Friends Art received!

Hi Stampers & Bloggers,

I thought I would share someone else's amazing art work today! I received these 2 great cards today from Jackie & Becky. They are dear friends and members of my group....The StampersUnite aka SUG. The cards were from them for 2 different swaps that are running right now.....The Stair Steppin Swap and Our monthly swap with the theme of die cuts. Thank you Jackie and Becky!Above Stair Steppin Card by Jackie!

Below Monthly Die Cut Clear Card by Becky!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!

Bandanna

Here is a card that I made using the Bandanna Techinique from Techinique Junkies! I had so much fun making this card and especially that I made it for my sweet friend Judy aka Tinker Bell. I did this a while back, but was to pleased at the way it came out, that I thought I would share it with you. The center stamp is from the Studio G set I spoke of in my last post and the fun background stamps are from Firecracker Designs by Pamela. Thanks for stopping by to take a look! Big Hugs and Have a great day!

Sharing a "Shadow Box"

The 4 pictures you see below are of the same card. I was trying to take enough pictures, so you can see the whole card. This card is called a "Shadow Box" card that I got from Dawn's Stampin Studio...her link is to the right sidebar under my favorite blogs!

This card is sooooo fun and easy to make. I punched it up a notch from Dawn's by using my small circle Nestibilties to punch the opening and the inside piece. This card is made by using 2 pieces of c/s in you choice of colors. Scor at 1/2" and 1" on each side. Cut your hole in the middle and add what you want to show through the window, decorate the outside if you wish....Then using sticky strip adhere the ends together. Then push the ends in towards the middle and the card opens like a shadow box. You can flatten it back out to mail and the receiver can push the ends together, so that they can display it any way they wish to. Can you just imagine the possibilites with this card. Sorry for the blurry picture. Sometimes I am more camera challenged than others!

The Stamp in the middle that I used is from Studio G, which has 4 Thank you type Stamps in it! I also used a staple on the front from my EK Success Stapler. They sell these at Michael's and come with the neatest staples and a little Acrylic piece with a flower behind it (don't remember who they are from though).

I hope you like the card and would love your comments or if you make one, I would love to see your version. Just let me know where you post yours and I would love to go see! Hugs Lori

I know Christmas if over..........

I know Christmas is over, but really wanted to share these cards I made with you. I am trying to get myself blogging more often (like daily if I can!). This first one went to my sweet Mother-in-law. I am so pleased with the way it came out. I have been working on changing the way I do things on my cards and adding new design elements (at least to me). The snowflake is a Sizzix Die and that will probably be the only one I cut...boohoo! Try as I might, I can't get the die to cut any more so that I can actually us them. I have run it through my CB 4 & 5 times to get a good cut and still have to fight to get the snowflake out in one piece. It is part of a set of 4 and the other ones cut o.k., but this was my favorite one. The circle is from my Nestibilities small circle die set and I pierced holes in the scallops and then took my white gel pen to the holes. Dont' you just love the saying! I stamped it before I ran it through my Cuttlebug. The stamp is from Stampendous.
I made this one for my oldest Granddaughter. Is the Santa Cute!

This is for my youngest Grandaughter!

Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment! I would love to hear what you think! Now I need to go get some more current cards done! LOL! Have a nice day! Hugs Lori

Locks of Love!

I just wanted to share with you what I did yesterday (Friday)!
Went and had the hair all cut off to donate to Locks of Love so that Cancer patients can have real hair wigs created for them!

I did this to honor my friend Sally, in the hopes that her cancer is still in remission. God Bless you darlin and I am praying for you.

The cut was free because of it being for LLL! But I did give the sylist a good tip and still spent $10. on a hair care product, so the salon still made a little $$$ from it.

This first picture is how long it was before it was cut.

This one is the hair that was cut off! They took 10-1/2 inches!And below, you can see the final result. Oh.....look at the Gray! Won't be there long though!
I really am glad to have it short. My hospital stay a couple of months ago made it really aggrevating to have and my hair grows so fast that it will be back in no time at all. I did this 3 years ago and they took 12 inches and left about an inch and a half left on my head. So you can see how fast it grows. I average about 4 inches a year. That is a lot of growth!

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs Lori