April Blog Hop

Welcome to Lori's blog hop for April... Thanks for stopping by...

Here is the order of the hop..

Corri 
Mendi 
Brigit 
Traci 
Lorrie 
Natalie *** you are here ***
Chrissy 
Stephanie 
Ashley 
Mary 
Lisa

So today I am sharing a little project I made for some centerpieces for a school function I am helping with.  The theme was "UP", so I decided to use Lori's Easter basket as a hot air balloon basket and make this darling center piece.  I used this basket file found in Lori's store here, and cut it out of kraft colored card stock, inked the edges with brown ink before assembling it and assembled all but the handle.  I then added the balloon on a stick and mounted it to the bottom of basket with a piece of foam.  I laced string around the balloon and attached them to the bottom of the basket with glue dots, and added the bunting made from this card here.  I used paper and embellishments from Lori's new Summer Bliss collection from Echo Park. And finally filled it with jelly beans to add weight and yumminess to it!  I think it turned out super cute, and think they will look darling on any table!

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Thanks for stopping by!

 

Bottle Heart Card - Thank you.... and a winner of the Gift Card

We have a winner of last week's blog hop!!!  My favorite Valentine treat is sugar cookies.... especially ones that sweet neighbors bring every year.... which is what I may or may not have had for lunch today....

I had only one guess it... so congrats to Carla.... she is the winner of the $10 gift card to Lori Whitlock's store!  Whoohoo!!!! Some one will contact you shortly with the details on your card.... Thanks to all who entered!!!!

Today's project is a thank you card.  I saw this in Lori's store and knew I need to make it.  It was darling.  I made it with Lori's Reflections collections from Echo Park found here.  The card file is found in her store, here.    I love these card files, they are super easy to put together, and they make such darling cards that everyone loves.  I dressed this one up with some stitching, twine and a thank you sticker.  Perfect for that someone that needs a thank you!

Thanks for stopping by....

Spring is here - Easter Shadow box

Hello everyone, I am starting to think spring might be around the corner.  We had a glorious weekend here, and we are actually starting to see patches of grass around.  So I guess that means it is ok to start decorating for spring.  I love spring, I love the flowers it brings and the colors of all the decorations.  So I decided to make a cute little shadow box with this cute little bunny I found in Lori's shop.

To make this, I used Lori's 5x7 shadow box frame found here, which also includes a tutorial with it, that came in handy when assembling it.  I also used her bunny silhouette found here, and her Hello Summer collection from Echo Park.

Once the frame was all built, I added the bunny with a little foam adhesive and added a little cotton to the tale.  I think it turned out great, clean and simple and ready to make my house happy with spring!

 

Thanks for stopping in, see you next week!

Love Notes

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I have a little project for you today that will sweeten anyones day!  On Valentines Day, we always like to make a special dinner for the kids.  We make chocolate waffles with raspberry syrup.  It's something my kids look forward to every year.  And lets face it, who doesn't love breakfast for dinner?

I made these little pockets last year for our Valentines dinner, which I slipped a little note to tell them all the reasons I loved them.  But this year, I am going to put them out early so I can fill them with notes all  month long.  After I made them, I tied them to the backs of their chairs a the table.  They made my table look so festive, and how fun is it to get love notes every day!

I used
Echo Parks Be Mine collection found here
Lori's heart pocket file found here
added some bakers twine to tie them to the chair

Warm up this Winter

Hello - man is it cold outside.  I am such hermit when it is cold outside, it's got to be important for me to head out in the cold.

I also am also always looking for gift to say thanks, so when I saw this cute snowman file at Lori's shop, I just had to make one.  I used Lori's Winter Park collection from Echo Park, which is a great collection for those frosty projects.  I also used her Snowman tote file, found here, to make this cute little bag, just perfect filled with some warm hot chocolate and homemade marshmallows.  Then I added a quick tag with ribbon and twine.  This would warm up anyones day!

Thanks for stopping by, see ya next tuesday!

Wrapping up Christmas

Hello - I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas!  I am still in panic mode, trying to get all the loose ends done, and finish up all the "projects" and homemade gifts I have brewing over here.

I just knocked out a few gifts this weekend and I thought I would share with you.  First is a gift card holder for my sister-in-law.  (gift card is still on my to do list, but that's how I roll...) and the second is a money holder I plan on giving my nephew (hopefully my sister won't peek at this post and tell :)...)  He is leaving on a mission for our Church to Mexico, and plan on filling it with Mexican Pesos! Last but not least, a gingerbread box I made to slip in a little treat for someone special...

Money holder file can be found here at LoriWhitlock.com

Gift Card holder can be found here at LoriWhitlock.com

Gingerbread box can be found here at LoriWhitlock.com

Last but not least, I wanted to share with you my cover for my digital December Daily book.  You can find the pages here.  I love this line by Echo Park because not only is in all it's glory digital, but you can  find it printed as well.  All my inside pages are 5x7 prints that I created digitally, and then made a cover for it with the printed paper.  I used the following files, all found at Lori's store.

Build an Album

December Daily Set

Layered Tree

  Merry Christmas everyone!

Countdown to Christmas - Blog Hop

Welcome to Lori Whitlock's Countdown to Christmas Blog Hop!  Thanks for joining us... 

  
You should be joining us from Lori's blog.  Here is the order of the hop.

Lori Whitlock 

Natalie Graham  **** you are here*****

Corri Garza 

Joy Dickson 

Lisa Bell 

Mendi Yoshikawa 

Amanda Jones 

Christine Ousley 

Lisa Barrie 

With the holiday's just around the corner, I always get a little overwhelmed with things I think I need to do, or make.  I am sure none of you can relate.  There are a couple things I am not willing to give up.  My December Daily project is always important, but I have only done it a couple of times, and spent hour after hour working on it.  They always turn out so darling and they are really one of my favorite things to do.  But this year, my plate seems a little fuller than normal.  So instead of making a unique, one of a kind mini book, I simplified it.  I did it digital.  I still love the mixture of media used in my previous years, but I still think this turned out cute.  I made 11 different templates, some with more than one picture, some with only one.  I plan on each weekend, sitting down, and simply putting the pictures and journaling in a template.  I figure with 11 different templates, I could mix them up a little, or even change out the paper to make them look a little different.  Either way, simple, easy and fun!

For the whole album I used Lori's digital files of This and That Christmas found a Jessica Sprague.  I loved how she had lots of date embellishments, and a whole sheet of pattern paper with numbers on it, so adding dates will be super simple!  All pages are 5x7's to make for easy printing and finding page protectors.

Watch for a project next week for the cover that I made with the paper version of This and That Christmas for the album cover!

Here are my pages!

If you want a peek at my last years paper Daily December check it out here!

Ok, so who wants a gift card to Lori's fantastic shop?  Leave a comment here, and I will announce the winner here on November 24!  How easy can that be.  Don't forget to join me and follow my crazy adventures!

While we are shopping this weekend, don't forget to stop by Lori's shop and save 30% of any orders over $15.  Use the code HOLIDAY30, for your discount!  Happy Shopping!

And just incase you missed seeing these darling tags, hop on back to Lori's blog for some free cutting files!  Just think of how much cuter your gifts will look under the tree with these babies!

Happy Holiday's everyone!  Thanks for stopping by, next up, the ever so talented Corri Garza