Quick hello....

and early Happy Memorial Day to all my friends and followers celebrating!

I'm on a short blog break and will be back soon.

God Bless, hugs, Lori m

Shout out...

and thank you to everyone visiting and leaving all the lovely comments.

I've been doing some different things and being sick in between so once again, sorry for my late replies to comments.

A few things were wedding decorations, 60th gift basket, cards and crafting with Bella my granddaughter. She's so different than her brother at that age, very dainty with the glue sticks and decorations for her card lol.  After Noah would come, I had to restock on everything.

Other news, while wanting a new Cricut Maker so bad, just can't swing the cost with all the goodies right now so I opted for the larger Gemini by Crafters Companion.  I realize dies are needed, still it will cut the materials I'm looking to cut. Ultimate winning the lottery goal would be a laser cutter, inserting a big smile, again, winning the lottery goal, same as the Cricit Maker.

Well, here are a few pics of what I've been up to in between bed rest and trying to train the doggy for Therapy work. A challenge in itself, one class down, 7 more to go lol.

    Crafting with Bella in grandma's messy craft room lol

Here are a few Wedding things I put together.

Using Silhoutte files, Silhoutte machine, Cricut files and machine along with my Gemini.

60th Birthday gift basket

Sorry for the side views, this card was  done embossing and cutting on my Gemini. The die cuts are by Tim Holtz for the mason jar and flower die cuts, the circle die cuts are from Funstampersjourney.

The corner die cut and embossing folder both came with the machine.  I don't have many die cuts, embossing folders or stamps so you may see many of the same used on the cards I'll be making.

Guess this brings me up to date for now, thank you all again for stopping by and the beautiful comments left.

  Many blessings and hugs to all.  Lori m

  

Cards...cards

and yet another card lol!

Quick hello post and Happy April to all!  Let there be sunshine and warm weather without snow.

Here's another Colored digi card by Imaginethatdigi's by Kris! 

This digi is called Sweet Tea!

Rather than making this and Anniversary card, I thought it would be a cute Birthday card.  Enjoy!

Blessings and hugs, Lori m

Easter is coming.....

so are the bunnies and decorations.

Using my Cricut Explore Air machine I made these cute little Bunny Boxes for treats.  Sorry, the photo taken before they were finished.



Along with that I tried my hand at a few Cricut cards, loving the different things I can make, and all the designs just ready to cut and paste so to speak.

Here's what I came up with, oh and Happy Easter to all those whom celebrate.

I think I liked it better before all the glitter, then again, who doesn't like a little sparkle sometimes?

Enjoy, blessings and hugs, Lori m 

Trying some new...

die cuts.

Greetings my friendly and talented bloggers.  I do hope you're enjoying the beautiful sunshine outside today?  We're still cold and snowy, however the sun was out so off I went for a few minutes of walking our baby boy. Gorgeous to feel some fresh air for a change.


Meanwhile, I received a gift card to Joann's and decided to get some myself some new die cuts.  Oh the fun for me, using my manual machines once again.

Sometimes, I just need to step back from all things electronic and enjoy the less stress, and try to let my mind just create.

Here's what I came up with....

Simple, yet detailed with the delequite cuts via Tim Holtz collections for Sizzix. This was new to me, Sizzix Framelits by Tim Holtz #662270. 

So for today, enjoy, blessings and hugs, Lori m

Staying ahead

as much as possible.  I put a few Mother's Day cards together the other day.

Here's one of my favorites and of course it's a colored Digi.  They just seem so perfect for time or I should say lack of time. 

At this point in my life, anything to make it fun and stress free is the way I want to roll.

This is from Imaginethatdigi's by Kris, love these images and I put my win to good use.

The file is called Watering Can Tulips...much prettier than my photo shows. 

At least you get a good idea of how nice this will look on any Mother's Day card.

Enjoy, blessings and hugs, Lori m

Rolling along with

another adorable card from one of the collections over at  Imaginethatdigi's by Kris!

The cuteness speaks for itself, the ease of print and cut, well....one of my favorite things to do these days.  Short on time?  Pop on over and check out all the new and favorite digi's Kris creates.

This cutie was from the special collection Kris offered for free with a donation to the Ronald McDonald House.  Just love all the pretty and adorable things to be made, so many options, now all I need is the time.
I'm not sure if this is available for sale, you'd have to check with Kris on that. 



Enjoy, blessings and hugs, Lori m