Santa's List

This is my last Christmas card for this year. I didn't use half of my Christmas images, and I couldn't resist making my last Christmas card with this image from Whipper Snapper!
Thanks for looking and have a wonderful and Merry Christmas!
I may not be posting again until after our ski trip. I'll be back on the 4th of January...So Happy New Year too!
xoxo
Lorraine


This is a money envelope that I made for all of my kids! Into their stockings they go! The image is from Stamping Bella!

Reindeer Games

Hey everyone...
I finally mailed out the last of my Christmas cards today! I am really behind here!
Yesterday we had our family Christmas with nieces and nephews and cousins from my husbands side of the family. We were only 35 this year. My inlaws couldn't make it this year. They live in Florida and my father in law was in the hospital. He's home now, but they won't be making it up to the New York area this year. They haven't missed a Christmas with us ever!...not that I can remember anyway. We missed them yesterday!
I still have a few cards to make. I save the ones that I am making for my husband and my children last. Not a good idea this year!
This is a card that I finally made for my husband. I had an idea in my head using this image and I think it worked. I had to walk away from it for a day. I wanted to add more embellishments and it just wasn't working. When I went back to it today I thought that it looked fine the way it was so I put it all together.
The image is from Tim Holtz ( is it Tim or Jim? I can't tell from his signature! lol)
I used My Minds Eye Signature Christmas paper and matching Bazzill signature christmas card stock.
The image was heat embossed. The heidi swapp ghost snowflakes were embossed with pearl ex. I added some May Arts sheer polka dot ribbon, attached the snowflakes and the prima flower from the Belle Fluer Christmas collection to the ribbon with a pop up.
I hope you all are ready for your holiday and are keeping warm. We are in a deep freeze....with lots of snow and ice.
If I don't get a chance to post again I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Very Happy Chanukah!
We leave on the 28th for our ski trip to Smugglers Notch for the week. I can't wait to play in the snow!
All my love,
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Do you see what I see?

Sorry I haven't been posting, but it's been so crazy here!
I made this for my husbands cousin, Patti. She loves snowmen.
Every year, the Sunday before Christmas I have my husbands side of the family to my house to celebrate Christmas. Last year his cousins were ohhing and ahhing over the cards in my card rack. I told them to take what they wanted. Pat fell in love with the snowman from the Chin Up set by Firecracker Designs, but her sister in law, Roseanne snatched it and claimed it. Patti asked if I would make her one and I guess that I said I would! lol
Fast forward a year...I get a phone call the other night, Patti is RSVPing to the Sunday before Christmas and she starts talking about "do you see what I see" She remembered the snowman card and she remembered that I was supposed to make one just for her. If you could have heard the conversation it was very funny. There was a tremendous amount of hinting going on for me to make her the card.
So this is what I made for her last night. I know she's going to be very happy to receive this.
Have a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy Chanukah. May your new year be blessed with health and love, and may you always be creative in whatever you do.
xoxoxo
Lorraine



Recipe:
Image...Firecracker Designs, Chin Up
card stock...White, Bashful Blue, Night Sky Shimmer by Papertrey Inc
ink...Momento Black, SU markers
embellishments...Prima Belle Fleur Christmas, Heidi Swapp Snowflake Ghost Shapes, brads, pearls, rhinestone brad, rhinestones, Snowflake Cuttlebug folder, Nesties Label 2, Martha Stewart punch, pop ups

Update

Here she is. All in pink. She has to wear a tshirt to cover up her stitches, it's so much better than having her wear one of those cones around her neck. This way she is comfortable and fashionable. I want to buy her a Victorias Secret t shirt for Christmas. That's on my list my next stop at the mall.

