Category: Tutorial

State Heart Dingbat Tutorial

Today I’m going to show you a fun way to use Lori’s State Dingbat Font (Silhouette Store) for a baby body suit.  Start by opening Silhouette Studio and typing a letter using the font.  Most of the States will be their first letter, either lowercase or capital.

You can see in the above image the state of Utah on the mat, in the font the states and hearts have a double line.  To delete this select your state, right mouse click and then select ungroup, and then release compound path.  Now you can delete one of the outlines of the state and heart.

Now resize for the project.  I made the heart a little bit smaller for my project.  For my words  I used another of Lori’s fonts–Longhand, Silhouette Store.  I typed the words “made in” and welded them together and resized.  The design is ready to cut.

Since I used Heat Transfer Vinyl,I cut the mirror image and then applied it to the bodysuit.

 

This is such a fun personalized gift to give new babies. Enjoy!

Box Card Valentine Camera

Hi everyone!  Corri here today sharing one of the new Valentine’s Day box cards.   I love cameras so I was super excited to see this new Box Card BoValentine Camera (Silhouette, SVG) in the shop this week.

When you cut the file you will end up with these pieces:

Once you have everything cut, glue all the pieces to form the the “layers” of the camera.  Next form the box by folding on the score lines, applying glue to the tabs and forming the box.

Apply glue to the tabs on the layers with hearts slide into camera “box” towards the back and press tabs to sides to glue into place.

Add the insert with the camera viewer in the center in the same manner then add the circle heart insert towards the front.

This little camera is so cute and folds flat for mailing!  Be sure to stop by the shop to see all the other new box cards!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

3D Round Cup Photo Tutorial

Hello crafty friends! Michelle Zerull here with you today to share a photo tutorial for a fun project that I know you’re going to love. It’s the 3D Coffee Cup Round (SVG, Silhouette) file. It’s easy to put together and can be customized for any occasion. I used the Little Lumberjack Collection from Echo Park Paper top make a cute Valentine’s box for my guy.

Instructions:

  1. Using your digital cutting machine, cut out all of the pieces included in your SVG file.
  2.  Form the large dark piece into a cone shape. To do this, train the piece to curve by using a doll rod, scissors, or bone folder. Push the tabs to the center and glue as shown. Set aside to dry.
  3. There are three pieces that form the top portion of the lid. You will be using a long piece with tabs on both sides as well as two circles the same size. One of the circles has a hole in the lid. Join the long piece into a circle by placing glue on the end tab. Hold until dry. Place glue around the edge of one of the circle pieces as shown. Add glue to tabs as shown and place circle into the center connecting the two pieces. Now fold top tabs inward and place circle with a hole on top and set aside to dry while forming the bottom portion of lid.
  4. To form the bottom portion of lid, take the remaining long piece and form a circle like you did above. Apply glue to circle and adhere as shown in photo. Now flip piece over and glue remaining circle to top as a covering piece. Allow to dry.
  5. When dry, combine pieces as shown to form the lid of your cup.
  6. To form the cup sleeve, train the remaining piece to curve around the cup. You can do this by using your bone folder or whatever flat surface you have handy. Glue into place and slip around cup.
  7. Your cup is finished! Embellish as desired. I hope that you’ve enjoyed this tutorial as much as I have. The 3D Coffee Cup Round will make a great addition to your SVG library. Happy crafting!

 

New Sliding Shadow Box Cards and a Silhouette Sale!

I have a new type of card in the shop this week!  The new Sliding Shadow Box Cards are so fun and interactive AND they fold flat (5×7) for mailing! There are 11 new styles…including 6 new valentines!

When closed, the cards lie flat.  Once you open, they become dimensional…

Here are all of the different styles released this week… I’ve included links to both my SVG Shop and the Silhouette Store.

Sliding Shadow Box Card  Baby (SVG, Silhouette)
Sliding Shadow Box Card Farm (SVG, Silhouette)
Sliding Shadow Box Card Birthday (SVG, Silhouette)
Sliding Shadow Box Card Winter (SVG, Silhouette)

Sliding Shadow Box Card  Beet(SVG, Silhouette)
Sliding Shadow Box Card Grater (SVG, Silhouette)
Sliding Shadow Box Card Gnome (SVG, Silhouette)
Sliding Shadow Box Card Flowers (SVG, Silhouette)

Sliding Shadow Box Card Paris (SVG, Silhouette)
Sliding Shadow Box Card Truck (SVG, Silhouette)
Sliding Shadow Box Card Whisk (SVG, Silhouette)

I also have a video tutorial for these cards on my YouTube Channel here.

These cards along with all my other files are on sale in my SVG Shop this week!  Use code JAN2020 at checkout to get 30% off all SVGs!

In addition, for my customers who purchase my files from Silhouette… All of my files are 40% Off in the Silhouette Store this week only!  Don’t miss out!  You can find my design Gallery here .

Have a great day!

 

3D Coffee Cup Tutorial

Hello crafty friends! Hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas and is settling down into Winter.  If you have a coffee-lover friend’s birthday coming up soon, this is a perfect way to give them a gift certificate to their favorite coffee store. I used the adorable 3D Coffee Cup (Lori’s SVG Shop, Silhouette Design Store) and it looks even more adorable cut from the Echo Park My Favorite Winter.

Today I have a tutorial for you on how to put this little guy together! So if you’re ready let’s go!

This little cup is plenty big enough to add a gift card along with some candy. It measures just under 5 1/2″ completed which leaves you lots of room to add many goodies.

The first thing you need to do is to choose your papers and cut out all of the pieces

For the lid: fold on all of the perforated lines and adhere all of the tabs to the underside of the neighboring piece.

Add your adhesive to the tabs shown in the picture. Flip both pieces over and adhere the smaller piece in the center of the bigger piece. This will complete the lid to the coffee cup.

For the body: Fold on all perforated lines for the cup and the sleeve. Adhere the tabs to the main part of both pieces.

Next you will need to adhere the bottom piece to the tabs.

This will complete both pieces of the coffee cup. When I added the sleeve to the cup I added some adhesive to make sure it doesn’t come off.

And the last thing to do is have fun decorating your coffee cup! There are so many great pieces in the ephemera packs, chip-boards, and sticker sheet of the My Favorite Winter collection to make your coffee cup look fun and festive! I can’t wait to give this little cutie away…I know it will make someone’s day!

So that’s all from me today! Hope you give this a try and hope everyone has a beautiful day!

Aimee