Lori Whitlock

Digital Life Cards and Print Elements with the Cricut Explore with Karin

July 13, 2016July 14, 2016

I worked on a series of videos to show you how I am using Lori Whitlock’s digital life cards in my Project Life binder. I combined the videos into the one below and will add another in two weeks showing how far I have progressed in a very short time.

I had started a Project Life binder in 2012 and had it very well organized, but then I never kept it up. Since it is now so much later, I have decided that I won’t organize the binder by date. Instead I will just work through all my images and journalling using digital life cards and make my binder look nice and complete the project.

I downloaded a bunch of Lori’s digital files from Snap Click Supply Co.

I literally have hundreds of files to work with so I need to organize them before I get started. I used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to do this because it makes it so easy to find what I need. Also, if I want to tag elements for specific topics or themes, Lightroom makes this very easy. The image above shows how the thumbnails look in Lightroom.

The image above shows how I took an element, uploaded it into Design Space, cleaned away the outer white area to have the scalloped edge and inner portions as a print element that I cut out with my Cricut Explore.

In my video, I show you how I set up the element in the upper left corner of the print then cut image above to use it as a card in a 3×4 pocket.

This image shows you how the cutting line goes around the outside of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to check back in two weeks when I post a flip through of my Project Life binder so far.

July Creative Team Blog Hop and New in Shop

July 12, 2016July 11, 2016

Welcome to our June 2016 Creative Team Blog Hop! Our creative team has some awesome new projects to share with you to get you in the crafting mood. In addition, I have some FUN new files for you! Be sure to check them out below.

One thing customers seem to like about blog hop week is our 30% OFF SALE going on at Lori’s SVG SHOP. ALL files (and commercial licenses) from Lori Whitlock, Kolette Hall, and Dresden Carrie are on SALE. Use code JUN2016 (case sensitive) at checkout in the SVG SHOP. (only one discount code per order allowed)

In addition, TODAY ONLY, you can get 30% OFF all of my digital files over at Snap Click Supply! Use code DIGIJUN16 at checkout to get the discount!

I also have a gift for you! TODAY ONLY, You can get this fun 3 Popsicles file for FREE! So, be sure to go grab it while you can from the SVG shop.

And don’t forget about the July Kit of the Month! If you spend $20 in the SVG Shop (in one transaction) you can get the Kit of the Month for free! Simply add the July Kit of the Month to your shopping cart along with ANY $20.00+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. These would be perfect for summer celebrations! Be sure to use Coupon Code: JULYKOTM (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through July 31st!

(Your cart must reach at least $20.00 before the coupon will be applied and then $7.95 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)

How would you like to win a $20 Gift card to my SVG Shop?

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This past Saturday I hosted a special event at my house. I have never done anything like this before. It’s been in the works for months and I’m so excited to share it with you. Crafter’s Home (a group of store owners) is in town and they went on a studio tour all day Saturday. My home/studio was one of the stops on their itinerary! It was an honor to get to meet all these amazing crafters/business owners and get to know them.

The event was truly a community effort! Sarah with Crafter’s Home prepared and served the food, Sizzix sponsored the event and their designers made all of the decorations along with goodie bags, Echo Park Paper was also a sponsor, presented and provided goodies to take home. I taught a workshop where we made two cards from my new summer 2016 release with Sizzix using my Echo Park paper.

I also had have my office ready for the studio tour. And, last but certainly not least, my sweet husband has been grooming the yard and giving the garden some TLC for the past few months so that we could host the event. And, my two daughters were super helpful with setting up and serving the meal. Thanks everyone that helped pull this event off. It truly was teamwork!

Imagine the surprise on the neighbors faces when a charter bus pulled into the neighborhood. About forty to fifty people attended the event.

We enjoyed a lovely BBQ dinner with mason jars for lemonade and the cutest table decorations made with many of my Sizzix dies along with dies from other designers like Eileen Hull and Jo Packham (Where Women Cook)!

At the end of the event we took groups into my studio for a quick tour. Let me just say… there’s nothing like an event like this to get you organized and cleaned up. Now I’m afraid to go back to work because I really don’t want to mess it up again. HaHa!!

