Happy

Wishing Everyone....

 

Happy 2023 New Year!

 

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Christmas...

Wishing Everyone... A Happy Holiday and Healthy Happy New Year!

card to share.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Something different

A holiday ornament using Beccy's Place December challenge freebie digi, thank you Beccy.  

 

First, I cut and engraved/etched the ornament on draft board using a Glowforge machine, which I've been lucky to use.

 This is by far the most excited I've ever been over any machine.  It does it all and then some. I used some white perfect pearls for the snow and paint markers to finish off the ornament.

Here are some of the other projects I've made.

Etched design on a Dollar Tree cutting board.

Design is from Designer Bundles.

Using draft board material, I cut out the corner Santa design (Designer Bundles) and also a trivet file from Glowforge.  

Etched design on draft board material, then cut and colored, and finished.

Entering in the following challenges

Beccy's Place December Challenge

A Place to Start Challenge

Paper a la mode Challenge

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m 

Another holiday

card using more of Beccy's Place digi's.  This one was fussy cut which I'm not too good at. I was short on time today and wanted to finish this and get it in the mail.

Entering in Beccy's Place Challenge.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Happy Holidays....

Happy Thanksgiving!

I was so thrilled to find I was a winner over at Beccy's Place Challenges.  Just in time for my Christmas card kits, I'm putting together for the grandkids. 

This year, we'll be making cards together. Let the holiday spirit and season begin.

Here are the two cards I made, using Beccy's Place digi's.

 

Entering in Beccy's challenges.

I'm so behind on commenting and entering challenges this year. So much going on, and the winter weather brought on a whole new list of challenges. 

I know the challenge calls for U...so I have to say the candle card digi was uniformly assembled. <grins>

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Oh..Christmas

Thank you Beccy, I was a winner in Beccy's Place Challenge.  

I've been working on Christmas card kits to make with my grandchildren and well, I'm way behind on many other things.

Today is getting cookie doughs ready for another fun day with the kids baking cookies. 

Well...it's off for me now, I will post a few cards later.

Blessings and hugs, Lori

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Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

The adorable toy horse image was from Beccy's Place.

Entering in Beccy's Place Challenge

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Holiday fun...

and making holiday cards.

 Poinsettia image from Beccy's Place store, which I will enter in her holiday challenge.

The flowers were cut and layered with my Cricut, a little embossing and color added, finished off with center pearls.

Challenges entered:

Beccy's Place

Colorful Options

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Home decor....

just a few more projects I've been working on and painting.

Glowforge cutouts

I'm thinking of adding yellow to the windows on all of the buildings.

Entering in the following challenges:

Double D Challenge

Colorful Options Challenge

Four Seasons Challenge

                        Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Not just cards....

A little Holiday...cheer today. A few new projects to show.

The Ho Ho Ho, Santa Claus Lane and Letters to Santa mailbox were all cut out on a Glowforge machine thanks to my friend for the crafty goodies.

Mason Jar was purchased from Walmart and the bottom wreath was a Dollar Tree wire wreath. I cut and made yarn pom poms to cover it with, then added purchased red yarn balls.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Birthday...

Card, layered and embossed. Simple to make, cute to share.  

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Welcome Fall....

and chilly weather.  The Fall is here, and leaves are showing those beautiful colors once again.

I have a few things to show, that I've been working on.  

My baby boy, the frame was cut on The Glowforge by a dear friend.

I was able to see this awesome machine in action.  It has now become my biggest wish list, dream machine.

Wedding card made using Anna Griffin Cuddlebug embossing plates. I did run the Congratulations through my foil machine, although it doesn't show up very well.

This sign was created using a plaque purchased from Walmart and the Witch and text from my friend cut on her Glowforge machine.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Happy Weekend...

On a Blog Break, see you soon! Thank you for dropping by while I'm away.

to all!  

This beautiful .....Plant design.... can be found over at ....

Dreaming Tree. 

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Excitement....

I'm so excited, I was chosen for Top Sprout over at A Place To Start Challenge.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Fish...

Enjoying my stamps once again, this is from the set over at Beccy's Place Store, Fantail Gold Fish.

Love this set, so many uses......Darling stamps and the sentiment if from the same set.

Entering in Beccy's Place Challenges

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Monochromatic....

I took this photo just for kicks and edited it in Adobe Elements.  Now I find a challenge that it will work in. The fairy and tree cut outs are from my Cricut Design Space.

Entering in Double D Challenges

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Spring flowers

This was all I wanted for Mother's Day...a ride so that I could take this photo of the Cherry Blossoms in bloom. 

Entering this card in the challenge over at Word Art Wednesday.

My white background didn't show to well in my photo, ugh, now to learn how to take better photos lol.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Flamingo.....

Happy Mother's Day to all!

Who doesn't love these beautiful pink and graceful Birds?  Using one of my stash stamps, I had a little fun today making more cards.

 I also added, Beccy's May Challenge .....digi stamp for a pretty design.  I think both match up nicely.

