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Lori Whitlock SVG Envelope Necessities

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I would like to share my Top Ten Envelopes that are a must-have for any crafter. How many times have you made an awesome card and stuck it in an ordinary, thin, white envelope? It happens all of the time, which is why I’ve compiled this easy-to-reference list so you can find the right size and style for almost any card. I’ve also included some tips and embellishment ideas too!

All of the following envelopes are my very favorite. I know that they’ll be yours, too! All can be sent through the US Post Office, with the exception of the Money Holder. The Money Holder envelope is meant to be hand delivered, but it’s a great envelope to have on hand, so I included it too!

Envelope Card Size Lori Whitlock

SVG Shop

 Silhouette Design Store Features
1. A2 Envelope Liner Card Base 4.25” X 5.5” A2 Envelope with Liner & Card Design Id# 50776 Includes Liner & Card Base
2. #10 Envelope with Liner Card Base 3.75” X 8.5” #10 Envelope with Liner Card Base Design Id# 50783 Fun Size, Liner and Card Base
3. A7 Envelope Liner and Card Base 5” X 7” A7 Envelope Liner and Card Base Design Id# 50780 Nice Larger Size, Includes Liner & Card Base
4. Straight Flap Envelope 4.25” X 5.5” 3 Envelopes Design Id# 24862 Great Basic Envelope for Average Sized Card
5. 3” X 4” Envelope 3” X 4” Design Id# 4212 Smaller Notecard Size
6. A2 Thick Envelope Bracket 4.25” X 5.5” A2 Thick Envelope Set Design Id# 135341 For Thicker Cards w/ Embellishments
7. 6.5” Square Thick Envelope Curve 6.25”X 6.25” 6.5” Square Thick Envelope Set Design Id# 135392 Holds Large Square Card w/Thick Embellishments
8. Valentine Print & Cut Unicorn Card 3” X 4” Valentine Print and Cut Unicorn Design Id# 286426 Cute 3”X4” Envelope with Cut-Out Heart: File Includes Card
9. A7 Thick Envelope Card Bracket 5” X 7” A7 Thick Envelope Set Design Id# 135353 Thicker Size for cards with lots of embellishment
10. Money Holder Envelope* US Currency Money Holder Envelope with Tag Design Id# 209573 *Not to be mailed. This money holder envelope includes a print & cut tag

That seems like a lot, but there’s more! Did you know that there’s an entire category for  envelopes at the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop? You can find them all here!

You can make your envelopes in advance too! I like to use Easy-Tear Double Sided Tape. Simply leave the tape liner on and when you’re ready to seal the envelope, remove the tape liner and press firmly. It certainly beats licking the envelopes! Currently, a standard size envelope can be mailed First-Class mail for 55-cents. Square, oversized, thick, or oddly shaped envelopes start out at 70-cents. I always take mine to my local Post Office to be weighed. You can find out where your local branch is at: usps.com.

Want to make that envelope extra special? Make a coordinating label! I love the “Label 3 Dingbat Font.”

Label 3 has many different shapes and you can customize the size to fit your envelope. You can find the font at the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, or at the Silhouette Design Store.

Curious about the samples posted above? They were made with Lori’s “Forward with Faith” Echo Park Paper line. I love, love, love the colors!

Bookmark this page so you will be able to create the perfect envelope for any project. Now, get those cards in the mail!

Happy Crafting!

Michelle

Summer Magnetic Bookmarks with Lori Whitlock SVG Cutting Files

Hello friends! Aimee here with a tutorial on making some fun Summer magnetic bookmarks! My daughter is a voracious reader so every Summer I get her a handful of books to read over Summer break. This year I thought I would make her some bookmarks to go with those books.

Lori has a lot of fun and cute Summer files to choose from. I chose Popsicle (Lori’s shop, Silhouette Store) , Ice Cream Cone ( Silhouette Store), and Watermelon Shaped Card (Lori’s shop, Silhouette Store).

I opened the 3 Popsicles file to show you how to take a cut and make it into a fold over bookmark.

To get the basic shape of the popsicle, I opened the Trace option and highlighted the shape and clicked on “trace outer edge”. That will give me the entire shape of the popsicle to create the base of the bookmark.

Then I duplicated the shape, flipped the one vertically, aligned it with one above the other, and then welded both pieces together. After I cut that piece out, all I have to do is fold it in half and add the decorative top layer.

If you would rather try your hand out with something a little easier you could always use one of Lori’s card svg files.

Now comes the easiest part of this tutorial and that’s adding magnetic strips to the insides of the bookmarks. I have a roll of sticky back magnetic strips so I just cut a couple of pieces off and added them to each one.

And now comes the funnest part of this tutorial and that’s decorating each bookmark.

I used some stickers and die cuts from Lori’s new I Love Summer collection to make my bookmarks pretty! That’s all from me today! Hope everyone is having a great Summer!

I Bought an SVG File, Now What?

We get a lot of questions from new customers, who are excited about their purchase of SVG files from our shop, but aren’t really sure how to proceed to make something from their new file.  I thought a post, bringing you step by step through the process might be helpful.  This way you can spend more time creating and less time trying to figure out technical things!

When you purchase a file from the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, it is immediately available for download to your computer.  There are a few different ways to do this.

First, you can immediately download your purchases directly from the confirmation screen by clicking on the “Download the Items You Ordered” link.

You can also retrieve them from by going to MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS.

Finally, you will receive an email with your download links at the email address you used when registering for your account.  You can access the files by clicking on the link in that email.

