Tutorial – Page 83 – Lori Whitlock

Creating a Dry Erase Board with Kathy

August 13, 2015July 25, 2016

Hi everyone! It’s Kathy today with a fun tutorial to create a dry erase board. I can’t believe we are almost back to school, this summer has flown by! I thought that this project would be perfect for the inside of a locker, or on a dorm room door! It was really easy to put together… check it out…

I started by enlarging one of the tags from Lori’s 4 Basic Tags File (here in Silhouette Store). I made sure it was narrow enough to fit into a school locker. I also used pieces from Lori’s A2 Shaped Card Butterfly (here in Silhouette Store ) & A2 Shaped Card Flower ( here in Silhouette Store ) as embellishments to my board.

Next I adhered all of the pieces together…

I placed the whole project into a laminating sleeve. which I then ran through my laminator. If you do not have a laminator, you can bring your project to a nearby office supply store. Most have laminating services.

I trimmed the excess laminate, leaving about 1/8″ around the edge.

To finish the board, I added some Velcro to hold the dry erase pen to the board, and a ribbon to hang the board.

The board cleans off easily with a dry cloth! The fun part is you can customize the board using different shapes and colors…it could be used for boys or girls!

That’s it for me today, thanks so much for stopping by!

Tags… not just for gifts anymore!

July 30, 2015July 20, 2016

Hi Everyone, it’s Kathy today with a fun, new way to use one of Lori’s files! As soon as I saw the Gift Tag Set (here in the Silhouette Store) I thought that it would make a fun Mini Album! The tags are the perfect size for smaller photos including those adorable Instax photos! Take a peek at what I created….

I started by cutting the file for the box and tags and assembling them. I then printed out some fun Instant pictures of my kitties.

(A little hint when choosing a patterned paper for your box… make sure that the print looks ok upside down! Otherwise the back of your box will have the pattern going the wrong way!)

To decorate the front of my box, I used pieces from Lori’s Cat Belly Box (here in the Silhouette Store) to make my kitty faces… and added some stickers and alphas from the collection I used. On to creating my “pages”… I simply added my pictures and some embellishments to each Tag, and gathered them all together with a ring and some ribbon! It went together so quickly!

Here are some close-ups of the Tag Pages…

You could make a quick and easy mini using the Gift Tag Set to showcase some vacation photos or maybe a little brag book for a new mom or grandparent! It goes together very quickly and the results are so fun! That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

Tear Strip Card Tutorial with Tya

July 16, 2015July 25, 2016

Hi there Lori Whitlock fans! It’s Tya here to share with you a super fun tutorial. If you are looking to spice up your handmade cards – look no further! I am going to share with you how to make a card with a tear away strip on it. It is so fun and easy! Let me show you how I did it!

So I was looking on a Pinterest board for cool and creative card ideas and I stumbled upon this cool business card and knew I had to see if I could do the same on a regular card.

And imagine my surprise when I found that Lori had designed a file for the Silhouette with not one but FOUR different tear away strips! I was so excited to try it out and share with you how to do it –

LW-Scalloped-Card-Envelope-Set

First off – find a card base that you like – I used a scalloped edge card – add the card base and the tear strip cut files on the workspace-

I added the tear away strip to the bottom right edge of my card base. Make sure that you get the edge of the tear away strip right flush with the edge of the paper so that it will tear all the way off. (See below)

Now let’s choose a sentiment. Using the draw a rectangle tool (the rectangle shape on the top, left side of the side toolbar) draw a rectangle about and inch high and as wide as your card base. Type out your sentiment. (I used the print and cut feature, but you can use your word processing program instead if you prefer). Cut this out.

Now to make sure it lines up with your tear away strip, I like to lift up the edge slightly as shown and then lay the sentiment down to the inside of the card base.

Now that we have our sentiment down, its time to decorate the front. I used Lori’s darling I Love Sunshine line from Echo Park to make my cards.

This technique is really quite easy, but I think it packs a lot of punch and is a fun way to add an interactive element to your cards. Kids will love this!

Here are the cards close up – Before the tear strip is torn off –

And after!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you all have a great day!

Supplies used:

I Love Sunshine Collection

Scallop Card/ Envelope Set – LW Store, Silhouette

Tear Strips- LW Store,Silhouette

Circle Square Card Bases- Silhouette, LW Store

LW Jumbo Font- Silhouette, LW Store

LW Lizzy Font – Silhouette

Strawberry Card Tutorial with Traci

June 17, 2015July 13, 2016

Hi Lori fans! It’s Traci from Artsy Albums and I’m glad to be back on Lori’s blog today with a fun tutorial for making cards out of Lori’s cute new strawberry files. I’ll show you two different card styles today and lots of “how to” pictures … so let’s get started!

