Sparkling and shiny!

Means a bad photo. Sorry, everyone, but you'll have to add your imagination to this photo. :D It's a graduation card from Saturday's Spring Quick Card Class!


Don't forget, you can see any photo at the size I uploaded it by clicking on that photo!

Card stock: Almost Amethyst, Very Vanilla

Ink: Vanilla craft, Lavender Lace

Stamp Sets: Medallion, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Well Scripted (inside)

Accessories: heat tool, embossing buddy, clear embossing powder, Pretties Kit, Tombow Multi Adhesive, Frost White shimmer paint, Regal Rose re-inker, Modern Label Punch, stampin' sponge

You could change the greeting and the inside very easily for a birthday card, a shower or wedding card, or just about anything you can think of! :) It's the shimmer paint mist that made it difficult to get a good photo of this. :D

OK, I'm off! I hope you have a WONDERFUL day - and be sure to take the time to stamp SOMEthing. :D

Sale-a-bration is winding down!

Good morning! How are you today? It's already been one of THOSE mornings; I had to go delete about 25 of those stupid ad comments from this blog. It really irks me, and takes a lot of time. I just don't get WHY people think someone's gonna click a link in my already-small comment section that is nonsense language except for the word SEX. Hello?!?! :D

ANYWAY. Today's share is a birthday card that we did for two workshops earlier this month..


Card stock: Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker

Stamp sets: Well Scripted, Crazy for Cupcakes and Things I Love (inside)

Accessories: Sending Love Specialty DSP, Wide oval punch, Scallop trim corner punch, Scallop trim edge punch, dimensionals
Edited to add: Well, slap me nekkid & hide my clothes (from a dear professor who was from OK!)! I forgot to put my FAVORITE accessory down - the BIG SHOT! I also used the scallop square die. Sorry for any inconvenience! :D

Now, then. That scallop trim EDGE punch will be available in the next Idea Book & Catalog, but you can earn it FREE through the end of THIS month with a $50 purchase. After that, it's unavailable (I think!) until July, when you can purchase it for $15.95. Good deal to get it NOW!!!

The corner punch, Well Scripted stamp set, and the DSP are in the Occasions Mini, and are only available through the end of April (although I'm willing to bet the corner punch will be in the IB&C with the edge punch!). It would be SO easy to put together a great $50 order from the Occasions mini and get your Sale-a-bration item for FREE by the end of this month!! You can email me, call me, or shop 24/7 on my business site - just click the SHOP NOW button!

OK, I'm off to work on designs for Saturday's Easter Stamp Camp! I hope you have a WONDERFUL day - and please, take the time to STAMP something! :)

Happy March!

Good afternoon! PLEASE forgive me for being so tardy today; it was an all-out, run-the-race weekend. PHEW. For those of you waiting for my newsletter, it's going to PROBABLY be until Wednesday when I get it done. I'm sorry, but I am WIPED OUT.

I have to share with you a blessing from this weekend. My sister and brother-in-law and seven kids were here; the 2-year-old wasn't sure what to think of me for a while, but then she brought me a note and told me it said, "I love you". I pulled out a piece of scrap paper that I'd stamped "fan mail" on - which was funny to ME, because she'd had her sister fold my note into a paper fan. :D I wrote, "Aunt Lori loves M-------", and handed it to her. She treasured it all weekend - and brought me notes that not only said "I love you", but "Aunt Lori loves me". :D Here's a picture of my desk piled HIGH with love notes!

And, FINALLY, when I said goodbye to them - I did a hostess party yesterday afternoon - I got a hug from her. :) Kenn caught this one!


OK. :D Enough of my family - but my heart (and face!) is still smiling. :)

Here's today's sample, from February's ADVANCED TECHNIQUES. It IS a Techniques Junkies technique - how did you know?!?! :D

It's called MONO DIES!

