Tutorial – Page 71 – Lori Whitlock

Shutter Card Tutorial with Kathy

October 4, 2018September 28, 2018

Happy Fall Everyone! Today I have a quick assembly tutorial for Lori’s new Shutter Cards. These cards are such fun and have some great dimension. I used the Shutter Card Squirrel file (SVG, Silhouette) for my tutorial along with some papers and embellishments from Echo Park’s Celebrate Autumn Collection.

The actual assembly of these cards is pretty simple, it’s mostly the folds that need some attention. I started by cutting out the pieces of my card.

Next I added the patterned paper panels to the different sections of the card. I like to do this before folding because I think it helps me to visualize how things should be.

Once the panels were added, I folded the card along the score lines.

Here is a view of the folds from the top of the card.

I put together this graphic showing how the folds should be. The upside down V means mountain fold (popping up when lying flat) and the V is a valley fold (pointing down when lying flat).

Once the card was folded, I added the additional embellishments. I started with the squirrel on the bracket shape. I added some foam tape under the bracket to give it a little more dimension.

Next, I added the insert with the leaf and acorn. I started by adding adhesive to the bottom front strip of the piece.

I then tucked this piece in behind the front strip on the card base as seen below.

I finished the card with a cute chipboard piece sentiment from the Celebrate Autumn Chipboard Phrases.

This card folds flat and will fit into an A7 (5.25″ x 7.25″) envelope (Lori has a set here in her shop) . That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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4 Drawer Organizer Tutorial with Anita

September 27, 2018September 26, 2018

Hi Everyone:

Anita here with a tutorial to create this adorable four drawer organizer. I am going to show you how to put this cutie together and was thinking that you could customize them for every season. I am going to put chocolates into mine and give it to a friend. You can find the 4 Drawer Organizer cut file here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette Design store. I used one of my favorite Echo Park Lori Whitlock designed paper lines called Sweet Baby Girl.Here is a screen shot of the cut files on my mat. You will need to cut four of the outer box and the inner box as noted in black bold type near the boxes cut files.

Here are the pieces that you will have once you have cut everything for your project.

I always start my projects by folding the score lines as you can see by the photo above.

For the inner box you are going to want to glue the tabs from the back of the box to the side of the box.

Next you will glue the back flap into the box.

Next you will glue down the front flap into the box.

Lastly, you will glue in to the box the two last flaps and your inner box is done.

Now onto the outer box.

There are flaps along the bottom of the box cut file and you will be gluing the tabbed pieces together and leaving the flaps alone for now.

Here you can see that I have started to glue together the tabs on the outside box and am ready to glue the last side onto the box with the flaps left alone for now.

Here you can see that I glued together the last part of the box and the flaps are open and at the top. They are going to get glued into the box and will make a lovely clean box with smooth insides which allows the inner box to slide easily in and out.

And that is how you put together both of the boxes. Next, you will stack the four outer boxes two by two and glue them all together. Make sure that you put enough glue to hold them together. Lastly, you are going to glue on your accent pieces to finish off your box. You could also add any cute embellishments that you want.

Hugs,

Anita

Bless This Home Sign Tutorial with Cathy

September 6, 2018September 1, 2018

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

August 30, 2018August 17, 2018

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.

Curl petals away from you using your wooden kitchen skewer. This is the same motion that you would use to curl birthday ribbon.
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.
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

A5 Planner Dashboard Tutorial with Aimee

August 23, 2018August 16, 2018

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.