Tutorial – Page 14 – Lori Whitlock

Box Card Spring Flower Pot Tutorial

March 13, 2025March 25, 2025

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a quick assembly tutorial for one of the new Flowerpot box cards. I used the Box Card Spring Flower Pot file (SVG, Silhouette). This file is so bright and cheerful. It has several print and cut sentiments so that it can be used for any occasion. I used the Happy Birthday sentiment, and the papers are from the Our Happy Place paper collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

The box part of this card comes in two separate sections with two decretive panels on each. These two sections are glued together side by side. It also has two rim pieces that will be glued on the front and back of the card. The rim pieces hang over the edge of the pot a little so be sure not to add glue all the way to the edge of the paper. I glued the pot all together forming the square before adding the inserts this time as well.

Before the inserts are added to the box card the flowers need to be assembled. All of the flowers have multiple layers for added dimension. The file does come with centers for the flowers, but I used enamel dots for mine. After all of the flowers are assembled I added them to the inserts. Inserts one and two are the only ones with flowers. The third insert is plain green.

The tabs on all of the inserts are folded into valley folds and glue added to the backs of the tabs. I held the tabs folded down and slid the insert into the box, made sure the top of the tabs was flush with the top of box and front of the tabs was flush with the front of the box. After I had the tabs lined up, I folded the box card flat in both directions to make sure everything would lay flat. I then added the remaining inserts the same way but using the insert in front as the guide.

With the inserts all in place I then glued the flower and sentiment to the front of the box.

I love how versatile this box card can be. I hope you give it a try. Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie

Happy Easter Mini Album Tutorial

March 6, 2025March 25, 2025

Hello everyone! Traci here and today, I’m sharing a Happy Easter Mini Album I made with two of Lori’s fabulous cutting files and the Echo Park, Our Happy Place Collection. It’s filled with spring colors, flowers, and beautiful prints. This little album is perfect for holiday photos and it makes a sweet handmade gift!

Happy Easter Scrapbook Mini Album with a rabbit, a basket, eggs, and flowers

To create this, I used the A2 Easel Card Easter Bunny Basket File (SVG, Silhouette) for the design on the front cover and the Hidden Binding Mini Album Rectangle (SVG, Silhouette) for the actual book.

Here’s the simple tutorial …

1. I resized the Hidden Binding Mini Album‘s pieces to create a book that would be 4.75″ wide x 7” tall. I chose this size so that I wouldn’t need to resize
the Easter basket file.

2. Next, I cut out all of the pieces for both files.

Happy Easter Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

3. I assembled the card first. The Basket file comes with a base “grass” background that is shaped to help you know where to layer each of the pieces. I added the pink shape on top of the green base.

4. Then, I layered the yellow basket on next.

5. I adhered the little eggs in place, tucking them in behind the yellow basket.

6. Then, I added the pieces of the bunny’s body.

7. How cute! I used some foam tape underneath the feet and tail to give them some dimension.

8. You can see in this picture that the pink base helps you know exactly where to adhere the flowers.

9. I added some pretty colored enamel dots to the center of the flowers and the bow for a bit of shine.

10. Once the card was assembled, it was time to build the album. Above, are the pages
and the binding piece. The binding piece is scored, so I folded along the
score lines to create “mountains” and “valleys”.

11. I added adhesive inside the “valleys” and adhered the sides together.

The outside of the binding now looked like this. The cutting file includes a separate piece that will be glued
over these folds to create the album’s spine.

12. This is the inside of the binding. To add the pages, I adhered one page piece to the front of the first spine fold and a second one to the back … sandwiching them on the “mountain”.

13. I continued to add the rest of the pages until the book was complete.

14. To decorate the cover, I adhered the Easter basket piece to the front and added my title.

Happy Easter Scrapbook Mini Album Page with flowers, a scalloped photo mat, and a pretty plaid paper

15. Inside, I embellished the pages with lots of pretty papers, stickers, enamel dots, and photo mats. To see more of the inside pages … hop over to my Artsy Albums blog.

I hope this Happy Easter Mini Album gives you a little holiday and spring inspiration! Whether you love making scrapbooks or greeting cards, you should definitely give these cutting files a try. I love them!

