homespun christmas ~ day 224

I have been having so much fun working on Christmas cards and yesterday I made a new one using a sketch from 365 Cards .

I made a quick stop at Blick Art supplies to pick up a couple of Copics and ran inside Archivers too since it was right next door. I just had to pick up some new Christmas papers from Jillibean from the Christmas Chestnut Soup collection called whole cloves. I love the colors. Well I couldn't stop with just two pieces of paper from that collection I also had to get the bakers twine and ribbon too.

I added a white Martha Stewart snowflake and a PTI button. Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

Hope you enjoy!

it's not the years ~ lollipop princess

Hope you all had a great weekend I know we did here in Minnesota it was record setting temperatures. We had the heat on in the house a week ago and we have had the air on again this weekend.

I have a couple cards to share with you today and the first one is for Tuesday Morning Sketches. I hate to admit it but I LOVE my card. Is that too forward for me to say?

I used papers from The Girls Paperie "tinsel and twig" collection the ribbon roses are from Webster Pages. I love how you can just cut the ribbon into individual flowers. Here is the sketch that inspired me.

My next card is for this weeks Techno Stamper and I have turned the sketch to fit my image. The image I used is from the new release over at The Lollipop Shop.

Don't you just love Princess Lollipop? I paper pieced her with BasicGrey "Olivia" paper and colored her with Copics. The embossing folder is one of the new Cuttlebug 5x7 folders. Once again here is the sketch that inspired my card.

If you want a chance to win all the new digital releases byLORIdesigns check out my post from yesterday.

Enjoy!



ByLoriDesigns ~ October Blog Hop

It's October and that means time for a new bloghop and a chance to win this months new digital images byLORIdesigns. I hope you stop by each Design Team members blog and leave a comment for each for a chance to win this months digital stamps. They are George and Tammy, SugarStick dog and cat, and Lollipop Princess. My card features 4 of the new digital stamps that you have a chance to win. 

Lori B. Andrea G. Arielle G. Hannah B. Jane B. Jayne M. Enjoy!	Linda L. Sheri G. sherryann Tanja H. Vera R.

trick or treat ~ treat

 My great niece Cassie spent the night this past weekend and we worked on her Halloween Treats for her 5th grade class. Usually, we do treat bags but this year we did a little something different.

Our little treat cards were perfect for this weeks challenge over at Whimsie Doodles.

Enjoy!

merry christmas ~ fall pumpkins

Since my computer was out of commission for 3 days due to problems with our router I am a little behind in posting some of my cards.

My first card is for this weeks challenge over at Sassy Lil' Sketches and it is a sketch challenge which is my favorite kind.

For my card I used BasicGrey "jovial" paper collectioni along with some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon. Sentiment is a rubon by pebblesinc.

My next card is for a couple of different challenges. The first is a sketch challenge over at Flourishes and it also qualifies for this weeks Tuesday Throwdown Challenge which is to use chipboard on your card.

Enjoy!

trick or treat ~ thinking of you

edited my computers router stopped working so this was supposed to post 3 days ago.

It was another beautiful day here in Minnesota. This morning I took my Uncle to the Oncologist to set up his radiation and antibody treatments and then I spent a lazy afternoon in my craftroom.

I have two cards to share with you and the first one is for Skipping Stones Design challenge and this weeks sketch is designed by Karen Giron who also does the Sweet Sunday Sketches.

For my card I have used papers by Bo Bunny from the whoo-ligans collection. The ladybug image and bag is a digital stamp byLORIdesigns.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

My next card is for this weeks challenge over at Techno Stamper and for this card I used papers from the BasicGrey "pyrus" collection.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my blog I appreciate any and all comments you leave.

Enjoy!

fall is in the air ~ sasya's sketches #31

We are having the most beautiful fall weather right now in Minnesota and the colors outside my craftroom window are amazing.

It is Wednesday and time for another fun sketch over at Sasya's Sketches. I decided to do a Fall/Halloween kind of card this week.

I used some of my Cosmo Cricket "matilda" paper for the base of the card along with some leaves that I stamped out and fussy cut. The pumpkin is a QuicKutz die and the bingo card is by Jenni Bowlin.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card and I hope it inspires you to play along with us this week.

Enjoy!

Guest Blogger

I was so honored yet nervous when my friend Yvonne asked me to be her guest blogger and to offer up a challenge.

Well if you know me you know I had to do a handmade flower challenge and have offered a prize of my handmade wrinkle ribbon to the winner.

So stop by Yvonne's blog and check ME out.

Enjoy!

late start

I have a few cards to finally share today they are a little later than normal as I just couldn't get going this morning to post them.

My first card is for a new challenge blog I found while blurfing called Inspired Crafters and this weeks challenge was not only a sketch challenge, but we were also to create a Christmas card using white on white.

