Tutorial – Page 82 – Lori Whitlock

Strawberry Carton Box Card Assembly Tutorial with Tya

March 24, 2016March 23, 2016

Hi Lori Whitlock fans – its Tya today I am up on the blog to show you how to assemble the adorable new Strawberry Carton Box Card.

This is a little different than the box cards that Lori has previously came out with so I wanted to walk you through how to put this card together. Lets get started!

First off – open the file. It can be found here on the Silhouette Store or here on the Lori Whitlock site. Here’s what it looks like after I have ungrouped the box base from the leaves and strawberries.

Next, just to make things easier – Lori has numbered the leaf layers to make sure you know how the layers go front to back on the inside of the box. I’ve numbered them even bigger so you can see better.

Here are the leaf layers ungrouped by the papers I used.

Just to note – there a little yellow circles on the cut file for the flower centers, but I used some glitter dot stickers on mine instead. 🙂

For the label I did a print and cut title using Lori’s LW Brush Font

Now that all the pieces are cut out, I assembled all the pieces. I added some brown ink to the edges of the cut outs for some added dimension.

Add adhesive to the leave layers as shown.

I then assembled the box.

I then started layering the leave sections into the center of the box. The first section is glued right to the front edge of the inside of the box.

Here is the box all assembled. It folds down nice a easy so you can send it to that special someone.

This was a really fun box to put together and now that I have shown you how easy it is to assemble, I hope I have inspired you to make a few of your own! Thanks for stopping by!

Easter Bunny Flip Card with Karin

March 23, 2016March 21, 2016

Hi everyone! Karin here today sharing a video tutorial for Lori’s adorable Flip Swing Card Easter Bunny. I dressed up the Easter bunny a bit to give him a cotton tail, pink ears and nose. These flip cards look complicated, but they’re not at all. They are super simple. Watch my video below to find out just how easy they are.

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Here is my tutorial video showing you how to bring the SVG file and pattern paper into Cricut Design Space and set everything up for cutting with your Cricut Explore. Have a great day!

Easter Egg Shaped Box with Corri

March 17, 2016March 16, 2016

Hi everyone! Corri here today sharing a quick assembly tutuorial for Lori’s new Easter Egg Shaped Box. This is such a great box and it’s very deep so it could hold a lot of candy!

When you cut the file these are the pieces you’ll have.

I cut the pieces for the top of the box in pink and the bottom in the floral.

First fold in all the glue tabs on the long pieces (sides) of the top and bottom of the box.

Apply glue to the glue tab on the end of the long panel and glue ends together. Do this for the top and the bottom of the box. It will look round at this point.

Next, insert one of the egg shaped pieces inside the base of the box. Form the sides around the liner to create the egg shape. Apply glue under the glue tabs and glue in place. This part doesn’t have to be super neat since the next step will hide any excess glue that bleeds out from the edges of the tabs. Repeat this step with the lid.

Finally, glue the cover panel for both the top and bottom in place to hide the glue tabs and give your box a finished appearance. I cut a piece of acetate by hand to fit behind the egg shaped window before applying the lid cover panel. I like to apply the glue, put the panel in place and then press down from the inside to help adhere all the way to the edges.

Now you can embellish your box with stickers or additional die cuts.

Check out the shop for more fun Easter treat containers.

A2 Pop Up Cat Tree Card with Kathy

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with a quick assembly tutorial for the A2 Pop Up Cat Tree Card! (available here in the Silhouette Store) This card is adorable, and really easy to put together. This tutorial should also help you with the other Pop Up cards in Lori’s Shop, as the mechanics are basically the same! Take a peek at my card…

I love the dimension of the pop up cards, it reminds me of those fun pop up books I had when I was little! They really are pretty easy to assemble…

First, cut all of your pieces. I like to line them up to make sure I have everything!

Next, I folded the card bases along the score lines. Hint: to best fold the pop up piece, start with the pop up strips before you fold the card in half. This will eliminate any unintentional creases.

I then added the sky and grass pieces.

The next step is to adhere the pop up piece to the card base. Make sure you do not add adhesive under the strips. You want these to pop up. The easiest way to get things centered is to first align the center creases of each layer, then smooth everything down.

It’s now time to add the decorative elements. You want to make sure you only add adhesive to the lower section of the pop up strip.

When adding the cat and the tree, make sure to align the bottom edge of each element with the bottom crease of the pop up strips.

The only things left are to add the clouds and stamp your sentiment! That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek! And don’t forget, all designs in Lori’s SVG Shop are 30% off this week! Use code MAR2016 to get the discount. It’s the perfect time to get those items on your wish list!

Rolled Flower Tutorial with Corri

March 3, 2016March 2, 2016

Hi everyone! Corri here today with a quick tutorial for the rolled flowers. I love these flowers…they look great on everything!

Let’s get started…

Here’s how the flower looks when you take it off your mat. I like to ink up the edges with some distress ink.

Next, hold the end of the spiral with a pair of tweezers.

Wrap the paper spiral around the tweezers until you have it all coiled around.

You can let the flower go now. It will uncoil slightly….apply hot glue to the center of the flower and press the spiral down on to the hot glue. You could also use a quick dry glue but will have to hold the spiral in place while it dries.