Layla is going to be ok. They took out all the cancer with the surgery and it has not spread. However, she has diseased kidneys. The good news is that with a controled diet she can live for many years. We just have to keep an eye on it.
Thanks for all your well wishes. It really means so much to me.
Now, that I'm happy again I've got to finish decorating my house and get ready for all the company that is going to be coming and going in my house for the next few weeks. I didn't feel like doing anything, and now I have to hussle! The first round of company is coming this weekend.
Thanks again!
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Taking a Break

First of all I'd like to apologize. I haven't been doing much blog surfing lately. I am usually pretty good at visiting and leaving comments. So I do apologize about that. As soon as this rough patch is over I'll be back.
My dog, Layla has been diagnosed with cancer. She had surgery two weeks ago to remove the tumor and we have found out through a biopsy that it is a stage 2 cell which means that it is the type that spreads. We are having further tests done today to see if it has spread through her body. Her sutures were removed on Friday and I had to rush her back to the vet on Saturday to have the incision restitched. The wound was wide open. Apparently this type of cancer does not want to let the skin heal, and even with the sutures being in for two weeks it just didn't heal. So we are starting all over again with Antibiotics and extra strength benadryl to try to help her stay calm. Layla doesn't know she's sick and is still acting like a puppy.
I am not a real animal lover ( I do love my dog!) and I never thought that I would be like this over an animal, but she's mine and she's a part of my family and I really like Layla more than some people I know!
So in short I may be MIA for a few days. Thanks for understanding.
And thanks for letting me get ramble.
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Wildest Expectations

I made this card for my niece Dana who is graduating from college next week.
I think that this card qualifies for the SC205 sketch!
The image I used is from Stamping Bella called Dandelion Bunches. The image comes with a mini image and that's what I used for the image on the card. I stamped the envelope with the larger image. I colored the image with Stampin Up markers and huffed!
The paper is from Basic Gray, Urban Couture and SU card stock chocolate chip and certainly celery. I added a bow using certainly celery and chocolate chip ribbon and attached a button with some twine. On the inside of the card I used a sentiment from Verve Stamps called Great Expectations. The inside says " Wishing you success beyond your wildest expectations."
Thanks for the visit!
mwah
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Another Belated Birthday

I am scheduling this post so that my sister does not see the card that I made for her before she receives it in the mail!
I made this card for my sister, Marlene. Her birthday was on Monday, Dec 1st! She was here at my house for an extended period of time over Thanksgiving and I couldn't get away from her to get into my room to make a card for her! However, she did manage to get into my stuff and find the time to color! LOL! I on the other hand was too busy cooking for 8 people everyday, and cleaning up after all of them.
The image is from MFT, and the sketch is SC204
It's so easy this time of year to do everything for the upcoming holidays. I tried to keep away from the red, green and any other Xmas colors that came to mind! lol I ended up with a color combo that I love, yellow and blue together!
Thanks for stopping in, and have a great weekend.
I'm going to spend my weekend getting all my Christmas cards ready to send out. The tree and the house need to be decorated which means endless boxes of stuff coming out of the attic! It's not easy work for an old lady like me! lol
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Recipe:
Stamps...MFT. Chamomile
paper...barely banana, bashful blue, SU DP
ink...Momento Black, SU Markers
embellishments...ribbon, baubles

Thanks a Latte

People who know me know I really love my coffee. But I am very particular about the coffee I drink. I know that everyone loves Dunkin Donuts, but for me it's all about Starbucks...and not just any Starbucks, it has to be French Roast...OMG, my mouth is watering thinking about it! LOL!
I have not been able to find the French Roast anywhere...I usually have my sister pick it up for me in the 2 1/2 pound bags but BJ's hasn't had it at all lately! My SAMS club only has Breakfast Blend and that is just not doing it for me....anyway, getting to the card...while we were playing Mahjongg I mentioned that I have not been able to find my FAVORITE Coffee and my friend Grace she would look for me at Costco. Well they had it and she picked up three bags for me...so I made her this card to thank her...I really need the French Roast fix!
And I figured if I'm really nice to her and show her I appreciate what she did for me, she won't mind going on another French Roast run at a later date!


