I've been making some Mousies!

These are a few cards that I have made recently with House Mouse stamps from Stampabilities. This first one has already been received by Monika for our Brown/Blue color swap. I had so much fun making this one. the project and colors just fell into place.


This one gave me a hard time. The image has wallpaper on top normally and I had a horrible time coloring it. I did not have the patience to color all the leaves and flowers, so I finally gave up and chopped the top off and then it was easy peasy! If you enlarge the photo, you will see that the little tag in the right corner says mischief maker. I still have this one to send for one of my swaps.



I just love this image. Do you remember collecting these dolls and playing with their hair when you were a kid? I guess this kind of dates me, doesn't it. This one is also waiting to go to a new home.



This next one is also one that I had a hard time with and sat on my desk looking at me for weeks until one night it jumped up and said here is what you do. LOL! It is already at its new home with Darlene.



Do you ever make a card and like it so much, that you don't want to give it away? This is the one I wanna keep (but know that I won't). I had so much fun with this one and it looks like fun, doesn't it! I used a piece of plastic that something came in and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder. Then the question was, how to attach it and I found these cute little flower brads and it worked perfectly. Sorry that the picture is a little blurry.


This last one is stamped on glossy paper, then covered with a post it note. I then took a compressed sponge and inked it with a re-inker and pulled the ink from the post-it note out to the edge of the c/s for the bright pink design.



Well I finally figured out what to do so that I have my pictures where I want them here in the blog....Just set it for no layout. This way I can type what I want with my pictures! Still on a learning curve!

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment and tell me what you think of my cards. Lori

Out Of My Box

Hi Stampers, It has been awhile since I posted, so I thought I better get to it. I have been really busy and the days just seem to fly by.

I made this card and I am so pleased with the way it came out. It is a bit Out-Of-My-Box, because I am so ribbon challenged and through my blogging experience I learned how to tie the
knot. It only took me watching a video over and over again to get er done, though! Another thing that is really Out-Of-My-Box is layouts and I am working on changing my style and actually doing
some layouts on my cards.

So, I would love to hear what you think of this card. The scan is not the greatest, but I am hoping that before the week is out, I will have a brand new digital camera! Eeeek! I am so Jazzed about it and can't wait to get my hot little hands on it!
At the moment, since we are having electrical problems in the house (only half having electricity), I have to unplug this very heavy duty extension chord to plug in my old PC to use my scanner (not compatible with Vista). Then I have to save the scans to my Flash drive and transfer here, Shut-down and Unplug old pc, so I can have power back in my bedroom! Ugh! Lotsa work!

Happy Stampin and if I get time I will post again later or tomorrow! Hugs Lori

This card that I made for the MAR swap was a real challenge and I don't think it will ever be repeated by me at least. I used seam binding up each side of the image and it was not easy adhering it to the panel. Is it too much with the background plaid panel? I sort of like it. Do you ever have a card that you have done and you like it, but are unsure of what your recipient will like it?

I would love to hear your comments on it. Thanks for stopping by. Lori

Kissing A Bird!

This is one that I made. At first this little image drove me nuts. I usually have a hard time working with smaller images. It isn't the small image, so much as it is the space around it. Since I have been blogging so much lately I am getting all kinds of inspiration. The background on this is a metallic blue and I made the diamond design with my Scor-Pal. I just love that thing. I am just amazed at what I can accomplish with it.

So, what do you think of my lay-out? I would love to hear your comments.

Thanks for stopping by.

More Cards!

I just love this image and made a couple of them. If I can ever find some Gamsol, I would like to change to coloring with my Prismacolor Pencils.

I am also finding that I want to start using smaller images, so that I can add more elements to my cards.

Later in the week, I will share some great cards that I have received lately and give you some fantastic Icandy!

Now lets see if I can get another picture up for you.

Well I got the "Make a Wish" Card Loaded, but the layout is not what I wanted. I had so much fun making that card. I used these foamy letters that one of my House Mouse Friends sent me and those little letters are like Gold to me! I just love em!

I think I will save some more to show you tomorrow! I have to go wake up Mark (hubby) as he has been off today and slept most of the day off and on! He is suffering with a broken toe and a

really bad toothache! It will be off to the Dentist for him tomorrow! At least I hope he will go so he feels better. You know how men are when they don't feel well....wimper...wine! LOL!

Have a great evening and see ya tomorrow! Hugs Lori

Remember Me?

Yup! I am still here.....just sometimes life gets in the way, so I haven't been able to post lately.

I want to share with you my Saturday! I went shopping with a dear sweet friend yesterday!Boy, did we have fun! It started with her picking me up and bringing me a glazed donut and a bottle of Pepsi (My all time favorite drink!). From there we went to Hobby Lobby and we stayed there long enough that we were hungry, so we stopped and had a little burger at McDonalds, then on to a Stamp Store. After we left the stamp store we headed to a Scrapbooking store and then on to A.C. Moore. Needless to say we spent no less than an hour in each place and more money than we should have. After A.C. Moore we carried our tired hungry behinds over to Cracker Barrel (By this time it was evening). Believe it or not we had another stop before she brought me home. We stopped at Walgreens, so my sweet friend could by a ton of candy to donate to Meals-on-Wheels. Isn't that a nice thing for her to do!

I must share that this sweet friend spoiled me rotten while we were out. She bought me a stamp and a Cuttlebug Embossing folder, amoung other items and paid for our dinner. Thank you Derenda! You are such a special person and I am honored and proud to have you as my friend.

I also wanted to share some cards that I have been working on.....Yup! I figured out a way to use my scanner by setting up my old pc, scanning the cards and transferring them to my little zip drive and then transferring them on to this pc. A little bit of a pain, but at least I can scan them. Hope you like them!

The one at the top is the first one and they look much better in person than the scan shows them. That little mouse is flying to Canada as I type this. It is for a Getting to Know You swap and it is a card I am very proud of because I don't usually use ribbon on my cards because I am ribbon challenged. I am trying very hard to get out of that rut and do things that I don't usually do on my cards. I just love the Harlequinn background paper. As a matter of fact that is the stamp my friend Derenda bought me yesterday....a Harlequinn Design.

I will send them in separate posts because I am having a hard time getting them uploaded under my post. Watch for the next post in a few minutes!