Card stock: Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White

Ink: Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise

Stamp set: Well Scripted

Accessories: Big Shot, SU! Sweetest Stem Embosslit, wide oval punch, Tempting Turquoise ribbon

Seriously. If you've never been to an Advanced Techniques class, you should COME! We have a BLAST, and you get to learn different ways of using your supplies!

OK, I'm off. I'm trying not to feel too guilty about not getting my newsletter out today.... :D I need to clean up from my workshops, and get busy stamping for MARCH! :D

Have a WONDERFUL day! Don't forget to STAMP something!!!!

Hello, Baby!

Good morning! How's your week going? Here we are at Thursday already - boy, time FLIES. This is the last week of February! Two weeks from Sunday is the time change for Daylight Savings! Whoosh - it's gonna be Christmas again before we know it! :D

Today's share is a fun one; Becky is getting a new niece (Heck, she might have been born already!), and purchased a gift certificate from Heavenly Perspective Photography as a baby gift. To give the gift card in, I made this card!


Isn't it ADORABLE?!?!?! I'll also put the photo of the inside here - just scroll down a bit. :)

Card stock: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery

Ink: Melon Mambo

Stamp sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Well Scripted (inside)

Accessories: Good Neighbors DSP Pack (FREE for Sale-a-Bration; I LOVE THIS PAPER!!!!), pinking hearts trim punch, word window punch, modern label punch, Big Shot, scallop square die, large oval punch, crimper, round fire rhinestone brads, dimensionals, Frost White shimmer paint, Rose Red re-inker, scallop circle punch, paper piercer, mat pack

(Sorry, had to make some banana bread. Where was I...??? Oh, yes!) :D

To make the flower, I punched two Melon Mambo scallop circles, and three out of the same piece of DSP - two are facing one way, the third another - and then I scrunched them individually. Then I stacked them, and used the paper piercer and mat pack to put a big hole in the middle - inserted the rhinestone brad, and opened it on the back. Then it was just a matter of fluffing until I was happy - and then I drenched it with a shimmer paint mist that's made up of alcohol, re-inker, and shimmer paint. It dries quickly, but it's pretty lethal-smelling! :D

While that dried, I did my leaves - punched out two scraps with the large oval, and folded them in half the long way. I ran them through the crimper, and while they were still folded, I cut one end to look like a leaf point. Open those puppies up, and assemble everything on the card front! :) It's SUPER easy!

Here's the inside pocket....

Same DSP, cut the same size as the card, and cut down to make the pocket. I lined it with the Melon Mambo card stock, so it's a little sturdier on the edge, and it looks nice when the gift card is removed. :)

OK, I've got to get something else done today! :D I hope you enjoyed today's card! Try making some of those flowers - use some ink to make them more vintage! They're LOADS of fun! :D

Have a WONDERFUL day - and be SURE to take the time to STAMP something!!!!!!!!!

It's another snowy Monday in Middle Tennessee! :)

Good morning! Did you have a good weekend? Are you enjoying your President's Day? :)

So, today's sample is something I crafted a few weeks ago, for our pastor's 60th birthday - Happy Birthday Again, Pastor Ronnie - if you should ever come across this post. :D

Anyway. Here it is!

Isn't it fun?? That's a cupcake box - I made him (and Kenn, sine you don't cook just ONE! :D) a lemon cupcake with lemon frosting. Here's the recipe for the card and box!

Card stock: Bashful Blue, Ruby Red, Whisper White

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Ruby Red

Stamp sets: Medallion, Well Scripted, Define Your Life (inside card)

Accessories: Window Sheets, large oval punch, 1-3/4" circle punch, dimensionals, Sticky Strip

The cupcake box is one we did at the Valentine's Stamp Camp - and it's SO versatile!!!

OK, I'm off again to get busy! If you're on my newsletter list, be on the lookout - I'm having to change some dates for this week. Life's getting in my way! :D

Have a WONDERFUL day, and be SURE to take the time to STAMP something!!!!!