Lori Whitlock | 5x7 Grid Pop Up Card Tutorial

Hi Everyone!  I'm back with another fun 5x7 Grid Pop Up Card from Lori Whitlock today!  In addition to the seasonal versions of this card type, Lori has a fun 5x7 Grid Pop Up Birthday Bundle.  I have a few January birthdays coming up so I decided to make the 5x7 Grid Pop Up Card Birthday Balloons version (SVG, Silhouette).  I pieced it together with papers from Lori's Pets Collection for Echo Park Paper.  Take a peek...

I put together a quick tutorial showing just how easy these cards are to assemble.... 

Start by cutting the pieces of your card.  You will have three plain bases (bottom) and three decorated inserts.  Next add the different elements to the inserts.  I cut and added the stars, balloons and banner to the front facing pieces (the clouds are part of my patterned paper).  I also print and cut the sentiment piece using the print and cut feature of my Silhouette.  This piece goes on the back of the largest insert.

Next you want to start assembling your "grid".  Start wit the three plain bases.  The two smaller bases go on the outer sides with the larger in the middle.  Slide the front star insert into the front-most slits in each of the base pieces as shown.  The bottoms should be flush.  You may need to wiggle them a little to get them there.

Next add the second insert with the balloons.  You want to slide it into the second set of slits in the base pieces.

Lastly, repeat the process with the largest background insert.  Slide it into the last row of slits until the bottoms are all flush.

Once assembled this card folds flat to fit into a standard A7 (5.25" x 7.25") envelope.  

That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Doodlebug Design | My Happy Place Birdcage Card

The new My Happy Place Collection is so much fun!  (How could I not love it when my blog is named the same!) The colors, the icons.... and the cut files!  If you know me, you know I love Doodlebug's cut files, and When I saw the Bird in Cage file I immediately had an idea for a fun box card.  Take a peek.... 

I turned the flat birdcage into a 3D shape, where the little birdie hangs down!  In addition to using some papers from the collection, I also added some of the flowers from the Bits & Pieces pack.  These flowers are perfect to embellish just about anything!  I also used the perfectly punny sentiment from the Chit Chat pack.

To make the cage stand up, I added 2 thin strips of cardstock, folded into a box shape to the top and bottom of the cage pieces, then I layered the back piece of the cage so they were centered. To attach the bird, I glued a strip the same thickness as the top and bottom boxes and about 1" wider than the folded box.  I scored glued the bird and his perch to the center, then folded back about 1/2" on each side of the strip and glued the folded sections to the side of the box on the top.  This way he hangs freely.

Since the top and bottom "box strips" are centered and the same size, the card can fold flat for mailing.  I thought this would also make a darling anniversary or wedding card.  You could create another birdie, mirror image and add it to the perch with his friend!

Have you created any projects using the My Happy Place Collection or cut files?  Be sure to tag Doodlebug Design on Facebook & Instagram.  We love to see what you create!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

My Happy Place Collection
My Happy Place Coordinating Petite Prints
Buffalo Check/Woodgrain Petite Prints (Cherry, Gray)
My Happy Place - Bird in Cage SVG

OTHER

Silhouette Cameo
Adhesive/Pop Dots

Lori Whitlock | Pop Up Birthday Cake Card

Hi Everyone!  Today I have one of Lori's fun new cards from the Awesome Birthday Card Bundle.  This Happy Birthday Pop Up Cake Card 2 (SVG, Silhouette) is such a fun card, and really easy to put together.  I put my version together with Echo Park Paper's new Birthday Girl Collection, take a peek...

And the outside is just as cute!

I put together some easy instructions for this card.  Head over to Lori's Blog for the full tutorial.  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Lori Whitlock | Unicorn Rectangle Pop Up Card

 It's all sunshine, unicorns and rainbows on the blog today... because let's face it, we could use some cheer!  I pieced together Lori Whitlock's new Unicorn Rectangle Pop Up Card (SVG, Silhouette) using some papers from Doodlebug Design... take a peek...

These cards are so fun... they look great on a shelf, and they fold flat for mailing!  This card fits in a 6x6 envelope.  

Lori has a number of pop up cards, for all types of occasions.  You can find tutorials for all of Lori's Pop Up type cards here on her YouTube Channel.  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek.

