Tutorial – Page 62 – Lori Whitlock

Snowman Gift Box with Kathy

January 4, 2018November 5, 2019

Hi Everyone, and Happy New Year! I don’t know about where you are but we are covered with snow here in the Boston Area! I’m not a fan of the cold, but I do love snowmen! I decided to make my own little snowman gift box using Lori’s new Polygon Box – 8 Sides. (here in the Silhouette store).

This little collection of boxes is the perfect way to package up a treat or small gifts! It was really easy to put together. I started by loading the box into Silhouette. I then copied the box two more times to make up the 3 segments of the snowman’s body. I resized each box so that they were graduated in size. Widths are 11.75, 10.25 and 8.75. Be sure to resize proportionately.

I cut the boxes, and glued the decorative panels to each piece before I set to assembling them.

These boxes are very easy to assemble. To start, I folded the score lines on the tabs and then along the side panel. Then you simply glue each section of the side to it’s corresponding tab to form the base.

To finish, just glue the remaining side section to both the tab on the side and the tab on the bottom piece.

The top and the bottom of the box are assembled in the same manner. Once I had all three boxes assembled, I decided to make a hat for the snowman. I sized the bottom half of the box as shown below and then made a “brim” for the hat by re-sizing one of the decorative cover panels.

The rest is as easy as building a snowman! I stacked the boxes and added a face & buttons using enamel dots. The scarf is a piece of ribbon glued to the sides of the cover on the middle box. I used a removable glue dot to hold the pieces together. And of course I had to add the cute little birdie, (SVG here in Lori’s Shop) which is this week’s free file in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop!

And each box opens to reveal a treat inside!

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

Gingerbread House Gift Box Tutorial with Michelle

December 21, 2017December 18, 2017

Christmas is almost here! It’s time to add your those personal touches to your holiday preparations. If you are like me, Michelle, you’re going to need an extra box or two! Today I would like to share a tutorial for Lori’s Gingerbread House Box.

This is quite possibly the cutest gift box ever!

This little box is the perfect size for a generous helping of candy and cookie treats, a fuzzy pair of winter socks, or a gorgeous handmade ornament. Whatever your gift is, you’ll receive lots of “oohs!” and “aahs!” when they see this box!

You can find the SVG files to make your Gingerbread House Box at the Silhouette Design Store, or at the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop.

Open your files and get ready to cut! When you prepare your files for cutting, I like to group them all together by color. For this project, I used plain cardstock, but patterned paper would be cute too!

Now that you’ve cut out all of the pieces, it’s time to get creative! This is a good time to add glitter, inking, stamping or other elements to your decorative pieces.

Here’s a tip: Add glitter to your pieces AFTER they are cut. It’s much easier to cut cardstock then it is to cut glitter paper, and it will make your blade last a little longer too! Don’t forget to slow your machine way down to cut intricate details.

For some “icing”, I used a glittered 3d puffy paint. If you want to do this, you’ll have to allow extra drying time before handling. Don’t forget to make certain that your icing scallops are all going the same direction.

Now that your decorative pieces are ready, let’s assemble the box! Starting with the box shape, glue the side tabs pieces to the straight pieces.

Set the assembled box aside, and let’s make the lid, or roof of the box. I added the decorative pieces to my roof first. Apply glue to the tabs and the lid will go together easily.

To add the shingle strips to the lid, start at the bottom. There will be a small overlap, so space the shingle strips ends approximately 1/2″ apart as shown.

Working from the bottom up, glue your strips. When you get to the top piece, add the white “frosting strip.”

It’s adorable already and we are not even done yet! Add the rest of the decorative elements to the box base using the finished photos as a guide. It’s as much fun as decorating a real gingerbread house! Tip: Place the lid on the box before adding the decorative elements. This way, you can be certain that your lid will not cover the cute candy pieces.

You can use enamel dots, glitter glue, ribbon…anything! Be creative and have fun with it!

I hope that my tutorial has inspired you to make your own Gingerbread House Box.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!

