Grad Cap Card Tutorial

 

Anita here with a tutorial for assembling Lori's A2 Grad Cap Card (SVG, Silhouette).  I also used a tutorial that one of my fellow Creative Team Members created to make the tassel for my card.  You can find Teri's tutorial here.  Below are the pieces that you will need to cut out to make this card.

This is the card base and you will be closing the card by gluing on the tabs.

Next, we will fold the inner part of the card that makes the sentiment card base and grad hat shape.  You will want to flip your card over and fold across the score lines as shown below.

Flip the card back over with the right side facing up and fold on the diagonal score lines.  I did one fold to the left and then the next diagonal score line was folded to the right.

Once you have your card folded it should look like the card below.

I glued the tassel with a wet adhesive to make sure that it would stay in place.

Here is what the card insert looks like with the grad cap topper on the base and a brad through the holes.

Here is a photo of the pieces of the card pieces together and you are now ready to insert the card base into the envelope pocket.

That's it for me today.  Be sure to check out all of Lori's graduation cards.

Hugs,

Garden Box Card

 

   Anita here with a fun post on this April morning.  Do you have a gardener in your life who is getting excited that it is spring?  Well, I do, so I assembled Lori's Garden Box Card (SVG, Silhouette) and used another of her box cards to have the pieces for the sentiment so that I could personalize it.  I used A2 Box Card Home (SVG, Silhouette).  I also used Lori's brand new Echo Park Paper collections called Bee Happy.  It is so fun and I also used Endless Summer which was an Echo Park Paper collection of hers from last summer.  I will be folding this card flat for mailing and sending it off to a special lad.

That's it for me today.  Thanks for looking and be sure to check out Lori's shop for all your spring and summer paper crafting needs.

Anita

Carrot Favor Box Tutorial

 Anita here with a tutorial on Lori's Carrot Favor Box.  I made this for my niece who is away at college.  I filled the boxes with jelly beans and M&M's.  You can find the file here (SVG, Silhouette).

Here are the pieces that come with this file:

This shows the items folded on their score lines.

I decided to use a paper crimper to crimp my grass the give it some more fluff in my crate.

This shows the grass in the crate.

This last photo shows all of the items separately before I put them together into the crate.

Such a fun and easy project and I now that she will enjoy opening her carrots up to see what treats are inside for me.  Have a great day.

Hugs,

Box Card St. Patrick's Day Horseshoe March Blog Hop

Anita here for the March Lori Whitlock Creative Team blog hop.  You should have come here from  Traci Matthew Penrod's blog and will next be going to Brandie Harding Adams' blog.  I made this adorable card which is called Box Card St. Patrick's Day Horseshoe (SVG, Silhouette).  I used some of Lori's Echo Park Paper collections including Day in the Life No. 2, Pets and Our Little Princess.  This card folds flat for mailing which is great.  

Hugs,

 

Bobble Card Pot of Gold

 

Anita here with a fun St. Patrick's Day card which is called Bobble Card Pot of Gold (SVG, Silhouette).  I used Mini Action Wobbles Springs to pop up the pot of gold and it wiggles when you pic it up or shake it.  Lori has a tutorial on her site for this type of card as well as links to get the wobbles.  I used some of her Echo Park paper collections including:  Day in the Life No. 2, Pets and Our Little Princess. Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,

Adhering a Vinyl SVG to a Travel Mug

 

Happy Thursday Everyone:

Anita here with a tutorial on the application of vinyl to a travel mug.  I wanted to make this for one of my friend's for Valentine's Day as one of her true loves is coffee.  I used Lori's SVG called I Only Need Coffee on Days with "Y" (SVG, Silhouette).  I used some Cricut silver matte vinyl for my project.  I selected matte vinyl for my cutting surface.  You do not need to mirror the design when using regular vinyl on a project.

Here are the materials that I used for my project.  You will want to pick up some transfer tape if you don't have any as it makes these vinyl projects so much easier.

Here is the design cut out and that is my weeding tool from Cricut which is next to the design.  It has a hook on the end which makes fishing out those tiny little pieces so easy.  You can use a pin and I have used a seam ripper in the past too.  You are going to want to remove all of the pieces of design that you don't need to be there.  I started in one corner and slowly peeled the excess away from my design.  If there are fine elements to your design you might need to hold onto the design with one hand as you pull the excess away so that your design doesn't tear.

