Tag: Halloween

Halloween Styled Mother’s Day Hat Box Tutorial

Happy Fall Everyone:

I fell in love with Lori’s new Echo Park Paper collection called I Love Halloween and knew that I wanted to use it for a Halloween project.  We are going to be making the Mother’s Day Hat Box which you can find here in Lori’s SVG Shop and here in the Silhouette Design store.  This is a fun and easy box to put together.  Let me show you how I did it.

Here are the parts all cut out.  I used my Silhouette Rotary Blade to cut the flowers.   It cut the felt beautifully !

You are going to take your two long rectangle tabbed pieces and fold the tabs down.

Next you are going to glue the tabbed end of the rectangle piece to the other end making a circle.  One strip is slightly longer than the other.  The longer one will form the cover, the shorter one the bottom of the box

The file comes with four round circles. The two slightly smaller ones are for the box base.  The two slightly larger are for the cover.   One is glued inside the box and one is glued on top of the box.  I like to glue my inside circle in first as I find it is easier to ease it to fit.  Then I glue the top of the box on.  I use a wet glue when making projects like this where I am asking the paper to be in different shapes.

I made both boxes and then checked to make sure that one slid easily over the top.  I then glued the top on the box and the decorative band around the bottom.

I then glued the bottom of the box onto the scalloped piece centering it.

I brought the ends of the bow pieces on both sides to the center back of the bow and glued it together well.  Then I wrapped the center bow piece around the bow and glued that as well.

I then added the ribbons of the bow to the back of the bow.

Here are my rolled felt flowers.  I cut them easily with my Silhouette Cameo 4 and the rotary blade.  I started at the end of the flower and rolled them up and secured them well with wet adhesive.  (for a rolled flower tutorial see this post)  Be sure that you don’t put your flowers in the way of the box being able to be opened and closed easily.   I added some embellishments to my box and rolled some of the leaves to give them a bit more dimension.

Lastly, here is the box open with some Halloween candy for your favorite sweetie.  I have my hat out as a Halloween decoration and it makes me smile when I look at it.

That’s it for me today.  Be sure to check out all of Lori’s Halloween SVG files and don’t forget all SVGS, Fonts, Pattern Fills and Commercial Licenses are 30% off through Saturday when you use code SEP2020 at checkout!

Hugs,

Anita

Floating Easel Cards Tutorial

I love Halloween… When my daughter was little, I loved having parties with the kids, and of course who can resist the candy?  Halloween will surely look different this year, but we can still send some spooky-fun cards!  The new Halloween Floating Easel cards are the perfect solution.  There are two new versions, the Floating Easel Card Spider Web (SVG, Silhouette) and the Floating Easel Card Haunted House (SVG, Silhouette).  Take a peek…

I put together a quick tutorial for the floating easel cards using the Haunted House version.  It’s really pretty simple.

Start by cutting the pieces and piecing together the ghost face and the pumpkin. I also glued the solid square into the inside of the card as shown. The sentiment is done using the print and cut feature of your cutting machine.  To assemble you will also need a piece of fishing wire or clear jewelry thread.

  1.  Add strong adhesive ( I used score tape) to the blank ghost piece.  Lay the piece of fishing line over the center.
  2. Cover with the ghost “face” piece.
  3. On the haunted house frame without the fence (call this the back frame)  Add some score tape or strong adhesive to the center of the top and the center of the bottom.   Center the ghost inside the frame and pull the fishing line tight and stick the ends to the tape on the frame.  Cover with the top frame (the one with the fence, not shown)
  4. I secured the fishing line a bit more by folding it over the back of the frame and securing with some washi tape.  I then trimmed the extra fishing line.
  5. Fold the card base closed.  Add the decorative panel to the outside, making sure to align the openings.
  6. Fold the top in half along the score lines.  Attach the frame to the bottom half of the card only.  Make sure you do not add adhesive to the top half of the house.
  7. Add the little pumpkin to the front.
  8. Using some foam tape or pop dots, add the sentiment to the inside of the card about 2/3 up the card so that when the card top rests against it the house stands up.