This is a picture of my new sewing machine.
My sister Marlene bought if for me. We are swapping machines. She is going to take my Janome Sew MIni and I get this great big monster! LOL! It is bigger than the sew mini, and weighs more too, but I can handle it. It also does a few more detailed stiches than the sew mini so that makes me happy! LOL! I like to sew so I can handle this machine. It really does go zoom....and it has a light switch...I so missed that on the mini.
You can see some of the stitching from this machine on the card.


mwah to all!
Lorraine
Recipe:
sketch...SC205
image...MFT, Hot Stuff
ink...chocolate chip, versa mark, blush blossom
paper...chocolate chip, very vanilla, Chocolate DP from SU
embellishments...SU ribbon, choc chip grosgrain and very vanilla satin, prima flower, heidi swapp mini heart ghost shape, brad, sewing machine

Never been Kissed?

Sweet Sixteen and never been kissed? ...humpf....wdyt? lol
My daughter Zoe has been invited to a Sweet Sixteen party for one of her bff's! I love her friend Jamie and wanted to make a special card for her. I knew that I wanted to use black and pink but struggled with what image to use. While digging through my stamp stash ( I really need to organize them a little better) I came across this set from SU that has never seen ink! I had to have it at the time, but it got stashed away and forgotten! :(
I stamped the image with Momento Black and decided to give it a little tint of pink, so I watercolored the dress. Not enough bling, so then I added Cotton Candy stickles, and when the stickles dried ...I am so bad letting things dry...I covered it with crystal effects. (I really need to get that UTEE stuff that I see everyone using, but what the heck is it and how does it work?) lol
I added some pretties kit flat white pearls, and some large Heidi Swapp flowers. The heart is also by Heidi Swapp and is a ghost heart shape. I covered it with tinted Pink versa mark, covered it with heat and stick, heated it and then added some iridescent embossing powder and heated again. I hand wrote 16 with a black copic marker.
I made a puffy bow using SU's sheer pink ribbon (why did they stop making this ribbon?) added a pearl and a charm that says follow your dreams.
I then hand wrote sweet on the side of her dress.
The card measures 5 1/4" sq.
I hope Jamie likes it as much as I had fun making it for her! ...instead of a gift she asked that a donation be made to a charitable foundation in her name. That really is one special young lady!
Have a great day!
xoxoxo
Lorraine


Recipe:
stamps... SU Haute Couture
Paper...Black, Pink Pirouette, white, Ebaony & Alabaster DP by BM Paper Society
Ink...Momento Black, tinted pink versa mark, pretty in pink
embellishments...Heidi Swap flowers and ghost heart shape, SU sheer ribbon, Pretties Kit pearls, charm, stickles, and crystal effects

My Minds Eye

I made this card for the Monday House Mouse and Friends Challenge. The challenge was to glitz up your card. Usually that is not hard for me to do. I love dazzling diamonds and the more bling the better! However, I had a hard time with this card. I wanted to use the paper from My Minds Eye, Festive & Frost that I purchased at Michaels for 40% off. There's lot of sparkly paper in this pad and the colors really appealed to me. Not your typical christmas colors, ykwim? I coordinated the paper with Sage Shadow, Chocolate chip and blush blossom.
I embellished the card with some May Arts Velvet Ric Rac and some lucious chocolate chip satin ribbon. I added Prima flowers and some Prima Center Kisses. And then for the finishing touch I added some Heidi Swapp Ghost Snowflakes! I am loving these Ghost Shapes. You can embellish your cards without having to worry about them coordinating with colors! You all know that I am color challenged at times! lol!
I hope that you are enjoying your day and find the time to create all those beautiful projects that I love to see.
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Whipper Snapper for Gianna

It's been a little crazy over here...that's all I'll say for now.
I made this card for my God Daughter, Gianna. Today is her birthday, and since this is going in the mail today it's going to be late so I used Sorry Pup from Whipper Snapper. The sketch is SC204. I loved this easy sketch!
The image was colored in using copic markers.
Thanks for paying me a visit.
xoxo
Lorraine

