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Loretta answer’s a few questions!

Here is the latest question I received: “Beautiful box Loretta! I love that floral printed ribbon! Do you sell this? The whole presentation of your box is stunning! How do I go about ordering one of your monthly kits? Thanks for any info.” Hugs, Cami The box Cami is referring to can be found by clicking here. Thanks so much Cami for the beautiful comment and the question. Yes I can include this as a kit of the month. This is a sizzix die, box with lid, and is cut out of black giltter DCSW paper. The ribbon is from my local craft store. I used a safety pin to attach the sentiment. Once again the butterfly is stamped into an CG6000 transparency using versa mark ink and embossed with silver embossing powder, then the butterfly is cut out with sharp scissors, (I stamped it twice so I could layer it together) and the body is actually sewn together with black thread and attached directly to the ribbon so it didn’t come off. I will post pictures next week, I need to re-shoot the how to stamp butterflies (3D) onto transparency film next week, so stay tuned for that! Hopefully I will be able to publish some more video’s soon. Have a great Tuesday, be blessed, bless others and stamp happy!

elegant thank you

This beautiful and elegant thank you card is really easy to re-create.

The Card base is A2, the white embossed cuttle bug layer measures 4 X 5 1/4″, it is over stamped with brilliance ink with a Hampton Arts flower and then heat set. I applied a drop of yellow stickles. The ovals are both cut from nestabilities dies, also over stamped with the brilliance ink. The sheet music is printed onto a CG6000 transparency and cut to fit. It is applied to the card using two brads up at the top and attached to the card white base using pop dots.

This one is diffently heading out for possible publication. It came out very pretty!

On a side note, I may be going back to work, you know that thing where they pay you money? Honestly it is the kind of job I may come to really love. I have an interview on Friday. I hope that it goes well. I am very excited at the prospects.

A quick post note, check out this blog:
http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com/

She did an excellent job with the last kit of the month (a tag book) that I sent to her, it came out so wonderful, I wanted to share it with everyone, Thanks Ramona!! You Rock!!

Stamp Happy and many blessings!

Anniversary

These puppies gave me a bit of trouble. No it isn’t stamped crooked, but it sure is crooked on the scanner and after several attempts to get it straightened out, I gave up and got on with my crafting.
I am doing these invitations for a 50th anniversary party, this is my first “proof” of consept and it uses an A2 gatefold die from sizzix. I used black card stock and white card stock. The vellum is emvossed using a cutttlebug folder and it is attached to the white base using two small brads. The white base is attached to the card using pop dots. Please forgive this short post, it has been a wild week around here and I am looking forward to some down time. Stamp Happy and many blessings!

Shrinky dink Magic!

Hello my friends!

Today’s post is all about Shrink Plastic, click here to watch the video tutorial. Please keep in mind that on the video I am shrinking stamped butterflies, however the process for shrinking anything is the same.

The dies used today are also from Sizzix. The cute little tiny elf is a stamp from Michael’s Recollections stamps. I stamped him using staz on ink and colored with copic markers. The image is then carefully cut from out and shrank down using a heat tool.

I feel it necessary to tell you guys, when you are crafting use common sense and reasonable caustion when working with tools, hot things are hot, sharp things will cut and mechanical things will rip out your hair. So keep your hair pined up, your digits in check and just be careful.

I was thrilled to visit with my friend April today, her son Jordan and Chad enjoyed some time at the pool and playing Wii.We enjoyed lunch at Don Pablo’s and and afternoon stamping and crafting away.

Stamp Happy and many blessings!

Christmas — In August?!!!

Just a quick blog post for this weekend.

The cute little ginger breed man is from sizzix, he is a retired die, and is cut from shrinky dink plastic, he is colored on the rough side with E33 copic marker and a darker brown color pencil. The “icing” is some baby white rick rack.

The very adorable reindeer is a new sizzix die, I cut only the raindeer (without the eye or antlers) colored with the same copic markers and water color pencils, the tree is a yellow sizzix die called “tree,pine”, I am not sure if it is retired or not, but I cut it from patterned paper, used stickles to decorate and attached it to a domino, which is attached to a pin back.

Unfortunately, I am out of pin backs, darn my luck that means a trip out to my favorite craft store!

Oh did I tell you guys, if you are in the local Laurel/Ft. Meade area we are getting a HOBBY LOBBY, my friend Barb called tonight to varify my voice mail to her, apparently I was so excited my voice came off as a squeal!

I am not sure when it will open, but I’ve already put in an on-line application to teach classes there. They are located on Route 198 (also known as Laurel Fort Meade Road) in the Super Target shopping center where the old Regency Furniture store was located. Let me tell you, it is a pretty good size store, so I have high expectations for this location, I bet they’ll put Michael’s out of business!

I hope you have a great weekend, Stamp Happy and enjoy many blessings!

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