New in Shop + Tuesday Freebie

TODAY ONLY, the CARD KIT 3 SVG file is FREE with purchase.

Before coupon code total should be $5.00 or higher. Just add coupon code: SCHOOL at checkout and the cost ($1.99) will be deducted from your purchase. That makes your order total only $3! What a great deal. This freebie is good until midnight tonight!

Here are some of Lori’s newest shapes added to the SVG shop and her Silhouette Portfolio! Thanks for stopping by… Lisa

Only a purchase in Lori’s SVG shop will qualify for the free cutting file.

Project Life Storage Box by Brigit and Mini Album by Christine

Imagine my surprise when I opened my email to find both designers for today used not only the same paper collection, but the same paper. Both of these stunning projects use Lori’s newest paper line Reflections by Echo Park. Great job ladies. First up is Brigit.

Hi everyone, I have a wonderful project life box from Lori’s shop that stores 4 x 6 photos and 3 x 4 life cards.  This box would make a wonderful gift or use it yourself to keep your project life cards nicely organized.

The pretty paper is from Echo Park’s Reflections designed by Lori.  This is such a gorgeous collection with rich beautiful colors, it’s perfect for Project Life layouts.

The inside of the box has divider sections, I used two 4 x 6 and two 3 x 4 but it fits three 3 x 4 and one 4 x 6 also, I can’t wait to fill this up.

These roses, also from Lori’s shop go together so beautifully, they are all individual petals, I colored mine with distress ink and some glimmer mist.  For the little white flowers I used one from the 5 layering flowers set, duplicating one layer.  The lighter green leaves you can find at the Silhouette online Store and the darker green come with the roses.  The key and tag are from the Reflections 6 x 12  chipboard accents and the pearls are in the decorative brads set that match.  I also used some crochet ribbon and Orangesicle Trendy Twine.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you’ve enjoyed my project, you can visit me at http://www.brigitsscraps.com.

Thanks Brigit, next we have this adorable mini album by Christine.

One of the first classes I ever taught in scrapbooking was a mini album class. We used paper bags.  Remember those?  Well, whatever materials I use, mini books always hold a special place in my heart.  They’re just so little and cute.  So I am always thrilled when Lori puts another mini album file in the store. The mini album I am showing you today is called the 4×4 Accordion Envelope Mini Album.

Everything you need is right there in the file.  She has even duplicated some of the pieces so you don’t have to.  I got a little stumped on how to put it together, but no worries there.  I knew that I just had to go to her YouTube channel and watch her assembly video.  I love that she makes videos for all of her files that are “some assembly required”!

Here is the inside of the mini album.  I love the many places to insert pictures or notes.  I decorate some of the envelopes with patterned paper from Lori’s new Reflections paper collection and added a fun die cut border as well, called 2 borders.

Another shot of the last couple of envelopes and the end page.  The outside cover, both front and back are attached to the front and end page and are made up of chipboard and patterned paper.  It really gives the mini book a sturdy base and feel.

A closeup of an envelope open revealing a journaling or photo card.
There are so many ways to complete this album.  If you think that this is too short in pages, just remember, all you need to do is cut more pages and you can make it as long as you like.
Lori Whitlock Supplies:
3 borders Silhouette store Id# 11978
Reflections Paper and Embellishment Collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park

New at Jessica Sprague 2014 Planner

New at JessicaSprague this week is this fun new planner for 2014. If you followed along with us last year than you know the planner was designed as single pages 8.5×11. This year we opted for a smaller size at 5.5×8.5 to fit in your bag.

You can pick it up this weekend for 25% OFF. What a deal!  This price is good through SUNDAY; 2014 Planner

2014 PLANNER

layout by Haley

layout by Chrissy

Don’t forget about the awesome Silhouette Giveaway

or this sale on sketch pens and machines.

Cropping in Silhouette Studio by Corri

Hi everyone!  I have a simple tutorial for you today using a new tool I recently discovered in Silhouette Studio.  It’s the crop feature and it’s super easy to do but very useful.  I used it to make a quick and easy name tag for my daughter’s backpack.

First, open this tag and border on your mat. I resized the tag to 5″w. Make a duplicate of your tag.

Line the the border up on top of your tag.

Select both items and then go to the Modify menu in the upper left of your screen.

 

Click on Crop.

It trims your border to fit perfectly along the edge of your tag.

I typed  Olivia using Lori’s Happy Font and embellished my tag with this butterfly and a sticker from the

Here and Now Collection that Lori designed for Echo Park.

 

I laminated it to make it more durable….so it was a little hard to photograph but it turned out very cute! I will be using the crop feature a lot.  It’s perfect for trim border for cards that have an unusual shape.  I also think it would be cute to trim a grass border to fit perfectly along the edge of an Easter egg.

Silhouette Giveaway + $1 Wednesday at Jessica Sprague

Have you seen the Silhouette sketch pens that work with the Cameo and Portrait? The sketch pens add so many creative possibilities to your machine.

I’ve designed 2 new fonts that you’ll find in the Silhouette Online Store this week. They are designed specifically to work with the Sketch Pens. What a great way to add a personal sentiment or message to a project. With these fonts you are able to type your desired wording and sketch it using your Cameo or Portrait. How fun is that?

I’ve also created a set of 3 very useful sentiments that you’ll find in the Silhouette Online Store this week. Simply sketch the words and then cut the flag shape around them to create labels for cards or layouts. I love how you can easily create a custom embellishments with sketch pens!

Today through August 29 Silhouette is offering some pretty amazing sketch pen deals to our readers! To get the following pricing be sure to shop here: www.silhouetteamerica.com/pens and use coupon code: LORI at checkout.

(1)    CAMEO plus sketch pen starter pack, metallic and glitter collection packs, plus a $25 gift card and a penholder for $269.99 ($88.96 off the retail price)
(2)    Portrait plus sketch pen starter pack, metallic and glitter collection packs, plus a $25 gift card and a penholder for $129.99 ($108.96 off the retail price)
(3)    Sketch pen starter pack, metallic and glitter collection packs, plus a penholder for $19.99 ($13.97 off the retail price)

Guess what?? We are giving away a Silhouette Portrait machine along with our current promo! Would you like to be our lucky winner? To enter use the form below. Good luck to you all. We will announce our winner on Monday, August 26.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

One Dollar Wednesday at JessicaSprague.com!

It’s Wednesday again and that means TODAY ONLY you can snag two digital kits for an amazing deal…
TODAY for JUST $1 you can grab this awesome set: School Frames and Borders

SCHOOL FRAMES AND BORDERS

And, you can get the following awesome product for HALF OFF, Office Oriented Findings 1

OFFICE ORIENTED FINDINGS 1

While you are at jessicasprague.com getting your kits, be sure to check out the samples made with each of these kits at the bottom of each listing.