New at Jessica Sprague Life Cards: Called To Serve Kit

New at JessicaSprague this week is this fun new kit. It was inspired by the recent change of missionary age in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for young men and young women.

This has affected my (Lisa’s) family as I just recently sent my son to serve. When he got his call I started asking Lori to make this kit. Check out what she has created. I instantly fell in love. I wanted a kit I could quickly and easily add pictures to so I could keep it up to date with his experiences while he is away, thus the Project Life style seemed to be the perfect fit for me. I hope you will enjoy this kit as much as I do.

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

LIFE CARDS: CALLED TO SERVE

This kit includes 61 Life Cards in both 3×4 and 4×6, PDF printables and 8 coordinating 12×12 patterned paper. No rounded corners so you can choose the look you want. Rounded corners can easily be added by using any of the Life Card Templates or by using a corner rounder after printing the included PDF’s.

Check out this stunning layout by our Creative Team Member Natalie Graham using the kit Life Cards: Called To Serve. She used the PDF file and printed each of her cards, they placed them into divided sheet protectors.

Layout by Lisa Bell

Silhouette Tutorial Subtract Feature by Corri

Hi everyone!  I have a quick tutorial for you today with a couple of examples of how to use the subtract feature in Silhouette Studio.

In my first example, I used the subtract feature to cut down this ticket border for the ice cream card I did a couple of weeks ago.

To trim down the border, use the rectangle tool to draw a rectangle around the tickets you want to delete.

Then click on the modify menu along the top and select subtract. 

To separate the two layers, right click and pull down to release compound path.

Now you have two layers.  I cut them in different colors and stamped my sentiment on the top layer.

For my second example, I made a simple cut out card using one of the hearts from Lori’s 11 hearts set.

I created a rectangle that was 5.25″h x 4″ and placed the heart along the edge.  Select both objects and go to the modify menu and click on subtract.

I created another rectangle at 5.375 x 4.125 to adhere behind the heart.

I cut one of these banner labels for my sentiment.

I embellished my simple card with some gem stickers, a button and some burlap string.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  You can see more of my projects on my blog.

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: Mary Jane Papers

MARY JANE PAPERS

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

HAPPY DAY 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.

Tuesday Freebie Word Circles

TODAY ONLY, this WORD CIRCLES SVG file is FREE with any purchase.

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

Mini Album by Traci and Layout by Mendi

Here we go again, it is already the middle of the month. The best part is that it is Monday, which means our awesome Creative Team is here sharing inspiration with you. First we have an adorable mini album from Traci…
“Today is Always a Happy Day” when you get to create fun projects with Lori’s designs, and I had a lot of fun with this adorable mini album.  This album was created using Lori’s 5×5 album with box.  The pattern comes in two files, one for the box, and one for the album, and the whole project is a snap to put together.
For the base of the box, album pages, and title (which is also one of Lori’s designs and can be found here or at the Silhouette online store) I used heavy white card stock.  I wasn’t sure if it would be sturdy enough for the project, but once I layered all of the other papers and embellishments, it is very durable.
The paper is from the Here & Now collection by Echo Park and the little sun sticker is from  A Perfect Summer line.
The little birds on the branch are an SVG in Lori’s shop called Love Birds.  I chopped one of the little bird’s legs off (poor guy) so that he could sit lower on the branch.
I love how the design of this album has the ribbon/twine holes already punched for you.  I did, however,  use a 1/4″ hole punch to make them a little larger so that my thicker ribbon would slide through easily.
I will have a few more pictures posted over at Artsy Albums today, so please stop by my blog and say hello!
Thanks, and I hope your day is happy!
Traci
Next, is this beautiful layout by Mendi…
Today I turned to the Maggie Holmes collection by Crate Paper and a handful of complimentary cutting files designed by Lori.  I knew I wanted to do something fun with the 12×12 decorative tape sheet from the collection so I cut it into strips, mixing it with other paper strips and adhered them to printer paper.  I then cut my mouse ears out on my Silhouette by welding 3 basic circles together.

I took Lori’s “memories” title from a layout cutting file and paired it with one of her awesome banners which I enlarged to fit over my mouse ears and popped up with foam tape between the layers for some depth.
I also used her scalloped border which I cut twice (once from blue and another without the inside cuts from ivory).  I like to do this to minimize the visual distraction when a patterned paper is layered below my borders.  I finished off my layout with a layered tag to document the basic details of the day.  


To Create my layout I used the following cutting files designed by Lori Whitlock:
Memories Layout (for title)
5 Layered Labels (Silhouette Store only)