Tag: Courtney Lee

Easter Cross Card Tutorial with Courtney

Hello everyone! Courtney Lee from Court’s Crafts here with an A2 Pop Dot Easter Card tutorial!

This card is very special as my friend is being confirmed into the Catholic Church this Easter. She loves to travel and this season of her life has been such a journey. So there is so much symbolism here. I chose wood for the crosses. I put an airplane in with the flowers. I chose to emboss the whole thing with the world as Jesus came to save the world and there is a world map behind the crosses.

Without further adieu here is my tutorial! This is how it looks when you import it. I copied and pasted the layer with the three crosses as I wanted to cut it out of two different colors to make the crosses really stand out.

Here it is after I colored the layers how I was going to cut them out. I do this as I have three little “helpers” and it’s easy to forget which papers I picked out. 

This is what it looked like after I cut it out.

I used my X-acto knife to cut out the crosses.

I put all three layers together and embossed them at the same time with the world embossing folder from the Go See Explore collection for Echo Park Paper by Lori Whitlock.

Isn’t this world embossing folder fabulous? I just love it.

Here is what it looked like after it came out. I kind of had to pull it apart so I could put foam dots in between the layers.

I was careful how I aligned the embossing folder so that once the card was assembled you could tell that it was a world map.

I glued the crosses to the green layer.

I glued the world map to the back of the green layer. In hindsight I wish I would have popped that layer as well to give the crosses some depth.

Time to break out those pop dots!

These enamel shapes are awesome. I grabbed one for my sentiment.

Now it is time to decorate. Enamel shapes and dots galore.

I love these clouds and stars.

I tucked an airplane in the flowers.

Here it is all finished. I hope you enjoyed my tutorial today and that you make a special card for someone for Easter or to bring to Easter dinner as a thank you. This one is beautiful in all white or in many colors!

 

A2 Pop Dot Card Easter Cross in Lori’s shop

A2 Pop Dot Card Easter Cross in Silhouette shop

Easter Bunny Favor Box with Courtney

Hello everyone! Usually I feel SOOO behind leading up to holidays but this cute Easter Bunny Favor Box 2 was too cute to not make! It’s Courtney Lee from Court’s Crafts here with a little bit of darlingness to spruce up your Easter baskets, classroom treats, or neighbor gifts this year! These would also be ADORABLE party favors for a bunny themed party!

The tutorial today is how to import into Cricut Design Space. There is a little trick and if you were like me and were really confused why the little black score and cut lines weren’t on the object they were supposed to be on – this tutorial is for you!

Alright! Now, one tip I have to say when putting this box together is to score all the lines first on a scoring board. That helps a ton. And don’t stress about the “v” parts. They close in beautifully when you pretend to close the box. I adhered my box closed with some sticky backed velcro that I picked up at the fabric store a while ago.

One other tip is the bunny head. You can only attach the bunny’s head BELOW the double dotted line on the flap. That way the flap can actually bend and close… ask me how I know…. 😉 See that spot where I had to rip off my adhesive!? 😉

Lastly, start with the head and work down as it lines up with the curvature of the top. I started with the body and realized my head wasn’t high enough. 🙂

That’s it for me today! I used Lori Whitlock’s Celebrate Easter Collection for Echo Park for this card. Isn’t it fun!?!!!

In Lori’s Shop: Easter Bunny Favor Box 2
In the Silhouette Shop: Easter Bunny Favor Box 2

 

 

Valentine Card Crayon Holder with Courtney

Good morning!!! Is everyone ready for Valentine’s Day?! I’m not! LOL! Lori Whitlock to the rescue!

I always have these fantasies about being the uber mom and having ALL these special things for the holidays but I fall short. all. the. time. But these beauties… they are perfect and quick and easy! My little ones are going to wake up to this Valentine surprise and have a little coloring page and sweet pens to go with it.

This is a print and cut file from Lori Whitlock called: Valentine Card Crayon Holder in Butterfly. There are a lot of different ones to choose from and boy options too! But my little ladies are 4 and almost 3 and if they don’t match, I am in BIG trouble. 😉

Here they are! These would be SO easy to make in bulk for a classroom or class valentines.

 

Here is the link for the file in the Silhouette shop.

Here is the link for the file in Lori Whitlock’s shop.

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!

4 Step Card Tutorial With Courtney

Hello! This is Courtney Lee from Court’s Crafts here with the 4 Step Card with Front Flap from Lori Whitlock!

 

Step 1: Cut out all the pieces. If you are using Cricut Design Space make sure to “ungroup” the images, highlight all of the brown piece you are going to cut including the small black lines and click “attach”. This will keep the image together and the scoring lines in place.

 

Here is the paper I chose as the card base so that these adorable glossy white bunnies would be the front of the card and the tone on tone would be the inside. Make sure to always check both sides of the patterned paper! 🙂 

Step 2: Score along all dotted lines. It doesn’t matter which way you score them. I ended up flipped mine over because it was easier to see them on the yellow side. 🙂

Step 3: Bend the left ones “up” and the right ones “down”. This is a side shot so you can see what I did. I bent them the wrong way first and then the right way so don’t stress about which way they go as long as they end up stepping “down” when you are done! I bend them both ways no matter what to make them a little more pliable. 🙂

 

Step 4: Sew. I decided to sew along all edges to create some visual borders. However, on the pink adorable lamb paper I only did the outsides to give it a continuous feel with the panel to the left to make it feel like it was one piece. Scroll down for the later pictures to see what I mean if that was confusing. Adhere all of these pieces down while the card is flat.

 

Step 5:  Time to decorate. The steps were just begging for something adorable.

I knew this was going to a great-grandparent so I decided to put a picture of the us on the left hand side.

 

I kept the front simple. There is a lot going on visually inside the card.

 

Here are some other angles of the card so you can get a feel for it. This is what it looks like when the stair step is still folded in when you open the card. Now you can see what I mean about making the lambs feel continuous with the stitching and I also did that by adding the grass at the bottom on both sides.

On this one my oldest said, “The bunny! I didn’t see the bunny before!” so I thought I would share this photo with you too.

Well, that is all for me today! I really hope that you have a wonderful day and that you make a special card to send to someone special using this ADORABLE Celebrate Easter collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park Paper!

4 Step Card with Front Flap in Lori’s Store

4 Step Card with Front Flap in Silhouette Store


Birthday Cake Exploding Box with Courtney

Hello!!!! Courtney Lee from Court’s Crafts here with a little Kit of the Month inspiration!

My mother in law’s birthday is coming up and when I saw this exploding box card as part of the kit of the month then I knew I wanted to make it for her! She is going to love it!

I used Lori’s “Happiness is Homemade” collection for Echo Park Paper for this card. The colors are so old-fashioned-scrumptious.

I didn’t even need to add details for this to look impressive. I love that – when a cut files lends itself to being awesome by just cutting it… that’s what I love about Lori Whitlock’s cut files. Try it and see!

Check out this month’s kit of the month! It is FREE with any $20 purchase if you add it to your card and use the coupon code: JANKOTM

3D Birthday Cake Explosion Box – Silhouette Store