Lori Whitlock | August Creative Team Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!   It's time for the August Creative Team Blog Hop over at Lori Whitlock!  You should have arrived here from Traci's Blog.  Here's the order for today's hop!

Lori Whitlock
Traci Penrod
Kathy Skou {you are here!}
Anita Mulcahey
Brandie Adams
Ashley Cook
Cathy Harper

Michelle Starcher
Marcia Dehn-Nix

I made the Record Card (SVG, Silhouette (coming soon))  It's such a fun little card!  I pieced it together using some papers from Doodlebug Design's Party Time and Hey Cupcake Collections.

There's a sale happening in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop!  Use code AUG2020 to get 30% off all SVGs , Fonts and Commercial Licenses!

Also, how about a free file!!  This file is free for today only!  No code or minimum required.

Finally, how would you like to win a $20 Coupon to Lori's SVG Shop!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Your next hop stop is Anita!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Lori Whitlock | May Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!   It's time for the May Creative Team Blog Hop over at Lori Whitlock!  You should have arrived here from Traci's Blog.  Here's the order for today's hop!

Lori Whitlock
Traci Penrod
Kathy Skou {you are here!}
Anita Mulcahey
Brandie Adams
Aimee Kidd
Ashley Cook
Cathy Harper

Michelle Starcher

I made the new 2 Way Flower Box Card (SVG, Silhouette)  It's such a beautiful card and can be used for a birthday, Thank You or just because.  I added the Happy Birthday Sentiment (it's not part of the file) and I pieced it together using some Doodlebug Design Papers.

There's a sale happening in the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop!  Use code MAY2020 to get 30% off all SVGs , Fonts and Commercial Licenses!

Also, how about a free file!!  This file is free for today only!  No code or minimum required.

Finally, how would you like to win a $20 Coupon to Lori's SVG Shop!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Your next hop stop is Anita!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Doodlebug Design | Hap-pea National Scrapbooking Day

Happy interNational Scrapbooking Day! We are celebrating all day over on the Doodlebug Design Blog.  I hope that you're able to get into your craft space and create today!  I was lucky enough to find some time to play today...so I pulled out my Doodlebug stash and my Silhouette and got to work!  As soon as I saw the adorable little vegetables in the Hoppy Easter Cut Files Collection, I knew I had to create a card for my gardening friend!  I saw the pea file, and my mind started churning... I decided to make a 3D box card with it!  Take a peek...

I started with the Hoppy Easter Peas File to make the pea pod box shape and the Hap-pea Birthday sign.  I added faces to the peas (I used the faces from the Simply Spring Bees file)  It needed one more thing so I decided to add little birthday hats to the peas.  I made the hats using the Sweet Party Hats File from the Fairy Tales collection.   The card folds flat for mailing.  I know my friend will love it!  Are you using any Doodlebug Cut Files or Collections for a project today?  Make sure to tag Doodlebug Design on social media, we'd love to see your creations!

Products Used:

Petite Prints Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Dot and Stripe - Citrus

Petite Prints Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Dot and Stripe - Limeade

Petite Prints Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Dot and Stripe - Grasshopper

Petite Prints Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Dot and Stripe - Kraft

Petite Prints Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Dot and Stripe - Beetle Black

Hoppy Easter Collection - 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Glitter Sprinkles - Self Adhesive Enamel Dots - Bon Bon

Cut Files:

Hoppy Easter - Peas(SVG, Silhouette)

Sweet Party Hat Fairy Tales (SVG, Silhouette)

Simply Spring Bees (SVG, Silhouette)

Other:

Pinsetter Font (for sign)

Doodlebug Design | Happy Birthday Sweet Lady!

Yesterday, the Doodlebug Design DT got together to wish Cynthea Sandoval, the owner of Doodlebug, a very happy birthday!  We made cards, and posted one an hour on the Doodlebug Blog. I made this card for Cynthea , I just love the little ladybug!

I created this fun shaped card using a couple of different cut files from Doodlebug's Simply Spring Collection, including the Simply Spring Fence (SVG, Silhouette)  and the Simply Spring Ladybug (SVG, Silhouette).  (for a tutorial on how to make a shaped card in Silhouette, see my post, here) The sentiment was created using the print and cut function of my Silhouette.  The papers are from a combination of Doodlebug's Simply Spring, Hoppy Easter and Petite Prints collections.  And of course I had to add some sprinkles and a few of the Simply Spring May Flowers Sprinkles!  Head over to the Doodlebug Blog to see all of the cards that were created, there's tons of colorful inspiration!  

