Monday, October 7, 2024

Lori Whitlock Creative Team October 2024 Blog Hop


Hi there! Welcome to the blog hop! The order this month is Lori, Brandie, Ashley, Cathy, Chelsea, Sue, Nolene, and Tamara. I have a family Halloween party every year and like to give my something I have made. This year I made them all a 3D Pumpkin Halloween Bundle (SVG, Silhouette). I couldn't decide which I liked best, so I used a panel from all of the pumpkins. I really love how they turned out. This pumpkin looks more complicated than it really is, I made several in one sitting. I added some balloon lights to light the inside. 

So fun! Ashley is up next. 

Brandie






Thursday, October 3, 2024

3D Lantern Bats Tutorial

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by today. I am sharing an assembly tutorial for the 3D Lantern Bats (SVG, Silhouette) file. This cute lantern has several versions and makes a cute decoration for Halloween. For one lantern you will need two sheets of cardstock. I also used a few scrap pieces of cardstock to make some fall leaves for embellishment. 

Once all my pieces were cut, I folded all of the score lines as mountain folds. I then glued all of the D ring shapes together. The lantern body is one piece with one long tab, I added glue to the tab and lined up the opposite edge of the lantern body to the tab. After the glue was set, I flipped the lantern over and added a generous amount of glue to all the bottom tab and folded over the base and applied even pressure while the glue set.   

For the base I flipped the base piece over so that the top is on the bottom. I then glued the two longest tabs together. I then added glue to the other long rectangular tabs and folded up the side to secure. Back to the first side I glued I applied glue to the side of the base and held in place. For the flap with the large hole, I only applied glue to the opposite tab. This is to create a sleeve for a battery tea light. 

I then slid the square with the small tab through the sleeve to cover the large hole in the bottom. I then flipped the base over and add a generous amount of glue to the bottom of the lantern body and secured the base. I used the two small holes to line up the body to the base. 


For the top small box for the lid the of the lantern I flipped it over and pushed all of the rectangle shaped tabs back into mountain folds (this helps keep them out of the way while I glue the box together). I added the D ring between the notches. I added glue to the square tabs and held in place while the glue set. I alco glued the c shaped piece together by adding glue to just the tab. 


Once the small box was dry and set, I pushed all the small tabs through the square in the roof of the lantern and added glue to the small tabs on the inside of the lantern roof. I then added glue to the tabs on the top of the lantern body and held the roof on with even pressure while the glue set.  


After the lantern was dry, I cut some oak leaves (SVG, Silhouette) and inked the edges of the lantern. I used some chiffon ribbon for a bow and glued on the oak leaves.  

I had a little ballon light to my lantern to get the bats to cast on the walls and shelf. 


This would be a fun addition to a Halloween table or teared tray display. Thats all for me today. Thanks again for being here. 

Brandie