Life Begins After Coffee...

Happy Monday everyone! I am sharing this cute card over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. I used some Paper Sweeties goodies for this one - so fun!

   

I created the coffee pot background and then built the card from there :) This is the "Life Begins After Coffee" mini stamp set...so fun!

 

Thanks for stopping in today - so happy to share what I've been up to in my craft room! Cheers!

You're the Cream in my Coffee

Hello crafty friends! I hope this finds you well. I am now down to 3 days in the accounting office and 4 days working from home, so I am able to be in my crafty space a bit more - WAHOO! It's been fun to go through all my goodies and start using some stuff that has never even been opened (ACK!) I know, right? For shame...lol I am sure most of us have stuff that's unopened, don't we?!? *giggle*

I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today featuring this sweet, caffeinated clean-and-simple card:

 

I am sharing a card made with some goodies from the Paper Sweeties 1st Quarter Sweet Kit. I have been wanting to crack this open for a while now and it was so fun!

 

It's a very clean-and-simple layout, but I feel it has such an overload in CUTENESS!!! Love those itty bitty cups and that sentiment is perfect :) Thanks for stopping in today to see what I've been up to. I hope you can find some crafty time during these harder days and it helps to bring happiness and peace....hugs!!!

Happy Birthday, Paper Sweeties!

All month long, Paper Sweeties has been celebrating their 7th Birthday! I am super  excited to be today's Guest Designer, helping them whoop it up and party :) What's a birthday celebration without pressies?!? For today, there is a special gift just for YOU:

Today, you will receive 25% off your online purchases by using code: lori26. Now, that is something to celebrate!

For my card, I used a few Paper Sweeties goodies: I first stamped the balloon image in the Happy Cake Day stamp set and then used the Happy Cake Day Sweet Cuts to cut it out. Then, I paper-pieced all the balloons and popped the image up on the Circle Scalloped Frames Sweet Cuts. I then used the Sweet Cuts Sweet Borders to cut out my sentiment piece in black cardstock and embossed "Happy Birthday" from the Hello Friend stamp set.

I finished off by tying some twine around the bundle of balloons and adding some Cookie Dough sequins :) FUN!!!

Sending Debbie and the gang over at Paper Sweeties the BIGGEST BIRTHDAY HUGS! Thank you for having me over to play at your party...cheers!! 

Paper Sweeties 7th Birthday Coffee Lovers Bloghop

Hello hello! Welcome to my blog :) You should have arrived here from Amy's blog - Tsuruta Designs - for the next stop in helping Paper Sweeties celebrate their 7th birthday! The design team over at Coffee Loving Cardmakers has joined in to help with the celebrations.

For my first card, I used the stamp set Coffee, Yes Please and the sweet cut Keep Calm and Drink Coffee 

...and for my 2nd card I used the stamp set Keep Calm and Drink Coffee along with the Keep Calm and Drink Coffee Sweet Cuts.

 

Your next stop is to Helen's blog - HERE...

If you happened to stop in "just because" here's the direct link to Coffee Loving Cardmakers post so you can start at the beginning and hop with us! Here is the link to the Paper Sweeties post so you can check out all the juicy details regarding her birthday celebrations! Cheers! 

Cheers!

Celebrating Paper Sweeties 6th Anniversary!

Hello crafty friends! This month, Paper Sweeties turns 6! Happy Anniversary! I am very excited to be a part of the month-long celebration and we'd love to have you join us. For the month of August, there has been inspiration, giveaways, sales and some amazing guest designers!

The winner will receive a $100 shopping spree from the Paper Sweeties store. Voting is turned on for viewers to "like" their favorites so the public can choose who wins. It also includes a 20% off coupon for any full-price products at Paper Sweeties. 

I was so honored to be a part of the Paper Sweeties team and always had so much fun creating with Debbie's cute stamps and dies! This colorful card was made using the Happy Cake Day stamp set and Sweet Cuts, as well as the Round Scallop from the Scallop Shapes Sweet Cuts.

Congratulations again, Paper Sweeties, on your 6th Anniversary and I wish you many, many more wonderful years of crafty love and success! Hugs!

Click HERE to link up your project! Cheers!

