Holiday Dog Bandanas with Anita

Hi:

Anita here with a fun and easy tutorial to make your furry friend a dog bandanna.  My son and daughter-in-law have three dogs and they like to include them in their Christmas photo.  I made some personalized bandannas for my fur grand dogs using some of Lori’s fun fonts and heart cut files.  For Lily and Sully’s bandannas, I used the Wide Marker font at 288.0 pt which can be found here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette store.    For Scout’s bandanna I used LW Thick at 288.0 pt which can be found here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette store.  The cut file for the hearts is called 4 hearts and can be found here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette store.   I found a doggie bandanna pattern on the internet from Sew Caroline and the free pattern is here.

Here are the supplies that I used for Lilly’s bandanna.  You can really use any heat transfer vinyl.

I measured across the part of the bandanna where I wanted to put the letters so that I would have a sense of how wide the name could be and fit nicely.

Lori’s fonts are so easy to find in your Silhouette font library and they start with the letters LW.

I had fun experimenting with some of Lori’s different fonts to see which one I liked the best.

 

Heat transfer vinyl has a clear plastic sheet which is sticky over the front of the vinyl which allows you to protect the vinyl while ironing it on.  You are going to want to place it with this clear/front side face down on your mat.  You can cut vinyl without a mat but I didn’t want to move my rollers so I put it on a mat.

As you can see from above there are many different types of heat transfer vinyl.  I chose to use a metallic one so that is what I selected in the cut settings.  Notice that the letters are not mirrored on my mat.

Isn’t Silhouette so smart?  They know I am cutting with vinyl and asked me if I wanted to mirror my design.  Given that I was cutting out letters I said to send them mirrored.  I also chose to do two passes as my blade isn’t brand new and I was asking it to cut through three layers.  I could also have mirrored it before sending it to cut.

Wows, my mat is looking well-loved.  Here are the letters cut out and the extra vinyl removed.  Don’t remove the top plastic sheet, you need it on until the letters are ironed down.

Everything is ironed down now.  I used a plastic pressing sheet and did not heat it for the 45-60 seconds as they recommend on the package because my iron runs really hot and I didn’t want to bubble the vinyl. I usually choose a middle point and put the first letter down there and then add the rest one at a time.  I find that things move less that way when ironing.  Apply even pressure, not steam and don’t move your iron back and forth.

I used Velcro circles on each corner point and stitched them down.  I used a seam ripper to gently peel away the top plastic piece, you could also use a pin.   If the vinyl starts to pull up then you might have to reheat it.  Be careful to not overheat it.

Here is Lily’s completed bandanna.

Here are all three bandannas.  Can’t wait to see how the Christmas photo turns out.

Hugs,

Anita

 

Heat Transfer Vinyl Potholder by Brigit

Hello there, it’s Brigit, I have a fun heat transfer vinyl project to share today. When I saw Lori’s homemade gingerbread phase (here in the Silhouette Design Store) I knew it would look so cute on one of the potholders from the Dollar Tree.

I used white siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl, it cut out beautifully and so easy to weed. To apply I used my new Cricut Easy Press which worked like a charm, but an iron works well also. These are quick and inexpensive gifts for Christmas time, I can’t wait to make more.
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!

Gift Card Holder with Corri

Hi everyone!  Corri here today sharing my version of Lori’s new gift card holder.  Christmas is less than a week away and it’s time to wrap up last minute gift items.

I give a lot of gift cards and dressing them up with a cute gift card holder like this makes them feel more special.   Lori added several cute version of this file.  I chose the snowflake version and used paper from the Echo Park – I Love Winter Collection.

 

These cute gift card holders take only a few minutes to make and would look great attached to bag filled with candy or cookies to make your gift complete.  You could even tie this to the handle of a mug and include a gift card to a coffee shop.

Stop by Lori’s SVG Shop to see all the newest files.

Christmas Recipe Card Box

Anita here with a fun Christmas recipe card box which I made using several different files from Lori’s store. It is called 4X6 recipe box and you can find it here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette store. I hosted a cookie swap last weekend a made one of these boxes for each of the lovely ladies who participated in the swap. The box is so easy to assemble and you can decorate it any way you want.

These are the pieces that you are going to need for the box top. Lori labels her pieces to let you know which piece is for the inner lid and box to cover up your paper seams. I left the note on my piece when I loaded it onto to my cutting mat and then after it was cut I marked  the back side with a pencil which piece was the inner piece. It makes things so much easier.

To start, glue together the sides of the lid so they form a box shape.

Fold down the top tabs inside and glue.  Next,  glue the side and top flaps down.

Glue lid liner into cover.

Glue top on the lid.  You are now ready to put the decorative pieces on your box.

These are the pieces for the box.

Glue the sides of the Main box together.

Glue bottom piece onto box.  (You can see my note that I wrote on the piece before I took it off my mat.)

Add bottom liner to main box and you are ready to decorate your box.


The cut file for the box comes with the divider set as well. I also used a print and cut label called Merry Christmas Print and Cut Phrase which you can find here in Lori’s store and here in the Silhouette store. I also used a print and cut recipe card for my cookie swap. I used my Xyron to run the pieces through to decorate the box. You can see my label above that is still on the Xyron backing paper.

Here is the box open with the dividers in it. Such a sweet and fun holiday gift. My ladies were so excited by their boxes and you can make one up quickly too. Happy Holidays to everyone. I made Mocha Dot cookies which everyone seemed to love. If you want the recipe, let me know.
Hugs,

Anita
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Santa Gift Card Holder with Lezlye

Welcome to Lori Whitlock’s Blog! The Holidays are fast approaching and sometimes we have to think fast for an unexpected gift!

Today I am sharing the Santa Gift Card holder.

These are the pieces you will need to cut.

I added Tinsel Glitter to his beard, highlighted the eyes and added a few red sparkle stickers to his holly sprig.

Of course Santa has my back with a Starbuck’s Card! LOL Happy Holidays!

Santa Gift Card Holder (in Silhouette Store here)

Echo Park I Love Winter Paper Collection by Lori Whitlock