Tutorial – Page 85 – Lori Whitlock

Tulip Easter Basket Tutorial with Anita

March 30, 2017March 16, 2017

Hello Everyone:

Anita here with a fun tutorial for putting together Lori’s fun 3D Flower Tulip which you can find here in her SVG Shop and here in the Silhouette Design Store. My dear friend Kathy loves the Cadbury Cream Egg candies so I made this for her. I bought a basket at Target and decorated it with Lori’s Echo Park collection called Celebrate Easter. I used the patterned paper for the flowers and leaves and the stickers and enamel dots to decorate the basket. Such a cute collection!

Here are the items that you are going to need for your project. I also used some florists foam which I cut to fit into the basket, Zip Dry Glue, some Scotch tape and a pair of wire cutters.

First, fold your flower pieces along the score line so that the fold makes a valley on the flower petal.

Glue two of the pieces together on to form the left and right petals.

Add the third petal and you’re ready to add the wire.

I cut my wire 16 inches long and then folded it in half. The flowers are two inches tall and my basket had foam and needed a 2 inch clearance to reach the top of the basket. I added four inches to allow for them to stand up and that is how I arrived at the 16″long, 8″ folded measurement.

I flipped the tulip petal group over and taped on the wire. This seemed to hold better than glue.

I added the remaining 2 tulip petals, for a total of 5 for each tulip. You are now ready to wrap the wire.

For the samples in the shop, Lori used floral tape to wrap her tulip stem. I decided to use washi tape which had the same pattern as the leaves. I wrapped the whole stem to the bottom.

Once I finished wrapping the stem I added one leaf at a time with some wet adhesive and nestled the second leaf into the first.

I then wrapped some washi tape around the bottom of the leaves to hide where they come out of the stem.

Here is a close up of the basket with my completed flowers. These tulips were so quick and easy to make! I hope that you have a chance to check out Lori’s SVG Shop to see what other adorable Easter items she has created.

Hugs,

Anita

Early St.Pat’s Day Wish with Lezlye

March 16, 2017March 16, 2017

Happy early St. Pat’s Day! These center box card files are so much fun. They make for a nice stand up card on someone’s desk or table.

I love the print and cut sentiments that come with the cards! Here is the process for print and cut using Cricut. First you need to ungroup your images. Then select the whole sentiment piece and click attach. In addition, click the scissors and change it to print.

When you select cut, Cricut will prompt you to put your paper in your printer to print. When printed, place this paper on your mat when prompted to cut. Print and Cut is a nice feature ! Could you imagine cutting and gluing all those little letters?

These are all the pieces of the card cut out. I added some inking and Stickles, then easily put it all together. If you need more help with the assembly, you can see Lori’s Center Box Card Tutorial here. The papers are from a few different Echo Park collections, designed by Lori. I’ve listed them below.

I hope you’ll head on over to Lori’s Shop and give these a try! They do make you smile and you could make someone else smile by sharing your creation with them.

Have a great Day!

Here are the links to the files and papers I used.

Center Box Card ( In the Silhouette Store here)

Echo Park Paper

Celebrate Easter

I Love Family

I Love Winter

Happiness is Homemade
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Paper Succulents Tutorial with Kathy

March 2, 2017March 1, 2017

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with a tutorial showing how to assemble Lori’s new Cactus and Succulents! I was so excited to see these in the shop, finally plants even I can’t kill! I couldn’t decide which one I liked best, so I made a trio of them, and will show you how easy they are to assemble!

I started with the 3D Cactus (here in the Silhouette Store). I cut the pieces, then embossed the “leaves” to give them a bit more texture.

To assemble the pot, fold the sides up and around the base, glue the sides to the tabs on the base, tabs inside.

For the cactus, start by folding each piece in half along the score line. I found it easiest to glue the pieces together in pairs, then glue all of the pairs together to form the plant.

The last part is the flower. I started by curling the petals of each flower layer around a thin wood stick to give them some dimension. Stack the flowers, with glue dots between the layers. I finished it off with an enamel dot. Using a glue dot, add to the top of the finished cactus.

To put it all together, I added some washi tape trim to the pot, and then filled the pot with some Spanish moss. I added the cactus on top, securing with glue dots where necessary.

