Tag: Aimee Kidd

Summer Magnetic Bookmarks with Lori Whitlock SVG Cutting Files

Hello friends! Aimee here with a tutorial on making some fun Summer magnetic bookmarks! My daughter is a voracious reader so every Summer I get her a handful of books to read over Summer break. This year I thought I would make her some bookmarks to go with those books.

Lori has a lot of fun and cute Summer files to choose from. I chose Popsicle (Lori’s shop, Silhouette Store) , Ice Cream Cone ( Silhouette Store), and Watermelon Shaped Card (Lori’s shop, Silhouette Store).

I opened the 3 Popsicles file to show you how to take a cut and make it into a fold over bookmark.

To get the basic shape of the popsicle, I opened the Trace option and highlighted the shape and clicked on “trace outer edge”. That will give me the entire shape of the popsicle to create the base of the bookmark.

Then I duplicated the shape, flipped the one vertically, aligned it with one above the other, and then welded both pieces together. After I cut that piece out, all I have to do is fold it in half and add the decorative top layer.

If you would rather try your hand out with something a little easier you could always use one of Lori’s card svg files.

Now comes the easiest part of this tutorial and that’s adding magnetic strips to the insides of the bookmarks. I have a roll of sticky back magnetic strips so I just cut a couple of pieces off and added them to each one.

And now comes the funnest part of this tutorial and that’s decorating each bookmark.

I used some stickers and die cuts from Lori’s new I Love Summer collection to make my bookmarks pretty! That’s all from me today! Hope everyone is having a great Summer!

Motorcycle Card with Aimee

Hello everyone! Aimee here with you today to share a card that I made for my husband. Father’s Day is quickly approaching us and I wanted to make the A2 Card Dad Motorcycle (Lori’s Shop, Silhouette Store) in particular for him as he is an avid motorcyclist. So here is a look at the card where the motorcycle is blue but this can easily be changed.

Instead of a solid background, I used the blue skies and fluffy clouds from the new I Love Summer 6×6 paper pad and my husband’s motorcycle is red so I switched up the color of cardstock to reflect that. I know he is going to love it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Aimee

Happy Birthday Box by Aimee

Hi crafty friends! Aimee here today with a tutorial on merging cut files to create a project tailored to your needs. I merged 3 files to create this birthday boy gift box with an adorable little frog on it.

To get started, I pulled up these 3 cut files…Star Top Box Square (Lori’s Shop or Silhouette)

Treat Bag Frog (Lori’s Shop or Silhouette )

Gift Card Holder Balloons (Lori’s Shop or Silhouette)

I pulled the frog and balloons along with happy birthday sentiment and resized them to fit onto the panels of the box.

Then cut out the pieces in the colors I chose for my box and adhered them together. Next, I adhered those pieces to my box, folded on the score lines of the box, and then put the box together.

This cute box is perfect for any small treat, money, or gift card. It could also be used with pinks and purples for a little girl’s gift box.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Aimee

 

Easter Treasure Treat Boxes with Aimee

Happy Wednesday friends! Easter is here and I am getting ready for our family dinner. I love having little name cards for the table but when I saw the Treasure Chest (SVG, Silhouette), I knew I could combine name cards with treats.

These adorable little boxes came together quickly which left the fun part of decorating them. I used the checked patterns that are in Lori’s Easter Wishes and Spring Fling collections as my color inspirations. Then I dug through my ribbon and button stash to find some coordinating colors.

I originally wanted their names on the boxes but came up with the idea to add their initial on this sweet little bunny from the 3 Easter Bunny Rabbits (SVG, Silhouette). The initials came from one of Lori’s new fonts called Spring Fling Font (SVG, Silhouette).  The inside pieces of the bunny’s ears and the initials were cut from the same cardstock that I cut the boxes from to keep with the color scheme.

If you are looking for a quick and fun project for your Easter table give the Treasure box a try!

Hope everyone has a beautiful and blessed Easter!

Aimee

Bunny and Chick Favor Boxes by Aimee

Hello crafty friends! Aimee here with you today to show you these adorable little animal favor boxes.  Lori has 9 new animal favor boxes in the store and I couldn’t resist making a couple of them. With Easter coming up I chose the Chick (Silhouette, SVG) and Bunny (Silhouette, SVG) ones. I used Lori’s new Easter Wishes papers for these little cuties!

For both of the boxes, I wanted a patterned paper on the front but didn’t want the b-side of the paper to show through on the inside back piece of the box so I cut the boxes out of cardstock and assembled the box. Then while I was in Silhouette Designer Edition, I used the cut tool to slice off all of the box except the front panel. The I cut the front panel from patterned paper and then adhered all of my pieces and decorated it and then proceeded to adhere it to the front of my box.

Since the chick favor box already had a bow, I thought I would complete her girly looks by drawing in some eyelashes with a thin grey marker.

For my bunny box, I didn’t do much to him. I added some shimmer pen to the inside of his ears and all over his nose.

That’s all from me today! I hope you love these sweet little animal favor boxes as much as I do and will give it a try! There 9 of these little guys so there are so many choices as to what kind of animal you want for your project!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Aimee