Recipe:
Stamps...Whipper Snapper, Sorry Pup
paper...Certainly celery, choc chip, Basic Grey DP, SU DP
ink...Momento Black, Copic Markers
Embellishments...ribbon, heart glitter sticker

Dream Puff and Polka Dots

Two posts in one day! Wow!
This is a card that I made for House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge. The challenge this week was to use polka dots! The image I used is Dreampuff! She's just too cute. I hope you like her!
Thanks for the visit! Enjoy tomorrow! I can't wait for the pumpkin pie!
xoxo
Lorraine



Recipe:
card stock...Barely Banana, Black, White, Ebony & Alabaster DP by BM Paper Society
Image...House Mouse, Dream Puff
Ink...Momento Black, Copic Markers
embellishments...Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Ghost Heart Shape, Bella Pearl Bauble, stickles and Nesties

Happy Thanksgiving! RAK

I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm sharing this beautiful card, made by Irene. The card is stunning IRL! The colors are just so awesome and wonderful. Thank you for sending my family this gorgeous Thanksgiving card all the way from Canada! it was so thoughtful of you!
I met Irene on the stamping cruise! And I can't wait to see her again! A road trip is being planned for the Spring! I miss my stamping gals!
xoxo
Lorraine

Bitty Blooms

Do you love her? I do!
This is a new release stamp from Stampingbella...by the way I have lifted my spending moratorium! LOL!
When I saw this Bitty Bloom she just made my heart beat a little faster.
I'm not completely happy with the color combo that I used, but I still think that it came out cute. I used Barely Banana and really should have used a brighter yellow, so I sponged the paper with Summer Sun to give it a deeper tone. The DP is from Basic Grey from the Stella Ruby collection. I used my square nesties, (how did I ever live without these tools?) and just layered and then sponged. I added some May Arts ribbon, made a gorgeous bow using my mini bowdazzler tool and added a charm that says follow your dreams.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Smiles :)
xoxoxo
Lorraine



I thought I would work on her a little more so I added some stickles, prima flowers,Heidi Swapp mini ghost shapes and some bella pearl baubles. And now I can't decide which I like better! LOL!

Nesties are in the house!

Well, I finally broke down and caved in to the nesties craze. One set I ordered from Overstock.com and the other I order from Cutathome.com. Great deals on both!
So I just had to play with my new toys!
I used the MFT sketch for this card. click here for more info.
It's a pretty simple card. I used the stamp from MFT Chill Out. I colored it in using my blender pens and the ink pads. I used a silver gel pen on the faucet and feet of the tub. I don't know if you can tell from the photo, but I used crystal effects on the dots of the tub, the feet and the faucet.
The paper and the ribbon are from SU...Western Sky, Blue Bayou and White.
I embossed the white paper with the Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder (I have been wanting this for a long time!)
Thanks for checking in with me today.
Smiles and xo's
Lorraine

Memories Mist Poinsettia

This is a card that I made for challenges on SCS CC193 & SC203. I loved this color combo. Kraft never seems to be one of my go to colors, I don't know why, it's really pretty!
Here are the deets on the card. I stamped the image 3 times. I colored each in with my copic markers. I cut up two of the images and added the petals for the flower onto the main image with foam tape. I spritzed the flower with Memories Mist Gold spray and then added a Prima Center Kiss to the middle of the flower.
I tired my hand at paper piercing. It's not too even, but I didn't have a paper piercer, and was using a pin to make the holes. I don't know why I don't have this tool, it's only a few dollars! lol
I punched out a few branches using the MS branch punch (love this punch) and added them.
Let me know what you think!
Have a great day!
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Recipe
Image...Ponsettia by Hero Arts
Card Stock...Real Red, Kraft and Black
Embellishments...Memories Mist Gold, Prima Center Kiss, MS branch punch

