How to sew a felt chicken

I have a four part series on how to sew this cute felt chicken on my YouTube Channel so for detailed video instructions please visit my YouTube channel, or click on the videos below.
The pattern for Prudence the chicken can be found in the Etsy shop LittleSoftieShoppe
 The felt chicken is EASY to sew and is a great beginner project and can be made in a couple of hours. 
Happy sewing!

How to sew a zippered bag from a placemat

This is a great beginner sewing project! Anyone can whip this zippered bag up. It's made from a quilted placemat and only takes minutes to make.
 For a video tutorial go HERE
Have a FANTASTIC weekend!

GIU Blog hop 2017 Unity Stamp Co.

Welcome to the to the GIU (growing in unity) blog hop! For a chance to win a Unity prize package (there will be TWO lucky winners) please visit and comment on everyone's blog that is participating in the  blog hop and don't forget the Unity Stamp Co. blog. The blog list is at the bottom of this post.
 For my project I chose to make a Christmas card using Aw Shucks Lulu It is a simple layered A2 sized CAS card. I colored the Lulu image with a variety on alcohol markers and used dies to cut out the layers. For an in depth tutorial
 please click HERE to watch my YouTube video.
Happy hopping
BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS
Denise Sayers
Lori Simonson YOU ARE HERE
Shannon Edwards
Amber Sheaves
Kim Chong
Angela Bode
MariLynn DeGroot
Amanda Rhodes
Paula McClane 
Amanda Garrett
Crystal O. Minkler
Unity Stamp Blog

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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GIU day 1 Witchy planner pages

Hello Everyone!
 Welcome to my first day of being a Growing in Unity Gal! Also known as GIU.
 I'm super excited to share my Oct.  planner pages with you.
 I have a Prima A5 planner so for the right side of my planner page towards the bottom I stamped Esmerelda Girl with Memento Tuxedo black ink using my Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform and colored her with Faber Castell Polychromos Colored pencils . On the right page at the top I stamped the adorable Spooktacular Spider. For the left side of the page in the upper left corner I stamped the cutsie Little Batty stamp three times. I colored both with a black Faber Castell Polychromo colored pencil.
 I replaced the pages in my planner and my October spread is finished.
 For a detailed process video of my GIU day 1 project 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. Thanks for stopping by!
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Easy planner dashboard with mixed media pin up girl

HIDDY HO! Everyone! Lori here Guest Designer for Little Blue Button stamps
I've been wanting to make a dashboard for my A5 Prima planner but could never find the "right" image until I found Mixed Media Pin Up girl in the LBBS store. Isn't she cute??
 I colored her up as a blondie with Copics and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, gave her hair flower a little glittery gel pen accent, cut her out on my Scan N Cut 2 and glued her to some pretty card stock.
 The A5 photo sleeve I used as my dashboard has two skinny pockets and 2 larger pockets that I filled with pretty things. I reserved the larger top pocket for my Mixed Media Pin Up girl.
TaaDaa! My lovely dashboard is finished and ready for my planner.  How easy was that?
If you'd like to see a video of my dashboard that I made please visit my YouTube channel CraftyLori by clicking HERE
Thank you to LBBS for letting me be a Guest Designer. Have a Great day!

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.

Art rocks, faux painted rocks to hide

Happy Monday!. My daughter and I faux painted rocks to hide.  The concept of the rocks is to paint rocks and hide them for others to find.

The painted rock craze has just started to show up around our area. I don't paint very well especially on rocks so we decoupaged colored images onto our rocks.

The stamps that I used are Windswept pine, ATC Pansies, and Roaring Tiger and Crescent Moon
The rocks were first completely painted with light colored acrylic paint, then with a natural sponge blue, pink and purple acrylic paint was sponged on each of the painted rocks. My daughter did a great job with the painting of the rocks.

While the rocks were drying I used my stamping tool to stamp each of the images onto white tissue paper with a water proof ink.

Using Prisma colored pencils I colored each image carefully so I didn't rip the tissue paper.
With the coloring complete I carefully tore the extra tissue paper from around the images until they would fit perfectly on the rocks.

Using a matte decoupage glue I glued the images to the rocks adding at least 3 layers of the glue.
I taped a piece of tissue paper onto cardstock which I then ran through my laser printer, printing out this info "This painted rock was hidden for you to find & keep. Painted by Tabitha and Lori. contact us here paintbrushrock@gmail.com. Stamps used by artneko.com" I decoupaged this onto the bottom of the rocks.

Once the decoupage glue was dry, I sprayed all the rocks with a waterproof non yellowing lacquer. The rocks are ready for hiding!

I really hope whoever finds these pretty rocks contacts us at the special email I created just for the rocks. For a detailed process video of how I created these rocks click HERE. Have a great week!

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.

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!

Quick envelope art

For todays project I needed to make something quick but still looked great! So I chose to make envelope art, all I needed were some crafty supplies from Tupelo Designs LLC I LOVE this online store because not only do they have a large variety of craft supplies but they also have FREE U.S. shipping with no minimum purchase!! I grabbed some Tim Holtz distress oxide ink and my tonic studios blending brush, and proceeded to brush on broken china, worn lipstick, fossilized amber on the right side of my A2 sized envelope. Once the ink brushing was complete I used the Laurel Burch stamp Whiskers by Stampendous with blue Hawaii staz on ink and stamped half the kittys onto my envelope. For added touch I brushed on the very same oxide distress ink onto the flap of my envelope. That's it my envelope art is finished. How easy was that? Click here to watch my detailed YouTube video showing how to create envelope art. Click here to watch my detailed YouTube video showing how to create envelope art.

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.

Altered Domino project

I altered a domino, It was very easy and fun to do.  I have a video on my YouTube channel showing how I alter a domino the easy way. A list of the supplies I used are in the description box of my YT video.

CLICK HERE to watch the video.

Techie Tuesday video info

I have a brand new Techie Tuesday video on my YouTube channel, if you've ever wanted to start a YT channel I show and tell you how in non-technical terms. check out the newest installment of my Techie Tuesday videos and be sure to watch em all!
Click here for the video

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