Saturday, May 8, 2010

Happy Mother's Day!!



Happy Mother's Day


Mother's Day is a very special aspect of my life. For several reasons.


a wonderful mother to share it with. a wonderful husband that makes my job as a mom easier (he made lunch today) . four wonderful kids that call ME mom.a strong faith in Christ that keeps me steady. I couldn't ask for many more blessings than I've already been given. We have been given much more than we will ever need.

My sweet and darling daughters


My heart is full of gratitude when I look into each one of my children's face and see love and trust in their eyes. I'm aware of the fact that they have been entrusted in my care from above. I find great joy and fulfillment in teaching and guiding them as they grow. Many nights after the lights are out. I will sit in their rooms and we will talk about their day. My daughter's call these "life lessons." I try to help them cipher through their thoughts and feelings of the days events. And how they could handle the days adventures in a Christ like manner. I try to do it in a way their childish minds can comprehend. These moments make me realize how fast my children are growing up.



Some days I wish for time to fly and other days I wish time would stand still. I often have to remind myself to slow down and savor the little tid bits of my life. Like my little Grace coming in the house yesterday so excited to show me something. She finally convinced to come outside and look at her discovery. Which was one of our bushes that had burst out into full bloom. The flowers were gorgeous and I thanked her graciously for showing it to me. To prove it to her I picked a flower and stuck in my hair. I think it made me look rather glamorous. :)

These are the two favorite guys in my life


May your Mother's Day be full of extra special moments that you may cherish for years to come!

my little Grace took this photo of me a couple weeks ago
i made it into a pencil sketch at picnik.com then simply colored it in
i hope it's not too cheesey for you all :)

~lori

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

GCD Studios card......

Hi all!! Here's a quick card for you today. It features the Homespun Chic collection by gcd Studios. This is one of my favorite lines. I also used the Chip Art tool by Melody Ross for gcd Studios to add some texture to this shabby card. The chipboard star is from the Chip Art collection as well. It is really fun to work with. There is so many possibilities with the Chip Art tool.






Well, I gotta run. I'm off to the grocery store and need to run so errands in town. Have a super day! :)

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Monday, May 3, 2010

Nikki Sivils NSD winner is.......


Teresamatz is the random winner.
she said, great LO. I love how you put the flower in her hair!
I am spending all weekend scrapping and doing blog hops :)

Congratulations!! Please email me at m2three2000@yahoo.com.
I wanted to post at least a little something. Here's a little tag I created using Henry's Brilliance collection by Nikki Sivils. To fancy the owl up a bit. I added some lace, a button, twill, twine and some Zva Creative 3-d flowers.

Have a fabb-y Monday!!!

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

A NSD Give-away (Nikki Sivils) and DT call...

Today is National Scrapbook Day! What an exciting day for many crafters. I don't have any fabulous plans this weekend. But I've created a l/o to share with you. Also, I have a give-away from Nikki Sivils. The winner will receive a complete collection of one of Nikki Sivils line. Leave a comment here about your plans for NSD this weekend and one random winner will be drawn on Monday. The product will be sent to you directly from Nikki Sivils warehouse. That's it.....Happy NSD ladies!!

Nikki Sivils has a new DT call up. If you're interested please visit her website for the details.




Supplies: Patterned Paper (Dan the Record Man) Nikki Sivils, Arrow (Dan the Record Man) Nikki Sivils, Rhinestones (Zva Creative), Butterflies (Artsy Urban) gcd Studios, Flowers (Zva Creative),

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Etsy Inspired Challenge week 4

Happy Saturday everyone!! I hope your weekend is going along fabulous-ly! Can you believe it's time again for another Etsy Inspired Challenge. Woo Hoo!! Best of all...there will be two winners this week. A t-shirt and some Cosmo Cricket is up for grabs!!

This weeks' shop is BEE THINGS. They have some of the cutest stuff in there. They are being generous and giving away this t-shirt.

It wasn't hard to find inspiration in Bee Things shop. Below is the photo I took my inspiration from. It fits the Boyfriend line to a T.


I just made this card for fun. Using the Boyfriend line.Black Board Memory Box http://www.qbaroo.com/cosmocricketretail....at=5&product=78Black

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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Etsy inspired challenge week 3......

This week Cose Dolci is the inspiration for this weeks Etsy Inspired challenge. I picked this little wool bowl for my inspiration. The Red flowers just really popped out at me.

We were generously sponsored a mini kit (A Cherry on Top)by the Caffinated Cropper. It was so fun to work with and full of the cutest little products!! I couldn't just stop with one card. I decided to make two. I personally want to thank them for their generosity!

I did not get a supply list. So please feel free to stop by the Caffinated Cropper and see what's in the kit. Believe me....it's full of goodness!!