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“Just Chicken In” box card tutorial

February 27, 2025February 26, 2025

Happy Thursday my crafty friends. When I saw this cute little chicken card, the A2 Shaped Box Card Chicken, (SVG) it reminded me of soup, and since everyone around me is currently sick with some cootie or another I thought this would be the perfect little project.

First cut all your pieces. As always I have my Cricut write my words on the tag.

Fold your pieces on the score lines

Add your adhesive to these pieces

Glue your beak, wattles and comb to the chicken insert. Don’t put the eye on yet.

I added the insert piece into the box. I put it as close to the front as possiable as I wanted to use it as a box with goodies too.

Once my box was assembled, I added adhesive around the square part on both the front and back, 1 side as a time.

I put the bowl shaped pieces on the fron and the back.

This is where you will attach the eye. Top left corner of the bowl piece.

I used pop dots to pop the wing (heart) piece on both back and front. Embelished with a little bakers twint on the tag.

I added a soup packet and kleenex as well as some tylonal and cough drops. I did place a piece of packing tape along the bottom to keep my goodies from falling out.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Chelsea

Box Card Easter Bunny Carrot Car Tutorial

February 20, 2025February 24, 2025

Hello crafty friends!

I created this “Box Card Easter Bunny Carrot Car” because, before you know it, Easter will be here! Follow these simple steps to make your own easter card.

Materials Needed
•    Orange, green, white, black and pink cardstock
•   Cutting machine ( I used my Silhouette Cameo 5)
•    Glue
•    Ink (for decorating the carrot)
•    Lori’s Cutting file ( SVG / SILHOUETTE )

Step 1: Cut Out the Parts

Using cutting machine, you cut out all the necessary components for your card. This includes the shapes for the carrot, the Easter bunny, and card base.

Step 2: Assemble the Orange Card Base

Take your orange cardstock and begin assembling the card base. Apply glue where needed to join the pieces, making sure the base is sturdy and neatly put together. This vibrant orange foundation will set the tone for your design.

Step 3: Construct and Attach the Easter Bunny

Now, focus on the Easter bunny. Glue the individual pieces of the bunny together until it forms a complete figure. Once assembled, attach the bunny securely onto the orange card base.

Step 4: Decorate and Assemble the Carrot

Next, add some creative flair to the carrot. I Use ink to decorate the holes in the carrot piece to create a shadow effect. Glue the parts together carefully. This step gives your card a unique, handmade touch.

Step 5: Attach the Green-White Backside

Finally, complete your project by attaching the green and white cardstock to the back of the orange base. This additional layer not only provides contrast but also reinforces the structure of your card. This backside you can use to write your message on.

And there you have it, a cute carrot card ready to celebrate Easter!

Enjoy crafting and have a wonderful day!

Tamara

Happy Birthday Cards! Tutorial

February 13, 2025February 12, 2025

Hello! Sue here to wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day!

For my tutorial today I am making several easy print and cut birthday cards from Lori’s fun birthday card bundles. I want to make them all!

This really is a fun card!!!

Here you can see the front pieced element. I chose to cut an additional bottom layer to the packages in pink to make the presents pop more and give it a bit more reinforcement so I could add it to the front with an action wobbler . I used the Lori Whitlock’s Life is Beautiful 6×6 paper pad.

The inside piece is a print and cut. Fold it in half with the sentiment inside

This part is a bit tricky. Its a mountain/valley sort of thing LOL! What I did to make it real easy is to fold the center back the other way and then from the back pinch each section to crease them.

Here you can see how the insert looks when folded and ready to add to the card.

Glue one side of the insert inside, making sure you align those 5 small folds right at the cardbase fold line. Add glue to the second side and close the card onto the glued insert.

All glued and ready to go!

Both cards are part of the Fabulous Birthday Card Bundle.

You can see all the bundles on Lori’s site.

Here are a just few more to check out:

Delightful Birthday Card Bundle

Super Cute Birthday Card Bundle

Fabulous Birthday Card Bundle

A2 Sliceform Pop Up Birthday Card Bundle

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This was a fun one!

I used Lori Whitlock A Slice of Summer papers for the balloons.

I have made several of these cuties. I cut on six/seven different 6×6 papers and cut ALL the balloons out of each color. Then I’m just playing mixy match for each cards.

Glue the balloons on the back of the print and cut and then flip and glue to the card base. It is very pretty to see in person, it has a nice dimension to it!