Next I decided to make the Succulent 2 file (here in the Silhouette Store). Again, I cut the pieces and then embossed the leaves. I also curled the leaves around the handle to my Silhouette Spatula for a more natural look.

The square pot is pretty simple to assemble. I started by gluing the decorative edges to the pot base. Next, fold the sides up and glue in place using the tabs. Tabs are glued on the inside of the pot.

For the succulent, layer the leaves, using glue dots in between, smallest on top to largest on bottom, staggering the leaves to fill in the empty spaces.

The assembly of the whole project is the same as above, fill the pot with Moss, and add the succulent to the top, securing with glue dots where necessary. Using your fingers, arrange and bend the leaves to make them look more natural.

The last succulent is called Succulent 5 in Lori’s Shop (here in the Silhouette Store). I cut the pieces and embossed the leaves.

When creating any 3D project which is round, I find it easier to run the rounded piece along the edge of my desk to make it curve. This makes it easier to shape it. I did this with the sides piece of the pot. I formed a circle with the sides piece and glued into place, tab inside. I let it set a bit using a clothes pin to hold it in place. I then glued the circle bottom in place.

For this succulent, I curled the petals of each layer using the handle of my Silhouette Spatula. I then layered them smallest on top to largest, using pop dots between the layers to give it more height. To finish, I used my fingers to fold up the petals to make it look more real.

Again, I added some washi tape and moss to the pot, and held the succulent in place using some glue dots.

I now have a cute trio of succulents to decorate my craft room! That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek.

Happiness is Homemade Gift Box with Anita

February 23, 2017February 20, 2017

Anita here with a quick and easy tutorial to put together Lori’s Matchbox Drawer Card-Cooking. You can find this cut file here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette Design Store. It is such a cute box and you can fit many little treats in it. It would be a great thank you gift for a good deed done.

First, cut the pieces of the box. I cut one extra rectangle because I wanted my box top to use the lovely Happiness is Homemade collection from Echo Park Paper. I also used one of the die cut cardstock pieces from the matching Ephemera kit. I love to bake so this line was made for me.

This piece is for the main box. Fold it along the score lines and glue it together. It is easiest to glue the tabs in place first and then glue down the ends as you will see in the photos below.

Here the completed box.

Fold the outer wrap for the box on the score lines and glue the tab to the end of the strip.

These are the pieces for the card top.

To make the tab, fold a 3″ piece of ribbon in half and glue it between the two layers of paper when you glue the inner piece inside the card.

You can see where I put the Die Cut from the Happiness is Homemade Echo Park Collection by Lori. It’s so cute.

Here is a view of the slide for the box.

And here we have the completed pieces. This box went together very quickly and Lori has so many different designs for many occasions to choose from. Lastly, you will embellish your box with the cute baking tools that are part of this cut file. Hope you have a chance to get creative today.

Hugs,

Anita

3D Flowers Tutorial with Kathy

February 16, 2017February 16, 2017

Hi Everyone! It’s Kathy today with a quick tutorial showing how to assemble some of the new 3D Flowers! Lori has a lot of Flowers and recently released a few more…

They are really very simple to assemble, and I just want to show you a couple of tricks to make them look more like a real flower. I chose 3D Flower 24 (here in Silhouette)for this purpose.

First, you want to cut your pieces, and find a brad that is a good size for the size you’ve made your flower. Remember, all of these flowers can be sized in your cutting software to meet the needs of your project.

Next, to get more volume in your flowers, you want to curl the petals. I use the handle of my Silhouette Spatula to do this, but you could use a pencil, or some other round tool. You can also ink the edges of the flowers to give them a more variegated look.

Once your petals and leaves are curled, you can start assembling your flower. I start by stacking my petal layers by size. You want to start with the smallest petals. Thread them onto the brad, making sure to alternate the petals to fill in the spaces and make your flower look fuller.

For my flower, I threaded the first 4 sizes of petals on with the flowers curled up. I flipped the last 2 layers so they curled down. This gave my flower a little more of a dome shape.

After all your petals are threaded onto the brad, add your leaves, and open the tines of the brad to secure it.

To finish the flower, use your fingers to “fluff” up the petals, and fold the very center petals up and around the brad. The flower is now ready to add to your project! These flowers can be added to frames, cards, scrapbook layouts… the possibilities are endless!