Finally - a card ...

Good grief, considering that I am on holiday there is a lack of craftyness going on in this house but here I am with a card to share, I might even share two!

My first card us made with my new favourite Nitwit kit, From The Sea and is for the current Papertake Weekly challenge - to use dies. Last week I spent ages sorting out all of my nestabilities and other dies, some I had forgotten about and some that had ended up in the wrong drawer but now they are all neat, tidy and organised.  On this card I used MFT and Papertrey border dies

My second card was made for The Ribbon Girl using the new super sparkly and gorgeous glitter organza as well as a Lori Boyd digi stamp and a few other Ribbon Girl goodies

Princess ...

Lots of pink and sparkle going on here :)

Digital stamp - Lori Boyd available from Claudia and Company

Ribbon, Button, Stickles and Bakers Twine from Ribbon Girl

By LORi Designs Blog Hop ...

Hello, today I am joining in with the By LORi Designs March release blog hop.  Here is my card, created with a new stamp available here

I coloured the little chap with Copics and added Stardust Stickles and a Papertrey Stamp. The papers are from this digital kit and the twine and baby charms are from Ribbon Girl

Here is the order for the blog hop, there are some amazing cards and projects to see and someone will be the lucky winner of a giftcard to spend at the By LORi Designs shoppe - just hop around and leave comments on the blogs.  The next person to visit is Jennifer or you can start at the beginning again

By LORi Designs Blog

Joni

Jen

sherryann

Andrea that's me :)

Jennifer

Jacquie

Jayne

Arielle

Angela

Kadie

Mercy

Hannah

Linda

Lori

Silvia

Tracy

Jane

Sheri

Have fun!  I'm off to spend the weekend with my crafty pals making cards, eating cakes, laughing lots and generally having a fabulous time :)

A Pink and Green Girly Card ...

It's Wednesday again so it must be Lollipop time again :)  Today I am sharing this card created with Lori Boyd's fabulous Hannah Lollipop digi stamp

Basic Grey papers, Craftwork Cards scalloped cardbase, Papertrey (I think, or it might be MFT) die, ribbon and pins from the Ribbon Girl shop, Kaiser jewels and the image coloured with Copics

Happy Wednesday!

By Lori Designs and Baby Bud Designs Blog Hop ...

Today we have a very special surprise for our readers! A DOUBLE BLOG HOP!!! That’s right, Baby Bud Designs and By LORi Designs have teamed up to bring you a big ol' blog hop! We’ve got a fantastic line up of extremely talented designers showcasing some pretty adorable images.

Today you’ll find a ton of inspiration and of course a hop isn’t a hop without some prizes right? So be sure to leave comments on every stop! So sit back, relax and enjoy the wonderful creations that both of these wonderful Design Teams have created for you! You won’t be disappointed!

If you get lost along the way the whole list will be posted at each of the Main blogs! Have fun and thanks for joining us today!

This is my card using Lori's lovely image

This is the blog hop list so next on the list is Calypso

BY LORi Designs Blog

Baby Bud Blog

ANDREA - that's me :)

CALYPSO

ANGELA

ILDIKO

ARIELLE

JENN

HANNAH

JENNETTE

JACQUIE

KERRY

JANE

LISA

JAYNE

MARGIE

JENNIFER

MARIA

LINDA

TAMMYLEE

MERCY

TANYA

SHERI

STEPHANIE

SHERRYANN

SILVIA

DEBBIE

KRISTA

LORI

By Lori Designs January Blog Hop ...

Hello, welcome to the January blog hop for By Lori Designs. We have a brilliant prize for one lucky person who hops around and leaves a comment on all the blogs (see below) and the DT have some gorgeous cards made with the new release stamps

I have used Puddlejumper Birthday Emma and Bug & Roo Hazel for my cards today

Here is the order for the blog hop

Sherry

Sheri

Linda

Arielle

Jacquie

Angela

Jennifer

Silvia

Jane

Andrea - That's me!

Jayne

Hannah

Kadie

Krista

Lori

and this is what you can win

By Lori Designs Challenge #1

Today sees the beginning of a whole new adventure for By Lori Designs - the start of challenges!