Spring had finally sprug here in southern Ohio! And I'm LOVING it! When the temps start getting close to 80 degrees. I'm one happy girl! :)

Wonderful weekend wishes to you all!!
~lori

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Easter photos and a challenge link.....

I hope each of you had a blessed Easter! Ours was wonderful! Here's a few Easter photos of our clan. It's like pulling teeth to everyone on the same page for a family photo. But somehow we managed to get one picture with all of us looking at the camera.

I also have a couple links. Both links are for challenges to win GCD Studios goodies. Click on the links and they will take you there. (sounds like a calgon commercial) lol

http://gcdstudios.blogspot.com/2010/04/pretty-huh-and-challenge.html

http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1531959/














I hope you all have a wonderful week!
{hugs}
~lori

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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Etsy Inspired Challenge

This month I am happy to be a guest designer for Etsy Inspired challenge blog. I was asked by the sweet Ashley Newell if I wanted to participate this month. I gladly accepted! But to be honest with you all. I missed my first post. Yep! It was supposed to go up sometime today. I got an email reminding me that my post, didn't post. So, I immediately apologized and now...here I am typing like a crazy woman. I could give you a zillion excuses as to how this slipped by me. But I'll spare you the drama. :D Since I'm in such a rush (I still have to put the finishing touches on our Easter outfits) I'll just leave you a link to the Etsy blog where you can get the rest of the challenge details. Here is the photo I choose to represent my card. Doesn't that bracelet look good enough to eat?! (Edited to add shop link) http://www.etsy.com/shop/UntilItEndsStudios


supplies

pearl/rhinestone flourish: zva creative

patterned paper: nikki sivils

stamp: Heidi Grace sentiment

cardstock: papertrey ink

ink: stampin' up

other: swiss dots cuttlebug folder

ribbon: offray

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Friday, March 19, 2010

It's Friday.....

Today was my day to post on the Nikki Sivils blog. If you would like, please stop over there and see my post. Have a super weekend.

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Winner of the Nikki Sivils Blog Crawl is........

I'm happy to announce the winner from this weekends blog crawl here on my blog. Drum roll please.......

C Trimble said...
darling!
March 6, 2010 10:46 AM

Also, be sure to check out her blog...she has some cute ideas on there!! I popped over there just to be a little nosy (curious) and I liked what I saw! :)



Random Integer Generator

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Timestamp: 2010-03-08 14:19:54 UTC

A BIG thank you to all who stopped by during the crawl! I appreciate all your nice comments!! Please feel free to pop in anytime!!

{cyber hugs}
lori

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Blog Crawl....you won't want to miss it!!


You can read more information here:
The design team members at Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker are going to be holding giveaways for projects that were created just for this Blog Crawl! I've made several things. But I like them so much I want to keep them. So, I'm still trying to decide what else I want to make to give away. :D

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Zva winners have been chosen and their name will be announced sometime today on the following blogs:

Jana Eubank: http://www.janaeubank.com

Sherry Wright: www.sherrywright.typepad.com

Lynn Ghahary: http://lynnghahary.blogspot.com

Anabelle O'Malley: http://anabelleom.blogspot.com/

Kim Hughes: http://paperhugs.typepad.com/paper_hugs/

One winner from each of the 5 blogs will receive a Zva prizepack worth $30.00. that consists of the newest Zva CHA release. Congrats winners!

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A note from Heidi.........I know a lot of you don't have an Archivers close by and the tool has been hard to find, but guess what??? There are now a few stores online you can buy it from. This online store is having a welcome sale
Go here to check it out
http://www.stampington.com/html/melody_ross.html
Also, here is another new video to watch about the tool :)
http://www.stampington.com/creative_impulse/2010/february/26/potw.html
Design team up date
We almost have the team narrowed down to "16 people" and boy it has been really HARD! There are so many great applications. The calls will be going out on time.
The international gals will receive emails at 8am PST (USA) March 5th
and the calls for the in state gals will start at 9am PST March 5th
I love making the calls and hearing how excited everyone is. So stay by your phones ;) because the next ring could be me! WOOT!

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Zva Creative blog hop #3.....

Zva Creative DT Blog Hop! Are you ready to be inspired? We are joining together today to share a project that we have created using some of our favorite Zva Creative products. I am hoping thatyou will take some time to join us for a little bit of fun!The Blog Hop begins at Kim Hughes' blog: She is linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linkingto the next and so on. There are 12 design team members, so be prepared to be inspired along the way. Hidden on 5 of the blogs is a ZvaCreative prize package consisting of the latest CHA release...YAY! Those blogs will be randomly chosen after the hop is over, so it's important to leave a comment on as many blogs asyou can along the way. This Blog Hop runs through midnight on Tuesday, March 2nd and the 5winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 3rd. We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to all of the blogs once again on Wednesday...plus, you never know what kind of inspirational creation that you may find there. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Zva Blog Hop post...you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. The more times you leave a comment along the blog hop path though, the more chances you will have to be one of the lucky winners.





