Christmas Card Blog Hop

 Welcome to Lori's Christmas Card Blog Hop!

Here is the order of the Hop…

Paper Gals

Lori Whitlock

Brigit Mann 

Christine Ousley 

Corri Garza 

Mendi Yoshikawa 

Natalie Graham *** you are here***

Traci Penrod 

Chrissy Guido

Digital Gals

Stephanie Chavers

Ashley Cook

Smitha Katti

Mary Moseley

Lorrie Nunemaker

Lisa Bell

I can't believe it's getting to be close to Christmas. I have already broken out and snuck in some Christmas music, til my kids caught me and made me change it.  But I love Christmas, I love everything about it.  So when the this blog hop turned Christmas  themed, I was giddy to break out some Christmas paper!

I usually do my Christmas Cards digitally because I like to get them printed and not have to hand make so many.  So for this hop I thought it would be fun to make a mini album to store all the cards that I get from my friends and family.  It also would be a fun place to put all your own cards in year after year.  Either way, its a fun way to keep the memories.

I used Lori's new Christmas line from Echo Park, called Reflections Christmas.  I also used her Tabbed Mini Album svg file found here. I cut the album pages from card stock, and added the stickers and embellishments that came with the line.

Then I added last years cards that I saved, and still have room for this years plus more!

So here's the best part, Lori is giving away THREE $10 gift cards to her SVG shop, and also having a sale too!

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Good Luck and thanks for stopping in….

Next stop Traci Penrod 

Not So Spooky Haunted House

Hello again, I have a little project today on Lori Whitlock's blog that I want to share with you.  This box is super cute and I couldn't wait to make it.

It was easy to make.  I used the Haunted House file found in Lori's shop found here.  I cut it out of all the different colors.  I ran the purple roof through my Sizzix Texture Boutique to add some dimension to it. I put it all together using foam adhesive to add more depth.  Added some embellishments and added some sweet treats.  Perfect for sharing with a friend or neighbor.

 
Happy Halloween!

Lori Whitlock October Blog Hop

Well folks, its been a while, but I am excited to be apart of the blog hop today!  Welcome everyone who is here from Lori Whitlock!

Here is the order of the hop...

Lori Whitlock

Brigit Mann 

Christine Ousley 

Corri Garza 

Mendi Yoshikawa 

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

Traci Penrod 

Chrissy Guido


For today's project, I used one of Lori's newest halloween graphics to make the plaque on this cute broom.  I cut it out from vinyl and placed it on some cute scrapbook paper, which was then mod podged to the wooden plaque.  I glued the plaque and ribbons to a broom, and then sprayed the whole thing with glitter blast.  It was a fun quick project that will make my front porch look cutier than ever!

Don't forget that this week at LoriWhitlock.com everything is 30% off!  Use the code BOO between today and the 14th!

Thanks for stopping in!

Happy Easter Front Door sign

I've been know to make big signs for my front porch.  So when I brought this wooden pallet sign for my front door home from my local craft store, my son immediately said, Mom, that isn't nearly big enough for the front porch.  I said, silly, it's for the front door.  I had to figure out how to make it work, because I just had to bring the pallet looking sign home.  And since Easter is around the corner, I came up with this.

I first cut out the Easter saying out of vinyl, and placed it on the unpainted pallet.  Then I painted the wooden pallet blue, sanded and distressed it, removing the vinyl to reveal the color below.  I then cut out the Easter egg out of card stock, and using mod podge adhered it to foam core.  I then used plain old doilies, and cut circles and used the left over flowers that were cut to make the banner and stapled them to some twine and attached it to the pallet using hot glue.  It took me about an hour to make it.

I used the following files from Lori Whitlock's store

Easter phrase - found here
Easter egg set - found here

Thank You's

The other day I was in need of a thank you cards for some cute neighbors.  They needed to be signed by a group of girls, so they needed to be big enough to hold lots of comments.  So I made these cute mini albums which turned out to be the perfect thank yous.

I used Lori's mini album with the round end found here.  I love that it comes with files for all the middle pages, but a little binding piece and a cover for the front.  I cut it out with Echo Park's For the Record 2, which had the perfect embellishments to cover the front and back pages.  I filled them full of blank pages and handed out each page to all the girls who were writing notes, then took all them and bound it into a cute book.  I hope that these become a treasure for the recipients of the books and know how much we love them!

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!

Lori Whitlock bloghop - Digital Scrapbook Layout

 
Welcome to Lori Whitlock's blog hop, there are a lot of different and fun projects to show today.  You should have arrived from Lori's blog, and then following me is the cute Corri Garza.  

Here is the order of this fun hop today... 

Lori Whitlock 

Natalie Graham ****you are here***

Corri Garza 

Joy Dickson 

Lisa Bell

Lisa Barrie

Mendi Yoshikawa 

Christine Ousley  

Roelien Van Den Berg

Ok, so for my project, I went the digital route this time.  I used Lori's Four Season Layout Winter found at Jessica Sprague.  You can find it here. But instead of making it a winter layout, I changed it up a bit and made it a little more girly.  I used the Maggie Collection also found at Jessica Sprague's shop here. I absolutely love the bright colors and the fun flowers.  I plan on printing this cute layout and framing it for my daughters room... It will be so cute!

And don't forget to stop back at Lori's blog and comment on your favorite project for your chance to win a 20 dollar gift card to Lori's store!

Thanks for stopping by... next stop, Corri Garza