Tutorial – Page 58 – Lori Whitlock

Flag Day Banner Tutorial With Anita

June 14, 2018June 13, 2018

Hi Everyone:

Happy Flag Day. Anita here with a banner that you can use for Flag Day as well as for the Fourth of July, Memorial Day and any other day that you want to celebrate our great country. I used several different cut files of Lori’s to create this banner.

Happy Birthday Banner – 2 SVG,  Silhouette
Layered Pinwheel SVG,  Silhouette
3D Lori Whitlock Spiral Flower SVG,  Silhouette
5X7 Box Card 4th of July SVG , Silhouette
American Flag SVG,  Silhouette
3D USA Décor Blocks SVG, Silhouette

I love mix and matching Lori’s cut files to create new projects. I am going to show you how I prepared the fabric for cutting in my Silhouette machine.

Here are the supplies that I used for this project. Terial Magic is a wonderful product that comes in a spray bottle and you can get it on Amazon or at your local quilt shop. I sprayed the fabric liberally and checked the back side to make sure that it was soaked on both sides. I hung the pieces on my shower rod to let them drip to just damp. I recommend you put something under where you hang the fabric so that it doesn’t make a mess. It’s sticky, and rubber gloves might have been helpful to use as well.

Here is a photo of the fabric as I was in the process of ironing it. You can see the bottom left looks still darker and wet and the right part is done and the fabric feels like paper. I ironed my fabric on a towel to absorb any extra of the Terial Magic Fabric Stabilizer.

You can see how this fabric stands up once it is ironed.

I used the strong grip mat from Cricut and a brayer to make sure that the fabric didn’t move. You will want to slow down your cutter in addition to choosing fabric as your material to be cut.

I laid out the blocks to see how they would look and switched around the banners and embellishments.

Earlier in the week on Tuesday we had our June blog hop and I have included a photo with the quilt block centerpiece and the banner that I made. I am going to put this out for the 4th of July.

Hugs,

Anita

Print n Cut Teacher Cards Tutorial with Brigit

June 7, 2018June 6, 2018

Hello there, here’s a quick tutorial on how I print n cut these Teacher thank you sentiments for cards in Cricut Design Space.

For the A2 shaped box card pencil I ungrouped the whole project, selected the thank you teacher and flatten it.

When it’s unflatten the outlines are gone, but it will still cut out just the oval.

When you make it, you will send to printer first and then place on mat to cut.

The A2 chalkboard teacher card I added one of the teacher thank you tags to the chalkboard piece. When I imported the tags they were black so I ungrouped, deleted the ones I wasn’t using, selected the top layer of the one I wanted, selected arrange at the top and moved to back and changed the color to white.

So now you can see everything on the tag.

I just wanted the thank you to print out on the chalkboard so I moved the apple and deleted the tag, selected the thank you and attached, and changed one of the letters on the thank you to white which changed all of the letters.

I ungrouped the chalkboard card, deleted what I didn’t want to use, resized and center aligned the thank you over the chalkboard leaving room for the apple. I selected both and flatten, now it will print n cut.

I cut out both projects together using my Cricut Maker, this way I could print both thank you sentiments at one time. You can see the two print n cuts below.

I love the ability to print n cut sentiments for my projects, you can create a nice custom fit and it’s super quick and easy.

Here’s a closer look at both cards.

Get the A2 pencil shaped box card at the Silhouette Design Store.

Get the A2 teacher chalkboard easel card at the Silhouette Design Store.

Get the thank you teacher favor tags from the Silhouette Design Store.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Customized Graduation Cards with Kathy

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with some Graduation cards. We have at least 4 graduation parties coming up and I wanted to use the new Flexi Card Congrats Grad (SVG, Silhouette). I decided to embellish them a bit and also to add a gift card pocket to the back of the card. I used the Graduation Cap with Year (SVG, Silhouette), and the pocket piece from the Gift Card Purse (SVG, Silhouette) to customize my cards.

I looked up the colors for each of the schools and used those colors for the frame and background piece on the Flexi Cards. I resized the graduation cap and year to fit the front of the card and added them with some foam tape to make them pop a bit. I used a gold enamel dot to top off the tassel.

I resized the pocket from Gift Card Purse to fit on the back of the card, this way I can add a little something to the card!

