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 

3D Envelope Box Flowers Tutorial

Hi there! Today I am sharing a tutorial for the 3D Box Flowers (SVG, Silhouette). Lori has three versions of this cute decor piece. You can find them here. This box would make the perfect gift for anyone that likes to receive a bouquet of flowers with the added bonus of the flower's not dying! 

I was a little stumped about what colors to make my flowers but knew I wanted sunflowers. So for some inspiration I googled sunflower bouquets and found a lot of beautiful options. I settled on blues and lavender. The pattern papers I used come from the Day in the Life No. 2 collection by Echo Park Paper.

All of the flat style flowers have two layers for the petals and most have three layers for the middles. I inked the edges of all of my flowers to give them a little dimension.

For the rolled flowers I used a quilling tool. I like how tight I can get the roll with the tool. I started on the outside edge and rolled all the way to the base of the flower. Once I had the flower rolled, I pulled the tool out and pinched the flower with my thumb and fore finger a slightly loosened the roll, I then added hot glue to the base and pressed the roll into the glue. After the glue was cool and set, I flared the petals with my thumb. I repeated the steps for the other two rolled flowers.   

I folded all of the score line into mountain folds, added the decorative papers to the outside of the box, and glued the box pieces together.   

I then folded the bottom front flap down, added glue to the two side tabs, and then glue to the back bottom tab and flipped the box up and pushed from the inside to secure the base of the box. I also glued the decorative paper piece to the inside of the box. 

The inserts each have two tabs that are a valley fold, I used a bone folder to get a strong fold so that when I added the glue to the tabs it wouldn't get everywhere while I got the insert lined up. After I got one side lined up and where I wanted I used a small cloths pin to hold the tab in place while worked on the other side. For the first insert I didn't glue the flowers on before I glued it into the box (this is the easiest way). I used the same process for the second insert except I had the flowers on the insert first which made the process a little more difficult.  Once the inserts were dry, I added the flowers and leaves to the first insert. 

The front of the box has a greenery piece with three little flower buds and four circles showing where to glue the remaining flowers down.  

I also added some fussy cut butterflies and a pearl to my white flower for a little added embellishment. 

I really love how this turned out! Thanks for being here today!

Brandie

Lori Whitlock Creative Team July 2024 Blog Hop

Hi there and welcome to the July blog hop! The order this month is Lori, Traci, Brandie, Ashley, Cathy, Chelsea, Sue, Noelene, and Tamara. 

This month I used the A2 Daisy Card 2 (SVG, Silhouette) to make a slim line card. I resized the card base to 7x8.5 and cut the daisy 5 times. I used papers from the Special Delivery Baby collection by Echo Park Paper. I love how easy it is to customize this card and make it work for anything.

Thanks for being here today! Ashley is up next on the hop.

Brandie

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