Mini Album with Traci

Hi everyone, today I would like to share a project I did with one of Lori’s mini albums.  If you’ve never played with her mini books, I would encourage you to give them a try!
So easy, so fun, and every one of them is super cute!


For my album  I created the cover first using white card stock and an older, but fabulous, paper line that Lori designed for Echo Park called This & That.  I added a cute scallop border, a doily, some twine and chipboard that comes with the paper collection, to finish off the cover.

For the inside pages, I actually cut the shaped pages out of Silhouette chipboard first, and then out of the pattern paper so that each page would be extra sturdy.
I decorated the pages with some more of Lori’s cute cutting files (see links below), and a few stickers and chipboard from the paper collection.

This phrase and flower are a couple of my favorite designs by Lori, so I added them to the opening page 🙂
Here are the other links for shapes used throughout this album:
This Is Where the Story Begins Phrase
Thanks so much for letting me share this album with you!  It might be one of my favorite projects ever!

 

 

 

Silhouette Promotion + Home Sweet Home Banner by Lorrie

Have you seen the Silhouette Promotion currently going on? SO many things on sale + free shipping on orders over $25. Be sure to use coupon code LORI at www.silhouetteamerica.com/stamp

Also yesterday at Jessica Sprague we released Home Sweet Home Collection and Embellishments. They are currently on sale at 25% off through the weekend, both as a collection AND individually.

Check out this adorable banner by Lorrie that uses many of these products. I LOVE what she has done and want to make one for my house too.

 

Silhouette Tutorial: Card Making with Mendi

Hi there!  It’s Mendi here and I’m super excited to be sharing a Silhouette technique that I’ve been having a lot of fun using lately on all sorts of cards and layouts:  Creating journaling and sentiments around the edge of a circle using Silhouette’s print and cut features!

Unfortunately when preparing for today, I realized the hard way that this print and cut technique really works best when using circles that fit within the registration marks so for those of you that have a 12×12 printer, that means your circles can be up to 10.5″ wide and sadly for me (whose wide format printer recently bit the dust) that meant I was limited to a circle 7.2″ wide.  I had planned a layout using a 11.5″ circle but as hard as I was trying to find a way around it, I decided I needed to set that aside for another day and come up with a new project that would be easier to share with all of you.
As an alternative I settled on a fun spinner style birthday card for my nephew which can double as a rainy day activity spinner (or with the addition of numbers can be a great game piece for any game a child can dream up).  I think this would also be darling idea for chores too (although I’m not sure children would agree).  😉
My papers are from Lori’s fun new 6×6 “That’s My Boy” paper pad which she designed for Echo Park.
Without further ado, here’s my video tutorial sharing how I created it:
On a side note, I layered and glued 3 of the black arrows together to give it extra stiffness and make it easier to flick for spinning.  I also enlarged the center holes a bit and made sure to not tighten my brad too much so that it can still spin freely.
To complete my card and tie my theme together,  I decided to run the back of my card through my printer for a quick sentiment (using temporary adhesive on a piece of printer paper).
For my project I used the following cutting files available in Lori’s shop:
I have a link to another example using this same technique at my blog today.  I hope you’ll give it a try!  🙂

Silhouette has some great deals starting today running through the end of the month:

  • 1 CAMEO, 1 stamping starter kit, 1 light hold cutting mat, 1 teal CAMEO dust cover for $269.99 (MSRP $351.96)
  • 1 Portrait, 1 stamping starter kit, 1 light hold cutting mat, 1 grey Portrait dust cover for $129.99 (MSRP $229.96)
  • Stamping starter kit 25% off
  • Almost everything at silhouetteamerica.com is 20% OFF! (Excludes Silhouette CAMEO®, Silhouette Portrait®, downloads, download cards, subscriptions, and gift cards.)
  • PLUS: all orders over $25 SHIP FREE (that includes the machine bundles)(Reminder: FREE shipping only applies to the lower 48 states)

To get these prices use code: LORI at checkout and shop through this link: www.silhouetteamerica.com/stamp

$1 Wednesday at Jessica Sprague

One Dollar Wednesday at JessicaSprague.com!

Jessica Sprague is home to ALL of Lori’s digital Scrapbooking kits, both Echo Park and exclusive designs by Lori Whitlock. SVG’s by Lori are NOT sold at Jessica Sprague but at her SVG shop.

It’s Wednesday again and that means TODAY ONLY you can snag two of her adorable kits for an amazing deal… TODAY for JUST $1 you can grab this awesome set: Maggie Collection

This kit is regularly priced at $5.99 and TODAY ONLY it’s just $1!

MAGGIE COLLECTION

And, you can get the following awesome product for HALF OFF, Arrow Brushes Set 3 making it $2

ARROW BRUSHES SET 3

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.