~Michelle

O Holy Night Card With Mitsyana

December 14, 2017December 13, 2017

Hello, Friends! Design Team Member, Mitsyana Wright, here and I’m back to bring you a quick, easy, and absolutely stunning Christmas card. If you’re anything like me you are nowhere near the end of your Christmas card list. And, if you’re stunted for time and need something easy to put together and don’t want to skimp on the “WOW” factor, you are in the right place, I have just the card for you!

For this card, I used Lori Whitlock’s #10 Nativity Block Card file. (here in the Silhouette Store)

To create this card I downloaded the file and extracted it zip before uploading it into my Ecal software.

Once the file was opened into my software, I noticed that it was too big to fit onto my 12″ x 12″ mat. So I “ungrouped” the images.

I also like to change the colors of each image to match the colors I plan to use. This way I don’t get confused on what paper goes to what piece. Sometimes shapes look very similar in size and shape. Changing the colors on screen gives me a map of what goes where later.

Another reason to do this is that it will give me an idea of what my finished project will look like. I can see what colors work well with each other before I start cutting up my precious papers.

I ultimately decided to change the card base to a deep blue, the silhouette gold foil, a white mat, and a blue one.

I inserted my paper into my Sizzix eclips and cut all my pieces at the original/default sizes.

Notice instead of cutting a white and a blue mat, I cut two instead. Well, that’s because only one mat will remain white. The other I decided I wanted to use to create a night sky with.

I used my Distress Oxide inks to create a blended night sky.

Once I the blended colors to my liking, I dipped a paintbrush in clean water and flicked drops of water onto the card. The inks reacted to the water and created the stars in my night sky.

I layered the pieces onto each other and attached them onto my card front.

And here is my finished card…

I absolutely love how this card turned out!

I hope it inspires you to create some of these gorgeous cards yourself!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Mitsyan Wright

Gift Card Booklet with Kathy

December 11, 2017December 9, 2017

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with a little gift card booklet I made from a mini album file. Every year, I give my college girl a few gift cards to her favorite places in a cute little package. It’s one of her favorite Christmas gifts! This year, I made a fun book using Lori’s 4×6 Horizontal Pocket Mini Album Tabbed Pages (available here in the Silhouette Store) and some papers and embellishments from Echo Park’s A Perfect Christmas. Take a peek….

To make the mini album a better size for gift cards, I had to resize the file. To do this, I first loaded the file into my Silhouette. Next, I ungrouped the file and deleted the tabbed pages since I was not using them. I then regrouped the remaining pieces. To size them I drew a rectangle on my mat measuring 3.5″ x 2.25″ which is slightly larger than a standard gift card. I placed the rectangle over the base of one of the gift card pockets and clicked on the upper right corner of the grouped shapes and dragged down until the pocket size was close enough to the rectangle size.

This sized all of the pieces perfectly! Here are some close-ups of some of the inside pages…

I added a belly band to the book to keep it closed since it was a little thick once the cards were inserted. To do this I simply cut a 0.5″ strip of colored paper from a 12″ x 12″ paper and wrapped it around the book. I trimmed the extra and secured the band with my tape runner. Now to finish my shopping and fill it all up! That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Christmas Border Edge Cards Adding Color Tutorial by Brigit

December 7, 2017December 5, 2017

Hello there, it’s Brigit, I have a quick tutorial on how to add colors to these Christmas Border Edge Cards. When I have a large amount of cards to send I love simple cards and this is a quick and easy way to add a splash of color to them.

Here are three that I made from the bundle but I’ll show you the Christmas Holly Border Edge Card, (Silhouette Design Store – Christmas Holly Border Edge Card) in the tutorial.

First I ungrouped and then duplicated the card base, next I used the knife tool to slice the card in half.

On the holly border edge half I right clicked and did a release compound path and deleted just the leaves.

After deleting the holly leaves I selected the card and berries, right clicked and selected make compound path.

Here they are layered back up, super simple! You may have to shave a little off of the green so it fits nicely inside the card without hanging out further than the the back.

Here is a closeup of all the cards I made…

I really like the simplicity of the white with the colored glitter paper, I kind of wished I did the Santa one the same. For the sentiment I did a print and cut using the Merry Christmas Title 2 which you can get here in the Silhouette Design Store.