(Simple b-day invites I created for our DD. they are sporting
a Zva flower FLBK02CA110 and a Zva gemstone)



I really like these crystal flourishes CRW02CA106. They are such a nice size for card makers.

Now hop on over to see Miss Becky Olsens creativity!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Friday, February 19, 2010

gingham and pom-poms

Ahhhh...what a productive day. I had the pleasure of cleaning my vehicle out in 35 degree weather! The skies were clear and sunny. So it felt much warmer in the sun. A clean vehicle makes me quite happy! The thought of getting in a dirty vehicle is almost as bad as not cleaning up the house before going to bed! I even got new floor mats for the front floor boards tonight! :)
It's one of things I wanted for V-day! Ok....enough car (SUV) drama. I better move on to a more interesting topic! Like the current Tuesday Trigger Cath is hosting over at the Moxie Fab world blog. I am happy to be playing along this week. The snowy weather has kept the kidlettes home from school so my crafty time has been limited.

I used some sweet cherry paper from Nikki Sivils. The cherry circles were punched from the paper and adhered with Zva Creative dimensional foam. The pearls are also from Zva Creative. I colored them with a red Copic marker. The brad is from Nikki Sivils and the ribbon is by S.E.I. The stamp is by Nikki Sivils. It coordinates with the cherry paper collection. The little paper doily is from the Dollar Tree.
The inside reads "......to have a friend like you."


Have a terrific weekend!!

~lori

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Valentine's and a layout....

Happy Valentine's Day weekend to all of you! I hope you make many special memories.
Our two oldest daughters host a V-day party for their friends. This is the third year running. We had 15 girls here and 7 of them slept over. They had such a blast!

Here's a few projects I created last week for GCD Studios. I added some Zva Creative bling to a couple of them. I created this l/o because Heidi said so. LOL I need more practice, it was good practice for me!!
Homespun Chic is such a fun and easy collection to use. The front of this card is tag embellie that you can buy. Several tags come in a package. The cute little brad is part of the collection as well.
The pearls are from Zva Creative. I colored them with a scarlet red Copic.This last card is the one I'm going to give my hubby for V-day. It's very simple and kinda masculine. I used a Stampin' Up wood grain BG stamp and some goodies from the Homespun Chic collection. I also squeeezed in some stamps from Nikki Sivils.




Here's a parting shot of all 15 girls.

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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Fun announcement.....



Hi y'all....I hope your day is going well! If you're not having such a great day. Keep in mind.....Spring is around the corner. What a welcome sight!!

Monday I found out I made the Nikki Sivils DT. WOW! I was quite surprised! So today I thought I'd share a couple cards I made using her "My Sweet Cherry" line. This line is very fun and cutesy. The colors are simply delightful. Also, my kitchen is a cherry theme. So naturally, I think these papers are too cute!

I incorporated a small Zva Creative flourish on each card. They just add extra delight to the yummy paper!


I will be adding the buttons and Nikki Sivils DT links to my side bar soon.
Have a fabby day!!
~lori

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Homespun Chic

I'll start off with a bouquet I created for GCD Studios CHA booth using the Homespun Chic collection. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed using this collection! IMO it's one of the easiest collections I've ever created with! If you love shabby chic stuff...you may want this one!! It is not just a paper collection. It has many embellishments to match.

I created the flowers using different sizes of scalloped oval nestabilities and a scor-pal. I then layered the flowers with ribbon and embellishments from the Homespun collection.


The coffee cup was something I found at the Dollar Tree. It is made to decorate so jazzing it up was a cinch.

I wish I had some CHA photos to share with you today. Although, I'm sure you've seen a ton of them floating around blog land! I did manage to snap a few photos but not nearly enough! My computer is still acting up a lot so I'm using my hubby's laptop. It does not have an SD card slot. So, I can't edit or upload photos w/o a big hassle.

CHA trade show was an AWESOME experience!! I was able to meet so many WONDERFUL crafty peeps that I've met through this great industry! I will definitely jump at any chance to go again!

Below are several up-close photos of this set of wall tins. I also found these tins at Dollar Tree. I simply covered them with 8x8 sheets of paper from the Homespun collection. I then embellished them with products from the same collection.





I had the greatest privilege to make some projects for GCD Studios CHA booth using the Homespun Chic collection. This collection was so easy for me to use...the projects just seemed to flow right out of me. I love it when that happens!!

Have a super day!
~lori

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