Paper Sweeties March 2018 Blast From the Past Day 2

Paper Sweeties has quite a few coffee, tea, cocoa themed stamp sets and dies - and this card is a favorite of mine that I made last year for the Coffee Lovers Spring Blog Hop! I used the You Warm My Heart Stamp Set and Sweet Cuts to make this cute shaker card! 

I used the teapot stamp and sweet cuts from the You Warm My Heart set plus I heat embossed the sentiment from the set as well. The shaker was made with the Sweet Cuts - With Love heart die and filled with the yummy Cupcake Sprinkles!

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my Paper Sweeties team-mates have created for you for our March Blast from The Past:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin 

Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Lori Turner (you are here!)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Nancy Salkeld 

Thanks for stopping in today! Cheers!

Paper Sweeties March 2018 Blast From the Past

Happy Wednesday everyone!

For the month of March, Paper Sweeties designers are hosting another "Blast from the Past" since we do not have a new release. 

For my card today, I am showing a card made with the super cute "Madison and Aloha" stamp sets and the "Oval Scallop Frames and Madison" Sweet Cuts:

I dressed Madison by paper-piecing and used the Oval Scallop Frame die to show her off - the hashtags are perfect and you will LOVE all the other sentiments included in this set! So fun!

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my Paper Sweeties team-mates have created for you for our March Blast from The Past:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin 

Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Lori Turner (you are here!)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Nancy Salkeld 

Thanks for stopping in and we'll be back tomorrow with some more blasts from the past - for you all! Cheers! 

Paper Sweeties February 2018 Blast from the Past

Welcome back to another Blast from the Past from Paper Sweeties! For my card today, I wanted to incorporate Valentine's Day so I made this card for my hubby who is away trucking right now so will receive it at a later date....

I started out with the "With Love" heart Sweet Cuts and some sweet, pretty designer papers. I hand stitched around the borders of the papers and then used our Sweet Borders to put my sentiment from Hello Friend on with white embossing powder. Very CAS but I love how it turned out! 

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my Paper Sweeties team mates have created for you for our February Blast from The Past:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin 

Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Lori Turner (you are here!)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Nancy Salkeld 

Thanks for stopping in and we'll be back tomorrow with some more blasts from the past - for you all! Cheers! 

Paper Sweeties: February Blast from the Past!

Welcome back to another Blast from the Past from Paper Sweeties! For my card today, I wanted to take you back to the card I made for the 2017 Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop using some of my favorite Paper Sweeties goodies! Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a big time coffee lover so this card is yet another of my favorites from PS! 

I started out with my "With Love" heart Sweet Cuts then cut out my cute coffee cup with my "Keep Calm and Drink Coffee" Sweet Cuts. The steam was cut from Crumb Cake using "Homemade With Love" Sweet Cuts. The sentiment was stamped in brown using a sentiment from "Keep Calm and Drink Coffee" stamp set! I just LOVE how this card came together! :) The sweet sequins are our "Bubblegum" series - adorable!

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my Paper Sweeties team mates have created for you for our February Blast from The Past:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin 

Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Lori Turner (you are here!)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Nancy Salkeld 

Thanks for stopping in and we'll be back tomorrow with some more blasts from the past - for you all! Cheers! 

Jam-makin' Days of Winter....

Welcome back to my blog for the wrap-up of our Paper Sweeties Winter "Blast from the Past!" We did not have a new release this month so we were showcasing some of our favorite stamps/sweet cuts relating to winter.

Now...I bet you are asking me "why a jar then?" Well...I don't know about a lot of you, but I freeze a lot of my fruit in the summer when I harvest it, then I make jam on the cold, blustery days of winter! The house smells so heavenly and it gets our shelves stocked up and good for the following year when things are super busy!! :) 

I made this card last year and I really wanted to show it off again - it's one of my favorites and I hope that's ok :)

My card was made using an older stamp/die set called Mason Jar along with Handmade for You Accessories stamp set 

and Sweet Cuts - Circle Scallop Frames.

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my Paper Sweeties team mates have created for you using some of our "winter" themed stamps and sweet cuts:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin 

Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Lori Turner (you are here!)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Nancy Salkeld 

Thank you so much for stopping in today. Happy crafting! Cheers!

Sending Warm Hugs & Kisses with Paper Sweeties!

