Category: Tutorial

3-D Christmas Scene Explosion Box with Cathy

Hi Everyone!  Today I’m sharing a simple little explosion box that goes together in no time at all. This is Lori’s Christmas Scene Explosion Box available in SVG here or you can find it here in the Silhouette store.  I used Lori’s new Echo Park Celebrate Christmas line to create this amazing little box!  When I give it away, I think I will fill it with Hershey Christmas Kisses!

There are a lot of pieces to this file.  But I just separate by color and then cut!  Easy Peasy!

Here are some views of how the pieces fit together…

To finish, just fold up the remaining sides of the box and add the cover.  When you lift the cover off, the sides explode out for a nice surprise!  It really is a simple project…I had no problems putting it together.  Just fold on your score lines and assemble! It goes together in a matter of minutes once you have your pieces cut!

Fold and Tuck Lantern Tutorial with Michelle

Can you believe that it’s November already? I love November! I love that I can craft Fall projects, as well as Holiday projects. Today I would like to share a tutorial for the Hexagon Fold and Tuck Lantern Found in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop as well as the Silhouette Design Store. It’s my first Holiday project of the season!

Hexagon Fold and Tuck Paper Christmas LanternThis is such a fun project. The lantern looks difficult, but it’s not. It is an easy project. Let me show you step by step, how to put it together.

 

  1. Using your electronic cutting machine, cut all three paper elements. Double sided paper looks wonderful with this project since you will be seeing the underside.
  2. Using the main large piece, the body of the lantern, carefully lift the chevron elements to a vertical position, as shown. I like to do one row at a time.
  3. Take the last vertical chevron piece and tuck the arrow portion under the empty piece behind it as shown in the photo. Continue tucking the chevron arrows until you complete the row.
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all rows are completed. Doesn’t that look awesome?
  5. Fold along all score lines. There is a large glue tab at the end. Apply your adhesive along that tab and glue the ends together to form a tube. Sit the tube aside to dry completely.
  6. Now you will form your lid. Fold along all score line. Apply a small dot of glue to one of the triangle tabs and glue it to the lip of the lid as shown. Continue gluing the triangles one at a time until the hexagon lid is formed. Sit the lid aside to dry completely.
  7. Now it is time to attach the base to the bottom of the lantern. Fold along all score lines. Place the inside color up facing you. Working quickly, apply a bit of glue to all tabs.
  8. Take the hexagon body tube and place it right over the base as shown from the top view.
  9. Using a pencil or bone folder, make sure the tabs are securely attached to the inside of the base as shown.
  10. Allow your lantern to dry completely before decorating.

Now that’s finished, you can have fun decorating it! Using hot glue, I added a tiny spray of pinecones and chipboard elements from the Echo Park Paper Celebrate Christmas collection. I also put a battery-operated LED light inside. It makes a beautiful display of light and shadows! Remember to never use a real candle. The paper will burn!

Hexagon Fold and Tuck Lantern

Thanks for visiting today. Don’t forget to share your own Hexagon Fold and Tuck Lantern with us on the Lori Whitlock Facebook page or post it on Instagram and hashtag it #loriwhitlock so we can see what you’ve made.

Have a great day!

Michelle

Make a Silhouette Advent Calendar!

Have you seen the Advent Calendar that is available in the Silhouette Store this year?  Last year it was only available as part of one of the Black Friday bundles but it was so popular, that Silhouette has made it available as a stand alone project this year!  It features a pyramid-shaped shadow box and 25 pre-cut  triangular boxes, which fill the shadow box. Its so simple and fun, and now is the perfect time to make one!  Normally, it is  $39.99 – but between now & October 31, 2018, you can purchase it for just $24.99, using my exclusive code LORI and by clicking HERE.

The Advent Calendar arrives completely blank. Silhouette gives you a download card with a code that you can redeem for a set of cut files to customize your calendar. Also, included in those cut files, are 4 Christmas scenes that you can cut and install in layers behind the boxes. After all your boxes are removed, you then reveal a fun layered holiday scene!

To redeem this download card, simply open the Silhouette Design store, click on your name & this screen will appear.   Then click on Redeem a Promotional Download Card — and a screen appears where you can enter the 16 digit code that is hiding underneath the silver scratch off area on the card.  Once you have entered this code, click on “Apply Card”, and the designs will download to your library.   

Once you’ve downloaded the files, it’s time to get started customizing your calendar!  Here’s how I embellished my calendar…To start, I opened Advent Calendar Box Faces file.

Next, I un-grouped and removed pieces all except the triangles.

I created 1 inch circles using the left tool bar, To do this, select the oval/circle shape. Then hold down the shift key and drag your mouse while holding the left mouse button. When you’ve drawn the circle, release the mouse button first and then release the shift key. You can resize the circle as needed.

I then used replicate tool to create 25 circles

I then added the numbers to my Pattern Fills library and began filling circles with numbers. I’d like to give you the number set for FREE just for reading along this far in the post : ) CLICK HERE to download the number set.  (click on the link then the three dots in the corner and click “download”)

After I was finished with the numbers, I added fills to the triangles to coordinate with the number fills. Did you know you can simply drag and drop pattern into the triangles directly from your computer window? No need to upload them into your pattern library. Of course adding them to your library is great, but dragging them in from your computer window is sure handy and quick! I used the digital version of my Celebrate Christmas Collection.

