Birthday Box Cards with Cathy

I have been busy this month making birthday cards for co workers and my go-to is always a box card from Lori….you simply can’t beat the WOW factor with these cards.  Everybody loves them and they make a nice keepsake to brighten up their desk too.  Also, a little secret…don’t let everyone know you make handmade cards….cause then everyone expects one…lol!  Just kidding!

I love how this one turned out….Crate Flower Box Card (SVG, Silhouette) I left the flower off the front and added Happy Birthday Banner.  I also added lots of little details with pearls and the enamel dots.  So cute!

My next card is the Cupcake Box Card 2 (SVG, Silhouette).  I have made this card several times, it’s one of my favorites, you can’t go wrong with this darling design,

And last, I have another box card that is perfect for almost any celebration … the  Coconut Drink Box Card (SVG, Silhouette).

 

Make sure to check out all of the amazing box card designs in Lori’s Shop.  Also, for help assembling Lori’s shaped box cards, see this post.  I just love making these!  They fold flat for mailing too!  They become addictive and your coworkers get addicted too!

Thanks for joining us today!  ~Cathy

Friday $5 SVG Bundle Ends at Midnight!

This awesome Friday $5Bundle is available until midnight and when it’s gone it’s gone.  These SVG files can be used with Cricut Explore, Silhouette Studio (with the Designer Edition upgrade), Scan N Cut, and any other cutter that will work with SVG files. Help spread the word by telling your friends and announcing it on social media!

Be sure to pick up this Envelope Box Card Bundle including 5 SVG files for just $5**!

The cost of this bundle is $5, for $12.95 worth of SVG files, over a 61% savings! But don’t wait, this bundle will only be around until TODAY at midnight!

** Because Friday $5 Bundles are already heavily discounted they are not eligible for further discounts including monthly, seasonal and flash sales.

Have a great day!

A New Friday $5 SVG Bundle!

Hi Everyone! Today we have a new Friday $5 Bundle! It will ONLY be available until Midnight Sunday and when it’s gone it’s gone. These SVG files can be used with Cricut Explore, Silhouette Studio (with the Designer Edition upgrade), Scan N Cut, and any other cutter that will work with SVG files. Help spread the word by telling your friends and announcing it on social media!

Now through Sunday, you can pick up this Envelope Box Card Bundle including 5 SVG files for just $5**!

 

The cost of this bundle is $5, for $12.95 worth of SVG files, over a 61% savings! But don’t wait, this bundle will only be around until Sunday at midnight!

** Because Friday $5 Bundles are already heavily discounted they are not eligible for further discounts including monthly, seasonal and flash sales.

Have a great day!

Halloween Countdown Tutorial

Hi there Lori Whitlock friends! Anyone else look forward to this time of year to do all the fun Fall/Halloween crafts? It is my favorite.

I am sharing a fun idea for a Halloween countdown today. I used my Glowforge laser cutter to  make this project out of wood but it would also be cute as a flat design cut out of paper or vinyl and applied to a premade sign blank. I also think my steps below would work for cutting this project out of chipboard if your machine does that.

The files I used are Halloween Haunted House Scene (SVG, Silhouette), Halloween Tree (SVG, Silhouette), Halloween Tombstones (SVG, Silhouette), and the Spooky Font (SVG, Silhouette).  I also used the rectangle tool in Silhouette to create my base.

For the numbered tombstones I wanted a simple shape. I used the knife tool in Silhouette to slice off the cross from the tombstone on the end.  I then typed out the numbers 0-9 and cut an extra 1,2, and 3 so that I would be able to do the higher number double digits in the count down.

I then typed out days till Halloween in the spooky font and created an offset. I welded the offset letters together and grouped them together to keep the word spacing from shifting.

With the offset letters, house scene, and the spooky trees I welded  a rectangle to the bottom of the images to create a tab to fit into the slots that I add to my base. The dimensions of the rectangles for the base are determined by the width of the material being used. If you are making a flat countdown this step is not necessary.

Once I had the tabs added to the images I created the slots in the base of the countdown. The top two small rectangles are for the spooky trees. The middle rectangle is for the house scene and the bottom rectangle is for the numbered tombstones and days till Halloween letters. I centered the skinny rectangles on the larger rectangle then spaced them as shown below. I selected all of the rectangles and created a compound path. The large black rectangle is the bottom of the base.

I cut everything out, painted, and assembled.

I really like how it turned out and my little guy cant wait to start counting down the days to Halloween. If you have any questions let us know. Thanks for stopping by!
Brandie

Off to College Stationery Set

Hi Everyone:

Happy Fall.  Hard to believe summer is at it’s end.  I wanted to put together an off to college stationery set for my niece.  I’m going to send her first care package with treats and this stationery set in it.  These cards which are linked below, the Ornate Pull Out Cards 1-9 are so pretty and so easy to put together.  The Stationery Box Big Scallops is linked below as well and is great to package up these beautiful cards.  I used Echo Park Paper A Slice of Summer collection.  Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Stationery Box Big Scallops (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 1 (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 2 (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 3 (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 4 (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 5 (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 6 (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 7 (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 8 (SVG, Silhouette)
Ornate Pull Out Card 9 (SVG, Silhouette)

Hugs,

Anita