Lawn Fawnatics | Challenge 50 Fun with Food

I played along with the latest challenge over on the Lawn Fawnatics blog, Fun with Food.  I used the Be Hap-pea stamp set to make this cute little birthday card...

In addition to the Be Hap-pea set, I used the Happy Happy Happy Stamps, Fancy Folded Banners, Small and Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables, Stitched Circle Frames and papers from the Perfectly Plaid Rainbow and Spiffy Speckles 6x6 pads.  

That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Bella Blvd: Wish Big Shaped Cards

One of the big benefits of working and designing for Lori Whitlock is that I get to play with all the files!  Recently, Bella Blvd. started offering their Wish Big SVG files through Lori's shop, and they are just the cutest!  I decided to make some shaped cards using the files and the Wish Big Paper Collection... take a peek...

My first card is the adorable little Wish Big-Snail.  I love how he carries the little cupcake!  I added the celebrate sticker from the Sticky Mix Cardstock Stickers.  I also added a matte enamel shape for his eye.

Next I made a card using the Wish Big - Alligator file.  I thought this would make a really cute tag too! 

For my last card I used the sweet Wish Big Dinosaur File.  I loved the balloon tied to his tail!  I added the party time sticker and some enamel dots to complete him! 

There are so many more files in the whole collection, I can't wait to play with some more!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Doodlebug Design | Simply Spring Shadow Box Cards

It's been a long winter here in the New England... I'm more than ready for some spring and good weather!  So you can imagine how excited I was to get my Doodlebug box full of then new Simply Spring Collection.  I love every single thing about this collection!  The colors, the patterns, the embellishments... I've said it before and I'll say it again, only Doodlebug can make a bug that is cute!  I immediately ran into my craft room and started playing! I created these fun Shadow Box cards...

I love Shadow Box Cards, and the Odds & Ends Pieces from the Simply Spring Collection made it so easy to create fun little scenes.  I started with the cute little blue birds, and the punny Happy Birdie to You sentiment from the Chit Chat pieces.  How cute is that little bumble bee from the Little Critters Shaped Sprinkles??

My next card features the cute little frog from the Odds & Ends, and the Hoppy Birthday Sentiment.  For my little scene I added a couple of Doodlebug cut files, the Fox Tails are from the On The Farm Cut File Collection and the Lily Pad is from the Pot O' Gold Cut Files.  To finish it off I added the cute little dragon fly from the Little Critters Sprinkles.

For my last card I used a lot of the flowers from the Odds & Ends to make a little "garden" for the little bumblebees to fly around.  I also added a couple of the cute little flower shaped sprinkles from the May Flowers Shaped Sprinkles.

I have so many more ideas for this fun collection, I may have to stock up on more!!  Have you made anything using the Simply Spring Collection?  Be sure to tag Doodlebug Design on Social media, we would love to see your creations!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Products Used

Hoppy Spring double-sided cardstock

Blue Skies double-sided cardstock

Bright Bunch double-sided cardstock

Bee Happy double-sided cardstock

Under My Umbrella double-sided cardstock

Simply Spring 6x6 Paper Pad

Simply Spring Chit Chat Pieces

Simply Spring Odds & Ends

Simply Spring Blooming Bugs doodlepops

May Flowers Shaped Sprinkles

Little Critters Shaped Sprinkles

limeade dot-stripe petite prints

bon bon dot-stripe petite prints 

Fox Tails On The Farm SVG File

Frog Girl Pot O' Gold SVG File

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 48 | Inspired by a Song

I was lucky enough to spend my weekend at the Crop on the Cape!  I actually got projects done and things accomplished!  Usually for me there is more chatting than scrapping!  One of the things I was able to complete is the latest Lawn Fawnatics Challenge... Inspired by a Book, Movie or Song.  As soon as I saw the challenge, all I could think about is the song Wild Thing by the Troggs, and the cute little jungle critters from the Wild for You Stamp Set.  I came up with this layered card...

