Happy New Year with BLD...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! 

 

I hope you all had a wonderful, safe and happy Christmas and are enjoying the holidays so far!  I can't believe its the start of another year!  I don't make resolutions anymore, I already make and break promises to myself all the time....this time of year is no different, and who needs that kind of pressure anyway?  lol...no, I just try to be the best I can all the time, and know that its OK when it sometimes doesn't happen.  As Bobby McFerrin once put it, "Don't Worry, Be Happy", thats my motto!!!

 

Today at By LORi Designs, the design team is showcasing cards with a Love or Valentines theme!  For my card I used the totally sweet Puddle Jumper 'Sunday Best Landon' DIGI found HERE. 

 

 

He was coloured with copic markers and then I used some Prismacolor pencils for the shading and the grass.  I guess its now time to start thinking about Valentines day!  This makes a pretty cute non-traditional type card that is perfect for a dad or grand-dad, uncle etc...

 

Make sure you pop over to the By LORi Designs Blog to see what the talented dt has to show you today! 

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Wishing you the very best of love, health, and happiness for 2013!!!

Watermelon anyone?

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Soon enough summer will be here and who doesn't love a big piece of juicy watermelon on a nice hot day?!!  Today at By Lori Designs we have alot of inspiration for you!  I mean, have you seen our fabulous line up of designers lately?  We have an amazingly talented bunch of ladies that create beautiful cards week after week!  Every Tuesday we like to bring you a good helping of inspiration.  Here's mine:

Lollipop Watermelon Smile Digi image can be found HERE! 

I did something a little different and cut the base of my card into a circle.  Then I used a spellbinders die and cut out a mini card base and adhered it to the circle panel creating a mini card.  I used my copics and prismacolor pencils to colour in the adorable Lollipop Watermelon girl.  Added a few red pearls to finish it off!

Don't forget to visit the By Lori Designs blog to see what the rest of the fabulous designers have to show you today! 

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!

A sweet little birthday card and another video tut...

I'm back today with another By Lori Designs Inspiration Tuesday post!  For my card today I've used the adorable digi from the Little Beans line called Olive.  This card layout is one of my favourites.  Its super fast, easy, only uses 3 pieces of paper but still looks a bit fancy with the complete scalloped edges!  I used lots of bright fun colours and added some teeny tiny butterflies from my SU Sizzix Embosslits die.  The sentiment, (my go-to Birthday sentiment) is from Wax Fruit Comapany. 

Here's a little close-up of the butterflies...(I think I need to clean my camera lens)

I've been asked by a few people how I make the base of these kinds of cards.  There are a ton of tutorials out there since I've figured it out but I thought I'd try one of my own and show you how I do it.  Like I mentioned when I posted my first YOUTUBE tutorial, I'm just having fun, and playing around with my video camera and movie editing software.  I still haven't figured out all the 'editing' in's and out's like how to speed things up etc...so I apologize for the length of this video but thanks for watching! 

Make sure you swing by the By Lori Designs blog to see the rest of the wonderful inspiration.
Have a great week!

Supplies used:

Image:  Little Beans Olive Digi from By Lori Designs, sentiment from Wax Fruit company

Paper:  Beckett Expression, Bazzill cardstock

Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Squares (large die), Copic markers, Stampin' Up Sizzix Embosslits Beautiful wings die, 3d pop dots.   

Present for Teacher! Decorated Lunch Box...

So I just finished the present for my son's Gr.1 teacher. I stamped the image (The Greeting Farm - Teacher Anya (which you can get at The Town Scrapper) and embossed her and coloured her in with my tombows. I added some red stickles on the apple and matted her on a Spellbinders die. I used imaginisce paper (Teachers Pet). Added the 'best teacher' sentiment and some embilishments.

Inside - I love this saying.

Back of Lunch box - felt note pad adhered with pop dots.

Some chipboard tags, painted the apple and used my cricut to cut the K on Stampin Up 'sticky pages' and applied dazzling diamonds glitter.

Filled it with chocolates a coffee gift card and threw in some advil for fun!
Till next time...

Krista