Tag: home decor

30% Off Sale on SVGs & 3D Witch Lantern Tutorial

Hello everyone! Marcia here today. Since Halloween is just around the corner, I thought I would get a jump on making some fun décor items.  I found this spooktacular 3D Witch Lantern (SVG, Silhouette) in the shop and had to make it!  There are similar lanterns with pumpkins, bats, haunted house, etc… so you could make a variety to set up all over your home. They are designed with an opening in the bottom so that you can place a tealight there to light the lantern up!

Let me show you how easy they are to make.

  1. Select a cardstock color and cut out all the lantern pieces. You will need 2 pieces of 12×12 cardstock.

2.  I like to assemble this from the top down. Glue the 5 D-Rings together. Then create a box with the square top piece to the left of the D-Rings in the above photo. The flat side of the D-Ring fits in the slot in the box. Bend the tabs out. Glue the side of the angled lantern top. Fit the tabs from the box top into the square opening. Flip the top over and glue the tabs one at a time to the inside of the slanted lantern top.

3.  I cut 4 pieces of vellum to place on the back side of the lantern design. Just be sure to apply the glue where it will not be seen. Glue the side of the lantern.

4.  Assemble the base. The small hole is for the tealight to poke through. Glue the sides of the base only, leaving a slot for the bottom panel to slide in and out allowing access to the tealight.

5.  Adhere the slanted lantern top to the tabs at the top of the middle design piece. I did this by applying glue to all 4 tabs at once and then setting the lantern top on over the glue. You can reach inside from the bottom of the middle section to make sure the two pieces adhere nicely. If your hand does not fit, use a bone folder or pencil to reach inside. Glue the bottom of the middle design piece shut. When it is dry, apply glue to the bottom of the middle design piece and fit the hole over the top of the hole in the lantern base. I found this easy to do with a tealight in place so I could be sure I wasn’t covering up too much of the tealight opening. Apply a small bit of pressure to get a good seal. I use a quick dry adhesive when creating 3D projects to reduce the time needed to hold things together until the glue dries.

Allow the adhesive to dry completely before you attempt to pick up the lantern by the D-Rings. I love how this turned out! My photo does not do it justice. I placed a color changing tealight inside … so cool in the dark! I think I will have to make more now. Go check out all the designs in the Lori Whitlock store.

And don’t forget, all SVG files are on sale in the Lori Whitlock SVG shop through Saturday, September 17th when you use code SEP2022 at checkout!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.
~Marcia

3D Pumpkin Tutorial

I wish I could say fall is in the air… not quite yet in New England… so I’m making my own “fall” today!  This adorable 3D Pumpkin (SVG, Silhouette) was the perfect little project to make me feel more autumn-like!  It’s such a cute little decoration, you could fill it with a treat or use it as part of your seasonal tiered tray décor!  Take a peek…

I put together a quick assembly tutorial for this file… it’s really pretty simple….  I started by cutting my pieces. I curled the pumpkin sides using a pencil.  I also went to my stash to find a brad.  It really does not matter what color brad, it gets covered up. A smaller brad would be best.   Next, I folded the score lines of the stem piece all in the same direction. I maneuvered the pieces to create the stem shape and glued it together.

Next I gathered up the pumpkin sides to form the round pumpkin shape.  I chose to place my brad on the inside and have the prongs on the outside.  I found that easier.  You could always do it the other way.  I started bringing up each side, and sliding it over the brad tongs to keep it in place.

When I got to the last few sides, I gently stuck my hand into the pumpkin between 2 of the sides and then folded over the last piece.  If you are going to add a small treat to your pumpkin you will want to add it before you bring over the last side.

Once I had the last side in place, I then added the leaf.  I folded out the prongs of the brad to hold it all in place.  I then glued the stem on top of the brad to cover.  I did have to snip the ends of my brad, but if you used a smaller brad you might not have to.  I only had a large one.

All that was left was to add some fun twine!

That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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Hello Sunshine!

Hello Sunshine!  I’m so glad that summer is here, time for summer decorating!  Do you ever go somewhere and see a super cute item, and then say to yourself, I don’t need to buy that, I can totally make it.  Well that happened to me a couple weeks ago, and I’m happy to say that I like what I created even more than the item I thought about buying.  I love taking Lori’s files and changing them up!  So here we go!

I started with this Watermelon Flexi Card that you can find here in Lori’s SVG Shop or here in the Silhouette Design Store.

 

Which I tuned turned into this!

I started with an 11.75″ wood circle that I got at a craft store!

I cut the circle in half.  (Maybe I’ll make a lemon wreath with the other half!)

This is the card in my Silhouette.  I first ungrouped the pieces.

I deleted everything but the watermelon .. Then I resized it to fit the half circle.

Next, I ungrouped the watermelon pieces and chose my vinyl colors.  I did use an outdoor vinyl for this project as I wanted to protect if from the sun and rain.

I cut the black, red and green vinyl.  These pieces are so large and basically just a giant sticker that I didn’t even need transfer paper to adhere to my half circle.  I put the black down first, then the red and next the green!

They went on with no problem, it think the outdoor vinyl is a bit sturdier and doesn’t fold over on itself or wrinkle!

Next my little slice of watermelon needed a cute saying!  I used Hello Sunshine here in the Silhouette Design Store.  I sized it to fit, cut the combined words in white and then just sunshine again in yellow!

I applied the phrase with transfer tape!

After finishing my watermelon slice, I adhered it to the grapevine wreath with hot glue and then just start adding greenery and ribbon!

I’m pretty smitten with how this turned out!  You can create almost anything with Lori’s SVG Files!

Have a great day!

Cathy

Home Sweet Home with Cathy

Hi everybody!  I can’t believe August is here already, Summer is flying by so quickly.  I have a fun project for you today, that you can create in no time.  I have a farmhouse theme in my townhouse, lots of black and white and to be quite honest I have an obsession with Rae Dunn products.  I just love all the things.

I got these little wood house shapes that are approximately 4 by 5 inches at the craft store and painted two white and one black.  Then I was just going to let them be, until I was looking through fonts here in the Silhouette Design Store and found this Thankful Font (SVG, Silhouette) I instantly knew this was font I wanted to use.  Perfect!  I just cut the words “Home Sweet Home” from black and white vinyl and applied to my little wooden houses.  So cute, I’m thrilled with how they came out!  I will be using this font for several more little projects I have spinning in my head.

A super fast project to go with the Summer that is flying by!  Thanks for stopping by today~Cathy

 

Bee Humble Loving Yourself Happy Kind Sweet Sign

Hi there friends! I’m dropping in today to share this cute new bee file with you today. (SVG, Silhouette) I made it as a sign to hang in my home but it would also be awesome on a t-shirt. I love the message and that bee is darling.

I cut the design from wood using my new Glowforge laser cutter and Silhouette Studio Software.  I love that I can use Lori’s SVGs with my new machine! You could also create this using layers of chipboard or paper.  I hope your week is great! Thanks for stopping by!

Brandie