Tag: Lori Whitlock

Reverse Canvas With Ashley

Reverse canvas projects have been floating around.  Have you made one yet?  You start with a canvas that can be found at your favorite craft store, and you unstaple the canvas from the frame.

Next pick your favorite Lori Whitlock file from her shop or the Silhouette Design Store.

Get to work making your design in your software.  I used these files: World Where there are Octobers ( Silhouette, SVG);  Pumpkins (Silhouette, SVG) ;  Decorative Pumpkins (Silhouette, SVG), 3 Pumpkins (Silhouette, SVG)  Flourish (Silhouette, SVG)

I laid down the canvas, then the frame, then placed all the Heat Transfer cut files and arranged them. Now they are ready to iron on.

I painted the frame and stapled the canvas to the back.

I’m ready for October (well maybe) with this fun Anne Shirley inspired project.

Welcome Sign featuring Vintage Sign Font with Ashley

Happy First Day of School for some of you out there today!  Two of my kids are headed to the first day–both in high school.  I also have a Freshman in college who will be starting in a couple of weeks.  I am featuring a sign today using the Vintage Sign Font found here in the Shop or in the Silhouette Store.  This font has great letters for signs as well as some special characters.

To find those special characters, you can see them in Silhouette Studio.  Or if you are using another program.  The special shapes are found on these keys: []|<>? (look next to P on the keyboard and next to M).

I used Oramask 813 purchased at Expressions Vinyl to make the stencil for the board. I also decided to get the Silhouette Roll Feeder since my sign is 5 feet tall.  I would highly recommend the roll feeder.  It kept the vinyl moving nice and straight.  One caution is that as you get to the end of the roll of vinyl, be careful that it doesn’t get stuck as it is moving in/out of the machine.

I used the alphabet and the leaf which can be found with keys [ ].   The board is common board–5′ tall and 9″ wide.  The tall board makes a great front porch statement!

Teacher Thank You With Anita

Hi Everyone:

Anita here with an adorable lunch bag teacher treat holder.  I used Lori’s cut file called Lunch Bag Thank You Teacher and you can find it here in her store and here in the Silhouette Store.  I used Lori’s brand new collection from Echo Park called Celebrate Autumn. I used her wood grain embossing folder to give the bag some dimension.

This was so easy to create and would fit a gift card perfectly as well as some chocolates.  A little gift to the teacher to get the year off to a great start.

I love the print and cut little chalk board that is part of this set.  Hope you have a chance to check out this cute and so easy to put together gift set as well as many other wonderful fall and back to school designs.

Hugs,

Anita

Digital Inspiration with Ashley

Hi there.  I hope you are having a wonderful July where ever you may be.  Here in the U.S., we are in the middle of summer.  My family just got back from Santa Fe, New Mexico.  I think Northern New Mexico has surprises for everyone who visits.  New Mexico is the Land of Enchantment, and we had an amazing time.  I have just started documenting it, so here are some of the activities we did highlighted in this layout.

This layout features I’d Rather Be Crafting by Lori. As well as the alphabet from Happiness is Homemade.

Fonts used: Dreamy, Perfect Type.

I hope you find time to craft and make some fun things during your summer months.

Digital Inspiration with Ashley

Happy 4th of July!  I am here sharing another invite I made in Silhouette Studio.  I just loved the Patriotic SVG files, so I opened up Silhouette Studio and got to work.

Within Silhouette Studio, I used Patriotic Icons SVGs (in Silhouette:  Flag, Watermelon) as well as the fireworks from the Box Card Patriotic SVG (in Silhouette).  Both of these files are SVG files, but it’s pretty quick to “assemble” them and color the layers for print and cut. Fonts I used are: Perfect Type (SVG, Silhouette) Bunting (SVG, Silhouette) , and Thick (SVG, Silhouette)

After setting it up I printed it at home.

Enjoy your holiday!