Category: Tutorial

Baby Girl Dress Card Tutorial

Hello Crafty friends, today I want to share how I made this adorable Baby Girl Dress card (SVG, Silhouette).
 
 
I wanted to enlarge the card so I enlarged all my pieces at the same time by dragging the curser until the base of the dress card was large enough & fit inside the cutting perimeter. This will give me a card that will fit into a 6×6 envelope.
I wanted to have a strawberry theme so I took some elements from the Lori Whitlock Strawberry Basket with Strawberry file (SVG, Silhouette). To get a visual I dragged them onto my dress. I kept the strawberry & flower the original size then reduced the vine to fit.
 I also reduced 1 more flower & cut it twice to create the buttons.
I like to make an insert for my cards. I find this also helps to keep my card a little sturdier considering there are more layers on the front. To do this I created an internal offset distance of  0.125 applying the sharp corner.
I then cut out all of my pieces & glued all my panels into place.
This card was so easy & fast to put together! Even with the extra strawberry elements.
I hope you liked my card today.
For more inspiration, check out my Instagram!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs
Noelene 🙂

Box Card School Bus 2 Tutorial

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Hello!  It’s my turn again for a tutorial on the Lori Whitlock blog.  
 
I am getting into the school spirit! I can’t believe school is right around the corner!

Box Card School Bus 2 

(Lori’s Shop SVG, Silhouette Store #417577)

 

Insert pieces with the print and cut sentiment. 

Insert pieces assembled.  You will glue the yellow side tabs into the  assembled box card, aligning the top of the tabs to the top of the box. My favorite piece was the notebook with the spiral binding. I think it has the “bestest” details!  I found it easier to leave the little silver pieces stuck on the mat and assemble them to the notebook right off the cutting mat. No lost little pieces!  

 

I did cut three of the other pieces out of white cardstock and colored them with copics while they were still stuck on the mat. (pencil tip, eraser and the leaf). 

 

 

The Box Pieces 

 Add glue to the tab on the right of the long yellow piece to form the box body. Align and glue the sides of the bus to each side of the box base.

Everything is ready to glue together. Glue the tires on the very last.

Having two daughters that are school teachers, I decided to make them each a school themed card for the new school year that begins soon. This is the first one!

Here  you can see the insert glued in.

 

 

Thanks for coming along on this little bus ride!

HERE is a link to Lori’s basic box card YouTube tutorial if you would like to peek at it!

💕  Sue Kment

Flower Gift Bag 3 Tutorial

Today I am going to share a tutorial for this Flower Gift Bag.(Silhouette-coming soon) Lori has several other gift bags that are similar here.

Flower Gift Bag 3

You are going to love creating these gift bags.

1. Cut the pieces– only 6 pieces to make this flower gift bag.

 

2. Ink edges if desired, and apply adhesive to the box tabs.

 

3. Fold the box portion together and adhere the tabs.

 

4. Adhere the circles to the middle of the flowers and adhere the flowers to the box portion. Be sure to align the bottom of the petals with the bottom edge of the box.

 

5. Attach the handle with brads.

 

Now you have a cute bag to fill with a fun surprise for someone special.

3D Envelope Box Flowers Tutorial

Hi there! Today I am sharing a tutorial for the 3D Box Flowers (SVG, Silhouette). Lori has three versions of this cute decor piece. You can find them here. This box would make the perfect gift for anyone that likes to receive a bouquet of flowers with the added bonus of the flower’s not dying!

I was a little stumped about what colors to make my flowers but knew I wanted sunflowers. So for some inspiration I googled sunflower bouquets and found a lot of beautiful options. I settled on blues and lavender. The pattern papers I used come from the Day in the Life No. 2 collection by Echo Park Paper.

