WooHoo!!! Don't ya Just Love It! 2nd Post!!!

I am so excited!!!! I just won this fabulous stamp set by Firecracker Designs by Pamela! When I went through the blog hop, I was really hoping to win this set! Isn't it fantastic!

One of my group members e-mailed the group to tell me I won, in the middle of preparing my last post! I had to stop everything I was doing to go see! I was floored and soooo happy!

Thank you Pamela! You rock!!! Hugs Lori

Oh! By the way..FCD's link is on the button on my side bar if you want to go check it out or buy this stamp set!

Happy Birthday ~ My First Easel Card!

Hi Out there in Blog land!

Well I just learned a couple of valuable blog lessons! This is my 2nd time attempting this post! #1 Lesson....keep hitting the save button!!!!!!!!! I had the whole post done and was editing spelling...while checking the preview I found an error. When I went to go out of the preview screen, I lost the whole post!

The second problem I have had is moving my pictures to where I want them. The blogging screen is so small that it is hard to budge the pictures! I have been fighting with them for a half an hour now. Well, dingy me! I just discovered that you can make them smaller (the picures) to move them around, just by snagging the buttons on the picture box! Didn't know that and it would have saved me a lot of grief and time! Well, now I know.....LOL! The other irritating part is that blogger automatically loads the pictures at the top of your post, instead of the bottom. This is why I am fighting to move them. Hmmm.

My other issue today is I seem to be lacking camera knowledge! My pictures are not that great. Please forgive them. I am having trouble with some issues like how to get a good close-up! The closer I get to my subject the blurrier the picture! Anyone have any information on what I am doing wrong? Help would be soooo appreciated!

Now on to my card and those nightmare pictures!

I needed a Birthday card for a dear friend (Stephanie) and I am a couple of days past her Birthday! Happy belated birthday girlfriend!

This is my very first Easel card. I just love this fold! It is sooooo easy to make a quick and cute card. Here is the first of 3 pictures, showing just the front of the card.


This next one shows it at an angle! Unfortunately you can't see all of the glitter on the cupcake. I used my jelly roll glitter pen to brighten it up and it looks so yummy!


Here it is at more of an angle. I made the green background paper with the flourish stamp that came with the cupcake, by stamping it with my Versamark ink pad. It is a dollar set given to me as a gift! The funny part is until I got this particular cupcake, I was hating cupcakes (not the edible ones though....yummy!). I really like this one though!
I stamped the cupcake with Poinsettia dye ink from PSX ( I have a lot of PSX dye pads and re-inkers) onto white c/s, then cut & embossed it with my Nestibilities small circle die. Then sponge it with the same red, before removing the die. Then I chose the next size die and made a mat in black. The Birthday balloons are embossed with my cuttlebug "Birthday" Folder, with a star button for the stop! The "Happy Belated Birthday" stamp is from a set from Inkadinkado, called Birthday Card.

This card is so fun and easy to make. Just take your card stock color of your choice and cut it to 8" x 4" and score it at 2" and 4". Fold your score lines in the same direction to the front of the card, decorate it and don't forget the stop! Viola! Your done! Cute easy card! What do you think? I would love to hear your comments!

Have a wonderful evening and many blessing! Oh! Just got some exciting news, that I will share in a separate post!

Big Hugs Lori

I know Christmas is over, but I haven't shared any cards here in a while. Due to going through some depression, I had to force myself to make this card. It was the only card I made for Christmas. No worries....I have snapped out of the depression, hopefully to stay!

Anyway, I made this card for my Father and Mother-In-Law. Do you get the Symbology of it?
Jesus is the Lamb of God, so I thought this sweet Lamb was perfect! I was quite pleased with the way it came out.

The Lamb is a PSX stamp (Out of Business), stamped with PSX Timber dye ink. I cut the oval with my Small oval Nestibilites, embossed and sponged around it. Then cut the deckled edge panel in brown Bazzill c/s. The ivory panel was run through my cuttlebug Stylized Flowers folder. The card base is beige Bazzill.

Do you like it? I would love to hear your opinion! Leave me a comment about what you think! Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday! Hugs Lori

WooHooo...I love Music!!!

Hey Everyone,

I am so excited....I just added one of my playlists here to my blog! So, if you don't want it, you will need to turn your volume down! You will see how dated I am by the songs I have chosen! LOL! I want to hear as much of it as I can, while I can still hear! You see, I am slowly going deaf and I will miss music the most. I don't know if I will go completely deaf or not, but I intend to enjoy the music while I can! Hope you like the songs I have chosen! Hugs Lori

A Really Fabulous Blog Hop!

I went through the greatest blog hop this morning.....fabulous eye Candy and the artists are so creative on Pamela's design team. If you click on the picture of Pamela's fabulous cork coasters, you too can go check out this great blog hop for FireCracker Designs by Pamela! Have fun!