Tag: Traci Penrod

Flexi Bee Card

Hi everyone! For today’s project, I wanted to make a card for a friend. So, when I discovered that tomorrow (May 20) is World Bee Day … I was inspired. The purpose of this day is to spread awareness of the significance of bees and other pollinators for our survival. I love that and found an adorable cutting file of Lori’s called Flexi Card Bee. 

How cute is this! I used black and white card stock and a few prints from the Simple Stories Full Bloom collection. The file only had 1 set of wings and they laid flat but I wanted to add a little more dimension. So, I figured out a way to make them pop up.  

First, I cut an extra black bee outline from the cutting file and found some vellum to use on the backside.

Then I snipped off the extra parts so I just had the wings left. (Sorry little bee!)

I backed the wings with my vellum. 

And I adhered the top area behind the wings with a small piece of black foam tape. I love to use this when I’m sticking black or dark colored papers together.  You could use this sweet card for any theme, birthday, congratulations, encouragement or get well card. Here are some fun “bee” puns you could add … 

  • Happy Bee-day
  • We Bee-long Together  
  • Always Bee Yourself
  • We’re Meant to Bee
  • Have a Bee-utiful Day
  • Bee-lieve in Yourself
  • Bee Happy
  • Everything will Bee OK 

I hope you’ll give this fun Flexi Card Bee (SVG) Flexi Bee Card (Silhouette) a try. Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

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Cookie Boxes for Summer

Hi everyone! Today, I’m sharing a cute project that I made for cookies! 🍪 But, you could use these for any yummy treat like donuts, candy, small toys, etc. I made 2 summer inspired boxes that would be perfect for gifting homemade goodies or use them as party favors. Because they’re so colorful, fun and have such cute tags … they would also look great displayed on a table for a party or summer BBQ.

To make them, I chose one of Lori Whitlock’s awesome cutting files called Cookie Box Thank You (SVG, Silhouette) and the Echo Park paper collection called Endless Summer, also designed by Lori. The colors and patterns are bright and cheerful. Perfect for summer!

I cut the base of each box out of 12×12 solid card stock from the Endless Summer collection – one in blue and the other in red. Then I covered the top and the sides with prints from the 6×6 paper pad. For the blue box, I made the tag using the scalloped circle that came with the cutting file and the Hello Summer die cut from the ephemera. Cute!

For the red box, I used the Summer Days tag from the Frames and Tags package and tied each box with some pretty Doodlebug twine.

Inside, I added a cute doily to lay the cookies on for little extra fun. These are by Doodlebug Design and they’re about 4 1/2″. I chose white and red doilies and they fit perfectly inside.

These boxes can be made with ANY paper collection to change up the theme. Imagine holiday, birthday and all the different seasons you could use for these! They make beautiful homemade (and yummy!) gifts for Mother’s Day, a thank you, welcome to the neighborhood, teacher, dog walker, co-worker or hostess.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope these inspire you to make some cookie boxes of your own!

 

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St. Patrick’s Favor Box & Game

Happy Wednesday!  I hope everyone is having a great week!    Did you know that Monday was National Children’s Craft Day?  It got me thinking about my grandchildren and how much they love games and stickers.  It gave me an idea for today’s project … one of Lori’s adorable little treat boxes (links below) filled with a set of matching game cards.

First, I made the adorable box.  I love this file because you can cut 2 boxes on one sheet of 12×12 card stock! It’s super simple and quick to put together and you can add any embellishments to the front.  I found these cute Doodlebug stickers in my stash and they worked perfectly.  And isn’t the heart shaped handle cute!!?

You can fill this cute treat box with candy, gifts, or a fun little game.  I just cut out 2.75″ x 2.75″ squares from green card stock, layered them with white card stock and added the stickers.  Since it’s a matching game, you’ll need two sets of identical stickers 🙂 

You could also get your little ones involved and let them put the stickers on the cards!  They will have fun with the stickers and then they will have a game they helped to create!  Win win!

I hope this project sparks some creative ideas for you this week!  Here are links to the adorable 2 on 12 x 12 Heart Favor Box (SVG, Silhouette).

Happy St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow!

Rectangle Pop Up Baby Cards

Hello friends!  It’s Traci from Artsy Albums and I’m excited to share a few of Lori’s adorable new pop-up baby cards with you!  

Aren’t these adorable?  What new mommy would not love to receive one of these cute cards?  They fold flat for mailing, and then pop up into 3D rectangles to sit on display!
 

For the baby girl card, I used Echo Park’s new Birthday Girl collection (designed by Lori) and some white card stock.  The pieces are easy to cut out and organize, but Lori has a video tutorial here if you need a little help like I did :).

 

Lori also designed a Birthday Boy collection for Echo Park so I used that for the boy card.  I love his little star pajamas!

You can find both cutting files in Lori’s SVG shop, or in the Silhouette Design Store (links below).  Have fun with these! 
Rectangle Pop Up Card Baby Girl (SVG, Silhouette)
Rectangle Pop Up Card Baby Boy — (SVG, Silhouette)

 

Doodlebug Design Cut File Feature

Hi Everyone!  Today I’m showcasing another fabulous project using Doodlebug Design’s cut files!  This adorable Teddy Bear Mini Album  was created by Traci Penrod  for Doodlebug Design.

 

Traci used the Bear file from the Sugar and Spice Collection to make her album.

 

For more details 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!

Have a great day!