One Dollar Wednesday at Jessica Sprague

One Dollar Wednesday at JessicaSprague.com!

It’s Wednesday again and that means TODAY ONLY you can snag two digital kits for an amazing deal…
TODAY for JUST $1 you can grab this awesome set: Green Basics

GREEN BASICS

And, you can get the following awesome product for HALF OFF, Basics Life Cards

BASICS LIFE CARDS

While you are at jessicasprague.com getting your kits, be sure to check out the samples made with each of these kits at the bottom of each listing.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SAVE 40% at Silhouette. Be sure to use coupon code LORI at checkout to get 40% off your entire purchase of Silhouette supplies, including the Designer Edition Software! SHOP HERE

Tuesday Freebie 4 Borders 2

TODAY ONLY, this 4 BORDERS 2 SVG file is FREE with any purchase.

Before coupon code total should be $1.98 or higher. Just add coupon code: BORDERS at checkout and the cost will be deducted from your purchase. This freebie is good until tomorrow.

Here are some of Lori’s newest shapes added to the SVG shop and her Silhouette Portfolio! Thanks for stopping by… Lisa

Only a purchase in Lori’s SVG shop will qualify for the free shape.

Thank you everyone for your support and participation in the Silhouette Portrait Giveaway! We have a winner! Congrats to Lee B! Lee won with her ‘refer a friend’ entry! Lee, I’ve emailed you with instructions. Please send your mailing address to info@loriwhitlock.com. Have a wonderful day, everyone!!

Don’t forget about the awesome sale at Silhouette. They have extended the sale through tomorrow. Be sure to use coupon code LORI at checkout to get 40% off your entire purchase of Silhouette supplies, including the Designer Edition Software!

Layout by Mendi and Card Set by Corri

Welcome Mendi and Corri to the blog today with their adorable projects. First up is Mendi.

I’m back today to share another layout using more from the “Perfect Summer” collection Lori designed for Echo Park along with several of her cutting files!

I ended up utilizing a couple 6×6 papers from the coordinating paper pad for my background.  I love how the prints are reduced in size which was perfect for what I had in mind.  For my title I paired Lori’s “adventure” phrase with some Ali Edwards stamps and a fish sticker from the collection.
I also used the smaller prints from the 6×6 pad to cut my flip flops which worked well.  I wanted the water flourish to stand out against the background so I chose to journal on vellum which gave a subtle washed out look to the patterned paper below.  As a finishing touch I added Stickles glitter to the water flourish and openings in my diecut border.
To create my layout I used the following cutting files designed by Lori:
Don’t Bother Me (flip flops)
4 Seasons Layout: Spring (flower for flip flops)
Cute Umbrella (for splashes- Silhouette Store only)
‘Water’ Flourish (Silhouette store only)
‘Big Adventure’ Phrase (Silhouette store only)
3 Borders (Silhouette store only)
Next up we have Corri…

I have a cute gift set to show you today that would be perfect for a friend or a teenage girl.

 I just love Lori’s new Accordion Gift Card Wallet.

 

The wallet is perfectly sized for a gift card or two and is very durable.  You could easily carry this around in your purse.   I made the Ornate Pull Out Card 2 to match using paper from the Echo Park – Love Story Collection that Lori designed.  This card is so beautiful and looks like you put a lot of work in when it actually goes together very quickly.

New at Jessica Sprague Layout Template Sets

New at JessicaSprague this week are these fun new kits. These layouts were inspired by some of the existing kits in the shop, but would be beautiful with any of them really.

You can pick it up this weekend for 25% OFF. What a deal!  This price is good through SUNDAY. Layout Templates Summer and Layout Templates Gears

LAYOUT TEMPLATES SUMMER

 

Layout by Chrissy. Layout Templates SummerArrow Brushes Set 3Maggie PapersSweet LifeEveryday BrushesLazy Summer Day

Layout by Chrissy. Layout Templates Summer (Banner), Maggie Collection

LAYOUT TEMPLATES GEARS

Layout by Haley. Layout Templates GearsFlourish BrushesPatriotic Picnic Kit

Don’t forget about your chance to win a new Portrait below.

Or the pretty amazing sale at Silhouette on ALL consumables both old and new are 40% OFF. Make sure and use the coupon code LORI at checkout to get these great prices.

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Silhouette Knife Tutorial

Hi friends!  I’m excited to share a sweet card and tutorial with you today!
I recently went on vacation and had my son’s fiancé stay at my house with my dogs.  I decided to make a thank you card for her, and wanted the dogs on the card to resemble my pups.  I love Lori’s cute dog cutting file, but one of my dogs has a shorter tail, and one has shorter ears…so here is what I did to fix this.
1. First I pulled up the dog shape I wanted to use.  I resized and ungrouped all of the pieces and slid the shapes that I didn’t want to use right away, over to the side.
2.  Next, I highlighted my dog and duplicated the shape.  Since one of my dogs is smaller, I resized one, and flipped her around so that they weren’t facing the same way.
3.   Before I cut my shapes, I zoomed in on them so that I could see the cut lines better.
4.  I used the knife tool along the left hand tool bar.   I clicked on the line to start my cut…and then clicked on the line where I wanted my cut to end (notice the first dog’s tail).
5.  I did the same step for cutting the second dog’s ears to make them shorter.
Once the cut line was created, I used the ‘move tool’ (top arrow) and then clicked on the pieces to move them off to the slide.
6.  The photo below shows where I have used the knife tool to cut one dog’s tail and the other dog’s ears to make them look like my adorable pups 🙂
7.  Since I don’t want my dogs’ tail and ears to be square, I used the “edit point” (second arrow with dots) tool to round these areas out.  If you click this tool, you can pull your points around into the shape you want.
8.  This shot shows how one of the ears has been rounded.
9.  Here is the final way my sweet dogs looked before I cut them out…
And here is the card I created with my new shapes.
Lori Whitlock cutting files used on this project:
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