Christmas Santa Bouquet Tutorial

Hello crafty friends, Noelene here today! Today I am sharing a tutorial of the 3D Christmas Santa Bouquet (SVG). 
To start cut out all your pieces. I then embossed my santa suit using a Christmas embossing folder.

 

Glue all your panels in place. I valley folded the small piece of the envelope & applied glue to the tabs. I aligned it to the bottom & sides of the larger piece. This creates the pocket.
Now to create the mechanism.
Fold the little tab then fold the mechanism in half & glue the tab down.
For the easel leg glue the single tab to the back, then wrap the rest around going to the back & bringing it to the front glueing each tab. This is to make the easel leg sturdy.

Next valley fold both ends in so that it forms an X.

Now apply glue to the mechanism making sure you do not go past the fold on the easel leg.
Now place the glued mechanism on the inside of one of the pot panels making sure to align the leg to the bottom. It should sit a few millimeters beneath the top. Now glue the top part of the mechanism only & place the other pot panel on top. Hold down for a minute or so till it dries. Now glue the tabs to the inside.

Next take the larger foliage panel with Santa & turn it over. You want to apply glue on the back of the bottom square part. Now turn it over so you can see your front panels & gently slide it in between the back of your X. The glued square should be stuck onto the back pot panel. Now with the smaller foliage panel you will apply the glue onto the front side of bottom square. This time you will slide it into your X on the front folded part of the mechanism so that the glue adheres to the front pot panel.

To make your bouquet stand on its own gently squeeze the sides of the pot & fold in the leg of your mechanism. To fold flat place it back down again.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial today! You can also buy the 3D Christmas Bouquet Bundle here, which also features 3D Christmas Tree Bouquet, (which I created here), and 3D Christmas Reindeer Bouquet.
Use coupon code NOELENE for 10% off your purchase anytime at Lori Whitlock Shop!
For more inspiration, check out my Instagram!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs
Noelene 🙂

5×7 Box Card Christmas Shops

I’m on the Lori Whitlock Blog today with a few easy tips for  making these new release festive  5×7 Box Card Christmas Shops. 

 

5×7 Box Card Christmas Book Shop
5×7 Box Card Christmas Cafe Shop
5×7 Box Card Christmas Tree Shop
5×7 Box Card Christmas Bakery Shop
 
Today I am going to show you a few tips for making these fun Christmas Shop Cards from Lori’s  latest release.
 
The main ‘building’ pieces are all the same for each shop and the decor changes for each house. As always, I cut extra’s of all the small  pieces because I always lose something! Does that happen to you?
 
 
Glue all your pieces on the front of your shop
This is the insert for inside the box card.  Notice the window is added on the side with the short tab. Add glue on the short sided tab.
Turn over both decorated house pieces. Take the insert and glue the short tab right up to the fold of the tall house (back of the house that has the white piece glued to it).
Here you can see how it looks after it is glued.
After your first  tab is dry, fold over the insert with the tiny window and add glue the long tab on the right side. Flatten the insert and fold over the right side piece. (Always make sure the bottom of the pieces line up evenly). See below
Hold the right side piece down to make sure the glue is dry on the underneath tab. Fold over the left side house piece and it will line up perfectly with the glued tab. Pretty slick that Lori’s files are so well designed that everything just fits!

I would add pressure on the right side where the tabs are to make sure the tabs are really stuck. Flip the card back and forth to make sure it folds flat so it slips into the envelope easily. These cards fit  nicely in a 5×7 envelope.

 
Added tip  for the awning—glue on you second color tab and then flip it over.
The awning is designed to glue on flat but I wanted to have it pop out a bit on the bottom like a real awning. Add glue to the top of the piece and a foam strip  on the bottom.  When you glue it on, it looks so darned cute! 
 
I hope you will give these cards a try, they are  striking made up as a little village.