Let's go for a walk

This is a card that I made for the MFT's Who's that Girl Monday challenge on SCS. They asked us to use Gone to the Dogs, but I don't have that set, so I used Let's Go For A walk instead. I still had a pile of the Dashing Dp on my desk so decided to make this a little festive for the Holidays. I used the MS branch punch and made antlers for the big dog!
Thanks for looking and have a great day!
xoxoxo
Lorraine
***I just realized that for the challenge in addition to using 2 printed papers this should have had 3 buttons on it! I'm not changing it, I like it the way it is! lol***

** I still have some Prima Center Kisses for sale! anyone interested?***

Alexis Bad Hair Day

I made this card for the Stampingbella sketch challenge BSC55.
Isn't this image just adorable? She's from StampingBella and she's called Alexis Bad Hair Day. when I saw this image I just thought that I had to have it. I just love the bunny slippers on her, and the way her hair is sticking out all over the place is just so cute, kinda like me in the morning...lol!
I paper pieced her robe, and put crystal effects on the cuffs, colar and belt of the robe.
Enjoy!
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Recipe:
card stock...Berry Bliss DP, Close to Cocoa, Purely Pomegranate, Pink Pirouette
Image...Stampingbella Alexis Bad Hair Day
embellishments...ribbon, primas, crystal effects
technique...paper piecing
***Don't forget to check out the Prima Center Kisses for sale!

Prima Center Kisses

If anyone is interested I have a few shares of the Prima Center Kisses crystal embellishments for sale.
You will receive 7 packages of these gorgeous crystal embellishments, 3 packages of flowers ranging in sizes small, med and large. 2 packages of hearts, small and medium, and circles, small and medium sizes. all 7 packages for $15 includes shipping.
If you are interested please send me an email to Gabbie96@aol.com.
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Out on a Limb

I'm a day late, but I think that I either broke or chipped a bone in my foot vacuuming! Don't ask!!!! All I can tell you is that it hurts like heck and I can't put any pressure on my right foot. I'm hobbling around here in pain! My husband says that I don't deal well with pain. Well, I ask, who does? LOL! I think that I need to go and get an xray! Hopefully, I just bruised it badly.
Enough about me! Let's get to the card!
I love Monday's! So many challenges to participate in. The challenge over at House Mouse and Friends was to make a Christmas Card. The image I used is called Out on a Limb. I colored in the image using my copic markers. I am so glad that I still have some of the Dashing DP from SU. I really am in love with this paper. It is so cheerful and perfect for making Christmas cards.
I am so happy with the way this card all came together!
Thanks for stopping by!
xoxoxo
Lorraine

Blog Awards

I was awarded two badges for my blog. Amazing, don't you think?! Thank you ladies for honoring me with these awards! I have included the links to these two fabulous ladies creative blogs. just click on their names to see what they've been up to. I am supposed to pass these awards on to 5 more bloggers. I'm going to have to think about that and do that a little later!
Thanks for the visit!
xoxoxo
Lorraine
Jackie left me this blog award on her blog.

Ann left me this award over on her blog.

Blog Candy Winner!

Sorry I'm a little late with the winner!
I ended up playing Mahjongg with some friends yesterday and it turned into a marathon!
Random.org picked number 23!

susan w. said...
I just came to your blog from SCS to see the sneeky peeks from cruise. On my wish list right are embellishments and more stamps. I can never get enough.

Susan W...please send me your address by Friday, November 21st so I can get these lovely prima embellies out to you!

xoxoxo
Lorraine

Yummy Cupcakes

I made this card for the MFTWUW04 challenge. The challenge was to paper piece. This cupcake set is just perfect to use for this technique due to the large image. No tiny pieces to cut out.
I used Basid Greys DP called cupcake and choose Barely Banana, riding hood red and pretty in pink to compliment the design. I added some stiching using my Janome Sew Mini to give the paper a finished edge. The cupcake was popped up with dimensionals.
I hand wrote Happy Birthday Cupcake around the image.
Thanks for looking!
I hope you're having a great day!
I'll be back later on this afternoon to announce the blog candy winner!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Gorgeous Birthday

This is a card that I made for my friend Susie. Her birthday is next week.
I love this image! It's from American Art Stamp company.
The dp is a retired paper from SU, I combined it with chocolate chip and regal rose.
Thanks for looking.
Blog Candy winner will be announced tomorrow!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Junk Draw House Mouse Challenge

The challenge over at House Mouse Monday was to use something from your junk draw. I had just cleaned my junk draw out! It's totally organized and everything was put back in it's place. So I had to rumage through another draw in my butler pantry. I found a set of coasters and decided to use that. The coaster is behind the scalloped image.
I colored the image with copic markers and used Tim Holtz distress ink on the edge of the image.
I used my new Martha Stewart branch punch (I saw this used on a card on a blog Going Buggy and had to have it...Thanks Enfys!) and bordered the coaster with all the punched out branches. I added some May Arts Polka Dot ribbon, a bow and a charm to complete my card.
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles :)
Lorraine



Recipe:
Image...House Mouse wreath
Paper...Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi
Embellishments...May Arts Polka Dot Ribbon, charm, Martha Stewart Branch Punch

Butterflyabella

This is a card that I made for the sketch challenge on PCP. If you have not visited the site yet, go there now. Everyone is just as friendly over there as they are on SCS...really. You can pick groups you want to belong too and participate in challenges. It's a fast growing community!
Here's my bella card for BSC54
She's one of the images that was in my goodie bag. She's called Butterflyabella! She comes with a mini image of her so that you can decorate an envelope or even the inside of your card! I paper pieced her slacks. The dp is from Target...and I combined it with Sage Shadow and Groovy Guava. I added some ribbon, attached a bow that I made from my new little bow making gadget and added a charm.
I think she's really cute! Let me know what you think!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Take Flight

This is a card that I made for my good friend, Stephanie who is celebrating her 50th Birthday next week.
I used one of the sets that I received on the cruise from Gina K. The set is called Take Flight.
I apologize for the photo. It does not show all the detail in the card, or the sharpness of the stamped image. IRL this is very pretty. The charm on the bow says "follow your dreams".
Thanks for looking!
Have a wonderful day!
Smiles :)
Lorraine



Recipe:
Images...Gina K Designs, Take Flight
Paper...Basic Black, White, Gray, Basic Gray DP Stella Ruby
Embellishments...Stickles, ribbon, charm, SU scallop border punch

Scented Geraniums

Geraniums are red, right? Not today. I was in a purple and yellow mood.
I started off by stamping the image on watercolor paper. I stamped the image twice, and watercolored the flowers on each image. Then I cut out selected flowers and used dimensionals to pop them up on top of the image. I used crystal effects on the flowers and then sprinkled some dazzling diamonds on the 3d flowers.
After working on this card I have decided that it is time for me to invest in some nesties! Lots of frustration trying to get the card to look the way I wanted.
Thanks for stopping by!
And I haven't forgotten the blog candy. I really thought that I was going to have so much loot to share from the cruise, but since my sister has decided to keep it all...well I had to figure something else out.
I have placed an order through the Prima company for some lovely embellishments. So if you haven't already left a comment for the blog candy, please click here and leave a comment. I'll be picking a winner by random draw on the 15th!

Smiles :)
Lorraine

Paper Craft Planet

There's so much excitment going on with a site called Paper Craft Planet. It's an online community for paper crafters and most likely all of your favorite stamping companies have their own group there. Please click on the craft planet badge on the top right, join and become my friend. It's so easy to do and it's free. There are some very creative wonderful ideas happening over there. I hope to get your request to be my friend!

on another note, here are some more cruise photos to share with you!

Gianni, Susie and Adian...there's a story...see bottom of this post!