This week the challenge is a colour challenge and this is my card

I used my most favourite Lollipop Ella digital stamp, saddlestitch ribbon and bakers twine from the Ribbon Girl and a sentiment stamp from Lili of the Valley

News and a Design Team Call ...

As some of you may know, you will be able to find challenges at 

By LORi Designs very very soon!!

Our first challenge will be on Thursday, January 6th and the only hint I can give is that 

it's our favorite kind of challenge..... a Color Challenge!!

Lori has decided to add to the BLD Design Team ...YAY!!!

The Challenges will be Bi-weekly through out January and then once we have our 

Challenge Team, they will go weekly!!

We are so excited and hope you all love the challenges.

DT Requirements:

You must be willing and able to commit to a 4 month term.

You must be able to meet deadlines.

You must be willing to post a weekly card to your own blog.

You must include a link back to By LORi Designs Shop in each post you post.

DT Benefits:

You will get digi images to use on your cards.

You will receive a 50% Discount on any digis purchased from BLD.

If you would like to apply for a position on the 

By LORi Designs Team 

please link your name and blog to Mr. Linky 
HERE

The Call Closes on Thursday January the 20th

A New Stamp Designer ...

Today I finally got a chance to play with this delightful little stamp.  She is called Maggie and is by a new designer, Bug and Roo Stamps by Hannah Boyd. Sounds familiar? She is the teenage daughter of my lovely friend Lori Boyd and you can read all about her here.

I used the digital Sweet Summertime papers by another of my talented friends, Crystal Wilkerson and a simple satin ribbon from The Ribbon Girl. I resized the banner from Crystals element pack and added button twine from the Ribbon Girl and lots of stickles of course!

If you would like your own Maggie she is here  together with a few friends

News from By LORi Designs ...

Christmas Special 

starts right now at 

By LORi Designs

Every $10 order gets this Santa Digi Free.

This special will run from now until Christmas Eve!

This is Lori's gorgeous card

And this is my card

You want another Special to chose from?

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for a Limited Time Only...
Christmas Special

Christmas Bundle I (Reg. $5)

Christmas Tree (Reg. $2)

Tanner (Reg. $3)

Puddle Jumper Nativity (Reg. $5)

You can get all you see above for $10 and the Santa Digi Free.

This sale will end Sunday Night at Midnight EST.

Click Button Below to Purchase 

Many Thanks!!

Not A Christmas Card ...

Today I wanted to share a card that isn't a Christmas card

She is a little Puddle Jumper digital stamp from Lori Boyd and very sweet. I used my Papershapers retro flower punch (I still love this shape even though my punch is really old!) to punch through some corrugated kraft cardstock and the striped button and Divine Twine bakers twine are both from Ribbon Girl

Snow Family ...

I have a life lesson to share today, one involving a hand crafted card, taking photographs outside and err...... dropping the lovingly handcrafted card into the snow!!   Oh dear, that is exactly what happened to this card so please excuse the smudged snow family, they took a dip straight into a snow drift

(Snow family by Lori Boyd Designs coloured with Copics, Stickles, Cosmo Cricket paper and that gorgeous satin ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl)

This is the snow that killed off my snowpeople, the view from our back garden and yes, that is 17 inches of snow! the rest of the garden had 13 inches when I was out this afternoon but this was where the snow had blown at the edge of our patio

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...

...especially here because today we had 4 inches of snow. Unfortunatley I couldn't stay warm at home and craft all day, I had to walk to work because no traffic could get in or out of where I live. Luckily for me though I got to come home a little earlier and dashed outside between snow showers to take photographs of my recent projects - we've had rain for last couple of weeks which has meant awful lighting for taking photographs

This card is made using a new digital stamp by Lori Boyd, you can find it and lots of other new stamps in her digi stamp shop here

I love the bow, made from some new gorgeous silk ribbon from the Ribbon Girl, it ties perfect bows and I can't stop using it

I've been a bit quiet for the last few weeks, just very busy with school work and fighting off a cold which seems to be winning but I've also completed three magazine assignments which have all been packed up and posted off so now I can get back to playing for fun :)

New Digis by Lori

Hello Everyone!!

Just wanted to update you on the NEW Digis added to the 

By LORi Designs Digi Shop

 this week...

 They are $3 each

and can be found HERE

Another By LORi Designs Card ...