So, needless to say being gone for the fourth of July and then getting ready for this event has kept me pretty busy for the past couple of weeks. So, unfortunately there are no new releases this week. But, that’s OK because I have lots of new ideas flowing and will have time to devote to it this week. So, watch for new things coming this week.

And, last but not least… would you like to see what our amazing team has created? Click the links below for some wonderful inspiration. If you get lost come back here to get on track. Lori Whitlock ,Mendi Yoshikawa Kathy Skou Courtney Lee Ashley Cook Thanks again for dropping by! Have a GREAT day!

Graduation Card with Courtney

July 11, 2016June 28, 2016

Hello! This is Courtney Lee from Court’s Crafts here with a graduation card that I made for my brother in law. You can pin this for the future or if you missed a graduation send a late card! Better late than never! 🙂

For the front of my card I cut the “green panel” a second time out of white so that I could use my Cricut pens on the front. The difference between maroons is because he went to undergrad at Harvard and just finished his post graduate work at MIT. He’s a smarty pants. 🙂

Here is what the card looks like from the side. I love the dimension and it’s amazing how it folds flat!

I added his name to the mailbox, a graduation scroll and a pile of books. The latter two were stickers in my stash. I also copied the front of the mailbox and made it smaller so that I could make it look like an open mailbox.

I added writing to the bottom of the card too so that basically all we had to do was sign it. “If only it was this easy…” refers to getting the diploma in the mail. Wouldn’t it be nice if it was that easy!? 🙂

Thank you for looking and I hope you have a beautiful day!

Recipe:
(Store) Lori Whitlock’s Mailbox Pop-up Card Cut File
(Silhouette Store) Lori Whitlock’s Mailbox Pop-up Card Cut File
Cricut Explore Air + Cricut Pen in Midnight
Lori Whitlock for Echo Park: Happy Summer: Flocking Feathers (HS105005)
Lori Whitlock for Echo Park: Happy Summer: Summer Blossoms (HS105010)
Lori Whitlock for Echo Park: Pinstripes 6×6 Paper Pad
Vellum
Solid Carstock

July Off the Page Challenge with Paper Issues

July 9, 2016July 6, 2016

It’s time for the July Off the Page Challenge over in the Paper Issues Friends and Fans Facebook Group! This month’s challenge is all about summer and summer celebrations! We are looking for all of your paper projects with a summer theme… 4th of July, Canada Day, patriotic & military welcome home/send off parties, pool party, picnic, beach theme… Invitations, cards, favors, banners, gifts, décor… any paper project that isn’t a traditional layout will work! Of course, we would love you to use Lori Whitlock files! For my project, I used the 3D USA Décor Blocks from the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop. (Here in the Silhouette Store)

I thought these were so cute, and although they were done for the 4th of July, I can see them sitting on my shelf all year long!

Be sure to play along with this challenge by posting your project in the July Challenges Album in the Paper Issues Friends and Fans Facebook Group in the comments under this project. Each project posted will give you an entry to win a $10 Gift Card to the Paper Issues Store! You have until August 1st to enter! I can’t wait to see what you create!

Oven Cookie Box Assembly

July 7, 2016May 24, 2017

Hi everyone! Corri here today with a quick assembly tutorial for Lori’s adorable oven cookie box. This cute box can hold a stack of cookies plus something else in the drawer. So fun!

Let’s get started.

The pieces in the file are sorted by color. These are the light pink pieces which form the base of the oven box.

Fold along all the score lines, apply glue to the tabs to make the individual boxes that form the oven.

You will end up with the lid, the oven, the two pieces that make up drawer and the little part where the oven dials go. You can add some brads or enamel dots where the little holes are before closing up the tabs.

Glue the oven portion on top of the drawer part. You will use cover panels to hide the seams in the next step.

Next you can cut the cover pieces (they are dark pink in the file). These can be from patterned paper. You can cut them all on one 12 x 12 sheet. I used this cute polka dot print from the Echo Park’s Happy Summer Collection.