Easter Basket Card Set with Lorrie + Daily Freebie

April 7, 2014April 3, 2014

Hi there! It’s Lorrie here and I’m so excited to join the paper team!

I couldn’t wait to make this easter basket/card set. It’s super easy using Lori Whitlock’s SVG files.

First I created the basket using the Easter Basket 7. I didn’t resize or alter it in anyway. I simply opened it in the Silhouette Software,

separated the pieces by color, cut, then assembled.

Next, I embellished the basket with the 3D Flower Set 11. I sprayed the flowers with glitter spray before assembling, then secured to the easter basket with the center brad.

I finished it off with a cute little tag tied with baker’s twine.

This card was made with Easel Card Bracket. I embellished it with Happy Easter sentiment which I made using LW Sugar Font on a banner from the Banner Set 3. I secured the banner with foam adhesive to support the easel part of the card.

I added extra dimension to all of the flowers by using a pencil to help curl the petals and even added a bit of foam adhesive behind some of the petals just to keep the layers separated.

It’s so fun to make matching gift sets and easy to do just by copying one embellishment to both objects.

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New at Jessica Sprague

April 4, 2014April 3, 2014

Big news at JessicaSprague this week. ALL of the digital product sold at her site has moved to Snap Click Supply Co. The same sales will be active, both $1 Wednesday AND the 25% off new products the weekend they launch. The only changes are the website and usability. We have had a chance to play with the site and it is really nice. I hope you will like it too.

This week at we have some fun Mod Embellishments to share with you. These beauties coordinate perfectly with the other Mod products in the shop and they are 25% off this weekend only, so grab them while they are on sale.

MOD EMBELLISHMENTS

Mod Papers Multicolored by Lori Whitlock

Life Templates SQ Set 1 by Lori Whitlock
Mod Elements by Lori Whitlock
LW Friendly Font by Lori Whitlock

And don’t forget your daily freebie, grab it here. Join us again on Monday for our next freebie and have a great weekend.

Silhouette Tutorial: Creating Stitching Templates with Mendi + Freebie

April 3, 2014March 21, 2016

Hi there! It’s Mendi here and ‘m so excited to be sharing a new Silhouette trick today showcasing how you can create stitching templates using all your favorite cutting files!

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE to add touches of hand stitching on my projects! I adore the homemade look it gives my cards and layouts! I have been brainstorming for awhile now trying to figure out the easiest way to do this on the Silhouette and I think I finally found a way that is both quick and easy. Best of all I love that it allows me to execute hand-stitching with perfectly spaced stitches every time! And better yet it doesn’t require extra money to buy and store special stitching templates–I have everything I need just using a few of my favorite cutting files of Lori’s!

One thing I forgot to point out in my video tutorial is that when you do create a stitching template, it’s very important to size your shape to the size you want it before adding your holes. If you decide to shrink it down or enlarge it later, it will affect the size of your stitching holes and you may not get the same results.

To illustrate how I created my stitching template I created a video tutorial for you. If you’d like to skip the preparation for the rest of the card and to go straight to the stitching template tutorial portion, fast forward to the 5:50 mark. 😉

To create my card today I used the following cutting files available for purchase at Lori’s shop and also in the Silhouette Store:

4 Easter Set (butterfly)
Spring Borders (grass)
Hot Air Balloon Card (clouds)
8.5×11 Backgrounds Shapes (Silhouette Store only)
3 Flowers (Silhouette Store only)

I hope I’ve inspired you to give hand-stitching a try using this fun technique. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by, you can grab your daily freebie here! Thanks for joining us this month.

Echo Park Summer Bliss Giveaway

April 2, 2014April 2, 2014

Yep, that’s right, I’m giving away my most recent paper collection, Summer Bliss!!! Most of you know that I’ve been designing paper for Echo Park Paper Company for several years now. They are a fantastic company and I’m so grateful to be part of their team! I am truly thankful to all of you for your loyal support. To thank you all for that support, I have 3 Summer Bliss Collection Kits to GIVE AWAY!! Enter through the Rafflecopter form below. You can also earn more entries for sharing the Facebook post and tagging your friends right HERE. Good luck everyone!!