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

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

Halloween Mailbox Card

Hi there friends! Do you send cards for Halloween or know someone who loves spooky season? If so, Lori has some cute new Halloween cards available. I made the A2 Box Card Halloween Mailbox Bat (SVG). But the entire bundle is worth having! (SVG). I love the cute characters and all the florals in these cards. I used papers from the Halloween Party by Echo Park Paper Co. 

Thank for stopping by today and happy spooky season!

Brandie 

Lori Whitlock Creative Team September 2024 Blog Hop

Hi there! Welcome to the Lori Whitlock creative team blog hop! The hop order this month is Lori, Brandie, Ashley, Cathy, Chelsea, Sue, Nolene, and Tamara. 

Anyone else ready for all the Fall things?? It has still been really hot where I live but there was 80-degree weather on the forecast later this week! For the Arizona desert that is Fall! Ha ha! So, I pulled out some fall papers and made the A2 Box Card Flower Mailbox (SVG, Silhouette). 

I used papers and stickers from the I Love Fall collection by Echo Park Paper Co. 

Thanks for being here Ashley is up next.

Brandie 

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Back to School Pillow Box

Hi there friends! Today I am sharing a quick little treat idea for all the back to schoolers. I used the Pillow Box with Curved Handle (SVG, Silhouette) and the School Stickers (SVG, Silhouette). 

Once I had everything uploaded to Cricut Design Space I resized the pillow box to 5.5x9.33. I wanted to be adle to fit two boxes on one sheet of 12x12 paper. I also flattened the sticker images and printed them out on plain white cardstock. For the tag I used one out of Cricut Design Space, but here is one from Lori's site if you need one (SVG, Silhouette). I used papers from the School Rules collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

I cut four pillow boxes and two sets of the stickers. I also punched some tiny hearts. I layered up some of the stickers on the tags leaving room at the top for the recipient's name. I used a liquid glue to attach everything because I didn't use a sticker paper. For the box I pre folded the score lines as mountain folds. I then added glue to the inside of the box on just the handle. 

After the glue was dry I folded in all of the side tabs.

I then used some bakers twine to attach the tags. I filled my boxes with a rice crispy treat and a little note for each kiddo. 

This little pillow box is so versatile and great for any occasion all you need to do is change up the papers. Defiantly worth having a few in the file library. Thanks for stopping by today and happy back to school! 

Brandie

Lori Whitlock Creative Team August 2024 Blog Hop

Hi there friends! Welcome to the Lori Whitlock design team blog hop, we are glad you are here! This month the hop order is Lori, Traci, Brandie, Ashley, Cathy, Chelsea, Sue, Nolene, and Tamara. I have really enjoyed making flat cards lately and have been wanting to use up some old stash of supplies. I saw this cute A2 Card Teacups (SVG, Silhouette) and pulled out some Alice in Wonderland papers and got to work. I love how this turned out! Cute little Alice and those butterflies...so darling! 

The papers and stickers came from the Alice in Wonderland collection by Echo Park Paper.

Thanks for hoping along today, Ashley is up next.

Brandie 

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Hexagon Pop Up Card Palm Tree

Hi there friends and Happy Monday! Today I am sharing one of the new Hexagon Pop Up cards (SVG). I love the summer vibe this group has, and I was drawn to the palm trees and flamingo card (SVG). These files also come with several print and cut sentiments too add to the front of the card. I love a multi-use card! I used papers and stickers from the Endless Summer collection by Echo Park Paper Co. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie