Creative Stamping with Lori: August 2023

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Holiday Mini 2023 Product Shares!

The September - December 2023 Mini Catalogue is coming September 6th and it's full of amazing holiday products! Live in Canada? How would you like to get a little bit of ALL the Designer Series Paper, Ribbon and/or Embellishments without breaking the bank? You CAN with my Product Shares!

Designer Series Paper $70

A Walk in the Forest (6 - 6x12 sheets)

All About Autumn (12 - 6x6 sheets)

Beary Christmas (6 - 6 x 12 sheets)

Garden Walk (12 - 6x6 sheets)

Joy of Christmas (6 - 6x12 sheets)

Joyful Specialty (4 - 6x12 sheets)

Winter Meadow (6 - 6x12 sheets)

Melon Mambo & Granny Apple Green Foil Sheets (2 - 6x12)

Glow-in-the-Dark Specialty (2 - 6x6 sheets)

Merry Bold & Bright (6 - 6x12 sheets)

O Holy Night (6 - 6x12 sheets)

Oxidized Copper Specialty (2 - 6x12)

Shining Brightly Specialty (6 - 6x12)

Snowflake Magic Specialty (3 - 6x12)

Them Bones (6 - 6x12 sheets)

Ribbon $26

1 yard Balmy Blue Sparkle Ribbon

2 yards Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon

2 yards Calypso Coral Braided Linen Trim

1 yard each of Copper & Natural Ribbon Combo Pack

2 yards of Night of Navy & Gold Glittered Ribbon

2 yards of Silver & White Sheer Ribbon

2 yards of White Iridescent Ribbon

Embellishments $25

Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins – 48 pcs

Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots – 32 pcs

Adhesive-Backed Star Trinkets – 5 pcs

Blooming Pearls – 24 pcs

Faceted Gems Trio Pack – 15 pcs

Glow-in-the-Dark Bats & Ghosts – 10 pcs

Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs – 40 pcs

Loose Holly Gems & Sequins – 110 pcs

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Monday, August 14, 2023

Coast to Coast Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge

Welcome to our monthly hop with demonstrators from across Canada! This month, we were tasked with using this sketch by Julee Tilman as inspiration for our card! I love sketch challenges!

I chose to use the Fun on Wheels Bundle, from the 2023-2024 Annual Catalogue, with a neutral colour palette. The card base is Pebbled Path cardstock. I used a piece of the One Horse Open Sleigh 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper (Online Exclusives) for the tree background and that was mounted on a Basic Black mat. I added a vertical strip of 2023-2025 In Color 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper in Pebbled Path, a vertical Basic Black strip embossed with the Timber 3D Embossing Folder, and a horizontal thin black strip.

The bicycle was die cut in Silver Foil and the wheels in Basic Black. I die cut the Basic White label using the Nested Essentials Dies. I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and wrapped Pebbled Path Textured Ribbon around the label and adhered on the back with tape. I added the bicycle with Black Mini Stampin' Dimensionals under the wheels.

I adhered the label to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. I finished the card with 3 Pebbled Path 2023-2025 In Color Dots.

Be sure to hop around to see the projects made by my talented teammates!

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

AWOW Blog Hop - Never Ever Grow Up!

I am so excited and honoured to have been invited to join the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop! Each month a group of talented demonstrators from all over the world create projects based on that month's theme. You will be able to hop around below to see all the wonderful inspiration!

This month, the theme is Never Ever Grow Up! We could interpret this theme in any way that's meaningful to us. I loved this scene from the stamp set, Beside Me. It reminds me of my boys when they were little and how sometimes I'd think, Never Ever Grow Up! My husband, Mike, is an avid fisherman. My boys are grown men now and are not really into it anymore but I do have photos of them fishing with their dad when they were little. Their first catch was so exciting!

You may notice that the stamp I used has a little girl on the left side. Since I don't have any daughters, I just stamped and fussy cut out the dad and son only. It was stamped on Basic White in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Stampin' Blends. The little space in between the dad and son was coloured in with Azure Afternoon Blends and the black marks made with a Black Stampin' Write Marker. You might want to wait until you've done the ocean (see below) so that you can try to copy it in the little space. The card base is Azure Afternoon with a layer of Daffodil Delight on top.

For the background scene, I used a Blending Brush to brush on some Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry inks, leaving some white in the middle and at the bottom. I used a Post-It Note as a mask to make the horizon line at the bottom, and brushed on some Azure Afternoon and Misty Moonlight inks for the ocean. The lines in the ocean are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black using a stamp from the Gone Fishing Stamp Set. I removed the Post-It Note and stamped the birds and fishing rods in black. Note that I just inked up two of the rods on the stamp, not the people.

I adhered the scene to a Basic Black mat and then centered it on the card base. I adhered the people and dock using glue on the bottom under the dock and Stampin' Dimensionals under the upper part of the people.

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark on Basic Black and heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I die cut with the label die from Cheerful Daisies, cut off the left side and adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals. I finished the card with 3 Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots.