Corn Dog Food Truck Box Card

Hello everyone!

I am so excited to be joining Lori Whitlock’s design team!! My name is Marcia (pronounced Mar-see-ah) Dehn-Nix and I am a cut file junkie. I live in Minnesota with my husband and numerous cats and dogs as I am a foster failure as well as a stray magnet. We also have three adult children who have left us empty nesters as they have ventured into the world. I am a software engineer currently working from home. In my free time when I am not playing with paper, I like to take the dogs for walks, garden, and cook.  You can find me here on social media …

Marcia’s Twitter:       https://twitter.com/marciadehnnix

One of my favorite things to make are box cards. I love to see people’s faces when I gift them and then watch as they pick their jaws up off the ground as they ask…”You made this?”.  So for my first project I decided to make the Corn Dog Food Truck Box Card found here; ( Lori Whitlock SVG Shop / Silhouette Store ).

Due to Covid, there will be no state fair in Minnesota this year and this is the week it would have opened. I am truly missing all my state fair food favorites including corn dogs! I may have to go in search of a a food truck. I kept very close to the original color scheme when making my box card.

These are so fun to make and give. I hope you will give one a try. There are lots of other box card styles available so be sure to check out Lori Whitlock’s Shop. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a great week!

~Marcia

Friday $5 SVG Bundle Ends at Midnight!

This awesome Friday $5 Bundle 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.

Be sure to pick up THIS Get Well Themed Bundle bundle including 5 SVG files for just $5!

The cost of this bundle is $5, for $9.95 worth of SVG files, over a 49% savings! But don’t wait, this bundle will only be around until TODAY at midnight!

Have a great day!

A New Friday $5 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 Get Well Themed bundle including 5 SVG files for just $5**!

 

The cost of this bundle is $5, for $9.95 worth of SVG files, over a 49% 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!

Purse with Pocket Tutorial

Hi there paper crafting friends!  It’s Michelle Starcher, aka the Bookish Designer, popping in on the blog to walk you through the steps to create Lori’s Purse with Pocket  (SVG, Silhouette). In this photo tutorial, I will break down the steps to create this super cute project for all those purse lovers out there.  I used papers from Lori’s All-Girl collection from Echo Park Paper Co.  I just love the colors in that collection!

After uploading the SVG file to the Cricut Design Studio, I needed to make a few changes, so that it would cut correctly with my Cricut Maker. Below you will find the steps I took to prepare the file for cutting.

  1. Ungroup the SVG file.
  2. Ungroup any portions that have cut/score marks. I had to do this for the purse base, the front pocket, the purse handles, and the handle attachment pieces.
  3. Attach the cut/score marks to the main image. Again, I had to do this for the purse base, the front pocket, the purse handles, and the handle attachment pieces.
  4. Once you are done attaching all of the cut/score marks, you are ready to cut your project pieces.  When I sent my pieces to my Maker, I was informed that the purse base exceeded 11.5″ and that I would need to resize or use a 12×24″ cutting mat.  Luckily, I had a mat and cardstock in that size.  If you don’t, you may need to resize your project before starting.  If so, resize before you ungroup the SVG to make sure that all of the elements keep their proportions.

After cutting all of the project pieces, I folded all the pieces with cut/score marks.  Then I adhered the floral paper to the purse base and pocket as shown.  Make sure you line up the holes for the straps on the front and back panels.  I placed a small amount of adhesive along the edges of the purse base and pocket and assembled those pieces.

Once the purse is assembled, it is time to add the handles.  You will need 8 mini brads to attach the handles.  I started with the “metal” pieces that attach to the base of the purse, and then added the handles.

I attached the front pocket, using a slightly larger brad on the pocket.  I used a small piece of Velcro to the pocket and the flap, so that it could be opened and closed (you can also use a glue dot)   After the front pocket was attached, I added the flowers to the purse handle.  To assemble the flower, stack the three flowers, slightly off centered from the other flowers.  Then stack the three starbursts and adhere to the stacks of the flower.  Attach the leaf to the back of the flower, and then adhere the entire flower to the purse strap.

I hope you enjoyed making the Purse with Pocket  (SVG, Silhouette) as much as I did! I’ve been wanting to make this project since I saw it a couple of weeks ago.  Now, I can’t wait to fill this purse with gift cards and little trinkets for my best friend.  Do you think she’ll like it?

Until next time,

Michelle

5X7 Pop Up Flower Card

Anita here with one of Lori’s stunning pop up flower cards.  I made this card using Lori’s 5X7 Pop Up Flower Card 4 which you can find the  here in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop and here in the Silhouette Design Store.  For help with assembly, I watched Lori’s YouTube tutorial which you can find here.  I used some of Lori’s lovely Echo Park Paper collections including I Love Summer, My Favorite Christmas and All Boy.

Look how pretty this card is when open!  I can’t wait to send it off to an August birthday girl.  Be sure to check out all of Lori’s Pop Up Flower Cards  and watch the tutorial.  They are easy to put together once you watch the video.

Hugs,

Anita