4th of July Party with Lori’s New Sizzix Dies

Hi Everyone!  It’s Kathy today here to share a fun 4th of July Party set I created using Lori’s new Sizzix Dies!  Take a peek…

I started with the new Hello Doily Sizzix Thinlets Set to make my banner.  I simply layered two of the doilies and folded them over a piece of twine to create the banner.  It would be so cute in a doorway or along a table edge!

Next I set together to make some fun serving items.  I used the oh so versatile Mix and Match Flowers Thinlets to decorate some serving items including the napkin holder, the bucket and Straw…

The label on the milk bottle is from the new Perfect Labels Thinlets Set, I thought it would be good to let folks label their drinks to keep the bottles from getting mixed up!  The butterflies on both the bottle and the bucket can be found in the Butterfly Lantern Thinlets Set.  I think this might be my favorite set!  Check out the adorable little lantern you can make using it!

You can fit a tiny electronic tea light into the lantern, to light up your night time table!  That’s it for me today, make sure to check out all of Lori’s Sizzix Dies over on the Sizzix Website here.  You won’t be disappointed!

 
Papers Used:

Echo Park Pinstripes
Echo Park Petticoats
Echo Park Little Man

 

 

 

 

July Kit of the Month

We have a brand new special for the entire month of July! You can get this Free Kit of the Month with any $20 purchase (Purchase must be in one transaction.) 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.)

Thanks for visiting the blog today! Please let us know if you need any help with your files. We want to make sure everyone is happy with their purchase. Have a great week!

Digital Layout by Rachael

Hello, all! Welcome to the blog, and happy Independence Day weekend! This week I’d like to share a layout I created using Echo Park’s “Let’s Be Mermaids” collection, designed by Lori Whitlock:

This kit is so much fun for documenting beach days with your little sweethearts!

Enjoy your weekend, and be sure to document the amazing memories you are making!

 

 

Cricut Cut + Write Tutorial with Courtney

Hello!!! This is Courtney Lee from Court’s Crafts here with the new (and adorable) mason jar box card. I wanted to show you how to personalize it and make it your own using the cut and write feature of your Cricut Explore Air.

Change the marks on the jar lids to “write”.

Personalize by adding text.

I’m never one to throw away a die cut so… shrink the “love” to fit on the bottom.

Personalize further by adding your name. (This is going to be CUTE!!!)

See that “attach” button top right? Attach all layers together by holding down “shift” and clicking all the pieces. This will make it so the cut and write feature happens at the same time. Do the same thing with all of the other pieces just to make sure the scoring marks are attached to the correct pieces, etc.

Cut out and check it out!!!! The Cricut Explore is AMAZING with the write and cut feature (with the dual tool holder!! I did it at the SAME time!!! ugh. love..)

Check out how awesome the Cricut Explore Air did at the “cut and write” feature!!!

I adhered the “love” to the card and popped the jar top to the first layer.

Then I glued the stems to the leaves and curled the ends up on one layer. I adhered those with pop dots too.

Use the enamel dots to add dimension. Paste layer one directly to the inside front of the card.

Ink the edges of the pink flower and the yellow flower centers.

Layer 2

Card complete!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial today!!! It’s so much fun to use the Cricut Sketch pens on cards in neat and creative ways!

Recipe:

Lori Whitlock’s Shop: Box Card Mason Jar Bouquet

Silhouette Shop: Box Card Mason Jar Bouquet

Lori Whitlock’s Happy Summer collection for Echo Park Paper

Lori Whitlock’s Happy Summer Enamel Dots


Glitter is my Favorite Color with Karin

Hi everyone! Don’t you just hate when work gets in the way of having fun? That’s what it has been for me for way too many weeks now, but when I saw this design in Lori’s SVG shop, I had to use it to decorate my water bottle. You could use this design on many different things, such as a coffee mug or Yeti cup.

For this project, I used Cricut Glitter Vinyl in Crimson Red and their Premium Outdoor Glossy Vinyl in white.

I had to make sure that “Glitter” and “Favorite” cut in the exact position I had it on screen and that “is my” and “COLOR” also cut exactly where I had them placed. To do that, first I grouped all the gold letters and attached them. Then I grouped all the black letters and attached them. I changed the gold letters to red letters to remind me which words would be cut out of the Glitter Vinyl.

Once this was done, I clicked Go and above is how my mat was set up for me.

Here is how the red mat was set up for me.

After I cut both colours of vinyl, I weeded the vinyl and then used the included Strong Transfer Tape to pick up the white vinyl and place it where I needed it on the backing of the red glitter vinyl. I then picked up both the white vinyl and red glitter vinyl and placed both on my water bottle.

This project shows you that although this cutting file was designed with a baby in mind, many of the cutting files in Lori’s shop can be used for other purposes.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Karin