Lori Stamps

Potpourri of Stamping

Some random stamping samples for you to enjoy...

Team member, Ruth Anne Lilley, made this beauty.  A fun technique to point out...look at the saying.  She used the MODEARN LABEL PUNCH for the saying.  Then punch 2 pieces in the ELEGANT EGGPLANT to put behind it. 

Ruth Anne also made this one.  I love the way the DOTTED SCALLOP RIBBON BORDER PUNCH is used on this card.  It is the CHERRY COBBLER piece that goes behind the saying piece. 

Can you see the RHINESTONES used on this project?

This is made by one of my team members............but I did not keep very good notes.  Sorry!  Notice the sponging done of the outside edges. 

Fun use of the EMBOSSING FOLDERS here. 

Have a great day!  Lori :)

Sale-a-bration is going on.  Spend $50 and get a free item!

More Valentine Projects

Have a great day!  Lori :)

Valentine Project Ideas

Valentine's Day is coming....time to start thinking about a few projects.  Here are a few ideas from last year.

Have a great day!  Lori :)

Sale-a-bration is going on...spend $50 and get FREE product.

Elementary Elegance FREE Product

Here is another sample using a FREE stamp set. The set has 7 stamps in it (5 are images and 2 are sayings).  Thanks to Barb Mullikin for making this sample. 

POOL PARTY and CALYPSO CORAL are the 2 main colors used here.  The fun thing about the big frame stamp....is that there is a CURLY LABEL PUNCH that coordinates with it.  It just makes everything easier to work with when things coordinate.

RUFFLED RIBBON is used across the card and a very tiny piece of the 1/8" Organdy Ribbon (which is another FREE item).  The designer paper is called EVERY ENCHANTMENT (also FREE).  The very bottom edge of the card uses the ADORNING ACCENTS EDGELITS (p. 7 of the Occasions Mini).

Have a great day!  Lori :)

Paper Doily Project

This PAPER DOILY SIZZLIT (p. 7 of Occasions Mini) is really the bomb! 

There are lots of new products used on this card.  The PAPER DOILY SIZZLIT, the FRAMELITS called LABELS COLLECTION, the WHITE WAFFLE PAPER, the PLEATED RIBBON.

The saying is from the stamp set called FULL OF LIFE.  In order to get the two colors on the saying, use the markers to color on the rubber stamp...then "huff" on it to re-moisten the ink before you stamp on your cardstock.  Also notice the PEARLS used.   Thanks to Kersten Mischka for making this card. 

Here are the FRAMELITS on page 6 of the mini.

Here is the PAPER DOILY SIZZLIT on page 7.

And the pleated satin ribbon:

Have a great day!  Lori :)

Want to come to a class on Monday, January 30th? 

Need a variety of cards???...then this is the class for you.  I will have multiple stations set up.  You make the cards and choose the greetings that you need.  There will be some Valentine options also.

 

Make 8 cards for $18.00.  Additional cards are $1.50 each.

 

Monday, January 30

come anytime 5:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Go at your own pace.

 

Fresh Vintage FREE Stamp Set

Sale-a-Bration is here...and that means FREE product from Stampin' Up! 

This card uses the new set called FRESH VINTAGE.  It is one of the choices for FREE product during Sale-a-bration.  There are 5 stamps in the set.  Carla Bosselaar made this project - thank you!  In order to get all the color on the floral stamp, you need to use your markers.  Color on the stamp itself and then "huff" on the stamp to re-moisten the ink...then stamp on your cardstock.

Notice the sponging technique used on the edges of the circle.  The paper in the background is from a pack of paper that you can also get for FREE.  The paper pack is called EVERYDAY ENCHANTMENT.  It features these colors:  LUCKY LIMEADE, POOL PARTY, CALYPSO CORAL, PEACH PARFAIT, POPPY PARADE, VERY VANILLA AND SOFT SUEDE.

Check out the new PLEATED RIBBON used on this card...love that stuff!  It is a great look without having to take the time to fuss with it.  The saying is from the TEENY TINY WISHES STAMP SET,

Have a great day!  Lori :)

Need a variety of cards???...then this is the class for you.  I will have multiple stations set up.  You make the cards and choose the greetings that you need.  There will be some Valentine options also.

 

Make 8 cards for $18.00.  Additional cards are $1.50 each.

 

Monday, January 30

come anytime 5:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Go at your own pace.

Mixed Bunch Project

Here is a bright , colorful card to make your day.  It used a stamp from the MIXED BUNCH stamp set (p. 17 Occasions Mini) and the FLIRTATIOUS SPECIALTY PAPER (p. 183 big book).

When you use designer paper for the background, it makes the rest of the card go together so quickly.  The card base is MELON MAMBO,  The "thank you" is from CURLY CUTE.  That set has a great variety of sayings.  Take a closeup look at the flower.  There is a punch that matches the flower.  The punch is called BLOSSOM (p. 17 Occasions Mini).  In the middle of the flower is a button with a tiny piece of BASER"S TWINE.