Hello there everyone! This month over at Paper Sweeties, instead of a new release, we are showcasing some of our favorite "winter" goodies for our January 2018 Blast from the Past!! 

For my card today, I have used a few different stamp sets and sweet cuts to create my super cute snow friends card (all products listed with links at the bottom of this post). 

I stamped the snow people from Snow Friends on white card stock, cut them out with the matching sweet cuts - then stamped their accessories onto various designer paper and cut them out with the dies, glued them all together and I think they make a super cute pair!

The sentiment is from Let it Snow, and I also used the With Love sweet cuts heart to make their backdrop...

Here's a close up....

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
As You Like It - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my Paper Sweeties team mates have created for you using some of our "winter" themed stamps and sweet cuts:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin 

Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Lori Turner (you are here!)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Nancy Salkeld 

Paper Sweeties products used on my card:

Snow Friends - Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties

Snow Friends Sweet Cuts Dies - Paper Sweeties

Let it Snow Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties

With Love Sweet Cuts Paper Sweeties

January 2018 Paper Sweeties Blast From the Past - Winter Edition!

Hello there everyone! This month over at Paper Sweeties, we are showcasing some "winter" goodies for our January 2018 Blast from the Past!! 

Today, I am showing off miss Madison in her gorgeous plaid winter outfit from the Let it Snow stamp set :) She's ready for the cold weather wouldn't you say?! It's been soooo cold here in central Alberta, CANADA the past 3 weeks or so (-40C windchills etc) and I have been bundled up just like Madison lol...brrrr! 

Here's a close up....

I paper pieced Madison's outfit by stamping the hat and coat from Let It Snow onto some gorgeous plaid paper. I felt the same plaid paper needed to be used as my background - I LOVE PLAID! lol....

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my Paper Sweeties team mates have created for you using some of our "winter" themed stamps and sweet cuts:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jinny Newlin 

Karen Letchworth

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Bzibziak
Lori Turner (you are here!)
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Nancy Salkeld 

Thanks for stopping in and we'll be back tomorrow with some more blasts from the past - Winter Edition - for you all! Cheers! 

Paper Sweeties products used on my card:

Let it Snow Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties

Madison

Paper Sweeties 25 Days of Christmas Blog Hop - Day 12!

Welcome to day 12 of Paper Sweeties 25 Days of Christmas. I hope you've been joining us every day so far on the Paper Sweeties Blog for the links to the festive inspiration being shared on the blogs of my talented teammates. Today's daily special is 50% off all Sweet Chips Kits - using the coupon "holiday!"  

Today, I am sharing this cute Christmas card featuring the For You stamp set and Sweet Cuts as well as the Meet Me Under the Mistletoe Stamp set and Sweet Cuts:

For You Stamp set

For You Sweet Cuts



Meet me Under the Mistletoe stamp set



Meet Me Under the Mistletoe Sweet Cuts

If you haven't had a chance to start at the beginning of the hop, here is the complete list of stops:

  December 1st: *December Challenge Posts*

December 2nd: Nancy Salkeld
December 3rd: Visions of Sugarplums Holiday Hop
December 4th: Karen Letchworth
December 5th: Lori Turner
December 6th: Maria Patrick
December 7th: Larissa Heskett
December 8th: Winter Coffee Lovers' Blog Hop 
December 9th: Michelle Bala
December 10th: Kathy Schweinfurth
December 11th: Mackie Robertson
December 12th: Lori Turner
December 13th: *December Planner Posts* 
December 14th: Maria Patrick
December 15th: Michele Henderson 
December 16th: Nancy Salkeld
December 17th: Karen Letchworth
December 18th: Jinny Newlin
December 19th: Lilian Forsyth
December 20th: Debbie Marcinkiewicz
December 21st: Kathy Schweinfurth
December 22nd: Lisa Bzibziak
December 23rd:  Karen Letchworth
December 24th:  Lisa Bzibziak
December 25th:  Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Don't forget, you can hop on over and enter our December challenge going on - this inspiration photo is such a cute one!! Happy crafting!

Don't miss out on a single day of Paper Sweeties 25 Days of Christmas.  Tomorrow my creative teammies from the Planner Team will be sharing some special pages using some of their most favorite Paper Sweeties Christmas products. I really encourage you to stop by Paper Sweeties every day to see what's new!