I don't know if adding a sentiment to the ribbon is cheating or not but I couldn't leave it blank. Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

My next card is for this weeks Card Patterns sketch challenge.

For this card I used the BasicGrey papers from the "jovial" collection and a stamp from Hero Arts.

My last card is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch and I used some scraps from October Afternoon "recess" collection, a digital library card that I added some tiny type stickers to and that cute sugar nellie image is from a new stamp I got from my friend Mandy in Ireland.

Here is the sketch that inspired the above card.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my cards.

Enjoy!

Happy WCMD!

I am so excited it is world card making day and have several cards to share with you this morning.

My first card is for Skipping Stones Design I loved the clean and simple look of this sketch and could not wait to create my card as I knew that I was going to use October Afternoon papers and banners.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

Next up I have a card for this weeks challenge over at Techno Stamper and for this card I pulled out my BasicGrey "jovial" papers and woolies, along with my QuicKutz Snowflake embossing die.

Once again here is the sketch that inspired my card.

Next up is my card for Clean and Simple Stamping and it is such a fun sketch with so many possibilities. I used papers from the BasicGrey "jovial" collection as well as a button from PTI.

And here is this weeks sketch #110.

My last card for now is for the sketch over at Limelight Paper Crafting and we are to use Leaves on our card.

For this card I used Autumn Abundance from PTI paper collection and a leaf embossing folder from QuicKutz. The leaves were cut out after I embossed the paper. Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

I hope you take a few minutes today to play in your craftroom and create something for world cardmaking day.

Okay that is it for now I need to go and get ready as Cassie Jo will be here in a couple of hours and we plan on spending the day working on Halloween Treats for her class and then watching the new Tinkerbell movie.

Well it seems everyone is handing out blog candy so I will do some as well. How about some of my handmade wrinkled ribbon and a surprise. Just leave a comment and I will pick a winner Monday morning.

Enjoy!

Wordless Friday



MTSC93 ~ beep beep

While I was watching GLEE today I decided to whip up a little card for the newest challenge over at Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. It also gave me a chance to play with one of my digital images I had not played with before.

This is Ethan byLORIdesigns and he is available at The Lollipop Shop. Isn't he adorable with his cute skaterboy haircut and board?

This is the sketch that inspired my card.

We are enjoying beautiiful fall weather here in Minnesota and the trees are starting to turn beautiful shades of orange and gold. I will be spending tomorrow with Micah and am hoping to walk to the park and enjoy the nice weather.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah solar white and epic black linen, basicgrey wander collection

stamp: byLORIdesigns digital ethan

accessories: copics, pop~dots

sasya's sketches #30 ~ Kris Kringle

I can't believe that it is already Wednesday and time for another sketch challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

I must admit that this card took me a lot longer than I thought it would as I could not decide what I wanted for my focal point and until I did that, I could not pick the papers and embellishments to go with it.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card and as you can see I rotated the sketch to create my card.

I hope if you have time you will play along with us this week.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah natural white cs, basicgrey jovial collection

ink: ranger distress vintage photo

accessories: ek success border punch, mcgill branch punch, quieenandco. red pearls

Unscripted Sketches #74

It has been awhile since I have done the challenge over at Unscripted Sketches so thought I would use my new Penny Black stamp set once again. This set has the cutest images.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah solar white linen and red cs, basicgrey jovial

ink: memento black, copic

stamp: penny black mimi's christmas

accessories: cystal ice stickles, signo white gel pen, queenandco. grass green pearls, nestabilities

woot ~ woot

How fun I just found out that this card made top 3 for last weeks sketch at Techno Stamper.

I will be back later today with a card.

Enjoy!

happy halloween ~ thinking of you

Okay a couple more cards to share with you today. The first card is for the very first baby bud design challenge and that challenge is to create an Autumn or Halloween card.

For my card I am using this cute "Autumn" digital stamp. Isn't she just adorable with all that curly hair. Papers are by KandCompany.

I used glossy accents on the buttons and spica glitter in her curls.

For my next card  I used the sketch from WaltzingMouse for my inspiration. Isn't this a fun sketch?

For my card I used papers from the Cosmo Cricket "togetherness" collection along with a butterfly from PTI, and rub-ons by pebblesinc.

Enjoy!

Christmas Card ~ Need Your Help

While I was working at Anchor Paper yesterday I saw the cutest new Penny Black stamp set that had just arrived at the store and I knew I had to make it mine. It was the only one left so I grabbed it quick.

Today I had a chance to play with the stamp set and made 4 different cards and here is where your help comes in. Can you take a look at the 4 cards below and looking at design only let me know which you prefer?

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Not sure which one I prefer or if maybe I should eliminate the snowflakes. Would love your thoughts.

Enjoy!