Month: November 2011

Welcome to the Blog Hop

We have a fun Friday (and Saturday) in store for you! It’s our very first Design Team blog hop and we’re so super excited that you’re here to support us! The Design Team has been busy working on some fun Christmas projects to help you get in the holiday crafting mood. I know… Thanksgiving isn’t over, yet! But, us crafters need a plan and have to get started early to make the magic happen!

To celebrate and to help you get your holiday crafting cutting files… EVERYTHING IN THE ONLINE SHOP IS 25% OFF THIS WEEKEND (now through Sunday)! Just use coupon code: JOLLY25 at checkout.

And, to express my appreciation to YOU, I’ve created a SVG/DXF gift tag set to give to YOU today absolutely FREE. I am truly humbled and honored that so many of you support my design and products. You are AMAZING and I thank you!! You can collect a tag file at each of the Design Team blogs. So, be sure to visit each blog to get the entire set.

DOWNLOAD TAG #1 BY CLICKING HERE.

Last but not least… we’re also giving away a $25 gift card to the online shop to one lucky winner. Simply leave a comment at each stop along the blog hop (there’s 7) and we’ll choose a random winner from the commenters. I’ll post the winner here on my blog and on my Facebook page on Sunday. So, be sure to check back so I can send the winner a gift card.

So, without further delay… I’d like to share with you a project I’ve been working on for the blog hop… a village. There are 3 separate SVG/DXF files: Cottage, Church, and School House. I’ve spent my spare moments over the past few weeks developing the cutting files for this darling set and they are NOW available in my ONLINE SHOP. Due to the time involved in developing the village it will remain exclusive to my online shop. And, at 25% OFF, this is the time to pick it up! I’m so happy with how it turned out. The pictures look pretty good, but it’s absolutely awesome in person! You’ll be amazed at how simple these are to construct. What a cute home decor set for the holidays! And, the school would make a super cute teacher gift!!

Don’t forget to comment at all 7 stops for your chance to win a $25 gift card. Thanks for visiting. Below is the lineup for the rest of the blog hop. Have FUN!

Lori Whitlock (you are here)
Carolyn King
Natalie Graham
Corri Garza
Joy Dickson
Krissy Clark
Tamara Tripodi

Have a super awesome weekend getting ready for Thanksgiving! Hopefully you find this hop inspiring!

Fall Tree Owl Mantel Decor

Look at the super cute fall tree owl mantel decor Joy created with her Silhouette Cameo and my fall tree art. She cut the pieces out of vinyl and decorated her mantel with it! How fun for Thanksgiving!!! Here’s what Joy had to say about creating the mantel project…

“I used my Silhouette Cameo and the print and cut Fall Tree.svg by Lori Whitlock to decorate 5 and 1/2 feet of my mantel.  The only thing that’s not part of Lori’s file is the sentiment which I came up with and typed out in the Silhouette software.

I printed the file using my regular printer and now I’m having the Silhouette Cameo cut everything out.

I had planned to make this whole project out of vinyl but after doing a test cut in paper I changed my mind and did the whole mantel in paper, except for the lettering.  I liked using paper because I could give dimension to the leaves.  I chose to attach everything with Glue Dots so I could easily redo my mantel for Christmas, which is coming faster than a rolling snowball.

I love the shape of the tree, the colors and those gorgeous leaves. You can use the Fall Tree.svg as is or just use the tree, the leaves or the owls. I added more leaves to my trees.

I chose to duplicate the owl (so easy in the Silhouette software) and change up the colors of the circle of feathers, that way you could tell us all apart.  My kid owls are a tiny bit smaller than the Mom and Dad owl.  Do I look fat in this picture?  They say feathers add 5 pounds on camera.

It sure looked like vinyl on the mantel, didn’t it?  It’s not!  I used printable adhesive material by Square1.  It’s got a bit of texture and is easily repositionable.  Cool.  Now I can just peel that off too when I’m ready to turn my mantel into Christmas!”

You can also see this darling project over at Joy’s blog.

 

Christmas Blog Hop This Weekend!

This weekend we have our very first design team blog hop! Come join us for some inspiration and a chance to win a $25 gift card to the loriwhitlock.com. Mark your calendar! It’s gonna be FUN! See you there. And, just incase you have not seen… Echo Park has a Blog Hop going on RIGHT NOW (with a giveaway). Go check it out. There’s some great Winter Park ideas and Tamara has some super cute mustache ideas for you, too!

Block Christmas

I love seasonal decorations that are interactive. I have children and they love to touch and re-arrange my decorations. They know which things they can’t touch and which things they can. This darling set of “Christmas Blocks” made by crafty Natalie is something we’d really enjoy in our home. Natalie has Mod Podged my Block Christmas SVG set to nine wooden blocks to create a puzzle. And, it’s so stinking cute. I think this would make a great gift this holiday season. Shapes used:

Block Christmas