Silhouette Knife Tutorial

Hi friends!  I’m excited to share a sweet card and tutorial with you today!
I recently went on vacation and had my son’s fiancé stay at my house with my dogs.  I decided to make a thank you card for her, and wanted the dogs on the card to resemble my pups.  I love Lori’s cute dog cutting file, but one of my dogs has a shorter tail, and one has shorter ears…so here is what I did to fix this.
1. First I pulled up the dog shape I wanted to use.  I resized and ungrouped all of the pieces and slid the shapes that I didn’t want to use right away, over to the side.
2.  Next, I highlighted my dog and duplicated the shape.  Since one of my dogs is smaller, I resized one, and flipped her around so that they weren’t facing the same way.
3.   Before I cut my shapes, I zoomed in on them so that I could see the cut lines better.
4.  I used the knife tool along the left hand tool bar.   I clicked on the line to start my cut…and then clicked on the line where I wanted my cut to end (notice the first dog’s tail).
5.  I did the same step for cutting the second dog’s ears to make them shorter.
Once the cut line was created, I used the ‘move tool’ (top arrow) and then clicked on the pieces to move them off to the slide.
6.  The photo below shows where I have used the knife tool to cut one dog’s tail and the other dog’s ears to make them look like my adorable pups 🙂
7.  Since I don’t want my dogs’ tail and ears to be square, I used the “edit point” (second arrow with dots) tool to round these areas out.  If you click this tool, you can pull your points around into the shape you want.
8.  This shot shows how one of the ears has been rounded.
9.  Here is the final way my sweet dogs looked before I cut them out…
And here is the card I created with my new shapes.
Lori Whitlock cutting files used on this project:
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One Dollar Wednesday at Jessica Sprague

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: Four Seasons Layout Spring

FOUR SEASONS LAYOUT SPRING

And, you can get the following awesome product for HALF OFF, which makes it $4 for both the papers and designer elements, Maggie Collection

MAGGIE COLLECTION

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.

New in Lori’s SVG Shop + Tuesday Freebie

TODAY ONLY, this 6 FLAGS SVG file is FREE with any purchase.

Before coupon code total should be $1.98 or higher. Just add coupon code: FLAGS at checkout and the cost will be deducted from your purchase. This freebie is good until TOMORROW at midnight.

 

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 shape.

Silhouette Sale and Giveaway

Have you seen all the consumable products that Silhouette offers on their website? I am amazed at everything the Silhouette Machines can do. Be Sure to check out their blog and get a sneak peak of all their new products.

Today until July 30 ALL Silhouette Consumables both new and old are on sale at 40% off, I will take one of each please! Check out the new products released at CHA. Use this link and use coupon code LORI at checkout.

Along with this promotion, Silhouette is also giving away a portrait machine. Would you like to be our lucky winner? To enter follow the steps below. Good luck to you all. We will announce the winner on Monday July 29.


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Cookie Box by Christine and Card/Bag Set by Brigit

Happy Monday! Are you ready for some beautiful projects? First we have Christine sharing the Cookie Stacker Box.

Today I have a cute little treat box to share with you.  This is a new file in Lori’s store this month, called the Cookie Stacker box, and I can see this filled with cookies, candies, or even a small toy.  I love the “see through window” in the front of the box.  I put some thin clear plastic over the opening but you could also delete that part and have a box that you can’t see into for those surprise packages!
I added a little tag onto my gift box.  I just cut a tag shape from this file, resized it, and added a few sticker embellishment from the Here & Now paper collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park.

The top has premade mats for the for the scalloped edges and the upper portion so everything you need to cut is included in the file.  I love the precut holes for a fancy ribbon to top your package.
I can see using this precious box for giving gifts to neighbors, birthday gifts, holiday treats and everything in between!
Lori Whitlock Supplies:
Here & Now paper and cardstock sticker collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park
Brigit has this adorable grouping to share with us today.
Lori has so many beautiful cards in her store and I love pairing them with one of the 3d bags or boxes to create a wonderful gift set.

The card is from the A2 Card Base Set 2 which has 4 beautiful card designs included.  Fill the cute little purse with some candies or resize it to fit some makeup or a gift card, so many possibilities.

The design of this card is so beautiful, I love that lace edge.  Definitely want to use it for a Christmas card.

All the embellishments are from Lori’s store, except for the label which is from the Silhouette Online Store.  The flower is the 3D Flower 5, the butterflies are from the Layered Shapes set and the sentiment comes in the You Make Me Laugh set.

For the flap of the purse I used one of the labels that came in the same set I used on the card, just cut it in half and added the cute little button brad.  The beautiful digital paper I used on both projects is from Echo Park’s Beautiful Life collection.

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