It's nice to have a few cards made up ahead of time, rather than rushing around when I need one.

Entering in 

Beccy's Place ...May Challenge

Double D Challenges

 

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

May...

Challenge over at Beccy's Place!  Thank you Beccy for the gorgeous play along floral design. This worked so nicely on some cards I needed for Mother's Day.

Here's my challenge entry...

I added the lacy doily, made the design a layered Print and Cut with my Cricut Design Space. Then I used my glitter Sakura pens, washi tape and rhinestones for added bling. Gorgeous design, thank you again Beccy for sharing.

Entering in 

Beccy's Place Challenge

Colorful Options Challenge

A Place To Start Challenge

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Fun...fun....

Finally, I had some time to play with my new and old stamps. Gosh, I'm having so much fun, plus having cards ready when I need them, an extra bonus.

Here, are just a few newly made cards using my win from Beth's blog and Unity Stamps, thank you both very much.

1. Itty Bitty Stamp by Unity Stamps.....Alfie- Heart & Soul

2. Unity Stamp....Nature of Friendship

3.  Unity Stamp....May Bells

I do love my crafty time, Have a fabulous Tuesday!

Entered in challenge .......Let's Craft and Create

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Early Happy Mother's Day....

Early Happy Mother's Day....to everyone Celebrating!

This year I made Mom a new coffee cup and will be filling a basket with other goodies.  I'm so behind in the blog updates due to real life events.

Here's a picture of Mom's Mug, this was done with Cricut Design Space designs, Cricut infusible ink and the Cricut Mug press, thank you Santa. 

Also, I wanted to "shout out" a thank you to Beth at Beth's Beauties and to Unity Stamps for the recent winning.  I was so surprised and what a great win after being under the weather the past few weeks. Thank you both so much, I'm so excited and looking forward to posting new cards in the days ahead.

Have a fabulous day, more updates to come, in the upcoming days.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Bunny time....

Here's another adorable shared digi from  Beccy's Place Challenges, to play along in April's Challenge. Thank you Beccy, this is just so cute.

I added glitter pen to highlight the edges of the image and some glossy accents for more dimension on the eggs and tails.  

The pretty background peeking through the flourish is one of Beccy's shared gorgeous digi papers. 

 I should have used a solid color for my card; however, I had Easter egg paper in my stash, it caught my eye and seemed to coordinate nicely.

 The pretty Crocus Planter is a design from 3Dsvg. Dreaming Tree.  

Entering in Beccy's Place April Challenge

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m 

Easter time is getting near....

I love Pop-Up cards and Slice Form cards, harder for my hands to make, so this time I was able to only make one. 

This one will be for my Mom, her special Easter card this year.

The design is part of my Cricut Design Space, just love how pretty it came out.

Entering in Challenges:

Fourseasons Challenges

Beccy's Challenges

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Challenge -March 30th

Word Art Wednesday

As my last Guest Challenge, I would like to thank Word Art Wednesday for allowing me to be a Guest Designer for the month of March.  God Bless!

Challenge--March 30th the sponsor is Crafty Individuals

The lucky winner will receive a UK 25.00 Pound gift voucher to the store. 

The Scripture for this challenge is ...Matthew 28:6

Here is my Guest DT Card

You are not required to use the scripture verse, to play along in the challenge. 

We hope you'll stop over and check out the beautiful inspiration from the Design Team.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Easter Baskets?

This is a new project for me from 3D svg. Dreaming Tree. I need to make a few more baskets for the grandchildren on Easter.

This was a fun project to make, it did take some time as I inked all the edges. 

I watched Leo's video and assembly was a piece of cake other than my old hands lol.

Now to get some basket grass and goodies to fill them with.  

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

New Challenge...

Word Art Wednesday

Challenge--March 16th the sponsor is DRS Stamps

The lucky winner will receive a $20.00 gift voucher to the store. 

The Scripture for this challenge is ...Levitcus 17:11

Here is my Guest DT Card

You are not required to use the scripture verse, to play along in the challenge. 

We hope you'll stop over and check out the beautiful inspiration from the Design Team.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Another Challenge

card to be entered over at Beccy's Place March Challenge.

This time I'm using an image from Beccy's Place Store...... Cuddle Bugs set.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Quick challenge

card using the adorable free image provided by Beccy at Beccy's Place. Thank you Beccy!

Here is March Challenge....Little Darla.....

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Exciting News!!!

Exciting News!

I'm so excited, I was asked to be a Guest Designer over at Word Art Wednesday for the month of March.

For the first challenge--March 2nd the sponsor is Taylored Expressions. 

The lucky winner will receive a $30.00 gift voucher to the store. 

The Scripture for this challenge is ...Psalms 116:15

Here is my Guest DT Card

You are not required to use the scripture verse, to play along in the challenge. 

We hope you'll stop over and check out the beautiful inspiration from the Design Team and enter the challenge.

Enjoy...Blessings and hugs, Lori m