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Hello everyone!

Happy Wednesday!!

This week the Joy's Life Design Team is celebrating the upcoming Spring season by sharing projects with flowers.   
By the looks of our front yard, it looks like Spring has already sprung! :)  Our Daffodils and Camellias are blooming all over the place, and it's sooo pretty!!
Anyway... I am getting a little sidetracked here! LOL!
So here is a little Springy card for you:

I used a sentiment from Joy's Barnyard Puns stamp set:

I love the font on this stamp! Isn't it cute??

Here is a list of supplies I used:
Flower and stem: from two different cuts in the Silhouette Online Store
Sentiment Stamp: Joy's Life Barnyard Puns
Solid and patterned paper: Stampin Up
Stitched punch
Twine and button

Thanks for stopping by today! As always, I love and appreciate your comments. :) Have a CRAFTY DAY!! Lori

A Favorite card and Blog Hop Winner!!

Hello crafters!
I have two things to share with you today.  First, I forgot to post the winner from the Joy's Life Blog Hop.  I used Random.org to choose the winner, and the winning comment came from.......................

NanaFebruary 9, 2013 at 2:07 AM

Beautiful card. Love papers used. Great SVG file I have that set. 

Congrats Nana!  Please contact me at got2bcrafting at gmail.com  and leave me your address so I can send your prize out to you. :)

Secondly, I am super excited to share my project with you today.

This week the Joy's Life DT is celebrating Joy's birthday, and we had to make a card for her.  I have to admit, making a card for Joy was a bit intimidating! I must have changed it a hundred times! LOL!  But, in the end, I absolutely LOVE how it turned out! :)

And, here is the inside of the card:

This entire sentiment was created from individual word stamps from the Everyday Occasions stamp set, with the exception of Hugs & Kisses, which is from Wintery Puns.

Here is a closer look at the stamps on the front:

The "Happy" and the "!!!" stamps are from Holiday Occasions, and the "Birthday" stamp is from Everyday Occasions.

This cute sentiment can be found on the Tag You're It - Set Two stamp set.  

Supplies used:
Bear in the tub: Scrapping Bug Designs (Kristi W. Designs)
DCWV Flower Power Stack
DCWV Baby Girl Glitter Stack
Bazzill textured cardstock
Core'dinations Pearl cardstock
Stampin Up Bashful Blue ink and Close to Cocoa ink
PTI: True Black ink
Joy's Life stamps
Misc:  white gel pen, glossy accents, black micro pen

Well, I hope you enJOYed my card today.  

Thanks for stopping by today! As always, I love and appreciate your comments. :) Have a CRAFTY DAY!! Lori

I love you!!

Hello my crafty friends!!

Are you ready for Valentine's Day?? I hope so because you have less than 24 hours to go!! LOL!

I still need to finish preparing for my daughter's school party tomorrow, but other than that, I am good to go. :)
Today I am sharing the card I posted over at the Joy's Life Design Team blog.  I will be giving this card to one of my daughters. :)

My father gave my girls an old gumball machine that they just love, so I thought this would be perfect!

The sentiment is from Joy's Life Mother and Daughter stamp set:

Challenges entered:

Ribbon Carousel Blog: Love is in the Air

Supplies used:

Gumball machine: Digital Stamp
Sentiment stamp: Joy's Life Mother Daughter stamp set
Spectrum Noir Markers
Background shape: Silhouette Online Store
Background digital paper: PPPR Christmas Chevron 
Misc: Twine, button, glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by today! As always, I love and appreciate your comments. :) Have a CRAFTY DAY!! Lori

Thank you beary much!

If you are here for the Joy's Life 3D Animals and Card Fold Blog Hop click right here.

Hello my friends!

I hope you all are having a great weekend! :)  I actually had some time to play in my craft room for awhile last night and finished a couple of projects.  One of them I am sharing today, and the other will be posted on Wednesday.

If you missed the Joy's Life 3D Animals and Card Folds Blog Hop yesterday, it's not too late to join in.  My card is here, or you can start at the beginning at Joy's Life.com

So here is the little gift card holder I created:

  

I got the chance to use my Spectrum Noir markers again. YAY!!

I don't know what it is, but I really just love to color! LOL!