Here is what my design looked like after I peeled away all of the excess piece which came off in one piece,  Next, I needed to go in and grab those extra little bits to help define my design more.  I used my weeding tool for this.  You can use a pin as well.

My design is now all weeded and ready for the transfer tape to be applied directly on top of the design.  I cut a piece of transfer tape a little larger 1/2" or so around your design.  Then I peeled off the white piece on the transfer paper leaving the sticky side exposed and then stuck that down on top of my design.  I leave my design on my mat through these steps as it is easier to work with.  At this point you need to burnish the transfer tape onto your design.  Essentially you want the tape to pick up just the vinyl from the backing paper so that you can adhere it directly to your mug and see exactly where it is going to go.  I used my Cricut scraper that I bought but you can certainly use a popsicle stick for this step.  Check to see if you have been successful in getting the vinyl to adhere to the transfer tape.  If not, continue to burnish until it all comes off the backing paper.

This photo shows the transfer tape on and the tool that I used to burnish the vinyl onto the transfer tape. And my well love mat, lol.

Lastly, I placed my transfer tape onto the mug.  I started carefully at one edge laying it on and let it gently fall where it wanted to given that the cup is rounded.  I then used my fingers to smooth out the transfer tape.  One I was happy with the placement, it was time to again burnish the design to get it to adhere to the cup.  It came out great and I'm sure that she will love it.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,

Anita

November Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the November Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop.  You should have come here from Traci Matthew Penrod's blog and will next be going to Brandie Harding Adams' blog.  My grandson became a big brother a few days ago and he is crazy for cars and trucks.  I found this truck which looks just like the one that my son drives.  I used Lori's font called Fun (SVG, Silhouette)  and vinyl.  I put Henry's name on the drivers door as he is the big brother and Charlie's name on the passenger door.  Big brother went on the hood and the year that Henry became a big brother went on the roof.  Can't wait to give it to him.  Thanks for looking and have a great day.  

 

Hugs,

Thanksgiving Table Décor

Happy Halloween everyone:

 Anita here with some Thanksgiving holiday table décor that I made by using one of Lori's SVG's for a different purpose.  Her file is called  So Thankful Grateful Blessed (SVG, Silhouette).  I used the three words and welded two of the words so that they would cut out as one piece. I cut one layer out of cardstock and used Lori's Echo Park Paper collections including A Perfect Autumn, Celebrate Autumn and My Favorite Fall.  I also cut a layer out of chipboard to give the the dining plate word sign some bulk.

I can't wait to use these on Thanksgiving.  Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,

October 2022 Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop

Happy October Everyone:

Where is the time going?  I am crazy for these 5X7 Box Card House files of Lori's so knew I just had to make the 5X7 Box Card House Happy Halloween (SVG, Silhouette).  This file also comes with an envelope.  I used some of her Echo Park Paper collections including I Love Halloween and A Perfect Autumn.  You should have come here from Kathy Skou's blog and will next be going to Brandie Harding Adams'  blog.  

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Bobble Head Ghost Card

 

Anita here with a fun twist on one of Lori's brand new Halloween files called A2 Halloween Card Ghost (SVG, Silhouette).  I used a small spring which you can find here as mentioned in this tutorial from Lori, which is here.  I took this cute ghost card and put one of the springs on the back of the ghost before I glued the other side to the card.  They are actually called Action Wobbles.  I used some of Lori's Echo Park Paper collections including I Love Halloween and A Perfect Autumn.  This file also comes with an envelope.

Below is a photo of the ghost off to the side of the card showing how it would wiggle and bobble.

This is a photo of the side view of the card showing the spring Action Wobble.

That's it for me today. Just think of all the cards that you could make elements wobble, so much fun. Thanks for looking and have a great day.  

Hugs,

Anita

September 2022 Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop

Hello Everyone:

It's time for the September Lori Whitlock Creative Team blog hop.  I made Lori's 5X7 Box Card House Happy Autumn (SVG, Silhouette).  It even comes with an envelope which you can see in the photos.  You should have come here from Traci Matthews Penrod's blog and will next be going to  Ashley Cook's blog.  For this projects I used several of Lori's Echo Park Paper collections including Endless Summer, Let's Go Anywhere, Farmer's Markert and Fun on the Farm.  Be sure to check out these new box card houses.  They are so wonderful and easy to put together.

Hugs,