You may choose to use a portion of a pattern fill by using the pan pattern tool in the fill portion of the side panel tool bar. To move the pattern to your desired placement, hold down the black circle with the crossbars and pan the pattern to your desired placement.

After you have filled in the patterns, place your numbers in desired triangles. You can use the align tool to help you center them in each triangle.

Repeat this process until you’ve filled all 25 triangles.  When complete, you will want to group each number and triangle. Then, carefully set up your triangles to print and cut. Depending on your printer, this can be done on 8½”x11″ or 12″x12″ sheets.

Basic Print and Cut Instructions:
1.Open the Page Setup Panel and change page size to 8.5×11 (or whatever size paper you’re using with your printer)
2. On the Page Setup Panel, click on the third Tab over. Set registration Marks Style: Type 1 CAMEO (or Portrait if that’s what you’re using)
3. Send the file to your printer and print on white cardstock.
4. Load the sheet of printed cardstock on your CAMEO Mat in the top left corner just as shown on your screen.
5.Click on the Send Tab.
6. Choose your material, Action = Cut, choose your tool.
7. Be sure to select the image on your cutting mat and then choose CUT EDGE.
8. Send. (your machine will read the 3 registration marks with it’s optical eye and then cut the triangles out precisely).

Once you have everything cut out it’s time to assemble. Simply glue the triangles to the front of the boxes. The scene in the back is numbered and has little tabs that insert into the advent calendar base making it easy to put those in place. 

Here’s a finished view of my Advent Calendar! I’m super excited to use it this holiday season!

And, as you remove the boxes each day, it reveals a darling layered shadow box scene.

This advent calendar is such a fun way to celebrate the season! And, it was fun to customize it with print and cut and my Silhouette CAMEO.  This calendar is available for just $24.99 through October 31st when you use my exclusive code LORI and by clicking HERE!

3D Witch Hat Tutorial with Brigit

Hello there, today I’m sharing a tutorial on this 3D witch hat project. This hat can also be purchased from the Silhouette Design Store here and also as a set in the 3D Halloween Bundle from Lori’s shop.

This is such a cute home decor piece to add to your Halloween collection, I really love how it came out.

The first thing I did was add all the pieces onto my mat in Silhouette Studio, this included the 3D Chrysanthemum Flower, (Silhouette Studio chrysanthemum). You will need 6 duplicates of the triangle layer and 2 duplicates of the hat top. I used patterned paper from Doodlebug Design’s Pumpkin Party  I did a release compound path on the triangle layer and removed the circles.  Tthis way I’d have solid pieces to show off the pretty star paper.

I resized the hat so I could fit one piece of the hat top with the hexagon bottom on one sheet, this saved me a black piece of cardstock, I also sized the flower so the orange color pieces would fit all on one sheet of cardstock.

I cut all my pieces out and inked the edges of the patterned paper, flowers and leaves.

I assembled the top of the hat first, this thing went together perfectly, I love Lori’s files!!

I then added the triangle layers onto the sides and glued down the circle patterned paper to the black circle rim.

For the leaves I bent them by hand and used ink to create some vein lines, I then sprayed them with some water and crinkled them by hand a little.

I used my McGill tool and mat and a paint brush to curve the flower petals up.

I Glued all the petals together and added a black jewel in the center.

To complete the look, I added some black tulle around the hat, glued the flower and leaves to the side and added the ghost clip and ghouls sticker from Doodlebug’s pumpkin party,

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Halloween Shaker Card Tutorial with Brandie

Hi there friends! Brandie here with a tutorial for some spooky pastel shaker cards. I love that pastel colors are creeping into Halloween crafts and décor.

I used the 5 x7 Ornate Card Witch Boot, (SVG, Silhouette), 5×7 Card Ornate Witch (SVG, Silhouette), and 5×7 Card Ornate Cauldron (SVG, Silhouette). The black and white papers come from the Fright Night paper stack by American Crafts and the Halloween shaker bits are from Cartwright Sequins.

The cards needed to be adjusted for the shaker element. The first thing is to remove the score line. (I was careful not move the remaining images because they are aligned perfectly for slicing.) Once the score line was deleted I selected the white top layer and the second black layer and sliced the images.
Now that the two layer have been sliced I  have two white images and two black images. I deleted the two black images and the original white image.

I repeated the above steps for the other two cards. I then adjusted the size to be a perfect 5×7. This is now the fronts of my shaker cards.

I created a new card base for each of the cards. I added a 10×7 rectangle and add a score line down the center. I also cut three additional 5×7 rectangles for the bottom layer of the shaker element.

For the shaker bits I created some pockets with a fuse tool and plastic page protectors. When I create shaker pockets I like to use a scrap piece of paper to help me fuse in a straight line. I made three pockets 4 3/4×6. I trimmed the excess plastic and added the sequins and star glitter to my pockets then fused the top closed.

I dry fit my shaker pocket with the front and back 5×7 rectangles then marked where I needed to attach the shaker pocket. I attached the shaker pocket with super sticky double sided tape. Then added two layer of craft foam around the edges of the shaker.

I then attached the die cut fronts to my shaker pockets with another layer of double sided sticky tape. Then attached the complete shakers to the card base with my tape runner.
I also added some black and white bakers twine to finish off my cards.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a Happy Halloween!

Brandie