I also used some leaves and trees from the Critters Down Under and Critters in the Jungle sets.  The papers are from the new Spring Fling 6x6 pad.  I will now proceed to have this song stuck in my head for the next week!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Lori Whitlock: Side Step Card Birthday Cake

Hi Everyone! I'm up on the Lori Whitlock Blog today with a tutorial showing how to assemble this sweet  Side Step Card - Birthday Cake. (available here in the Silhouette Store) This is such a cute card and it's really pretty easy to put together! I made this one for my daughter's birthday.

 I used Lori's Perfect Princess Collection for Echo Park. It's such a fun, girly collection with great colors and patterns. Head over to Lori's blog here for the full tutorial.  Thanks for stopping by to peek!

Lori Whitlock: Frog Shaped Card

Hi Everyone! Today I have a sweet little birthday card that I created for Lori Whitlock,   We have a ton of May & June birthdays in our family, so I love how easily Lori's Shaped cards go together!  Take a peek...

I just adore the little frog, and the print and cut sentiment completes the card!  I used some Gingham Linen Petite Prints from Doodlebug Design for the papers.  Now to figure out which birthday I'll use this one for!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

File Used:

Frog Shaped Birthday Card Lori's Shop

Frog Shaped Birthday Card Silhouette Store

Lori Whitlock: July Creative Team Blog Hop

 Hi Everyone, it's time for the July Creative Team Blog Hop at Lori Whitlock!  There's tons of new inspiration!  Here's the order of the hop: 

Corri Garza

Mendi Yoshikawa

Kathy Skou

Cathy Harper

Tya Smith

Ashley Cook

 

I created one of Lori's fun new Box Cards for a friend's birthday!  I used the A2 Box Card Flower Bouquet  file (here in the Silhouette Store) and some bright and fun papers from Echo Park's I Love Sunshine Collection!

 

 

I added some pieces from Lori's Banner Labels (here in Silhouette Store) and stamped a Happy Birthday Message!

 Now some goodies for you! Today, you can get this file for free!  See the shop for details!

 In addition, you can get 30% off in the Lori Whitlock Shop !!

and at Snap, Click, Supply ....

 

 and one more...
 

To win, be sure to visit all the stops on the hop and comment on Lori's Blog!! 

That's it for me today!  Your next stop on the hop is Cathy Harper!  Thanks for stopping by!

Lori Whitlock: April Creative Team Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!  Welcome to the April  Lori Whitlock Creative Team blog Hop! 

 

 

 Here's the order of this month's hop...

Corri Garza
Mendi Yoshikawa
Traci Penrod
Kathy Skou  You are here!
Cathy Harper
Tya Smith
Chrissy Guido
Ashley Cook
 

There are a ton of birthday's coming up in my family so I decided to make Lori's adorable Stand-up Birthday Balloons card.  (Available here in the silhouette Store.)

 

 

I used some Doodlebug Design papers (Petite Prints and Hello Sunshine) to create my card.  The little banner was printed using my Silhouette Sketch Pens and Lori's Cheerful Sketch Font. 

 

 

The card even comes with an envelope cut file! Now something for you...

 

 

and....

 

and....

 

That's not all, you can enter to win!

 

 a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

That's it for me today, your next stop on the hop is Cathy's Blog.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Paper Issues: Say Cheese Issue

Hi Everyone...just a quick post to share the card I created for Paper Issues latest issue, Say Cheese, sponsored by Maya Road.

 

I LOVE Maya Road Chipboard pieces.  You can do so many things with them.  For my card I covered them with some fun Doodlebug Designs Sugar Shoppe Papers, and also painted some with some Smooch.  They hold up to just about anything!!  Have you linked up to our latest Issue???  We're looking for projects that:

• Use camera embellishments.
• Showcase a favorite photo.
• Think about using "Say Cheese" as a title.
• Do you have any photos featuring cheesy smiles? Let's see 'em!
• Add Polaroid-style frames to your project.
• Share a project featuring Instagram, Polaroid or vintage photos.
• Tell us about the silly things your kids (nieces, nephews, grandchildren, etc.) say.
• Use Maya Road products.

Make sure you link back to Paper Issues too!  You could win a fun goodie bag from Maya Road.  That's it for me today.  I'll be back tomorrow with some fun summer PL cards I created for Right at Home!