Category: Tutorial

Halloween Styled Mother’s Day Hat Box Tutorial

Happy Fall Everyone:

I fell in love with Lori’s new Echo Park Paper collection called I Love Halloween and knew that I wanted to use it for a Halloween project.  We are going to be making the Mother’s Day Hat Box which you can find here in Lori’s SVG Shop and here in the Silhouette Design store.  This is a fun and easy box to put together.  Let me show you how I did it.

Here are the parts all cut out.  I used my Silhouette Rotary Blade to cut the flowers.   It cut the felt beautifully !

You are going to take your two long rectangle tabbed pieces and fold the tabs down.

Next you are going to glue the tabbed end of the rectangle piece to the other end making a circle.  One strip is slightly longer than the other.  The longer one will form the cover, the shorter one the bottom of the box

The file comes with four round circles. The two slightly smaller ones are for the box base.  The two slightly larger are for the cover.   One is glued inside the box and one is glued on top of the box.  I like to glue my inside circle in first as I find it is easier to ease it to fit.  Then I glue the top of the box on.  I use a wet glue when making projects like this where I am asking the paper to be in different shapes.

I made both boxes and then checked to make sure that one slid easily over the top.  I then glued the top on the box and the decorative band around the bottom.

I then glued the bottom of the box onto the scalloped piece centering it.

I brought the ends of the bow pieces on both sides to the center back of the bow and glued it together well.  Then I wrapped the center bow piece around the bow and glued that as well.

I then added the ribbons of the bow to the back of the bow.

Here are my rolled felt flowers.  I cut them easily with my Silhouette Cameo 4 and the rotary blade.  I started at the end of the flower and rolled them up and secured them well with wet adhesive.  (for a rolled flower tutorial see this post)  Be sure that you don’t put your flowers in the way of the box being able to be opened and closed easily.   I added some embellishments to my box and rolled some of the leaves to give them a bit more dimension.

Lastly, here is the box open with some Halloween candy for your favorite sweetie.  I have my hat out as a Halloween decoration and it makes me smile when I look at it.

That’s it for me today.  Be sure to check out all of Lori’s Halloween SVG files and don’t forget all SVGS, Fonts, Pattern Fills and Commercial Licenses are 30% off through Saturday when you use code SEP2020 at checkout!

Hugs,

Anita

Floating Easel Cards Tutorial

I love Halloween… When my daughter was little, I loved having parties with the kids, and of course who can resist the candy?  Halloween will surely look different this year, but we can still send some spooky-fun cards!  The new Halloween Floating Easel cards are the perfect solution.  There are two new versions, the Floating Easel Card Spider Web (SVG, Silhouette) and the Floating Easel Card Haunted House (SVG, Silhouette).  Take a peek…

I put together a quick tutorial for the floating easel cards using the Haunted House version.  It’s really pretty simple.

Start by cutting the pieces and piecing together the ghost face and the pumpkin. I also glued the solid square into the inside of the card as shown. The sentiment is done using the print and cut feature of your cutting machine.  To assemble you will also need a piece of fishing wire or clear jewelry thread.

  1.  Add strong adhesive ( I used score tape) to the blank ghost piece.  Lay the piece of fishing line over the center.
  2. Cover with the ghost “face” piece.
  3. On the haunted house frame without the fence (call this the back frame)  Add some score tape or strong adhesive to the center of the top and the center of the bottom.   Center the ghost inside the frame and pull the fishing line tight and stick the ends to the tape on the frame.  Cover with the top frame (the one with the fence, not shown)
  4. I secured the fishing line a bit more by folding it over the back of the frame and securing with some washi tape.  I then trimmed the extra fishing line.
  5. Fold the card base closed.  Add the decorative panel to the outside, making sure to align the openings.
  6. Fold the top in half along the score lines.  Attach the frame to the bottom half of the card only.  Make sure you do not add adhesive to the top half of the house.
  7. Add the little pumpkin to the front.
  8. Using some foam tape or pop dots, add the sentiment to the inside of the card about 2/3 up the card so that when the card top rests against it the house stands up.

One more note… if you wish, you can add a second string going horizontally to secure the ghost further and make sure it does not twist.

When you fold the top of the card and stand it against the sentiment, it looks like the ghost is floating in the house!

