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Valentine Gift Bag and Cookies with Anita

January 19, 2017January 17, 2017

Hi Everyone! Anita here with an easy and fun Valentine project that I created for my husband. My daughter bought some items on Etsy and they came in this awesome cotton bag which I just needed to repurpose!

In addition to some twine, I used Printable Fabric from Cricut which is adhesive back and very easy to use.

I used two different files for this project. The Valentine’s above are from a file called 3 Valentine’s Cards and you can find them here in the Silhouette Store. I also used 2 Doily Hearts which you can find here in Lori’s SVG Store and here in the Silhouette Store. I love using the print and cut feature because you are able to print exactly what you see and then cut it out perfectly. Don’t forget to add your registration marks to your mat before you print so your machine will know where the cut lines are. When I cut the printable cotton canvas using my Silhouette, I chose Printable Cotton Canvas Silhouette Brand from the media type, and used a cut depth of 5. It worked perfectly. The packaging gives directions for using a Cricut to cut the canvas and suggests Fabric, Printable (Cricut).

Make sure to position your printed cotton canvas fabric in the top left hand corner of your mat as in the photo, so that your machine can easily read the registration marks.

Here is what mine looked like after they were cut out. I would suggest printing one on paper as a sample before putting your canvas into the printer.

After I cut out the Doily Hearts, I ran them through my Xyron to put strong adhesive on the back. I wanted to make sure that they would adhere to the bag and stay in place once it was filled.

I added some twine to the string that was already in the bag. I threaded the three colored pieces of twine through the same hole to match the embellishments on my bag.

Before I stuck everything down well I pulled the strings tight on the bag to see how the hearts and Valentine card would lay.

Lastly here is a photo of the completed bag with the sugar cookies that I made for my Valentine and I know that he will love them. Hope you are inspired to start working on some Valentine’s for the loved one’s in your life and that you will check out all of Lori’s wonderful cut files for what is one of my favorite holidays.

Hugs,

Anita

Peek a Boo Card Assembly with Corri

January 12, 2017January 11, 2017

Hi everyone! Corri here today sharing a quick assembly tutorial for the new Peek – a – Boo card. I love these cute cards and there are several options available in Lori’s Shop.

When you cut the layers for the card, this is what you will end up with.

The navy layer is the card base. Fold along the score lines so the circular tab fits inside the circle.

The two pattern papers I cut go on the card face.

The white layer is for the interior of the card.

Finally, the scallop circle is glue in place over the circular tab. To finish your card you can use the print and cut hat included with the file or use elements from a paper collection like I did. I used paper and stickers from the Echo Park – Little Man Collection.

Head over to Lori’s Shop to see all her new files.

Stacking Card Dot Base Birthday Card with Courtney

December 29, 2016December 26, 2016

Hello Lori Whitlock fans!!!!!! Today is my short tutorial on focal points. This is Courtney Lee from Court’s Crafts here using two of Lori’s cut files and her awesome “I Love Family” collection for Echo Park Paper to make a birthday card for my dad!

There is this “rule of the triangle” in crafting that is supposed to draw your viewer to whatever your focal point is: your sentiment on a card perhaps or the picture on a scrapbook page. So when I am designing I remember this “rule” but like they say in Pirates of the Carribean™ “They are more like guidelines anyway.” This one works for the triangle example though.

I created this look by doing four things to get my focal point across.

First, I cut the smallest hole layer out of a lighter colored cardstock. This was actually a mistake. I meant to cut the most outside layer out of the white tone one tone paper, but I REALLY liked it afterwards. Score!

2. I used my sewing machine to create an “X” behind my sentiment but where you could still see it. This is the real “star” of creating the focal point on this card.

3. I used three enamel dots (tone on tone) to surround my sentiment. This isn’t a super noticeable addition but your brain notices it in the subconscious level and it draws the eye in.

4. I used a contrasting color and a dark color for my sentiment. So the contrasting color to blue is orange and the dark is against the light background.

The “point” of the triangle is the top of these balloons. This was the VERY first cut file that I downloaded from Lori when I got on the Design Team. I LOVE these balloons and I am kind of a balloon cut file connoisseur. 😉

So there it is! In all of it’s glory! It’s one of those super simple cards that comes together very quickly but looks uber professional in real life. I hope you enjoyed my tutorial today on creating a focal point and I hope you have a VERY merry New Year!!!!!!!

Cut Files in Lori Whitlock’s Store (Cricut AND Silhouette users)
Birthday Balloons
A2 Stacking Card Dot Base

Cut Files in Silhouette Store (Silhouette users only)
Birthday Balloons
A2 Stacking Card Dot Base

A2 Stacking Card Base with Corri

December 8, 2016December 7, 2016

Hi everyone! Corri here today sharing a quick assembly tutorial for the new stacking card base cards. I made the snowflake version. You can really change the look of these cards by changing the colors of the layers. Try ungrouping the layers in Silhouette Studio and then playing around with the colors. You can get a preview of your finished card before you cut things out.

Here’s what the layers look like when they are all cut.

Now just glue the layer with the medium size cut outs on the layer with the smallest snowflakes cut outs. Be careful to apply your glue neatly on the edges so it doesn’t bleed into the cut outs.