Christmas in July Tea Towel Tutorial

 Hi Everyone:

For the first time ever, I decided to start making some Christmas items in July.  I  made these tea towels using three of Lori's SVG files , Flourish Reindeer, which you can find here in her store and here in the Silhouette store, Mistletoe 2 which you can find here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette store and Merry Christmas Flourish Tree which you can find here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette store.  I used some tea towel blanks from Kimberbell and they are of awesome quality.  I tend to display my holiday tea towels hanging from my stove door handle so I planned out my sizing for the designs with that in mind.  I used the Cricut Easy Press to adhere my iron on vinyl designs but you can also use a regular iron.  They come out so beautiful and are so easy to work with.

Below are the photos of the parts to applique on the towels.

Here are the Tea Towels that I used.

Here are the close up photos of each towel.

I feel great to have gotten at least something done for the busy holiday season which will be upon us before we know it.  Check out all of Lori's wonderful Christmas and holiday cut files and get a jump start on your holiday crafting.

Hugs,

Henry's Box Card Sandcastle Lori Whitlock July Blog Hop

Happy July Everyone:

Hope that you are enjoying your summer and that it is not flying past like mine is.  I send cards to my grandson's day care center as they have mail day once a month and I decided to make a summer themed card.  I used Lori's Box Card Sandcastle which you can find here in her store and here in the Silhouette store.  Box cards are so easy to make and are fun for the recipient.  Plus, they fold flat for mailing.  I used two of Lori's fun Echo Park Paper lines, including A Slice of Summer and Let's Go Anywhere.  You should have come here from Traci Matthews Penrod 's blog and will next be going to Brandie Harding Adams' blog.  

Hugs,

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4th of July Cookie Box

 

Anita here with a festive way to celebrate the 4th of July with cookies.  I used Lori's SVG file called Cookie Box 4th of July which you can find here in her store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I also used a Doily file of hers to line the box for the cookie to sit on.  You can find that file here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I used a piece of acetate for the window of my box and then also cut a circle the size of my cookie to lay in the box and to  keep the doily and box free from grease.  I also cut some cardstock 2 1/4" X 2 1/2" and then glued some twine down the middle of the paper.  I then used a thin chopstick to roll the paper into a firecracker shape.

Here's the box with the doily out of it so you can see how it looks.

Finally, here is a photo of the box with the doily in it.  Have a great day and thank you for looking.

Hugs,

June Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop

 

Hi Everyone:

Anita here with my card for the Lori Whitlock June Creative Team blog hop.  I made this for a friend who recently had some surgery.  You should have come here from Kathy Skou's blog and will next be going to Brandie Harding Adams' blog.  I made the A 2 Card Sunshine Get Well file which you can find here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  It will surely bring a smile to someone who is feeling under the weather.  

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Hugs,

Mickey Mouse First Birthday Letter Blocks for Centerpiece

Anita here with a tutorial to show you how I made Mickey Mouse letters for my grandson's first birthday party.  I used Lori's awesome files for the 3D Letters, here are the links to the O cut file in Lori's store and in the Silhouette Design store and the N cut file in her store and in the Silhouette Design store and the E cut file in her store and in the Silhouette Design store.  Lori also has a wonderful tutorial on her page which you can watch here to assist with putting the letters together.

Here are all the pieces that I cut out to make my blocks.  I used the kraft cardstock papers for assembling my letters.  I will describe what I did to create the Mickey ears at the top of the letter and cut an extra letter in the red, and cut it to fit near the bottom third of the letters.

I took my drawing tool in my Silhouette Cameo software and created a small circle that was the size that I wanted for the ears.  I copy and pasted a copy of the larger front piece from the file as I didn't want the layered look as shown in the original cut file.  Once I had all three of the letters on the mat I added two circles to each letter.  I then grouped each letter with the ears and arranged them on the mat so that they all fit.  I then sent the file to cut and selected each letter one at a time and then selected cut edge.  I sent it to my Silhouette and it came out perfect.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,

May Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop

 Hi Everyone:

Welcome to the May Lori Whitlock Creative Team Blog Hop.  You should have come here from Kathy Skou's blog and will next be going to Brandie Harding Adams' blog.  

My niece is about to graduate from high school and head off to Georgetown in the fall.  I made these projects to celebrate with her this momentous occasion.  I used Lori's SVG files including the Grad Hat Small Mouth Topper which is filled with different types of M & M's in her school colors.  You can find the file here in Lori's SVG store and here in the Silhouette store.  I also made her a Grad Year Shaped Card which you can find here in Lori's store.  Lastly, I made the Grad Photo Props Décor as a fun centerpiece.  You can find that file here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette Design store.   

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Thanks for looking and have a great day.  

Hugs,

5X7 Shadow Box Frame Card Friends

 

Anita here with a card that I made for a dear friend who is moving away to be closer to her daughter and be in a warmer climate.  I wanted to give her a special card which reflected the importance of her friendship to me.  I made this 5X7 Shadow Box Frame Card Friends which you can find here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette Design store.  I used one of Lori's new Echo Park Paper collections called A Slice of Summer.  This card folds flat for mailing and is sure to add some cheer to a friend's day.  

That's it for me today.  Thanks for looking and have a great day.  Be sure to check out Lori's other beautiful friendship cards.

Hugs,