Below, I’ve highlighted the pieces I resized so you can see how big to make them if you wish to recreate this card. (you can also use the pocket on the other cards in the Flexi Card Sentiment Bundle as well)

(Measurements: Hat: 1.161″h x 2.25″w Year: 1.140″h x 1.0″w Pocket: 1.991″h x 4.463″w)

That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

A2 Pop Up Round Cake Card Tutorial with Michelle

May 10, 2018May 9, 2018

Hello! Michelle here today to share a fun, interactive birthday card that will impress all of your family and friends. Birthday cards are a staple for every card maker, but with busy lives, they are often made at the last minute. This pop up card can be made quickly, but no one else will know that. They’ll think you spent days working on it! Let me give you some hints and tricks and show you how easy it is to make.

A2 Round Cake Pop Up Birthday Card

To make this pop up card, you’ll need to download the A2 Pop Up Round Cake Card files from the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop or the Silhouette Design Store and cut out your pieces. (Note: The Semicircle pieces I later cut from brown instead) Layer and glue your letters and semi circle pieces together as shown in the finished card photo and set the pieces aside.

2. Take the large piece with scallops and fold it in half on the score lines. The other side, or back side of the paper will now be facing up. We will be shaping the piece from it’s backside.

Use two hands to help “train” the cake piece in to its desired shape. Assuming that you’re right handed, place your right hand on the paper near the score folds to hold the paper in place. Using your left hand, hold on to the scalloped edge and gently nudge the paper towards your right hand. The paper will begin to fold itself. Some the edges may need assistance and need to be folded individually. Now turn the paper over and repeat this process on the other side.

3. When you turn the paper right side up, you will see that it still lays flat, but has a gentle “lift” to it. At this time, layer the semi circles to the front as shown and glue in place. (hint: Use dry adhesive to avoid your pop up from warping and losing its shape.) Now you should only have two pieces left.

4. It’s now time to glue your scalloped cake to your card base. We are only going to glue one half at a time. Fold your scalloped cake piece in half as shown below. Add adhesive to only the scalloped piece and glue as close to the line as possible without going over the center folded line. I found that it was easier to find the center scored line if I held it at a 90-degree angle as shown in the photo.

Now you need to add adhesive and glue the other side (the side facing you) to the card base too. (Important Reminder: Do not add adhesive to any other area. Only the scalloped edge) Simply close the card so the adhesive on the scalloped piece will adhere to the base. Open the card and Viola! Your cake pops up when the base is flat! (Notice that in the photo below, the scallops were glued close to the center fold, but not touching the center fold line.)

5. Now you can embellish your card as desired. The card has enough of a “Wow” factor that it really doesn’t need much embellishment. I chose to use the “Sweet Baby Girl” line by Echo Park Paper. The line was designed for a baby, but I think that it works for little girls too. Since the inside is so awesome, I left the outside fairly simple. I made a crepe paper fringe and used the “Birthday Girl” round sentiment for embellishment. You can find that sentiment file at the Silhouette Design Store and at Lori Whitlock SVG Shop. I really like that the Round Sentiment echos sentiment on the pop up, but no matter how you embellish your card, it’s going to look fabulous.

I truly believe that this A2 Pop Up Round Cake Card is going to be one of my “go to” cards. I’m anxious to make a masculine version in dark colors. Won’t that be great? If you make this pop up card, share it with us on social media using the #loriwhitlock hashtag.

A2 Round Cake Pop Up Card

Thanks for reading my tutorial. I hope that you have a creative day!

Michelle

3D Graduation Cap Favor Box by Aimee

May 3, 2018May 2, 2018

Hi crafty peeps!! Aimee here with you today with a tutorial on how to assemble and create the new Graduation Cap Favor Box. I made this box for my niece Katie who will soon be receiving her Masters in Early Education and I couldn’t be more proud of her!

This fun and adorable box svg is available at the Lori Whitlock store *here* and at the Silhouette Store *here*. I also added some of the beautiful Lori Whitlock flowers after seeing a lot of graduates are now decorating the top of their caps which is a fabulous idea!! Wished that was a thing when I graduated!! (Rolled Flower 11 – Lori Whitlock or Silhouette, Rolled Flower 20 – Lori Whitlock or Silhouette)

Alrighty, let’s get started! I resized the original file to create a bigger sized box.

Since each piece was so big I used 2 sheets of cardstock…1 for the top piece and 1 for the bottom piece.

After I had each piece cut out, I folded each cut line.

The bottom piece is easily assembled by adhering the gluetabs to the inside of the box.

For the top piece, start with the 2 sides with the extra gluetabs and adhere them down to the base of the hat. Follow along as I step you through it in the following pictures.