Thanks for my team member Pam Peterson for making this project.  It is a great sample!

Sale-A-Bration officially starts TODAY!  Spend $50 and pick a free item.  Whoohoo!!!

Have a great day!  Lori :)

Need a variety of cards???...then this is the class for you.  I will have multiple stations set up.  You make the cards and choose the greetings that you need.  There will be some Valentine options also.

 

Make 8 cards for $18.00.  Additional cards are $1.50 each.

 

Monday, January 30

come anytime 5:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Go at your own pace.

 

Here Comes The Bride...

This is the LOVE & LAUGHTER stamp set (p. 29 of the new MINI).  Thanks to Francie Freeburg for creating this project.  It features the POLKA DOTS EMBOSSING FOLDER on the background, the new FRAMELITS LABELS COLLECTION (to make that fancy shape), and the WHITE WAFFLE PAPER (at the hem of the dress).

All the stamped images are EMBOSSED with what else but SILVER EMBOSSING POWDER.

There are 8 stamps in the set.

Here are the framelits...the hearts shape and the labels shape.

Have a great day!  Lori :)

Fresh Vintage SALEABRATION Set

January 24th is almost here...the first day of SALE-A-BRATION!  That is when Stampin' Up! spoils everyone!  For every $50 you spend during this promotion...you get to pick out a FREE item.  There are many choices...stamp sets, fabric, buttons, ribbon & brads, embossing folders, Simply Sent notes...

This is a project using the Fresh Vintage stamp set.  This stamp set is a FREE choice.

The colors here are POOL PARTY and CALYPSO CORAL.   Take note of the POLKA DOTS EMBOSSING FOLDER used at the top of this card.  The SEAM BINDING RIBBON is new...it is POOL PARTY.

Love the circles used on here...a great layout to copy!  Thanks to Sarah Simon for sending this great idea.

Have a great day!  Lori :) 
  

My Long-Term Project is DONE!

I have been working on this project off and on for years.  So now I am very happy and excited to share the results with you :)  Do you understand that feeling that I am having right now???

A litle background about this project...I started taking photos on Father's Day each year of our son Joe's hand along with Tom's (my husband).  Then Adam was born and I kept taking photos.  I just knew I would like having these pictures some day, but never had a plan for them.

And years before we had children, we had a very old house that had the built-in hutch that separated the living and dining room.  Tom totally gutted that house and he had the brilliant idea of saving the two doors from the hutch.  Those doors went through a lot of moves.  Keep in mind that they are very fragile.  Our house even flooded one year and we were ready to pitch them.  But my Mom was helping us clean up the mess and said "I will just take these and keep them for you.  Some day you will want them..."  She was such a smart lady!!

So take a look at what I did and I will explain more...one door for Adam...

...the full view of the wall...

...and one door for Joe.  I wanted to keep the rustic, vintage look of the doors.  I did not even try to cover up the bare wood where the hinges once were.  I do plan to hunt down some glass knobs so I can put one on each door.

I knew I wanted to do a collage of photos and I also wanted the glass to show, but I wasn't sure how to put it all together.  My friend Lisa gave me the idea to use some wording on the glass.

This family art is a vinyl piece from Stampin' Up!  It is available in black or chocolate.  I used the black.  It measures 18" x 13."   After working with the delicate glass in the hutch doors, I knew I wanted to put this on a piece of glass (rather than just putting it on the painted wall).  I had a piece of glass cut to the size I needed at a local glass shop.  They also drilled holes in the glass so I could hang it.  The neat thing about the FAMILY saying is that it comes with all sorts of numbers...so you can put the year your family was established.  Ours is 1992.

Now for some close up photos and more explanation.  These frames were filthy from the flood.  They still had the muck on them (the flood was in 1993!!)  I found them in my parents' garage about 6 years ago and had totally forgotten about them.  So I started thinking about ways to use them.  Then I remembered all the "hand" photos that I have been taking.  So the planning began...how can I use them???

In order to make it all work, I had another piece of glass cut to put behind the original glass.  That way I could sandwich the photos in between the glass and make a permanent piece of art to last forever!  I did mount each photo on vanilla colored cardstock and then used adhesive behind the cardstock.  That way the photos are stuck to the second layer of glass.

Can you guess how many times I cleaned the glass?  There were fingerprints on it from cleaning...and with measuring and re-measuring and changing my mind...

Getting the diamond shape photo in the right place was the trickiest job...but it all worked out.  Then in order to hang these fragile pieces I wanted to make sure that we got the nails in the studs.  For that glass piece I had the holes drilled exactly 16" apart.  Perfect match for studs!!

I will now have to add something to this wall but it can stay like this for a long time.  I love it and am sooooooooooo happy with it!  I can envision a big piece of something hanging on the barn red wall.  If you haven't guessed, this is the stairway to our basement.

Have a great day!  Lori :)