One more note… if you wish, you can add a second string going horizontally to secure the ghost further and make sure it does not twist.

When you fold the top of the card and stand it against the sentiment, it looks like the ghost is floating in the house!

The card also folds flat and will fit into Lori’s Center Box Card Envelope here.  That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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3D Pumpkin Tutorial

If you’re like me, you like to decorate your house for ALL THE HOLIDAYS!  Lori’s 3D Pumpkins would be so fun placed throughout your home or group several on your table for a fun centerpiece. They come in three sizes, Short (SVG, Silhouette), Medium (SVG, Silhouette), and Tall (SVG, Silhouette). These are boxes as well, so they would make a great hostess gift with some candy inside.  I used Lori’s My Favorite Fall Paper Collection to make these pumpkins. I just love all the colors and patterns in this paper! Shown here are the 3D Pumpkin Medium and 3D Pumpkin Tall.  How fun are these?!

I’m using the 3D Pumpkin Medium for this tutorial.  First cut out all the pieces as shown.

To begin, assemble the base of the pumpkin by folding all score lines in.

Glue side tab to opposite side of base.

Add glue to bottom tabs…

and fold bottom of base onto tabs as shown.

Use your bone folder to curve the side panels of the pumpkin.  This will help give your pumpkin its curved shape.  For added interest, I sewed tulle to three of the side panels, added sequins and then sewed the bottom shut.

Next, glue the square end of the panels to the top of the pumpkin box.

Then glue the beveled tabs to the bottom of the pumpkin box.

Glue the hexagon piece to the pumpkin bottom to finish it off.

Next, fold all tabs on the pumpkin lid in, and adhere each tab to the panel next to it until the lid is formed.  Also, the leaves are very pretty as is, but for added interest you can drawn in or sew leaf veins.

Next, fold all tabs on stem inward and glue the tabs on the right to the middle tabs…

and repeat on the left side.

Add leaves and stem through the holes in the top of the lid…

and glue the vine to the top.

Turn lid over, fold leaves and stem tabs and glue down.

Next glue hexagon panel to inside of the lid to finish it off.

And we’re done!!!  Isn’t this beautiful?!

I had so much fun making these for my table centerpiece.  I filled them with caramels and they will be given out at the end of Thanksgiving as parting gifts for my friends and family. I hope you give this a try.

Thank you for stopping by!

 

xo,

Michelle H.

Doodlebug Design SVG Feature : Candy Carnival

Hi Everyone!  Today I’m showcasing another fabulous project using Doodlebug Design’s cut files!  These fun Nugget Holders were created by Kathy Skou for Doodlebug Design.

Kathy used the Pumpkin, Spider and Bat SVGs from the Doodebug’s Candy Carnival Collection to make these candy holders.

For more details, and to see how she made them, you can see her original post here.   New Doodlebug Design SVG files are being added to the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop on a regular basis, so stop by to see all of the fun SVG files HERE!

And don’t forget, all SVG files and commercial licenses are on sale through tomorrow!  Get 50% Off when you use code AUTUMN50 at checkout!

Have a great day!

New Haunted House Dollhouse

I have a new file in the shop just in time for Halloween.  The new Haunted House Dollhouse (SVG, Silhouette)  makes the cutest little centerpiece !  Take a peek…  This is the view from the front…

and when you turn it around, there are little rooms with furniture!  I think the kids would get such a kick out of this!

On the first floor there is a little table and a chair.  The top floor holds a bed and an armoire!

I have an assembly tutorial for the Haunted House Dollhouse here on my YouTube Channel.

If you want to make a little scene you could add some of the other houses I have in the shop such as these… On the left is the Shaped Box Card Haunted House (SVG, Silhouette)  and on the right is the Haunted House Box 2 (SVG, Silhouette)

If you make any of them, be sure to tag me on Facebook or Instagram, I would love to see your creations!

Have a great day!