The card also folds flat and will fit into Lori’s Center Box Card Envelope here.  That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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Purse with Pocket Tutorial

Hi there paper crafting friends!  It’s Michelle Starcher, aka the Bookish Designer, popping in on the blog to walk you through the steps to create Lori’s Purse with Pocket  (SVG, Silhouette). In this photo tutorial, I will break down the steps to create this super cute project for all those purse lovers out there.  I used papers from Lori’s All-Girl collection from Echo Park Paper Co.  I just love the colors in that collection!

After uploading the SVG file to the Cricut Design Studio, I needed to make a few changes, so that it would cut correctly with my Cricut Maker. Below you will find the steps I took to prepare the file for cutting.

  1. Ungroup the SVG file.
  2. Ungroup any portions that have cut/score marks. I had to do this for the purse base, the front pocket, the purse handles, and the handle attachment pieces.
  3. Attach the cut/score marks to the main image. Again, I had to do this for the purse base, the front pocket, the purse handles, and the handle attachment pieces.
  4. Once you are done attaching all of the cut/score marks, you are ready to cut your project pieces.  When I sent my pieces to my Maker, I was informed that the purse base exceeded 11.5″ and that I would need to resize or use a 12×24″ cutting mat.  Luckily, I had a mat and cardstock in that size.  If you don’t, you may need to resize your project before starting.  If so, resize before you ungroup the SVG to make sure that all of the elements keep their proportions.

After cutting all of the project pieces, I folded all the pieces with cut/score marks.  Then I adhered the floral paper to the purse base and pocket as shown.  Make sure you line up the holes for the straps on the front and back panels.  I placed a small amount of adhesive along the edges of the purse base and pocket and assembled those pieces.

Once the purse is assembled, it is time to add the handles.  You will need 8 mini brads to attach the handles.  I started with the “metal” pieces that attach to the base of the purse, and then added the handles.

I attached the front pocket, using a slightly larger brad on the pocket.  I used a small piece of Velcro to the pocket and the flap, so that it could be opened and closed (you can also use a glue dot)   After the front pocket was attached, I added the flowers to the purse handle.  To assemble the flower, stack the three flowers, slightly off centered from the other flowers.  Then stack the three starbursts and adhere to the stacks of the flower.  Attach the leaf to the back of the flower, and then adhere the entire flower to the purse strap.

I hope you enjoyed making the Purse with Pocket  (SVG, Silhouette) as much as I did! I’ve been wanting to make this project since I saw it a couple of weeks ago.  Now, I can’t wait to fill this purse with gift cards and little trinkets for my best friend.  Do you think she’ll like it?

Until next time,

Michelle

New Impossible Cards & 30% Off All SVGs!

Have you seen the adorable new Impossible Cards?  I have a fun new bundle in my shop, and they are also available individually in my shop and coming soon to the Silhouette Store!  There are currently three new cards, with more in the works!  Take a peek…

Impossible Card Dog (SVG, Silhouette)

Impossible Card Latte (SVG, Silhouette)

Impossible Card Mason Jar (SVG, Silhouette)

These cards come with fun print and cut sentiments, an included envelope and are super simple to assemble!  I have a new assembly tutorial on my YouTube channel here.

And don’t forget, the August Sale is happening in my SVG shop!  Get 30% off all SVGs, Fonts, Pattern Fills and Commercial Licenses when you use code AUG2020 at checkout!  Don’t miss out, sale ends Saturday, August 15th!

Have a great day!

3D Backpack Assembly

Hi Everyone!  Corri here today sharing a quick assembly tutorial for Lori’s 3d Backpack (Silhouette, SVG).  This little backpack would make a great gift for a teacher or student for back to school!

When you get the pieces cut out this is what you will have.

First, apply the pattern paper pieces to the base layer.

Using small brads, attach the straps to the backpack.

Fold along all the score lines and apply glue to the long glue tab and glue into place.  Next, apply glue to 4 small triangle glue tabs and glue to form the slanted bottom portion.  Then, fold the tabs for the bottom and glue the rectangle shape to complete the backpack. Form the pocket shape by folding into a “box” and applying glue to the tabs and then glue to the front of the backpack.  To close the backpack, pinch in the score lines on the sides and pull the flap up and over the top and secure with the tab.

It turned out so cute! You could fill it with some candy and a gift card for a teacher or some candy and small school supplies for kids.   Thanks so much for stopping by today!