Lori Whitlock Spotlight- Easter Ideas

 Welcome to Tuesday's with Lori Whitlock.  I have some cute Easter ideas for you and a short step-by-step Silhouette tutorial on how to create the mat on the flap of the envelope.  I love making Easter projects and as soon as I saw the Chick Candy Dispenser, I knew that I just had to cut it out.  

 

I followed Lori's instructions here on her YouTube Channel to put it together and then added a few of my own embellishments.  Don't you just love googly eyes?  I think that they add so much personality to my little chick.

The front of the box opens up to reveal your treat of choice.  I had just picked up these yummy Hershey's Kisses in Easter colors. The front will close and then you carry the box around by the handle at the top.

I added the feathers on the back of the box.  I had to use some really good glue to get them to stick but once they were dry everything was fine. I used orange glitter paper on the beak and the feet.  Sometimes, those little details can really make a project pop!

You can't have a treat box without a card, can you?  So I looked through Lori's card files and found this one which I think is perfect.  It gave me a way to incorporate the cardstock that I used on the chick into the card so everything is matching!!  I love how simple it is too.

And since it was so easy to cut out this card, I decided to make a matching envelope.  Again, I used the same yellow cardstock to cut it out.   What fun to have a bright yellow envelope.  I used the fancy envelope. I love the beautiful flap.  Because I wanted to dress it up even more, I cut out a mat for my flap. 

So here is an easy way to make a mat for your envelope.  

Open up the envelope that you are using.  Next, click the knife tool and cut the flap off.  Start at the top of the envelope at the score line.  Click your mouse at the beginning of the cut and keep holding the mouse down as you scroll down the score line.  Once you reach the bottom of the flap, let go off your mouse.

At this point you will be able to click on the larger piece of the envelope and seperate it from the flap.  Delete the larger piece of the envelope.  You won't need it anymore.

Click the the Offset tool in the top right hand menu.  Then click the flap on your mat.  Go back to the Offset panel and click Internal Offset. Then change the amount of Offset Distance.  The amount to offset it is a personal preference but I usually dial mine in anywhere in between .07-.1  When you are happy with the offset amount, click apply.

You should then have two seperate pieces.  Pull the smaller of the two pieces away with your mouse and delete the larger.  The smaller piece is your mat and you will be able to cut it out in a different color than your envelope if you like for a fun, dramatic embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you can use the Silhouette tutorial on your next envelope.

If you are interested in learning more about what your Silhouette can do, please check out my new class at My Creative Classroom.  It is called Creative Silhouette Series: Cards.  I'm a new teacher at MCC and it's also my first online class so I am really excited. The class starts this Wednesday, March 13, 2013. I hope to see you there.

Lori Whitlock Supplies used: 

Chick Candy Dispenser

Card Kit Happy Easter- Silhouette Store, Design Id #8564

5-Card Kit Elegant Envelope- Silhouette Store, Design Id #7680

Other Supplies:

Bo Bunny Double Dot Cardstock

Stampin Up! White Cardstock

Glitter Cardstock Die Cut With A View

Hershey Kisses  :)

 

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