All of the flat style flowers have two layers for the petals and most have three layers for the middles. I inked the edges of all of my flowers to give them a little dimension.
For the rolled flowers I used a quilling tool. I like how tight I can get the roll with the tool. I started on the outside edge and rolled all the way to the base of the flower. Once I had the flower rolled, I pulled the tool out and pinched the flower with my thumb and fore finger a slightly loosened the roll, I then added hot glue to the base and pressed the roll into the glue. After the glue was cool and set, I flared the petals with my thumb. I repeated the steps for the other two rolled flowers.
I folded all of the score line into mountain folds, added the decorative papers to the outside of the box, and glued the box pieces together.
I then folded the bottom front flap down, added glue to the two side tabs, and then glue to the back bottom tab and flipped the box up and pushed from the inside to secure the base of the box. I also glued the decorative paper piece to the inside of the box.
The inserts each have two tabs that are a valley fold, I used a bone folder to get a strong fold so that when I added the glue to the tabs it wouldn’t get everywhere while I got the insert lined up. After I got one side lined up and where I wanted I used a small cloths pin to hold the tab in place while worked on the other side. For the first insert I didn’t glue the flowers on before I glued it into the box (this is the easiest way). I used the same process for the second insert except I had the flowers on the insert first which made the process a little more difficult.  Once the inserts were dry, I added the flowers and leaves to the first insert.
The front of the box has a greenery piece with three little flower buds and four circles showing where to glue the remaining flowers down.
I also added some fussy cut butterflies and a pearl to my white flower for a little added embellishment.
I really love how this turned out! Thanks for being here today!
Brandie

USA Mini Album Tutorial

Happy 4th of July! Traci here and I hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating with loved ones. Today, I have a new USA Mini Album to share with you that I created with one of Lori’s amazing cutting files. It captures the spirit of freedom and patriotism and it’s a great place to save your fun holiday photos.

 

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album Tutorial

 

First … let’s take a quick look through the album, then I’ll explain exactly how I made it’s cute cover so you can create one too!

 

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album

 

I chose Lori’s cutting file called USA Accordion Fold Card for the cover’s design. I cut it out of white acrylic, but you could easily use white cardstock instead.

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album

I decorated the album with the Echo Park, Stars and Stripes Forever Collection which was also designed by Lori. It’s fabulous! There are American flags, fireworks, stars, flowers, pinwheels, and balloons.

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album Page with stars, fireworks, and a heart

Inside, the album has 12 scrapbook pages (6 double-sided) that include 1 pocket, 2 fold-out pages, and 3 fun interactive flippies.

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album Page with fireworks, a folding card, and a journaling spot,

 

I used a mix of 12×12 and 6×6 pattern papers throughout the pages.

 

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album Page with a pocket, journaling cards, and a cute flag

I added a pocket and some fun die cut pieces from the Ephemera and Frames & Tags.

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album Page with red, white, and blue flowers

 

I love this print with the little red, white, and blue flowers. It’s such a cute pattern for the holiday!

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album Page with Uncle Sam's hat

 

I also added some stickers from the 12×12 Elements sheet. There are lots of great sayings, Uncle Sam’s hat (above), a red pick-up truck, a jar of flowers, cupcakes, and a scallop border. 

 

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album Page

 

July 4th USA Scrapbook Album Page with a flag, a folding card, and flowers

Isn’t this Stars and Stripes Forever Collection that Lori created great?! I just love it. 

Below is the cutting file I used to create the album’s cover. You can find the file here in Lori’s Shop or here in the Silhouette Online Store.

And, here’s how I made it …

Step 1:  Be sure to group both sets of USA letters together before resizing so that the insets will fit into the background after resizing. Once resized, ungroup the 2 sets of USA letters.  Then you will need to delete the tiny score lines on the welded USA.  To do this, right click and hit Release Compound Path (depending on your software you may need to hit make compound path first).  Once you have the tiny score lines highlighted, delete them.  Highlight the remaining pieces, right click and hit make compound path to set your welded USA cover correctly.

 

 

 

Step 2: Select both sets of letters, right click, and group them together again.

Step 3: Create a back cover for your album by selecting a rectangle under drawing tools.  I sized my back cover to 8” x 5”. Once I had my back cover, I placed it behind my group of USA letters.

 

Step 4:  Since I wanted my welded USA cover to be the same height as my back cover, I highlighted both sets and pulled the bottom curser down to stretch the cover to 5” high. 

Step 5: Once I had my front and back covers the same size, I ungrouped the USA sets and cut everything out.  Don’t forget to punch binding holes and make as many pages (sized like the back cover) as you want! 

 

Lori has so many great SVG files to play with and I hope you’ll give this USA Accordion Fold Card a try. Have a safe and fun July 4th weekend and happy scrappin’ my friends!

 

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