Creative Stamping with Lori: March 2024

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Country Flowers - Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop - March 2024

Welcome to our March Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop! I am hopping with talented demonstrators from all over the world! This month, we were inspired to create from this sketch!

I love working with circles so this challenge was perfect for me!

I recently attended Stampin' Up!'s annual convention called OnStage and was lucky enough to be able to pre-order some of the products coming in May in our new annual catalogue. You get to have a sneak peek! This suite is called Country Woods and I'm using the Country Flowers bundle from the suite.

I'm in love with the paper called Country Woods 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, I also used several Stampin' Blends in colours listed on the back of the DSP. Stylish Shapes Dies were used to cut the circles.

The stamps and flower dies are from the Country Flowers bundle. I also used some new embellishments coming, Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls.

Enjoy the rest of the blog hop!

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Coast to Coast Creators Blog Hop - Markers & Online Exclusives

Welcome to our March blog hop! This month we are using colouring markers such as Stampin' Blends and Stampin' Write Markers along with some new Online Exclusives! Be sure to hop around below to see the awesome projects by my talented teammates!

I chose to use the Magnolia Mood Bundle. The card base is Thick Basic White with layers of Shaded Spruce and Fresh Freesia which was embossed with the gorgeous Layered Florals 3D Embossing Folder. I also added a strip of the Three Color Glimmer Paper in Highland Heather.

After stamping the magnolia in Memento Tuxedo Black on Basic White, I used Stampin' Blends to colour it...Fresh Freesia on the petals and Shaded Spruce on the leaves with a touch of Daffodil Delight in the flower centre. I splattered a little Wink of Stella Clear Glitter on the flower.

I stamped the sentiment (from the Simply Zinnia Stamp Set) in Versamark on Shaded Spruce and heat embossed it in White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I fussy cut it and adhered it to the card with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. I finished the card with 3 Iridescent Pearls.

Enjoy hopping below!

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

AWOW Blog Hop - March Blues

Welcome to this month's Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop! Each month, 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 March Blues using Stampin' Up! papers and ink in various blues!

We had a selection of beautiful blues to choose from! I chose Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy. The Misty Moonlight layer is embossed with the Basics 3D Embossing Folder (dots) and there is a layer of Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper.

I'm calling this card, Pets & More Puppy Love! I actually used three different stamp sets to get the theme I wanted...Pets & More for the dogs, Sending Love for the hearts and Love

For You for the sentiment.

I used a Blender Pen on the dogs to pull in some of the Night of Navy Ink. The sentiment is heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and cut twice with a Nested Essentials Die (to make it smaller).