Tutorial – Page 4 – Lori Whitlock

Mug Lighted Shadowbox Tutorial

December 5, 2024March 26, 2025

Hi there! Today I am sharing an assembly tutorial for the Mug Lighted Shadowbox Snowman (SVG, Silhouette). This shadowbox would make a great gift or beautiful decoration for the holiday season. I used The Magic of Winter collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

This project was a little bigger than I thought. It stands at eleven inches tall and eight inches wide. I needed four sheets of white cardstock, two sheets of navy, one patterned paper and smaller scraps for the red, orange, and pink elements. I used some ballon lights to light mine, but a short strand of fairy lights will also work.

First, I folded all of the score lines as mountain folds with the navy color facing out. I then glued down the decorative panels to the mug base. The bottom of the mug base has three segments I glued the longest middle tab to the base of the mug to give it a good anchor making sure everything was lined up and straight. After the middle tab was dry, I glued the two shorter tabs to the base. (I thought it might be easier to leave one side open while I added the white panels, it isn’t. Just glue all the tabs.)

I added the white panels to the inside of the mug base. No glue required, they just slide in and sit in the notches that my machine cut. I then glued the top of the mug into place using the same method as the bottom. I folded all the tabs into place for the decorative front. I assembled the cookie, candy cane, and snowman. I added some white highlights to all of my elements with a paint pen. Then glued them into place on the front of the mug.

I added glue to one side tab of the mug base and lined the edges up waiting till everything was dry and secure. Once the tab was dry, I lifted the top to add glue to the remaining tabs and secured the top into place.

I added a few stickers from the collection. I also slipped a few lights into the back to see it lit up.

This shadow box is darling and was fun to make. There are several other versions of this style of shadow box that you can find here.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie

2×2 Give Thanks Mini Album with Traci

November 28, 2024March 27, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving! Traci here and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday filled with blessings and warm, happy moments. Today, I have a tiny scrapbook to share with you titled Give Thanks that would be so fun for those memories. And, it might be the “miniest” mini album I’ve ever made!

Look how small it is! I created it with one of Lori’s amazing cutting files called 2×2 Accordion Mini Album (SVG, Silhouette) and the Echo Park, I love Fall Collection also designed by Lori.

First, let’s look at this little cutie, then I’ll explain exactly how I made it with a tutorial below.

I just love that it looks like a miniature book. It has an orange and green scalloped spine, pretty pattern papers, and a Give Thanks title sticker on the cover from the 12×12 elements sheet.

Inside, there are 16 little scrapbook pages (8 double-sided). I added some fun shaped journaling spots and photo mats using a 2″ scallop circle punch and a 1.75″ circle punch by Marvy Uchida.

You could use each page in this album for photos, or … mix it up and add embellishments on some of them like I did. Above, I added the Harvest Blessings sticker from the sticker book.

The journaling spots are perfect for adding dates, names, locations, events, or … what you and your family are most grateful for this year.

This project could be a cute little gift idea for after Thanksgiving. Make them for your guests with pictures from the holiday. Or … create this tiny album with ANY paper collection and it could be a fun Christmas present or stocking stuffer idea!

Now, for some instructions …

1. I chose my papers and cut out the 8 pages, 2 inside covers, 2 outside covers, and three pieces for the spine.

2. Next, I folded the paper on the score lines for each of the pages and positioned them on my table with the 1/2″ tab on the left.

3. Then, I adhered each 1/2” tab to the back of the page before it until I had all 8 pages glued together.

4. The very first page still has a tab on the left side, so I adhered the inside front cover here.

5. The inside back cover has a tab on it, so I adhered this to the last page of the album.

6. Once all of the pages are attached, I folded them into a little book and added the front and back covers.

7.
Finally, I adhered the 2 scallop accent pieces next to the spine on the
front and back, then used liquid adhesive to fold the orange spine around the
entire left side of the book.

There
is no need to adhere any of the pages back to back or to the spine. They stay nicely in their accordion shape once the spine piece goes on. Once the book is complete … it’s time to decorate!

I hope you’ll try this fun project made with Lori’s 2×2 Accordion Mini Album cutting file and her fabulous I Love Fall Collection designed for Echo Park.

For a video tutorial of this album, please see Lori’s YouTube video here:

Have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy your day with family and friends!

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Snowman Flexi Card Tutorial

November 21, 2024March 27, 2025

Hi everyone! I have a fun and quick little card tutorial for you today. I haven’t made one of Lori’s Flexi cards in quite awhile and was scrolling through my library and came across this super cute one. They are so easy to make, they fold flat for mailing and your recipient will love it. You can find this file here In Lori’s Shop or here in the Silhouette Online Design Store. Or you can down get a whole bundle of fun Christmas, Christmas Flexi Bundle. I did alter it a little bit.

Start by cutting all out your pieces out.

Ink your edges!

Adhere your pattern papers to the card base.

On this little piece adhere your patterned paper, and some scor tape.

This little tab slides under the white snow and tree piece.

Okay, here is where I altered it a bit….I just trimmed the snowman off and added a snowman doodlepop from Doodlebug. He was too cute to resist.

The big tab slides in here

And the other tab slides in the other slot. There you have it, an easy peasy little flexi card. It really just took minutes to create.

Have a great day!

Cathy

Fold Flat Tutor House Bundle Tutorial

November 14, 2024March 27, 2025

Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene here today to share my project using the Fold Flat Tudor House Bundle from Lori Whitlock (SVG,

Fold Flat Tudor House 1 Silhouette

Fold Flat Tudor House 2 Silhouette.

Fold Flat Tudor House 3 Silhouette

These little houses make an adorable addition to your decor & then can be folded flat for storage. They are so easy to put together.

I wanted my roof to have a pattern like a real roof. So I embossed it with a scalloped design embossing folder. To do this I firstly folded the roof panel along the perforated line then gave it a light spray of water to make the cardstock more bendable without tearing. Do not use too much water because it will fuse both sides together. Now put the roof panel aside.

Next I glued the timber frame panels to the front of my house bases.

Next I turned them over & glued the coloured window frame panels to the back side making sure to carefully align any windows or doors in place.

For my windows I have used vellum incase I wanted to add any fairy lights inside my houses. I glued the vellum on top of the window frame panel.

The next step was to glue the side flaps of the building to join your 2 building pieces together. You can now close the bottom flap to create a box. Do not glue the bottom flap. This way you can simply open it & fold your building flat for storage.

Next add glue to the roof base side that is joined to the building.

Now carefully adhere to the inside of the embossed roof piece making sure you centre it. The other side should be free & not glued down. Now fold the other side of the roof down & slide through the cut slots of the roof into the chimneys to secure it into place.

It should now look like this.

Now I wanted to go one step further & give my houses Christmas decorations. I made some embellishments using Sculpey clay & molds. You can use anything you like. Although by using raised embellishments I will need to be extra careful how I lay for storage. You can also create flat decorations using any dies or stickers in your stash.

For more inspiration, check out my Instagram!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs

Noelene