The Stamping Rock Stars and their families

Our last night dinner at the Italian Restaurant with old and new friends

me, Elizabeth (she's the quiet one) and Marlene formal night

Me, Emily (Stamping Bella) and Marlene


Ok so here's the story. The yound man in the first photo, the one in the orange shirt...for some reason he just loves orange and wears it everyday...was supposed to be on his Honeymoon. The day before the ship set sail he said his wedding vows and his fiance walked out of the church. No wedding! The reception was held and he decided to still come on the cruise. The poor thing was supposed to be on his Honeymoon! Well, let me tell you, we took him under our wings. We were the Cougars That Care! LMAO! He was such a sweetie...he joined us for dinner in the dinning room ( he was surrounded by 12 woman!), hung out with us on the beach, danced with us in the Disco, and we introduced him to some yound woman his age. I think that all in all he ended up having a good time on his nonHoneymoon!
Have a great day!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

More Sneak Peeks from Cruise!

Here are some more projects that we made with Nickabella and Emabella.
I just loved these projects.
This dove is just so beautiful and the paper we used ...gorgeous textured paper! Gotta get some of this!

Isn't this snowman just too cute?

The circle images were just so adorable. Isn't that a really cute set, and we made a little box to put them all into. (the box got a little crushed in my suitcase and it is missing a lovely little punched flower embellishment.


This is a project we made in Gina's class. We used glossy white paper and this Big Juicy Ink Pad. I loved this pad and can't wait to own some! WE made a set of three cards that went into a clear box to hold them all. They really are so pretty in person!


And finally these are some projects that we made in Nicoles classes. We used our scorepals and the snowflake punch that we received as goodies to create these projects!



Well, that's it for the sneak peeks from these three amazing companies.
I still have some kits from all three companies that I didn't have time to make on the cruise. I just need to find them so that I can finish them!
Have a great day!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

I'm still stuck on this color combo. I am just loving the simplicity of it. I would never have put these colors together, by now you should all know that I am color challenged! lol
But since all my supplies were still on my desk from yesterdays card I decided that I wanted to play a little bit more with it.
I used Inkadinkado Dot Flourishes, Prima Flowers, and brads. The dotted ribbon is from our Goodie bag that we received on the cruise from Nicole of Papertrey. The ribbon is fab!
The bg panel went through the cuttlebug with the Swirls folder. It was a little too plain so I used my white gel pen and outlined the swirls. I added just a few stickles in yellow on the dots in the flourish...love a little bling...oh, who am I kidding, I happen to love alot of bling! just not on this card! lol
I love the weathered bg stamp and always forget that I have it. I'm so glad it was still out on my desk!



I'm taking my sister to the doctor today. She is having some minor surgery on her foot and I don't want her to drive home by herself. She is totally hooked on this paper crafting and is coverting a room for all of her stamping stuff! I'll try to help her get a little more organized. I know that while I'm organizing, she'll be coloring! lol

Papertry Inspired Stamping Bella

This is a tote that we made on the cruise in one of Nicoles Papertrey classes. I loved the way Nicole designed this tote and her use of colors. Don't you just love the Kraft, yellow and white together? I still haven't put the other half of this project together, which is a note pad cover....I need hands on instruction! LOL! Isn't this a really cute tote?



I'm still organizing all of my goodies from our goodie bag and wanted to work with one of my new Stamping Bella stamps, called 3 Whimsey Flowers using this lovely color combo. I used a dotted cirlce from SU's Polka Dot and Posies set to stamp the background, and also used SU Weathered BG over the stamped Flower image. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the borders and glued some ribbon behind the border to add a splash of color. All the ink is SU's Whisper White Kraft Ink. I added some stamping bella yellow baubles and some stickles and some ribbon to complete my card.



Thanks for stopping by today!
Have a great day.
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Marlene, The Stamper!

