Monday, March 11, 2024

Lori Whitlock Creative Team March 2024 Blog Hop


Hi friends! Welcome to the March 2024 blog hop. The order this month is Lori, Brandie, Ashley, Cathy, and Chelsea. We are glad you are here and hop you find some inspiration. I made a St Patrick's Day card using the Box Card Envelope St. Patrick's Day (SVG, Silhouette) and the Happy St. Patrick's Day collection by Echo Park Paper Co. For the card I altered it a little and cut the original pot of gold off and add a cute sticker from the collection in its place.


Thanks for stopping by today Ashley is up next!

Brandie


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Sunday, March 3, 2024

Box Card Envelope Butterflies

Hi there friends! Today I am sharing a baby version of the Box Card Envelope Butterflies (SVG, Silhouette). To make this version I used the papers and stickers from the Special Delivery Baby collection by Echo Park Paper Co. I love all the neutral colors in this collection. I also left off the small background flowers from the cut file for this card. I really like how easy it is to customize these box cards with just a few stickers and papers.


Thats all for me today. Thanks for stopping by. 

Brandie   

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

3D Leprechaun Hat Tutorial

Hi there friends! Today I am sharing an assembly tutorial for the 3D Leprechaun Hat (SVG, Silhouette). As soon as this paper collection came out, I knew I wanted to craft with it. It is the Happy St. Patrick's Day collection by Echo Park Paper Co. Thie little hat is the perfect size for a tiered tray or to hold a little treat for someone special. 

This cut file has five circles, two long stripes with tabs, and two buckle pieces. The tabs are all mountain folds. 

I started with the narrow strip first. This will be the hats brim. I added glue to the end tab and attached to the other end creating a circle. I then folded over all the tabs and added glue to each tab on the inside of the cup. Then I put one of the same-colored circles inside the cup and pressed down on each tab against my work surface making sure to shape and secure each one. I flipped the cup over and glued the second same colored circle on the top covering the tabs. With the wide strip and the two smaller remaining circles I repeated the steps making a taller cup. 


To help give a little dimension and to hide the white core paper I inked all of the remaining pieces and the two cups. 
I glued the two buckle pieces together. Then glued the shorter cup to the center of the largest circle. The taller cup is turned over and fits inside the smaller cup creating the hat. I glued the buckle into place only adding glue to the bottom half of the back of the buckle so that the hat can still open. 


I added a few stickers from the collection to glam my hat up a little as well as a jewel brad from my stash. 

I really like how it turned out and will be adding it to my tiered tray decor next month. Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie

Monday, February 12, 2024

Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop February 2024

Hi friends! We have a short hop this month. The order is Lori, Traci, Brandie, and Ashley. I made a few of the 2 on 12x12 Heart Favor Box (SVG, Silhouette). These little treat boxes are perfect for giving a little Valentine treat to your galantines, teachers, coworkers, or anyone else that you want to make feel special. I filled mine with a bag of those strawberry flavored pretzels. So good. 

Thats all for me today! Ashley is next. 

Brandie   




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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Hippo Belly Box Valentine

Hi friends! Today I am sharing a Valentine idea. I love the belly boxes and Lori has several on her site (SVG). I used the Belly Box Hippo (SVG). To make him more of valentine I used pink papers as accents and added some hearts to the feet. I then filled the belly part with some of my little guy's favorite candy. I love how he turned out. These little boxes are easy to assemble and don't have to many pieces. Defiantly something that can be mass produced if needed. 


Thanks for stopping by!

Brandie

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Valentine Truck Box Card Tutorial

Hi friends! Today I am sharing an assembly tutorial for the Boc Card Valentine Truck Back End (SVG, Silhouette). I used 80lbs cardstock and a few designer papers from the Little Ladybug collection by Echo Park Paper Co. This cut file does have a lot of small pieces but totally manageable with a fine tip glue bottle. 


First I assembled all of the decorative elements. The back of the cab of the truck has a border for the window and two rear view mirrors. The tail gate has three layers. A foundation, a decorative layer, and the XOXO layer. It also has two taillights with two layers, a bumper, and a license plate with two layers. All of the hearts are for the inside insert of the box card. For the card base I flipped the card over and folded all the scored lines as valley folds and glued the black tires into place.   


With the card base open I glued the back of the cab on to the inside of the card base. Then folded the score lines on the insert as valley folds and added glue to the tabs. I lined up the tab on the right next to the score line on the inside the card base. Then folded over the left side of the card base on top of the glue on the left tab of the insert making sure everything was level and flat while folded down. I added glue to the tab on the card base and folded the right side of the card base down on the glue making sure it was lined up with the score line.  


Now with the card folded flat I added glue to the back/tailgate portion of the truck and added the tailgate to the box card. 


Now it is ready to send to a valentine!



Thats all for me today. Thanks for stopping by!

Brandie 

Monday, January 8, 2024

Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop for January 2024


Hi friends and Happy New Year! Thanks for hoping along with us today! The hop order this month is Lori, Traci, Brandie, Ashley, Cathy, and Chelsea. We are so glad you are here. This moth I am sharing an altered version of the A2 Christmas Card Penguin (SVG, Silhouette). 

The original card has a Santa hat on the penguin, but I wanted it to look more like a winter beanie. So, I cut a half circle to create the beanie and trimmed the card base with scissors to match the new hat shape. I added a few stickers and now I have a Happy Birthday Penguin! I used papers and stickers from The Magic of Winter paper collection by Echo Park Paper. 



I think he is perfect for a winter birthday. Thats all for me today. The next stop on the hop is Ashley.

Brandie 




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