Category: Tutorial

A Mason Jar Shaker Card with Cathy

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share how I took one of Lori’s shaker tags and made it into to a card.  I love the trend right now of shaker tags and cards, so much fun.  I adore Lori’s new Celebrate Winter collection from Echo Park and immediately a shaker card came to mind with all of the lovely blue shades in the collection.  I started with this shaker embellishment, you can find the here on Silhouette or here at Lori’s shop.

I turned this super cute file into this shaker card.  I adore how it turned out and it was super easy to do!

Open the file, and enlarge it to 16.75 x 18.75, by doing this it will make you mason jar just about the size of regular A2 card.  After you enlarge it, separate your mason jar, ovals, and windows. That way you can make your card base.

Follow the step below, you could add a score line where the jars meet but I just used my scor-it to do that.  Why add an extra step?  Lol.

I cut extra lid shapes so that my card would just have that extra dimension.

I backed my window with white card stock and then you layer all of your windows, use a good adhesive, you want a good seal so that none of your sequins fall out.  I always repurpose a piece of clear packaging for my clear window part.  So layer all of the window shapes, except one, fill with sequins and such, adhere your clear window, and then one more window goes over the top. Then just adhere all of your lid shapes.  All that’s left to do is embellish your card… I used some of the Celebrate Winter Collection from Echo Park to embellish.

I love how this turned out…this is simply one of the cutest collections for winter ever!

New in Shop: Valentine Mailbox 2

Have you seen the new Valentine’s Mailbox 2 file in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop and in the Silhouette Store?  This adorable little mailbox is so cute, and it holds a little treat… take a peek…

The door secures closed with little tabs so it’s easy to package up a little something!

You can use the little key to pull the door open to reveal the treat inside!

This cute little mail box is pretty easy to assemble!  See the steps below to put it all together!

1. Cut pieces and add decorative panels to the mailbox base and door. I added 1/4″ score tape to the tabs.
2. Add the door to the mailbox base by tucking the tab to the back of the base piece and securing with adhesive.
3. Use the edge of your table or a dowel to curl the mailbox top, and adhere to mailbox base.  Add the handle by inserting into slots and gluing in place.
4.  Add the bottom piece to the mail box base, folding the mailbox base around it and securing.  Fold up the final side of the mailbox and secure.
5. Add the top shoot inside support piece inside the box, flush with the bottom score line of the mailbox opening.
6.  Bring mailbox top up and around the top of the base, gluing the tabs inside the box to complete.
If you make one of these cute little mailboxes or another of my files, be sure to tag Lori Whitlock on Social media!  We would love to see what you create!
Have a great day!

Mini Mailbox Tutorial with Michelle

Happy New Year! Now that we’ve said goodbye to 2018, it’s time for me, Michelle, to start my 2019 Valentine crafts. Today I would like to share a tutorial for one of Lori’s Mini Mailboxes. It’s a classic! You can find the SVG files at the Silhouette Design Store, or at the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop.

Mini Paper Mailbox using I HEART Crafting by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park Paper

The file is adorable and so easy to put together. It would be great as a treat box or a fun place for children to leave little notes. It would be a fun snow day activity too. The possibilities are endless, so let’s get started!

Mini Mailbox Pieces cut from SVG Files

First, cut out your pieces. I used the Lori Whitlock I HEART CRAFTING line by Echo Park Paper. It’s not Valentine or Love themed paper, but the pinks and reds are perfect for both! Tip: It’s easier to glue down your embellishments while it is still flat. The paper will curve easier if you use a dry adhesive, like a tape runner or double sided tape for your embellishments. 

Photo Tutorial For Paper Mini Mailbox Assembly

Here are the steps to assemble the mailbox:

  1. Using a kitchen skewer or dowel rod, gentle train the paper to curve as shown.
  2. Fold all glue tabs inwards and apply adhesive. I used a quick dry liquid glue.
  3. Turn the box on its end and place your hand inside to push down against the table. This will give you a flat surface to push against and make sure that the glue tabs are all attached to the inside.
  4. Attach the mailbox flag to the base with a brad. Tip: Using a brad will allow the flag to move, but if you don’t have any, it will still be cute! Try gluing a button for another fun look!

The cute little postage stamps shown in the photo are also from Lori’s SVG files. You can find them at the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, or at the Silhouette Design Store. The other decorative elements I cut from some of Lori’s other various files.

Mini Paper Mailbox using SVG Files by Lori Whitlock for Cricut or Silhouette

The little pull tab at the top allows the mailbox to open easily. Especially for little fingers!

Mini Paper St Valentines Day Mailbox made with I HEART CRAFTING Papers by Lori Whitlock 630

Thanks for visiting today. Happy Crafting!

Love,

Michelle

Valentine Red Truck Shaped Box by Aimee

Hello crafty friends! Hope everyone had a very merry and happy Christmas! Now that all of the Christmas crafts are done and checked off the list, I’m going to gear things towards Valentine’s Day! Aimee here today to share a tutorial on the adorable Red Truck Shaped Box but instead of Christmas I’m going to share how to turn it into a Valentine truck!

After uploading the file into Silhouette Design Studio, I resized the truck to a bit smaller size and deleted the trees. You can find the Red Truck Shaped Box file in the Lori Whitlock store or in the Silhouette Design Store.

If I’m changing the look of a project, I will change the colors of the cuts to give me a better idea of which papers to use. To give the truck a Valentine look I changed the colors to red and pink.

Here are my pieces after I cut them all out. I used Simple Stories Kissing Booth papers because I absolutely love the red gingham pattern paper.

To give the truck some dimension, I added brown inking around the edges of each piece. It makes the truck look a little dirty and what is a truck without a little dirt/mud on it?!?!

Adhere this piece to one of the ends of the box. It serves as the front of the truck after you’ve glued the truck pieces to the sides of the box.

Adhere all of your truck pieces together. It makes it easier to adhere to the box.

And now your box is complete and you get to decorate it!!

How adorable is this little truck filled with a bunch of red and white Hershey kisses and some Valentine heart note cards?

Hope you’ve all enjoyed this Valentine’s Day Truck Box tutorial and are ready to start on creating your own Valentine’s Day crafts! Thanks for stopping by!

Aimee

Box Card Christmas Truck Tutorial with Brigit

Here’s a tutorial of putting together this adorable Box Card Christmas Truck from Lori’s shop. I used Cricut Design Space and my Cricut Maker to cut this out but you can also get this file here at the  Silhouette Design Store.

Here’s my finished truck, I added some snow to the tree and a Santa from Doodlebug’s Christmas Town mini icon sticker sheet. The patterned paper is Doodlebug’s ladybug and limeade dot-stripe petite prints.

I uploaded the truck into Design Space and ungrouped.

Selecting the truck piece with score lines I clicked the Attach button on the bottom right, this keeps the score lines and cut piece together when you cut. I did the same to the other piece with the score lines.

Select the JOY and Flatten, do the same to the Farm Fresh Christmas Trees sign, this is so you can print and then cut.

This is how the print and cut will look, you print this page out, place it on your mat and the machine will scan the black box and cut around each one.

Here are all the pieces cut out, I folded the scoreline pieces and inked the edges of the patterned pieces.

I put together the tree on the middle section first then glued and assembled the main truck piece. Then glued the middle piece flaps to the inside of the main truck. If you want you can use solid cardstock for these pieces to save on patterned paper since the pieces in the next steps below will cover both sides.

I glued down the door first, then the silver running board, the tires on top of that and last pop dotted the fenders. Next, I glued each finished side to the truck base. Last I added the Joy to the back and the lights to the front.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!