I have another card to share today made using one of the new PJ stamps from Lori Boyd.  The little waggon actually had a pumpkin sitting in it but I really didn't need another pumpkin card - I needed a girly birthday card instead. So I worked some magic - simply used the erase tool in Photoshop to erase the pumpkin and added in Lori's little lollipop dog instead! For an easier option you can buy the stamp without the pumpkin - Lori has added an extra stamp to the shop inspired by my adaptations :)

The Pink Elephant Challenge

There is a new challenge over at The Pink Elephant challenge blog and this week we are sponsored by Die Cuts R Us. You can find out about the challenge at the Pink Elephant blog, this is my DT entry and I got to play with the Cowboy McCoy stamp by Lori Boyd.

(October Afternoon paper, Die Cuts R Us image stamp, button and twine from the Ribbon Girl, kraft card, star stamp and sentiment stamp from Papertrey Ink, star punch by Stampin Up)

New at By LORi Designs ...

Lori is starting to sell her Puddle Jumper stamps as digital stamps from her By LORi Designs shop. These little people are slightly more grown up than the other Puddle Jumpers and will be known as PJs and can be found here

The pumpkin in the little truck made me lean towards orange and I used these papers by Crystal Wilkerson together with a lovely orange polka dot button and button twine from the Ribbon Girl

I have to go now - Haggis, having spent the majority of the weekend doing this

... has now decided he wants to play

By LORi Designs Blog Hop ...

Today is the release of new digital stamps from Lori Boyd. They can all be found here at the By LORi Designs shop.

I've used George from the Tammy and George set for this card

(papers by Crystal Wilkerson can be found here)

You can visit the rest of the Design Team, leave a comment on each blog and you will go in the draw to win the new releases

Lori

Andrea - that's me :)

Arielle

Hannah

Jane

Jayne

Linda

Sheri

Sherryann

Tanja

Vera

I've also been playing with a few of the stamps from previous releases

(Cat stamp from here, papers by Zoe Pearn from this kit and a Papertrey sentiment stamp)

(Ladybug stamp from here, ribbon, bakers twine and button from the Ribbon Girl, stamp from Papertrey)

(Stamp from here, lace from the Ribbon Girl and lots of flowers and stickles to make everything sparkle)

Princess ...

This is my card for the Pink Elephant Challenge blog Design Team.  We were so lucky this week as we got to play with some of the new Lori Boyd PuddleJumper stamps, available here.  I just love this little Princess and of course she had to have a pretty pink dress and a bit of sparkle ;)

The saddlestitch and scalloped spot ribbon as well as the pins and bakers twine are from the Ribbon Girl, the little Princess charm is from the Hobby House, the digital paper is from this digital kit and I added some beautiful and very sparkly American Crafts Thickers and used Stickles for even more sparklyness

Toot Toot!! and a Blog Hop ...

I have nearly burst with excitement during the last couple of weeks because of an email I got asking me if I would be interested in joining a new Design Team from ..............  Lori Boyd! Oh my goodness I just about exploded doing the excited dance as I replied to her email. Not only is Lori one of the sweetest people I know but she designs the cutest digital stamps (or you may have seen her rubber stamps here and here) and she makes gorgeous cards too.

So, there you have it - my exciting news! And I have a new badge to add to my list of people that I design for over there on the side of my blog

We thought a Blog Hop was in order as we are celebrating the new team as well as some new releases by Lori which can be found in Lori's shop here.

The whole Design Team are joining in and if you hop to each of them leaving a comment as you go you will go into the draw to win Lori's latest Grandparent and Bride & Groom stamps as well as 5 other digi's of your choice from Lori's shop. You have until Saturday night (midnight US time) to leave your comments on all the blogs to enter the draw

Lori

Andrea - that's me!

Arielle

Hannah

Jane

Jayne

Linda

Sheri

Sherryann

Tanja

Vera

I have played with the Grandparents stamps but as I didn't need a Grandparent card - I actually needed to make a 40th birthday card for a man - I changed his trousers to jeans and gave him brown hair instead of grey, snuffed out the old lady and he instantly appeared 20 years younger! I wonder if this could work in real life? I could be onto a winner there :o)

(papers by Crystal Wilkerson, Button twine from Ribbon Girl)