Tag: silhouette

Stationary Set by Traci and Centerpiece by Corri

Today we have some fabulous projects by Traci and Corri
Hi Lori fans!
I’m so excited to be on the blog today sharing a really fun, and pretty quick, project with you.  As many of you may know, I’m a mini album girl.  They are my all-time favorite project.  Despite my mini love, I also love giving fun gifts with cute packaging.  So today I decided to share my love of little gift notes.  A 3×3 gift note is the perfect little “accessory” to a perfectly wrapped present.  I make several at a time so that when I have a birthday, wedding, or new baby gift to wrap, I already have a cute little hand-made gift enclosure to go with it.
Here is some gift note inspiration for you — complete with Lori’s adorable 3×3 stationary box to keep the cards in until you need them.
I love all of Lori’s digital cutting files, so it’s never hard to find the perfect addition to any card or project.  For this one, my favorite part of each card are the sentiments.  Lori designed the “Happy Birthday”, “Thank You’ and “Hello” pieces with an adorable font and a great background piece.  The ability to cut a white background allowed each of my sentiments to “pop” off any pattern paper I layered it onto.  I also love the cupcake for this card…especially with the little heart cut out.
I have always been a fan of Echo Park…especially the paper and embellishments that Lori designs for them.  Most of the papers I’ve used in this card set are from the “My Girl” Collection.  For the card below, I added a fun little branch from the sticker sheet and set an adorable bird up on pop dots for dimension.
For the “Thank You” card, I found Lori’s mason jar cutting file
This design can be used for so many things — I cut the design and then added a flower sticker and brad from the “My Girl” collection and finished it off with a knot of twine.
For the 3×3 box, I cut the file and also created an “inset” shape for each side.  After adding the inset accent pieces, I cut one of Lori’s new 3D flower designs for the front.  The flower also serves as a little accent to tuck the tab behind so that the lid stays closed 🙂  So, so, cute!
Thanks so much for visiting today!  Please stop by my personal blog, Artsy Albums, to say hello!
Traci
Next we have this adorable center piece by Corri.
I have a fun project for you today that would be great for a Memorial Day or July 4th table decoration.
I cut Lori’s Octagon Flower Pot as sized in the file from some kraft card stock.
For the rim of the pot, I used the red wood grain paper from Echo Park’s “Perfect Summer” collection which Lori designed.
I cut 3 of the Spiral Stars (size reduced to 2.795″h) and 2 Spiral Flower 1 from some navy card stock and some pattern paper from the “Perfect Summer” collection.  I cut an extra base layer for each flower, then hot glued a wooden skewer to one of the base layers and mounted the assemble flower to that with foam dots.
To add some stability, put something with a little weight in the bottom of the flower pot.  I used a few tokens from Chuck E. Cheese!   I used some more hot glue to glue a 4″ foam ball in the pot and then arranged my flowers and covered with some paper shreds.
You could change up this cute project for all kinds of summer parties.  Add some graduation caps and 2013 on your sticks for a cute graduation party center piece. Corri

Tuesday Freebie + New Digital Cutting Files

First of all I want to remind you of the sale on ALL Lori Whitlock products.

Be sure to use SALE30 at checkout.

Sorry for the delay today, I had a few hiccups getting shapes loaded and wanted you to see all the beautiful new shapes Lori has created (these will be on sale too). I can’t wait to see what you make. Be sure to post them to Lori’s Facebook page we LOVE to see what you are working on! Because today’s freebie was late posting, it will run through Wednesday at noon.

 Today only, this stamp set  SVG file is FREE with ANY PURCHASE. Just add coupon code: STAMP at checkout and the cost will be deducted from your purchase.

Lori has so many fun new shapes. I wish my daughter was still little so we could make paper dolls and store them in her adorable Armoire box. Wouldn’t that be the cutest?

Here are some of Lori’s newest shapes added to the SVG shop and her Silhouette Portfolio! Thanks for stopping by… Lisa

Card Making Tutorial by Corri

 Welcome! We are so excited to share with you our new Thursday Tutorials. We have had so many questions, we thought we would start a collection of answers and tips here. Today we have Corri sharing one of her perfected skills. Take it away Corri…

One of the most popular cards that I’ve done is this cupcake card I did last year.

I thought I would share a tutorial to show you all how to weld shapes to create your own shape card.

First, select a shape you would like to use to create your card.  It’s best if the top of the shape is simple to allow for a clean weld and crease along the top.

I used this cupcakes file to create my card. I resized the file to 11.75″h so that my completed card would be about 5″h.

Next, ungroup and delete the pieces you don’t need.

Drag the cupcake top and wrapper off the mat and position the cupcake base layer in the lower left corner of your mat.

Click on the cupcake shape, then on the menus along the top of your screen select object, pull down to duplicate then select replicate above.

Now you have two identical shapes stacked on top of each other.  Click on the top cupcake to select it.

Then go to object, transform, flip vertically.

While the top cupcake is still selected, use the arrow keys to move it down a little until the edges overlap slightly.  Select both cupcake shapes (you can hold down the shift key to add the second shape to your selection) and then go back to the object menu.  Pull down to select Modify and then Weld.

Now you have your card base….just fold and cut out the remaining layers and embellish.

For my card today, I used Echo Park  All about a Boy.  I left off the heart and cut a number 5 instead using Lori’s Happy Font instead.

Everyone loves cupcakes and you can personalize this cute card for any age depending on the the papers and embellishements you choose.

 

New in Shop at Lori Whitlock SVG and Silhouette Shop

Welcome back to our Tuesday Freebie! I have been wishing for more warm weather and thought this was almost as good. I thought you might like some cheerfulness, too. Today only, this beautiful butterfly SVG file is FREE with ANY PURCHASE. Just add coupon code: BUTTRFLY at checkout and the cost will be deducted from your purchase.

Here are some of Lori’s newest shapes added to the SVG shop and her Silhouette Portfolio! Thanks for stopping by… Lisa