Category: Tutorial

Bless This Home Sign Tutorial with Cathy

Hi everyone!  I have a super simple tutorial to share with you…adding vinyl to create your own wooden sign.  It’s been quite a while since I have created with vinyl and I thought maybe that is so for some of you or this is an easy way to give it a try.  This was super simple and quick to do, and it turned out perfectly.  It will make the perfect gift or I just might keep it for myself.  Lol.

First, gather your supplies.  I use Orcal vinyl 651 in mattle black, a 10 x 10 white washed wooden canvas from Jillibean Soup, cricut transfer tape and some fabric flowers.  I chose fabric flowers over paper crafted flowers just so might sign would last longer and I wouldn’t have to worry about the flowers being fragile.

Then I picked a beautiful design from Lori, wreath bless this home, silhouette store or wreath bless this home in Lori’s Store.  I just love all of these different wreathes she has designed…simple and gorgeous.  I sized it down on my silhouette to be approximately 8 x 8 so that I could center it on my wooden canvas.

I then cut it out with my setting set on 2 for the blade and 8 for speed, it cut perfectly.  Next weed your design, I just use a little paper piercer to weed mine.  The paper piercer is sharp and small enough to get into the delicate pieces to weed.

Your next step is to layer your weeded design with transfer tape.  I cut mine to exactly the size of my weeded design, 8×8.  Peel back transfer tape and carefully adhere to your design.  Rub over it firmly, making sure your design adheres to the transfer tape.

Carefully place onto your wooden canvas and then burnish.  I used a plastic hotel key, like a credit card to burnish the vinyl.  It took me a bit to do as the wood was a bit rough and took a little extra effort to get the vinyl to adhere.  Once your design is adhered, slowly pull back the transfer tape.  Have your credit card handy to burnish some places a tad more if you see any of the vinyl not sticking.

Once my design was adhered, then I added the flowers, Echo Park Celebrate Autumn enamel dots, a little twine, a few buttons….but it still need more.  I then added some paper leaves that I cut with Lori’s  Thankful Leaves Die Set using the Celebrate Autumn Solids Paper Pack.

Loving how this turned out, I will be trying another one soon and maybe even try stenciling a design with one of Lori’s amazing files very soon!

Paper Flower Shadow Box Tutorial with Michelle

Hello Friends! Paper Flowers are so popular and they are so fun to decorate with. Today I would like to share an easy tutorial for this cute home decor project featuring one of Lori’s latest flower files.

Paper Flower Shadow Box Tutorial

This is such a quick project to make. The flower only takes about five minutes to put together. When cut at normal size, the flower fits perfectly in this 4×4 Shadowbox Frame. The Shadow Box Frames are one of Lori’s classic designs. There’s an excellent Youtube Video showing how to assemble the frame. It’s so easy to make, and looks so professional. I love it! You can find the file for the 4×4 Frame at the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, or at the Silhouette Design Store. You’ll also need the 3D Flower File. You can find the file at the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop and also at the Silhouette Design Store.

Photo Tutorial for 3D Paper Flower

Materials Needed to make the Flower:

  • fast drying glue or hot glue
  • a kitchen bamboo skewer or other end of a thin paint brush
  • white craft glue
  • yellow Prills or small beads for the flower center
  • a piece of craft foam or mouse pad
  • a stylus with ball on the end or the end of a clean pencil eraser.
  1. Curl petals away from you using your wooden kitchen skewer. This is the same motion that you would use to curl birthday ribbon.
  2. with petals facing down, place the petal piece on the foam and using a circular motion, roll your stylus around in the center until the petal begin “lifting” and a depression is formed in the center. Repeat Steps 2 & 3 for all petal pieces.
  3. Begin building your flower from the outside (Larger petal) towards the center. Use a small amount of fast drying glue or hot glue and hold in place until the glue is dry before moving to the next piece, then continue building the flower up one layer at a time. Note: Allow each one to dry first so that your flower doesn’t shift. When you get to the last smallest piece, add a drop of white craft glue to the center and add small beads or Prills to mimic a flower center. Flocking or yellow powder such as tumeric makes a fun center too.

While your flower center is drying, complete the shadow box as described in Lori’s Video. Any pretty papers from a 6×6 pad will look lovely on the front of the frame. I used a paper from Echo Park Paper and a piece of 10-inch ribbon (optional) to complete the look.

The great thing about making paper flowers is that there isn’t a right or wrong way. Try different curling variations for different looks. If you like, you can add inks or chalks for additional color variations. Each flower is unique and will be beautiful when you are finished.

I’m so pleased with how this came out. It really brightens up a corner of my craft room, don’t you think?

Paper Flower Display

Have a creative day!

Michelle

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A5 Planner Dashboard Tutorial with Aimee

Hello crafty peeps! Aimee here with you today to share a tutorial on creating planner dashboards. I’ve been doing this all year long because I feel there are so many of Lori’s svg cuts that create a very unique dashboard!

To start off I needed an A5 planner template so I would know how to resize all of my svg pieces. I created this template myself by scanning one of my pages and importing it into my Silhouette program to get the cut lines I needed.

