flowers – Page 4 – Lori Whitlock

Cards by Christine and Flowers by Natalie

February 19, 2013February 19, 2013

I LOVE that so many of our Creative Team Members are in the card making mode. It has been great inspiration for me. Today we have Christine and Natalie sharing their adorable projects with us. Christine says…

It’s time to stock up on cards. Already this year, I have been caught without a card when I really needed one. So I found this cute little card file in Lori Whitlock’s shop and decided to make a couple. There is actually 4 different styles and I am showing two of them.

What I love about making this cards is that if you use double sided paper, you can do the card base and accent panels from one piece of paper and one cut!

The belly bands are the different elements in the four cards. The other two, not shown, are square and star shaped. Look for those in an upcoming post because I am hooked.

Here is my second card. This one has a circle shape on the belly band. Instead of using the circle accent, I decided to use the space to attach some coordinating cardstock stickers.

The papers I used on both of my cards is For the Record Documented by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park. It’s a beautiful paper collection.

These cards are really easy and quick to cut out and decorate. A really good card to use to build up your stash!

Supplies used:

Belly Band Cards

Other Supplies used:

For the Record “Documented” paper collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park

Papertrey Ink Stamps

Next I have some very clever hair flowers to share with you. Natalie has created these beauties with one of Lori’s SVG files, I was shocked…

I’m excited to share with you this cute little project. I would bet you would have never bet that this was made from my silhouette? When I saw the rolled flowers in Lori’s shop I knew that I wanted to try them out of fabric, and they worked. The key is to use either stiff fabric with some stabilizer under it or, use this thin fabric to cut from. The fabric I chose was thin polyester lining. It’s used to line skirts or dresses with out adding a lot of bulk. I came in an array of colors, and it was super cheap. I cut the fabric 12×12 to fit on my cutting mat, then cut out the shape with my silhouette. There were a few places that didn’t cut all the way through, which I hand trimmed, which is OK because these are not suppose to be perfect. After I cut them, I grabbed my lighter and singed the edges, making them pucker and curl. Then I got a needle and thread and had sewed the curls into place, then attached the rhinestone button. Then hot glued a clip and some felt to clean it up. Now I have some cute little flowers for my girls hair. I think they turned out darling, now only if I had the time to make about 100 more!

The file I used was from Lori’s shop and you can find it here.

Happy Valentines Day projects by Corri & Amanda

February 14, 2013February 14, 2013

Happy Valentines Day! or SAD (Single Awareness Day) as my teenagers would say. We hope no matter your situation you have a fabulous day! As always we are sharing some amazing projects. First up is the talented Corri, she says…

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you all have a great day with the ones you love.

I have one last Valentine’s Day project to show you and I have to say I’m a little sad….I’ve had so much fun creating with the Love Story Collection from Echo Park, designed by Lori Whitlock.

For today’s project, I made a simple card using two hearts from Lori’s 11 hearts set.

I created the scallop mat by welding a border strip to a rectangle. I cut this adorable tall heart gable box to match. This box is super simple to make….it cuts out has one piece. I added some chipboard embellishments from the Love Story collection.

Amanda has created this beautiful Valentines Day Box…

As it’s valentine’s day I thought I’d create and decorate Lori’s fabulous heart shaped box. I used some layered flowers and doilies on the lid for embellishment. I glittered the flower pieces and added a valentine’s border around the lid.