Pencil Box with Slip Lid Tutorial

Hi there friends! Today I am sharing a tutorial for the Pencil Box with Slip Lid (SVG). It is teacher appreciation week here and I wanted something cute and homemade to give to my sons teachers this year. This little box is a good size to fill and also makes a darling decor item.

I cut most of the pieces from cardstock with the exception of the lid piece. I used some pattern paper from the Back to School collection by Echo Park Paper co.  The lid is a little larger than the bottom of the box. All of the score lines are folded the same way. I folded them as mountain folds. I also inked all of the edges of the decorative elements for the pencil.  

I started with the base of the box but the top is glued the exact same way. I used a liquid glue and glued all of the tabs so that are on the inside of the box. 

The top and bottom of the box should look like this and fit nicely together. 

I dry fit all of the decorative elements first. Once I had everything mapped out I used the same liquid glue and glued everything down. 

Then I had to make it fancy. I added a few flowers, enamel dots, and some ink splatters. The yellow flower is the Rolled Flower 25 (SVG, Silhouette) and the red flowers are from the A7 Flower Card (SVG, Silhouette).

I tucked a drink card inside as well as little note of thanks and sent it off to school with my son. Thank goodness for teachers! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brandie 

Lori Whitlock Creative Team July 2022 Blog Hop

Hi there! Welcome to the Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop. I hope your day is going well and that you are staying cool. It is currently 111 degrees at my house, so my A/C is getting a workout! The blog hop order this month is Traci, Anita, Brandie, Aimee, Ashley, Cathy, Marcia, and Brigit. 

This month I am sharing a memorydex project I started a few weeks ago and have been trying to finish up. In hate when real life gets in the way of crafting! Ha! I used the Memorydex Bundle (SVG, Silhouette and Silhouette). The papers, stickers, and ephemera are from the Our little Princess Collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

This project has been fun to work on and I now have plans to make another one for summer. Thanks for stopping by today. Aimee is up next. Also don't forget to pick up your free cut file from Loris's store today!

Brandie

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Change the Color of Stickers in Design Space

Hi friends! I'm stopping in today to share a quick tutorial on how to change the color of your print and cut stickers in Cricut Design Space. I used the new Summer Stickers 2 (SVG). These stickers are so cute but I wanted something a little less pink. 

I uploaded the stickers into Design Space and ungrouped the large group of stickers and moved out the images I wanted to use for this project. Be sure to keep the individual stickers grouped together.  Then I deleted the rest of the sticker I wasn't using from the mat. 

I then added a 5x7 rectangle and resized the stickers to fit my card.

 

Using the layers panel on the right side of the design mat select the individual pieces that need to be color changed. With the image selected in the layers column move to the Operations tab on the top left and select the colors drop down, pick the new color, and repeat for the rest of the pieces on the sticker. Be sure to keep the stickers grouped together. 

   

Now that the sticker colors are changed they are ready to be flattened, sent to the printer, cut. 

I used the printed stickers and the Endless Summer collection by Echo Park Paper Co. to finish off this card. 

That is it for me today. Thanks for stopping by!

Brandie 

Bee Envelope Box Card

Hi friends! I'm dropping in today to share a box card. This one is the Box Card Envelope Bee (SVG, Silhouette). I love the yellow plaid paper in the new Fun on the Farm collection by Echo Park so this little bee card was perfect. I did leave off the happy birthday sentiment for now just in case I want to use this card for something else. Love that option. 

  

That bee is so cute! Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great week!

Brandie 

Lori Whitlock Creative Team May 2022 Blog Hop

Hi there! Welcome to the May Lori Whitlock Creative team blog hop! The order this month is Traci, Anita, Brandie, Aimee, Ashley, Cathy, Marcia, and Brigit. 

Last month I made the little Easter Bunny Car and I loved it so much I made another project with a similar car. This time I used the Box Card Summer Vintage Bug file (SVG, Silhouette). I used my Glowforge laser cutter and made a little car to add to my springtime tiered tray. The car is made out of 1/8-inch MDF that I painted, distressed, and mod podge some cute paper to. 

I added a few flowers. I might be a little obsessed with the flowers too. LOL! I have used them several times the last few months. The papers are from the Easter Wishes collection from Echo Park Paper Co. 

Thats it for me today. Thanks for hoping along today! Aimee is up next. 

Brandie 

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Lori Whitlock Creative Team April 2022 Blog Hop

Hi and Welcome to the April Blog Hop! The order this month is Kathy, Anita, Brandie, Aimee, Ashley, Cathy, Marcia, and Brigit.

Anyone else feel like this year is flying by?! Easter is next weekend! I didn't get as much crafting in as I would have liked but I did squeeze in a few cards. The Box Card Easter Bug Bunny was one of them (SVG, Silhouette). I love how this card turned out. That little bunny is the cutest! 

Thanks for hopping with us today. Aimee is up next! Be sure to enter the giveaway below. 

Brandie 

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Lori Whitlock Creative Team March 2022 Blog Hop

Hi there friends! Thanks for hopping along with us today. The blog hop order this month is Traci, Kathy, Anita, Brandie, Aimee, Ashley, and Cathy.  I love any excuse to make a rainbow this time of year. I used some pretty bright paper and tiny enamel heart and the Box Card Rainbow (SVG, Silhouette) and added a cute shamrock from this group (SVG, Silhouette). 

Thanks for being here! Aimee is up next. Don't forget to collect the free file today and enter the giveaway.

Brandie

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