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Canning Jar Label Tutorial

November 13, 2025January 11, 2026

Hello friends!

I plant a large garden every year and then every fall I do a lot of canning. As you remember I did a cute tutorial awhile back for a canning jar box and so I thought I would elaborate on the way I use my Cricut with my canning. For everything I can, I made labels for the lids so I thought I would share how I do that.

First, I went and downloaded the Circle 1 Dingbats Font (Silhouette) [you could also use Circle 2 Dingats Font (Silhouette)] and install it on my computer.

I then open a new project on my Cricut and add a circle shape. 2.4 inches for wide mouth and 2 inches for regular mouth. I also like to turn the color to a light color so I can see my dingbat over top.

Then I add text and change my font to LW Circle 1 Dingbats. I selected the letter E for my dingbat.

I then shrink my dingbat down to fit within my circle. This ended up being 1.845 x 1.868 on a regular mouth sized label.

Then I change my Operation from basic cut to pen. I use the .4 mm fine point pen.

I then go in and add text as to what’s in my jar. The top font is LW Thankful and the bottom is LW Longhand.

Make sure to change your operation again to pen.

I will add the year as well. Once I have everything on my label and laid out how I want it, and everything except the circle (shown in pink) is changed to pen, I select the entire label, circle, words, dingbat, and on the bottom right, I click “attach”.

This keeps everything in place on the label when cutting and drawing the label.

At this point, you can select the label you have created and copy and paste it to make more of that same label. You can also copy and paste it and increase or decrease the size the make both regular mouth and wide mouth labels.

If you would rather have a cute label for the jar instead of the lid, the Label Shape Bundles 1-5 would make great jar labels (instead of using the circle). I also used the Mason Jar Dingbats on the label from the labels shape bundle below.

This is what it looks like all drawn and cut and on my jars.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Gaming Remote Mini Album

November 6, 2025November 5, 2025

Hi crafty friends! I’m excited to be sharing my latest project tutorial! I used Lori’s Pop Up Video Game Card to create a mini album in the shape of a gaming controller. This unique little scrapbook is perfect for photos of gaming with friends, a birthday party, or everyday pictures of your little gamer.

Game Controller Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album

I started with the cutting file called 5×7 Pop Up Card Father’s Day Video Game (SVG, Silhouette).

This card is so adorable! I only used the game controller part to create my album but I’ll definitely use the entire card file again sometime.

Let’s take a look at some of the pages, then I’ll explain exactly how I made it.

Game Controller Shaped Scrapbook Album Page with polka dots and enamel dots

Game Controller Shaped Scrapbook Album Page with a polka dot paper and directional arrow buttons

Game Controller Shaped Scrapbook Album Page with 2 photo mats and enamel dots

It’s fun, right? Ok, now for the tutorial …

1. I brought the card into my Silhouette software and ungrouped all of the pieces.

2. I kept only the game controller and hit ungroup again so that I could separate the pieces.

3. With the pieces separated, I duplicated the base shape to create a front and back cover. Since I only wanted the game buttons on the front cover, I released the compound path.

4. I deleted the buttons from one of the base shapes.

5. Now I added a .25” binding hole to the corner and hit “make compound path”.

6. Once I had my front and back covers, I cut the colored buttons out and adhered everything together.

Game Controller Shaped Scrapbook Album sitting on a clear acrylic display stand

Now you have a fun mini album that looks great sitting out in a kids room, dad’s office, or a college student’s apartment. Lori has so many great SVG files and I hope you’ll give her 5×7 Pop Up Card Father’s Day Video Game a try.

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3D Pocket Explosion Box Tutorial

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

Happy almost Halloween, everyone! Yes, my very favorite time of the year to create. Today I’m sharing a fun tutorial for one of Lori’s adorable designs — the Pocket Explosion Box (SVG, Silhouette) I love how quickly and easily this project comes together.

EEEEK! It’s so cute!

First, start with cutting all your pieces. Here is the outside of the box and the lid.

This is the inside layer of the box, the little purple pocket like folders.

And the lid.

After cutting all your pieces, start assembling. I started with the little file folders, just fold on the score lines and just use your regular adhesive to put them together.

There are 4 total of these little cuties.

This is the inside of the first layer, the black star print is on the other side. Adhere a folder to each side.

So it looks like this!

Next, create the inside layer of your box. You just fold over and adhere, it makes the cutest little library type pockets. Just add adhesive to the bottom square on the opposite side and adhere to your first layer.

Now you just get to have fun and go to town with all the little embellishments.

Just open and this little box just explodes with fun! Adorable!

Thank you for joining us today!

~Cathy

Big Box Card Basket Sunflowers

October 23, 2025October 22, 2025

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a tutorial for the Big Box Card Basket Sunflower card (SVG, Silhouette). This basket is much larger than a standard box but still folds flat for easy storing. These basket cards are perfect for a cute display or gift to brighten someone’s day. I used papers from the Farmers Market collection by Echo Park Paper.

This basket has two separate box pieces and three inserts. For my flowers, I used an embossing folder to give the middle of my flowers some more interest. I also inked the edges of the flowers and leaves to add dimension. I also shaped the flower petals to help give the flowers some added volume. For the box I folded all of the score lines into mountain folds and added the decorative panels to each side of the outside of the box. I then glued the two box panels together at the tabs.

Moving on to the inserts; Insert number one has two sunflowers. I glued one small sunflower and one medium sized sunflower and shaped the leaves a little. Insert number two is the basket handle and has two decorative panels that I glued into place. The third insert has three sunflowers; I used two small sunflowers and one medium sunflower then shaped the leaves on this insert as well. I also glued the basket all together forming the box shape.

Next, I glued the inserts into the basket. I folded the tabs into valley folds and added glue to the back side of the tab. I made sure to line up the insert with the top edge of the basket and bumped the front edge of the tab to the inside front of the basket on both sides. Before the glue is set I also folded the basket flat to make sure it would lay flat for storage.

I then repeated the steps for the remaining inserts but lining up the tabs to the insert in front of it instead of the basket front.

To finish the sunflower basket, I glued one of the large flowers to the front of the basket and the last flower I glued to the handle insert. I also added a sticker from the collection.

I love how this project turned out. Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie

Mrs Santa Slip Lid Box

October 16, 2025October 15, 2025

Hello Crafty Friends, Noelene here today. I know most of you are preparing for Halloween but in my house it’s never too early to start preparing for Christmas. Today I want to share with you one of the newest files I am using from Lori Whitlock called Mrs Santa Slip Lid Box (SVG).

I started out by cutting all my pieces then glued on the corresponding panels to the top & bottom box sections like pictured. I folded the score lines first as this helped me to correctly align when I glued down. I left the glasses till last as I found this was easier to glue in place once box was made.

Next I started to put together the lid of the box glueing the flaps of the hat to the head, starting with the front then working from sides & finishing off at the back.

Now glue the hair panel on the back of the lid.

Then glue down the white strips of hat trim along the top.

The next step is to assemble the base of the box. Start by glueing down the side flap.

Then finish off by folding down the inside large rectangle base followed by glueing the 2 small side bases on it & then glue the outer rectangle flap over the top of the small side 2.