Once you click one of these links, you will be redirected to this screen.  To download your file, click on the file name.  The file will automatically download to your computer.

Most computers automatically download the file to the DOWNLOADS folder on your computer.

Files from the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop are delivered in zipped format and need to be unzipped before they can be used in your cutting software.  To do this, right mouse click on the downloaded file and select extract all.

This will bring up a dialog box.  If you click extract, it will create a new folder containing the SVG file, a photo of the file and the terms of use document.

A note on the SVG file.  Some computers make the SVG file look like an internet or html file.  In the case here you can see my computer makes it look like a Google Chrome Document.  (If you use Internet Explorer it may look like an IE file) This is the SVG file you will want to open in your cutting software.

Now that you have your file… what next?  Simple, upload it to your cutting software. 

If you are using Silhouette, you need to make sure that you have the Designer Edition of the Silhouette Software.  This is a paid upgrade (available here if needed) that is necessary to work with SVG formatted files.   To check to see if you have the Designer Edition go to HELP, ABOUT SILHOUETTE STUDIO.  If you have the DE, it will state on this screen.

If you do not wish to upgrade to the Designer Edition, you can still access all of my files directly through the Silhouette Store.  Here is a link to my gallery.

To open the file in Silhouette, go to FILE, OPEN, navigate to where you saved and unzipped the file and select the SVG file.  This will add it to the mat in your software.  

The process is similar for Cricut Users.  Start by launching Cricut Design Space.  Click on UPLOAD FILE, then under Image, click on UPLOAD IMAGE.  This will allow you to add the file to your Cricut Library.  Once it is added, select the design and click on INSERT IMAGE.

A couple of notes for Cricut Users.  First, before sending my files to cut, you need to attach the score lines to their corresponding layers.  This video will help you with this process.  Also, the score lines on my files are dashed cut lines rather than lines that use the Cricut Score Tool.  This is because I design my files to work on multiple types of cutting machines, some which do not support a scoring function.

For Customers using Brother Scan and Cut, be aware that Scan and Cut will automatically resize any file that is larger than the 12×12 Mat.  If you need to resize the file and know the dimensions of the finished file (for instance an A2 card is 5.5″x4.25″) You can resize the file using the tips in this video I created for S&C Users.  If you need more information on dimensions, please email me at help.loriwhitlock@gmail.com to request dimensions.  I’m happy to get them for you.

If you need assistance assembling your files, be sure to check out the Tutorials page in my Shop.  I’m also happy to help out with questions so don’t hesitate to ask!

I hope this has helped make you more comfortable using files from my shop!  Have a great day!

 

 

Camera Box SVG Cut File Assembly Tutorial

Hi there friends! Brandie here with a tutorial for the Camera Shaped Box (SVG, Silhouette). This little box is darling and would make a cute gift box, décor piece, or to hold a mini album! I will be placing pictures from a vacation in mine and setting it on the bookshelf with my other photo albums.

I wanted my box large enough to hold 4×6 pictures. I added a 4×6 rectangle then I selected all of  the camera images and enlarged until the rectangle fit inside the middle box shape.

For the lens and top dial. I folded all of the score lines as mountain folds.  I then applied a small amount of  liquid glue to the triangle tabs. The triangle tabs attach to the rectangle next to it creating a corner of the octagon. Once the octagon is complete I folded the tabs in creating a base for the bottom of the octagon box. I applied liquid glue to one of tabs and anchored the bottom piece of the octagon box. After the anchor was secure I applied glue to the remaining tabs and folded the bottom into place. Hold the octagon for a few seconds while the glue takes hold.

Each of the octagons has a layering piece. The large octagon has four layers and the small octagon has one. I inked around the edges of the octagon and applied the layers with liquid glue.

While the box was still flat I glued the decorative panels into place. I then folded all the score lines into mountain folds. I glued the smallest tabs into place first creating the base of the box. The remaining open side of the camera body is a little shorter so I applied glue to the side of body flap rather than the tabs.

The lid only has four tabs to glue and no decorative panels. I applied glue to the tabs and tucked into place.

With the lid on the box I glued the two octagons into place as well as the viewfinder rectangle and flash circle

 I also added a few little things to embellish my camera box. All of the papers and embellishments are from the Echo Park collection I Love Summer.

That’s it for me. Thanks for stopping by and  I hope you all are enjoying your summer!

Brandie

Baby Shoe Cut File Tutorial

Looking for a really cute Baby Shower Favor?  How about this adorable little Baby Shoe (SVG, Silhouette).    

This little shoe is easy to assemble and can be made in any color to match your shower theme! 
Start out by cutting the pieces.  You have 2 bottom pieces (each the same size) and the top of the shoe.

On the “wrong” side of one of the bottom pieces, I measured up about one inch from the heel and drew a line. (the bottom pieces both have a wider end which is the top of the shoe, and a narrower end which is the heel.)  You don’t need to do this part, I just found it easier to place where to start gluing on the shoe top.

Starting at the 1″ mark, glue the top of the shoe to the bottom piece going in the direction of the top of the shoe.

Continue all the way around the shoe, making sure there are no gaps.   When  you  are  done, there will be an overlap of one tab.

Add a little adhesive in the overlap of the top piece and secure.

Add the second bottom piece to the bottom of the shoe to cover the tabs.

All that is left is to glue the shoe strap  down and decorate!  I added a button to the strap and a little bow to the shoe top.  Now to fill it with a sweet treat!

This tutorial will also help with the assembly of the Explosion Box Baby Shoes File (SVG, Silhouette).  That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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