I don't have anything new to share with you from this weekend. It was a little busy here.
On Sunday, I was going to stamp with my sister but I ended up cutting out all of her stamp sets from Gina K, putting all her paper trey stamp sets into cds and spraying tack it over all over the backs of all her Bella stamps from the cruise. She in now more organized than I am!
Before we left for the cruise my sister was ambivalent about the stamping part of the cruise. I think her words were something like, you know you can have all my stuff, what am I going to do with it?
I forced her to go to the meet and greet to pick up her goodie bag, and as soon as we got back to our cabin she packed everything away. She had no intention of using anything. She even told me, you take it all home! lol
She did not come with us to the first stamping class that was held during the day, she played bingo instead. But after dinner we forced her to come with us to our 10 pm class!
We arrived late to StampingBella's class and had to split up. I took a seat with some wonderful ladies, Kim, her friend and I'm sorry I forgot her name, and Garnet. Everyone was so nice. I'm stamping away and Emily from Stamping Bella tells me that I am needed by my sistah! Marlene had Emily making her project for her and let her have it when one of the sentiments didn't stamp evenly. YOu have to stamp the sentiment before you put on your embellishment! Then she's working with some Dazzling diamonds...now everyone else is funneling the diamond dust back into the little containers. Not Marlene, she just takes the sheet of paper and dusts the floor with all the sparkly stuff. I just lost it. I was laughing so hard, stamping my feet, pounding on the wall! I thought that's it, we're not going to be permitted to come back to this class. We were so loud and obnoxious! But at the end of class, Emily told me that we had better come back! She and Nicky got the biggest kick out of my sistah! Emily also introduced us to Michelle and Irene and we quickly became friends!
The next day we had to drag Marlene to classes, but now she's hooked!
I will be trying to get some stamping done today!
Have a good one!
Smiles :)
Lorraine


P.S. See my new picture? Emily from Stamping Bella made me change it! LOL!

Where is the mojo?

I think it's on the ship! LOL!
Everything was in little plastic bags, all the paper was cut up, the ribbon and embellishments supplied for us and all we had to do was stamp the image and color. A girl can get really used to that in a week.
My sister, Marlene is new to stamping and she was on the cruise with me. We really had quite a few laughs stamping together. The funny thing is, after a week of stamping and getting all our little "kits" she now thinks that all the projects come this way...well maybe not all the projects, but I know that she was on StampingBella's website searching for some "kits". You just have to laugh! Marlene, I love you! ...don't get mad at me, I'm not making fun of you! I think many of us would be very happy if everything came in a kit, for those days when the mojo just isn't there! and what a great idea that would be for companies to do. Make kits up for that beginner stamper...get them hooked. Once they are hooked they'll buy the store! lol

This card was made using a Flourishes set, Coffee with Friends and Inkadinkado Dot Flourishes. I love black and white together. I stamped the dotted Flourishes with SU White Craft Ink, sprinkled it with clear ep and heat embossed. I did the same with the coffee cup and the flourish inside the coffee cup. I matted the image, with black and white borders, added some sheer white ribbon and a charm, tied it all up in a bow...used my heat gun on the sheer ribbon to curl it up a little, if you do this be very careful, it will burn, shread and melt...ask me how I know! lol...
For starting with no mojo, I am actually very pleased with the end result.
Thanks for stopping in! Have a Happy Halloween! And have a great weekend.
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Combined Challenges

For this card I used MFT Hot Stuff mini set and combined the challenges on SCS for SC200, and MFTWUW03. I was going to attempt incorporating the color challenge into this card, but the thought process was just too much for me today!
The first photo is of the inside of the card.
What a crazy day! I went to my husbands office to pick him up so that we could pick up the new card. As we were leaving one of his clients fell down the steps leaving his office. I found her on the ground in the parking lot crying for help! The poor thing. She is 81 years old and good bless her, she was amazing! I immediately called 911 and an ambulance came a few minutes later. While we were waiting I was holding her hand and rubbing her back. I felt so bad for her! I would have been screaming from the pain, and she wasn't ever whimpering. We later found out that that what appeared to only be a broken ankle was much more. She broke her leg in 3 places and needs to have surgery! Please say a prayer for her!
I picked up the new Escalade today. and it is beautiful. My 17 year old son is going to think that he can practice driving in this, well, he has another thing coming to him! lol
Have a great day, and A Happy Halloween.
Ugghhh....I'm not looking forward to my doorbell ringing all night long, but love seeing the little kids all dressed up!
Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles :)
Lorraine