French Door Easel Card – St. Patrick’s Day Tutorial

Happy Tutorial Day.  Lori has added some new French door easel cards to the shop. I’m making the St. Patrick’s Day Version today. You can find it in Lori’s SVG Shop or in the Silhouette Store.

I started by cutting all the pieces.

French Easel Pieces

Next start building the layers of the card.  Glue the pieces to he base as shown.  Print and cut the sentiment and add it to its background piece.

Now let’s make the leprechaun. The black oval goes behind the leprechaun body for the color of the eyes and mouth. Then layer over the body of the leprechaun.

Now let’s dress the Leprechaun. Add the hat, pants, and shoes.

Now add the band to the hat and add the belt.

Add the shirt and buckle on the hat.

And finally add the beard and other face pieces.

Attach the completed leprechaun piece to the card base as shown below.  It should be centered horizontally, and hang below the base by about 3/4″.

 

Look how fun this card is!  To get it to stand, fold the card along the main score line.  Bring the two side tabs inward, and rest the card front into the notches.  This card folds flat to fit into an A2 envelope for mailing.

Now all that’s left is to gather your favorite green papers and make a fun St. Patrick’s Day card!

Have a great day!

Ashley

 

Circular Pop Up Card Hearts

Today, I’m sharing a fun pop up card.  This circular pop up card hearts file (SVG, Silhouette) can be made with 4 or 5 sections.  I made mine with 4 sections.   You can personalize each heart with patterned paper, hand written notes, pictures, or stamps. I used some stamps and paper on mine.

The You are Loved image is from Lori’s Valentine Dingbat font. (SVG, Silhouette).

A tutorial for the same type of card can be found here. This is such a fun card to make and display!

Have a great day!

 

Explosion Birdhouse Box

It’s that week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.  Do you take down your holiday décor? Start organizing? Thinking of projects and goals for the  new year?  I have a fun project today that can be used as a gift or as a place to store some favorite notes or pictures.  The majority of my project was made using the Explosion Box Birdhouse (SVG, Silhouette) along with the insert from the Pocket Explosion Box (SVG, Silhouette).

 

I needed more flaps for the project, so that is why I add this inner flap.  When adding other pieces to projects, keep in my how the pieces will interact.  Since this inner flap will take up some space, it’s a good idea to slightly resize the bird to be just a little bit smaller.

I can’t wait to fill the little pockets with notes and photos!

Have a great day!

Ashley

Thanksgiving Table Decor

Hi Everyone!  It’s Ashley today…just a few more days until Thanksgiving in the United States.  I am sharing some quick files to add to your Thanksgiving or Fall table décor.

3D Pumpkin 3

Find this pumpkin in Lori’s SVG shop or at the Silhouette Store.

 

Lori’s SVG Shop/Silhouette Store

These pumpkins come together so quick. I made 3 sizes.  From left to right I resized the files to 6 inches, 7.5 inches, 11 inches.  I cut the leaves from four different colors of paper.

Are you hosting a Thanksgiving meal this year?  Do you add décor to your tables?  I’m hosting a meal and will have 3 tables.  I think these pumpkins and leaves will add just the right touch for our gathering.

Have a great holiday!

Ashley

 

Bobble Head Turkey Card

Happy November.  Do you begin decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving, or do you wait?  I usually wait.  But I wouldn’t mind putting up Christmas early!  But before I do, I wanted to make at least one Thanksgiving project.

I’m sharing a the Bobble Head Turkey card today. You can find it in Lori’s SVG shop and Silhouette store. Lori has a tutorial for Bobble Head Cards here. For the Bobble Head, you need a mini action spring, but if you don’t have the springs, you can attach the head with any adhesive or foam dots.  I decided to use foam dots.

Hope you find a fun project to work on this November!  Have a great day!

Ashley