These adorable strawberry designs are actually “print & cut” designs, but we are going to cut all of the pieces for a more layered look.

Let’s start with the first flip up Strawberry Jar card. First, I opened the design and created an offset to make my card base. I set my offset around the jar to 0.125.

Once I had the offset for the jar, I created a mirror image. I went to the Replicate button and clicked “Mirror Above”.

I moved my two jars tops together and welded them so that I could fold the shape in half to create the card base. I also used the type tool to type my sentiment for a print and cut. (You can search Lori’s site for lots of Print & Cut tutorials if needed). When you are ready to cut your shape, be sure that “cut edge” is highlighted in your cut setting window.

Once my white card base was cut, I cut out the other pieces and layered them on the front of the card. Again, since this was originally created as a print design, you will want to be sure that “cut edge” is highlighted in your cut setting window before cutting out each piece. By the way, the paper I used is from an Echo Park collection called Jack & Jill (Jill) designed by Lori also!

The second design is a pull-out card. First, I opened the design and ungrouped all of my pieces.

I located the solid “basket” piece first and moved everything else off of my software mat. Next, I created an internal offset (setting .20) so that I would have a card base that would be small enough to slide back into the basket.

Once I had the inset piece for the basket, I created an offset on each of the three strawberries so that when I cut the card, the strawberries would have a white edge. I then welded the strawberry offsets to my basket inset. To simplify, you are welding a smaller basket and three larger strawberries together. (Ignore my second set of strawberries in the photo … you don’t need them).

Once you have the strawberries welded to your basket inset, you can add a sentiment with the type tool if desired and then do a print & cut for the base of the card.

For the card pocket, locate the original blue “basket” piece and create a mirror image above the shape.

Move the pieces so that they touch along the future fold line. Weld them together and cut the piece out. Now you should have a basket piece that looks like the photo below. Fold the piece in half and add adhesive along the right and left sides to create a pocket. Leave the top free of adhesive so that the white card you created in previous steps can slide down into the pocket.

Finally, cut out the remaining pieces of the basket and strawberries and adhere them to your base card and pocket. So Cute!

Thanks so much for letting me share these two cards with you. I hope you found the tutorial helpful! I would love to have you stop by my blog at Artsy Albums sometime! Tell me you found me here at Lori’s and leave me a comment to introduce yourself!

Link to Strawberry File Set

Permanent Vinyl Tutorial with Kathy

June 11, 2015July 13, 2016

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with a fun tutorial using Permanent Adhesive Vinyl to customize some wine glasses! We have some good friends with a pool who gave us an open invitation to swim this summer! I wanted to give them a little something as a thank you for their generosity. I found these acrylic wine glasses at HomeGoods and thought they’d be the perfect gift!

It was so simple to add the little fish from Lori’s Island Paradise Set (here in the Silhouette Store).

1. I started with some Acrylic Wine Glasses (good for the pool area, they don’t shatter!) and some colorful permanent (outdoor) vinyl sheets.

2. Load your design onto the virtual mat and size it for your object. I added a rectangle around them to make it easier to remove the unwanted pieces of vinyl from around the design without wasting vinyl. Change the cut settings to Vinyl. (blade depth of 2)

3. Place the vinyl onto the mat and feed it into the Cameo. You can omit the mat if you’re using a 12″ sheet (choose load media), but I’m used to using my mat when I use smaller pieces of vinyl.

4. Once the design is out, peel away the unwanted pieces of the vinyl.

5. I cut the eyes from white and black vinyl and peeled the back off the vinyl and added them to my fish. It was easy to do this with simple, little pieces. I thought it would be easier to add the eye layer before placing the fish on the glass. For more complex or intricate designs you would want to use transfer tape to add any layers.

6. Transfer tape makes it easy to place a design on your object. First cut a piece about the same size as your design. Peel one edge of the tape from the backing and place the tape on the edge of the vinyl backing. Peel it off, while pressing it over the design.

7. Once the back is completely off, rub your scraper over the design to make sure it all sticks to the tape.

8. Peel the tape off, the design should come with it. If it doesn’t, press it back down and go over it again with your scraper.

9. Place the tape with your design over the glass. Starting from the center of the design, start pressing onto your glass. Move outward, pressing out any air bubbles. Once the design is down rub over it with your fingers again to make sure it’s on securely.