A Printable Heat Transfer Material Tutorial

Hi everyone, Cathy here with you today to share a printable heat transfer material tutorial with you!  I chose some super cute Lori Whitlock files to create an adorable little dress for my grand baby.  First wash your material and dry.  Then measure your your material and decide how big you want your design to be!  My design is about 6 inches wide by 4 inches.  Open up your Silhouette Studio and change your design size to 8 1/2 x 11 and add your design!

Here you can see the basic of the Owl Branch file.

Next change all of your line colors and fill colors.

Next I pulled the design together, just layer all the pieces together.  I also added some of Lori’s flowers and duplicated one of the hearts, making it bigger. These added more color and interest to the bottom of her dress.

After you have your design all set to go, add your registration marks and send through your printer.  As per the directions on the Printable Heat Transfer Material for dark colored fabrics, do not mirror the image, (you do mirror the image of the transfer material for light colored fabrics).

Once your design is printed, you are ready to load your design into the Silhouette.  Make sure to add cut lines just to the edges of your design.  Turn off all the other cut lines, you just want the outside edge.  My blade was set on 4 and my speed was set on 4 also.  Next peel the printed image off the backing and place it printed side up on your project.  Cover your image with a dish towel and with an iron set on cotton setting, press down on the image for 15 to 20 seconds.

I sewed on a couple of buttons for just a bit more fun!  She looks adorable in her Lori Whitlock designed dress!

Thanks for joining us today!  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

~Cathy

click on the file pictures below to go to the designs on the Silhouette Store.

May Blog Hop


Welcome to our May 2015 Creative Team Blog Hop! Our team has been working hard to share some lovely projects with you!

First off, we have our monthly sale going on at Lori’s SVG SHOP. ALL files (and commercial licenses) from Lori Whitlock and Kolette Hall are on SALE 30% OFF. Use code MAY (case sensitive) at checkout in the SVG SHOP.

AND, TODAY ONLY, you can save 30% OFF all of Lori Whitlock’s digital scrapbooking files over at Snap Click Supply. Shop digital scrapbook files HERE. Be sure to use code: LWMay15HOP at checkout.

Keep reading for a FREEBIE at the bottom of this post…

There are several fun new files available this week from Kolette and I in the SVG Shop, and they are on SALE 30% OFF through May 17 due to the Blog Hop!!! Be sure to use coupon code MAY at checkout.

Just so you know, we are constantly trying to make changes that make your life easier. Our SVG files are now Cricut Explore friendly. Our newest files are colored and the score marks should appear on one layer. We now provide line art PDF with most of our 3D projects for those without cutting machines. Check the description on each shape before making your purchase. If you desire the cut sizes, PDF or Cricut friendly files on an older shape that does not include the files you need, please don’t hesitate to let us know by emailing us HERE. We’re happy to help you get what you need.

And, before you leave, I’d like to give the following file to you just to thank you for dropping by…

If you’ll leave a blog post comment you’ll be entered to WIN A $20 GIFT CARD to the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop. You may use this gift card on SVG files from Kolette Hall and Lori Whitlock. A winner will be announced next Monday.

Next, would you like to see what our amazing team has created? Click the links below for some wonderful projects. If you ever get lost come back here to get on track

Lori Whitlock

Corri Garza 

Mendi Yoshikawa 

Traci Penrod 

Kathy Skou

Cathy Harper

Tya Smith

Chrissy Guido

Ashley Cook

 

Graduation Gift Ideas with Traci

Hello Lori fans!  It’s Traci and I can’t believe that we are already heading into graduation season!  It seems like Christmas and Easter just flew by.  Well if you are scrambling to get together some gifts for graduates like I am, check out these great ideas Lori has in her SVG shop.

Isn’t this box adorable?  It’s very easy to cut and assemble and will be a nice way to give a gift to someone special!  The tassel is just a bunch of Baker’s twine and since it comes in so many colors, you can match the graduate’s school colors.  In addition to being a great gift box, I think this would also be a fun table centerpiece or part of the graduation party decor!

Another little twine tassel finished off this adorable card.  The little pocket inside is perfect for money or a gift card.  What graduate would not want to receive this??

So whether you are giving a boxed gift or a card, Lori has you covered with her cute cutting files!

3d Graduation Cap Box

Graduation Card

That’s it for me today!  I hope you’ll hop over to my blog at Artsy Albums sometime and say hello!

May Link Up with Tya

First off, I wanted to announce the random winner of the Link Up last month… Thanks to everyone for participating! Participating in link ups is a fun way to interact online and attract people to your blog. Joan, Anderson, please email  me HERE and I’ll send you a $15 gift card to my SVG shop. I love your awesome little Owl card! Just adorable!

Hi everybody! It’s Tya hosting this month’s Link Up Party!  We can’t wait to see what you create with Lori’s files from her SVG shop or from the Silhouette Design Store! To be eligible to win you must use one of Lori’s files.

So my oldest daughter is graduating from high school in a few weeks and needless to say I have graduation on the brain!  So , I thought for this months Link Up we could focus on all things school or graduation. So to play along just choose your favorite school related or graduation related project from the numerous cut files that Lori has to offer! Think gift card or money holders, banners, or congratulations cards. Also don’t forget about all those special teachers – you could make a little gift for the end of the school year to say thank you to that special teacher as well!

For my projects I decided to do one of Lori’s box cards and a gift card holder. Here is what I did-

 

First up we have this awesome gift card holder. I used the Gift Card Holder – Congrats file. (Silhouette cut file here.) I love the ornate and fancy look of the congrats on the lid! Perfect for giving your favorite grad a little extra money for all of their hard work.

 Next up I did the Box Card Graduation file. (Silhouette cut file here.) I chose to do this card in my daughters school colors, but you can choose to do it in the traditional black and white. I also added a print and cut sentiment to the front panel of the box using the LW Tall font. (Silhouette file here.) These would make a great card or another really fun way to use them would be for table centerpieces or table decor for all of those graduation celebrations!

 Thanks for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you to do something fun for your favorite teacher or grad!   Please come play and link up your creations for your chance to win a gift certificate for $15.00 to Lori’s SVG Shop!


Tuesday Freebie + New in Shop

TODAY & TOMORROW, this SVG file is FREE with a $2.99 purchase!

We have a FREE file with purchase today! Simply add this BRAND NEW file: 3D Teapot Gift Box to your shopping cart along with any $2.99 purchase from www.loriwhitlock.com/shop and this file is yours FREE. Your cart must reach at least $5.98 before the coupon will be applied and then $2.99 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting the “downloads” section inside of your account.  Be sure to use Coupon Code: TEAPOT (case sensitive) at checkout. Hurry! This offer is good until Wednesday (tomorrow) at midnight!

Just a quick reminder about the Link Up that is going on right now. If you’ll look at the right hand column on the blog you’ll see a place to link your Lori Whitlock Shaped Cards OR Jack & Jill Girl paper projects up for a chance to win a $15 gift card to the shop. The current link up ends in 2 DAYS and then we’ll start a new link up. Link ups are a great way to get people to visit your blog so be sure to add your images while you can.

Kolette and I have some great new files releasing this week in the  SVG Shop. The NEW files are ALL marked down 25% OFF through the weekend!!! These downloads include SVG files. 3D files include a PDF for hand cutting (if it seems doable as a hand cutting project). Read description before making your purchase.

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. Please note that I will be traveling this week and will have limited access to email some days. Have a wonderful week!