I still have a ton to learn about shading and choosing colors combinations, but I will just learn as I go!

Supplies used:

Bear stamp: Peachy Keen SOTM January Kit

Sentiment stamp: Peachy Keen SOTM January Kit

Gift Card Holder: MCT Embossed Gift Holder Die

Spectrum Noir Markers

Stampin Up Ink: Chocolate Chip

Misc: Twine, button, white gel pen

Challenges entered:

Peachy Keen Connection: February Release Challenge #2

Thanks for stopping by ! As always, I love and appreciate your comments. :) Have a CRAFTY DAY!! Lori

Joy's Life 3D Animals and Card Fold Blog Hop

Hello crafters!

Welcome to the Joy's Life 3D Animals and Card Folds Blog Hop!  You should have just come over from the fabulous Maria's blog, the Joyful Stamper.  

If you just stopped by and would like to join in on this fun hop, you can leap right on over to Joy's Life.com to start from the beginning.  You will find some great projects and some yummy blog candy along the way. :)
I have always found the iris folding technique to be very interesting, not to mention beautiful. I can not believe some of the projects I have seen using this technique, some are quite extraordinary. You should check out Pinterest and see what I mean! :)
Anyway, fortunately for me, I found an SVG file at SVG Cuts.com that made this technique a little quicker.  I really liked doing my first iris fold this way, because it was pretty much fool proof, yet I still got the feel for how it is done traditionally.  There are some really awesome patterns out there, so I think I might make more of these type of cards. :)  Well, enough blabbering... here is my card:

Here is what the folds look like up close:

Kind of cool, eh?
And of course, I found the perfect sentiment to go with my card:

You can find this stamp in the Joy's Life WildLife Puns stamp set. It has some super fun stamps, so check it out right here.

Now onto the blog candy:

Just leave me a comment telling what your favorite card fold or technique is.
I will pick a winner using Random.org and post it here next Friday, February 15th.

Thanks for hopping with us today. I hope you enjoyed my card. :)
Your next stop is the talented Kimberly with Kimberly's Crafty Spot.

Supplies used:
 Iris Fold Heart: SVG Cuts.com Iris Fold Cards
Bunny: "Love Bunnies" KaDoodle Bug Designs (Kristi  W Designs)
Patterned paper: Echo Park Be Mine
Sentiment stamp: Joy's Life Wildlife Puns
Bunny face stamp: Peachy Keen Cute and Cuddly Asst.

Challenges entered:
Peachy Keen Connection: February Release Challenge #1
Go Fish Challenge Blog: I Love You
4 Crafty Chicks: Pink and Red
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog: Heart

Joy: http://joyslife.com

June: http://simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com

Cyndy: http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com

Megan: http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com

Patty: http://craftykitten1.blogspot.com

Sarabeth: http://www.chroniclesofsarita.blogspot.com   

Debbie: http://bugjuiced.blogspot.com       

Staci: http://preciousmem.blogspot.com  

Maria: http://joyfulstamper.blogspot dot com (please substitute "." for "dot"

Lori: http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com       

Kimberly: http://hellocutiecrafts.blogspot.com    

Laura: http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com   

Thanks for stopping by today! As always, I love and appreciate your comments. :) Have a CRAFTY DAY!! Lori

Gift Card Holders

Hello everyone!!

Holy Moly, I can't believe it's  February already ! Does it seem like time is flying by, or is it just me?? I am sure many of you are ready for winter to be over tho! LOL!!

This week the Joy's Life DT is sharing projects about love, appreciation and affection. I, for one, love to receive gift cards, so I thought I'd share a couple of gift card holders I created.  I don't know about you, but I know A LOT of people who just love their coffee (myself included), and others who just love to shop. Of course, there are plenty who love both!!  I thought these would be a great way to show some love and appreciation! 

Supplies use:
Gift card holder die: My Creative Time
Sentiment and image stamps: Joy's Life Tag You're It Set One
Coffee Cup: Cricut Lite Love You A Latte
(Starbucks logo printed and then punched with 1" punch)
Dog: Cricut Animal Kingdom
(hand cut circles around eyes - obviously LOL!)
Stitch punch

Thanks for stopping by today! As always, I love and appreciate your comments. :) Have a CRAFTY DAY!! Lori