GIU 2017 winners selected!!

THANKS to everyone who participated in my Growing in Unity Gal week.
I have selected two Unity Stamp Co. prize package winners and they are Heather Clay and Debbie Vignola. Please contact me with your mailing info.
Have a great week everyone.

Altered Rolodex/Memorydex card GIU day 4

Good Morning/Afternoon or Evening!

 This is my fourth day of being a Growing in Unity Gal! Also known as GIU.
 For todays project I altered a rolodex card with the cute retro looking Jukebox Jive itty bitty stamp.
 I colored the stamped image with Spectrum Noir markers.
 I used my Brother Scan N Cut2 to perfectly cut out the Jukebox.
 The die I used to cut out the rolodex card is a die from Heidi Swapp.
  To see a quick walk through of my altered rolodex/memorydex card GIU project 4. Please visit my YouTube video HERE
 For your chance to win a Unity prize package please comment here on my blog, on my YouTube video, the GIU facebook group, or my Instagram. You can comment on each social media all five days for a better chance to win. Two winners will be chosen after Friday. Thanks for your support and Comments!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! GIU day 2

Happy Halloween!
 This is my second day of being a Growing in Unity Gal! Also known as GIU.
 I'm Sharing my super cute Witch card with you today.
 The stamp I used is Drive a witch stick.
  For a detailed process video of my GIU project 2 with lots of fast speed coloring with alcohol markers and tips and trick for cutting out this Cute witch with a Scan n cut 2 please click HERE.
 For your chance to win a Unity prize package please comment here on my blog, on my YouTube video, the GIU facebook group, or my Instagram. You can comment on each social media all five days for a better chance to win. Two winners will be chosen after Friday. Be safe and have a GREAT Halloween!
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Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2017

This is my first time participating in the Fall coffee lovers blog hop hosted by coffee loving card makers blog.
 Some of the products I used to make my blah bunny by Honey Bee Stamps coffee card are from Tupelo Designs LLC they always have FREE U.S. shipping with no minimum purchase and discounted international shipping!
 I have a process video along with a detailed description with links of how I made this adorable card on my YouTube channel. So if you would like to watch me create the card or just need more info just click HERE.
I had a great time making this super cute card and enjoyed being in #fall2017clh blog hop.
Please leave a comment and thanks for stopping by.

Just relax!

It doesn't get any better then a penguin in a donut floatie, wearing a polka dot bikini, sipping a cool drink!
 This fun interactive action wobble card was created with supplies from Tupelo Designs LLC where U.S. shipping is always free with no minimum purchase and international shipping is discounted.
 I started by stamping the Whimsy Stamps "lazy days of summer" penguin stamp on Neenah cardstock with memento tuxedo black ink. I used my new Tonic Studios/Tim Holtz stamping platform to get a nice crisp image.
 Spectrum noir alcohol markers were used to color this summery stamped image. I then cut out the colored image.
 To create the background I used one of my favorite techniques the "smooshing" technique with distress crayon salty ocean and distress oxide ink broken china and a bit of water.
 Whimsy stamps hand stitched rectangle die was used to cut out a panel from my smooshed background.
 To make my layering card front the background panel was glued onto a 3.75X5 inch blue panel which was then glued onto a standard A2 sized aqua blue card base.
 From my printer I printed the word "relax" from the same smooshed background. Cut that into a banner. with foam tape it was glued onto the card front.
 Application of the action wobbler onto the back of the penguin and card was super easy thanks to the peel and stick that is already on the action wobbler.
 My last finishing touch was 3 blue sequins.
 A great summery card was created!
 I have a detailed process video of this card on my YouTube channel just click HERE to watch the video.

Buzz! Bee kind!

Newest release from Ericraft Stamps is appropriately called "Buzz" I had so much fun coloring this digi stamp with copic and spectrum noir markers. This image makes a great card. All I did was color, use a Fun Stampers Journey die and layer it onto an A2 size card base. I used a vintage embossing label maker to print out BEE KIND for the perfect sentiment. CLICK HERE to see a detailed process video of how I made this cute and easy card.

Masculine spotlight technique card

Hey all! Check out my design team project for Art Neko Stamps It's a masculine spotlight technique card featuring Art Neko’s  Japanese Fishing Boat Silhouette stamp.
I know sometimes I struggle with making masculine cards this technique is a NO FAIL way to make a great masculine or really any card. All you have to do is stamp your image on white card stock I chose to use a 3.75X5 inch piece of cardstock and stamped my image right in the middle.
I placed a circle die on the image lower right just enough so I caught part of the image and part of white space, I ran it through my die cutter, removed the circle and water colored the circle with with distress inks tumbled glass, salty ocean and tea dye on the appropriate spots of the partial image on the circle.
I layered and glued the white card panel onto a medium blue card panel 4X5.25 inches then those 2 card panels were glued on a light blue card panel 5.5X4.25 inches. Now its time to replace that watered colored circle into the cut out circle(negative space), I like to use dry adhesive for this so there is no oozing of glue around the edges, I also make sure its not crooked.
Those layered card panels completed my card front so I then glued it onto a white standard A2 sized card base. I printed “Sail away with me” from my computer and cut that into 3.75 inch strip and glued it towards the top of my card so it is placed white on white.  That’s it all done! It looks great and was super quick. In the words of my husband when I asked him his opinion of the card “I’d give that that to a dude if it didn’t say sail away with me” LOL.
CLICK HERE to see a detailed process video of this card on my YouTube channel. That ends my blog post for today. Have a GREAT week and stay crafty!

