Lori Whitlock

February CT Blog Hop

February 11, 2025February 12, 2025

We’re so excited to kick off the February 2025 Creative Team Blog Hop and get this month rolling with lots of crafting inspiration! Our talented team has been busy creating beautiful new projects that will spark your creativity throughout this season.

To make this month extra special, we’re offering an exclusive 30% OFF SALE at Lori’s SVG SHOP on all digital files and commercial licenses until Saturday, February 15th! Simply use the code FEB2025 (it’s case-sensitive!) to grab your favorites at a fantastic price.

We’ve also got a special freebie and an exciting giveaway waiting for you! Keep reading…

As a big thank you for joining the hop and spreading some Valentine’s cheer, we’ve got a special gift just for you! For TODAY ONLY, you can grab this adorable Bobble Head Bee Card SVG file completely FREE. Just add it to your cart, and it’s yours at checkout—no strings attached!

This week, I’ve been spending time out of state with my 93-year-old father, so I didn’t have time to design new files. But I’ve enjoyed every moment with my dad—he’s a wonderful role model who taught me the value of hard work. Thanks, Dad! I’m really sorry I don’t have any fresh designs this week. However, don’t worry I’ll have some next week—but for now, be sure to check out the shop for our adorable Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and Easter SVG files!

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How about a giveaway? You’re in luck! Enter our giveaway below, and we’ll announce the winner on the entry form right here on this blog post. Keep an eye on your inbox—you might be the lucky winner!

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And, last but certainly not least… ready for some amazing inspiration? Check out the creative projects from our talented team! Just click the links below for some wintery crafting magic. If you get lost, no worries—just come back here and pick up where you left off: Lori Whitlock (you are here), Traci Penrod, Cathy Harper, Sue Kment, Noelene Apap . and Tamara Tigchelaar.

Thanks again for dropping by! Have a GREAT day!

~Lori

Bee-utiful Day! Layout

February 10, 2025February 24, 2025

Happy Monday everyone! I have some fun layouts to share with you today featuring Lori’s Bee Happy Collection, This collection is just pure joy as are these pictures of me and my besties visiting the Friends set in Denver a couple years ago. We had the best time. Oh the memories of that trip!

For the first layout I used this Shaped Bee Card in Lori’s Shop or here in the Silhouette store, and I just used the top layer to create this little guy and I used 11 Hearts in Lori’s Shop or here in the Silhouette Store, for all the little hearts scattered and stitched on the layout.

And for this next layout with that famous door to Monica’s apartment…I used just the top layer of the Flower Shaped Mother’s Day Card in Lori’s Shop or here in the Silhouette Shop,

Flower shaped mothers day card, I love it on this page!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cathy

5X7 Envelope Box Card Valentine’s Flowers Letters Tutorial

February 6, 2025February 24, 2025

Hi! How is your day?

Today I’m sharing a tutorial for this darling Valentines Flower Card (SVG, Silhouette). I used the Echo Park’s Valentine’s Day Collection designed by Lori.

1.First cut all the pieces.

2. Make all the flowers and adhere them to the leaf piece.

3. Crease the tabs.

4. Layer and adhere the envelope pieces. Take notice that the hearts lay under the front of piece of the envelope.

5. Adhere the panels to the card base.

6. Adhere the smaller envelopes to the card base.

7. Adhere the sentiment and add the leaf layer into the card.

This is such a fun Valentine’s Day card. Hope you enjoy it.

Ashley

Two Peas in a Pod Album

February 3, 2025February 24, 2025

Hey friends! Traci here and today, I’m sharing a pea pod shaped mini album that I made using one of Lori’s adorable cutting files called Valentine Pun Stickers (SVG, Silhouette).
This file has lots of cute images and sayings. I chose the two peas in a pod and made the peas removable! What a perfect little scrapbook for photos of best friends, twins, a parent and their “mini me” child, or a sweet couple.

Ha! How cute is this? I love the little peas!! To start, I sized the shape to 14″ wide x 5″ high and cut the front and back covers out of white acrylic. But, you could use white card stock or chipboard instead.

Next, I cut the peas and pod shapes out of green cardstock by Bazzill (guacamole) and Doodlebug Design (limeade and citrus).

I added pink enamel dots to their cheeks and used black card stock for their eyes and smiles. For the title, I chose black Alphabet Soup stickers (Doodlebug) and added red heart puffy stickers on either end.

I wanted the little peas to be removable so, I left space in between the pod’s green papers to tuck them into. You could always add more peas if you’d like and change the title to Three (or Four) Peas in a Pod.

The backside of the peas can be used as a photo mats. Add pictures of mom or dad and their little mini me, best friends who finish each other’s sentences, twins or siblings who share the same looks or mannerisms, a couple, or your sweet pets that can’t live without each other.

Inside the album, I made 4 white card stock pages. To cut these, I had to turn the shape diagonally on the 12×12 inch piece of
paper in order for it to fit.

Here are a couple of pictures of the inside …

I covered each white page in colorful papers and added different shaped photo mats for interest

Then, I had fun embellishing the pages with lots of cute die cuts and stickers. To see ALL of the pages in this mini album, visit my blog at Artsy Albums.

Be sure to check out Lori’s Valentine Pun Stickers Cutting File (SVG, Silhouette). These super cute designs can be used in so many ways … like fun shaped mini albums! Have a crafty day. 😊

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Valentine Birdhouse Tutorial

January 30, 2025January 29, 2025

Hello Crafty Friends, today I want to share a Valentine themed Birdhouse I made using the Double Decker Birdhouse from the Lori Whitlock 5 Birdhouse Set (SVG).

The original file has one bird but I wanted to add another bird to make them look like love birds, so to start off with I copy & pasted the bird. Then I horizontally flipped the bird so that it was facing the original.

I did the same with the bird on the branch, then I used the knife tool to make 2 cuts to separate the bird from the branch. I then deleted the branch & used only the bird to cut.

After cutting all my pieces on my Silhouette Cameo & put together my birds onto the branch. You will need to trim the excess branch from the back panel of the extra bird we created before glueing him onto the main branch.

Next I took the larger part of the house which is the bottom & glued the side flaps together.

Once these were dry I proceeded to glue down the roof first by glueing down the bigger piece then following the smaller roof piece on top.

Next I took the smaller bird house & glued the side flaps together. Then I glued it down onto the bottom half of the birdhouse that we have already put together. Once this was dry I finished off by glueing the 3 roof panels starting from the largest on the bottom.