I pulled up the A2 Beach Card svg file and deleted all of the pieces I didn’t need which are the card base, card front panel piece, and the sentiment tag. I know this is a card svg but I just knew it make a fabulous planner dashboard!

I also pulled up the Cloud Dingbat font to get a title for my dashboard.

I wanted it to stand out so I added an offset cut.

I played around with the sizes of the cuts to get it to fit onto my A5 planner page template.

Here are my pieces after I cut them out with my Silhouette.

And here they are adhered down to my August A5 planner page with some added decorations. I also ran my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen over the sun and umbrella.

And here is finished product in my planner! It sets the tone of how I want the rest of my August planner pages to look.

Here is a look at my January dashboard with a Lori Whitlock sentiment svg.

My April dashboard sports the beautiful mason jar svg cut.

There are so many options of Lori Whitlock svg cuts to create a unique look for all your planner dashboards!

 A2 Beach Card svg – Lori Whitlock shop or at the Silhouette Design Studio

Cloud Dingbats Font – Lori Whitlock shop or at the Silhouette Design Studio

Cold Outside – Lori Whitlock shop or at the Silhouette Design Studio

Mason Jar – Lori Whitlock shop or at the Silhouette Design Studio

 

 

And I leave you with… “Happy Planning” using some Lori Whitlock SVGs!!

Aimee

Pencil Shaped Box 2 Assembly with Brigit

The pencil shaped box 2 makes a great gift for a student or teacher, just fill it with some treats or small school supplies, even a gift card. You can also get the file here from the Silhouette Design Store. The paper used is from Echo Park’s Back to School collection designed by Lori.

I change all my score lines  to solid in Silhouette Studio Business Edition and save the file as an svg to bring into Cricut Design Space so I can cut it out on my Cricut Maker. The new scoring wheel works great and it’s worth the extra step to fix my lines. I really like SSBE better than Design Space that’s why I do it this way but you can change the lines in Design Space also.

I actually change the lines an easier way now, I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before. I release compound path all the score marks and delete all but one in each row, I select that one and drag it to make it longer, works great.

Here’s all my pieces cut out, you can see how nice a job the cricut’s scoring wheel does. I forgot I had to do a tutorial so I had put together my project already I cut out these pieces using solid color cardstock, that’s why the difference in the competed project photo.

I bent all my score lines and put some scor tape on each tab, it gives a nice strong immediate hold, but you can use any glue that has a good hold.

For the bottom part of the box I cut out two octagon pieces, one to put inside which helps to form the box easier and one for the bottom. You can make the inside a tiny bit smaller then the bottom for a better fit.

Here’s the bottom glued on, the two pieces make it very sturdy, you really can put a bunch of treats inside this box.

Next I put the top of the pencil on, I raised all the tabs up and put the piece on all at once, I just held it in place and then put my hand inside and gently pushed each tab to the top.

Last is the pencil tip, glue the whole inside and place on top. I made sure all my seams lined up.

It really is a super simple box to put together and so cute, I just added a piece of twine and tag from the Back to School collection.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Fall Shadow Box Tutorial with Brandie

Hi there friends! Brandie here with a fun project to get you in the mood for all the Fall things! Fall is my favorite season. I love the colors, smells, and most importantly the cooler temperatures! ( I live in the desert of Arizona)  For this months project I also challenged myself to use something from the August 2018 Kit of the Month. I picked the Shadow box 11.3×11.3 6 windows. (SVG, Silhouette)

Lori has a great video tutorial on how to assemble the shadow boxes here. I watched it a couple of times to get a good idea on how to assemble the shadow box.

I used Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock for the frames. This cardstock is extra thick and worked beautifully. I used Scotch tacky glue to glue everything together. (except for the outside bottom of the frame.)  After I had the smaller frames lined up in the correct spot I used my scissors to press the insides tabs down to get a good seal on the glue.

For the outside of the frame I added some dark brown twine  to the top of my frame so that I can hang the shadow box. I also used extra strong double sided tape for the last outside section of my frame. I wanted to be sure I had a good quick adherence for the inside tabs I wouldn’t be able to reach with my fingers or scissors.

The front and back of the shadow box is covered with papers from the Celebrate Autumn collection by Echo Park.

Once I had my shadow box assemble I went on to the embellishing. The flowers on top of the shadow box are a sunflower (SVG). I kept them pretty simple. I used a golden brush pen to draw some lines on each petal. I pinched each petal lightly then bent up the end of each petal. I then glued each segment down one on top of the other. For a little added bling I used a brad from the Echo Pack Celebrate Autumn collection for the center of the sunflower.

The paper pumpkins are from the Pop Up Box Card Fall Pickup. (SVG, Silhouette).  I resized them to fit into the window. I also used the tree from this card in the window with the hedgehog.

For the falling leaves window I used the trees, fence, and oak leaves from the  Flexi Card Fall Scene. (SVG, Silhouette)

All of the remaining windows are filled with stickers, tags, ephemera, chipboard, and papers from the Celebrate Autumn collection by Echo Park. The little resin pumpkin, pinecone, acorns, and berries are from floral picks I purchased from Hobby Lobby.

I love how this project turned out. I am so looking forward to Fall! Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Brandie