Gorillas, Gorillas, Gorillas!

Hi Everyone!
I'm so excited to be posting for the first time as an Art Neko DT member.
I've always had a fascination with gorillas, so when I seen this stamp from Art Neko Baby Gorillas in poses I knew I had to have it and make an inspirational card with it. I stamped the gorillas on white vellum with stazon black ink and overlayed that onto a leaf cover up die cut from Fun Stampers Journey that I had glued onto an A2 sized olive green card front, I used my sewing machine to add real wonky stitching to the card, which is super fun to do. I then glued with double sided tape the completed card front onto the same color olive green A2 sized card base. For the inside I found a quote from one of the leading pioneers of Gorilla research Dian Fossey, I printed that quote out from my PC onto white cardstock and cute it out with a rectangle die and glued that to the inside of the card "When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future." (Dian Fossey) This quote is so true! For a detailed process video on my YouTube channel CLICK HERE My blog post in Art Neko Galleries Blog Be sure to check out all the other GREAT blog posts from all the talented Art Neko Blog Design Team members!

I spot a great friend!

This easy layered card was created using products from Tupelo Designs LLC U.S shipping is ALWAYS FREE with no minimum purchase and international shipping is discounted.  I started by stamping the MFT Lovable Leporards with memento tuxedo black ink  on Neenah classic crest solar white card stock and coloring the leporad with a variety of Spectrum noir alcohol markers. The three little birds were stamped with distress inks in the colors mermaid lagoon, wilted violet and candied apple. I then cut out the colored images. For the cardstock layers I used the green leaf paper from the 6X6 doodlebug at the zoo paper pad, I used an MFT edge die to curve a portion of white cardstock and layered them on an A2 size white card base. For the sentiment I picked "I spot a great friend" from the Lovable Leporads stamp set and stamped it on a MFT die cut from oval word window die set.  I used natural twine and a freebie button from Tupelo Designs LLC to add I little extra element to the card. My easy layered card is finished and ready to send to a friend! CLICK HERE to see my YouTube video of this card, I show a process video of how to create this cute card with a list of the products I used located in the description box of the video.

Are you a kitty lover??

I am a kitty lover, so I couldn't resist this new kitty set (kitty Tree)from Peachy Keen Stamps, I love how you can add different faces to the kittens. I colored up the stamped images using spectrum noir markers, cut them out on my SNC2 used Lawn Fawn and MFT dies to cut pattern and solid card stock for the card front and speech bubble, glued everything down onto an A2 size card base and VIOLA! a card fit for any kitty lover. Please be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel to see all sorts of crafty goodness Click here to go to CraftyLori YT channel

EASY shaker card

For todays card I shopped at Tupelo Designs LLC for my supplies, they always have FREE U.S shipping! I don't like making shaker cards very much because you have to fiddle with making a foam edge and attach acetate etc. but with the MFT circle shaker pouches and circle window frame die that fiddly work is eliminated and makes shaker cards a breeze! I used the My Minds Eye Meow paper pad and Die Cuts to create the fun card.  The complete list to the supplies I used can be found in the description of my process video HERE on YouTube. This was SOOOO simple I see lots more shaker cards in the future.

I'm a BAD mom!!!

It was My daughters 9th birthday June 24th, No I didn't forget her Birthday but at 2AM on the 24th I realized I forgot to make her a B-day card *YIKES* how could I forget that??! She'd only been "reminding" us EVERY day for over a month that her Birthday was Jun 24th. So at 2AM I pulled this card together, the background is a basic smooshing technique with distress inks with some FSJ silk splashes, the mermaid stamped image is from The Greeting Farm colored with spectrum noir and copic markers, the scalloped rectangle is a Lawn Fawn die, 9 balloon is from Shaggy Dog Tails stamp set. Her B-day was great and I took a nap later in the afternoon *LOL*

Knock knock, whos there? Mer! Mer who?

Mermonkeys that's who! I created this SUPER cute card with the Waffle Flower stamp set "Little Mermaids" other stamp sets I used to complete the card were Little Acres Creations "Slow Mover" (the sign) and The Greeting Farms "Little Mermaids" (waving hello sentiment). I colored the images with spectrum noir markers, plus added some glitter gel pen accents. I used Nuvo glitter drops for the fish bubbles. The circle die cut is from Gina Marie "cross stitch" circle die set. Embossed background is a The Paper Studio embossing folder.

DT project for Ericraft Stamps

Today I have a super sweet card I made using a Ericcraft Stamp digi stamped called "Seeking Nectar".

I used spectrum noir markers to color the image and Pebbles chalk for the background. I also cut out an oval stitched window with the MFT "Oval word window" die for the sentiment I typed on my PC.

I have a fantastic video on my YouTube channel showing you my card.
https://youtu.be/wEqmIq868wk
Seeking Nectar digi image can be found here. At Ericcraft Stamps
Ericraft Shop on Etsy ,<<<<< Click here for the image