Ready for School?

Hey there everyone... wow!!! Blogger has been a pain this week so I haven't had a chance to post my card that I made using the new School Time Landon from Lori Boyd Designs.  This month we are doing things a little differently at LBD.  Each week we will highlight one of the digis from the most recent release.  I've watercolored Landon with my Tombow Markers (imagine that right? LOL) and was able to use the School Spirit Crate Paper DP that I've had for quite some time. Landon seemed just right for it.  The layout for my card came from this week's Card Patterns sketch - love it!!

It's been a busy week this week so hopefully I'll get into my craft cave to make some more eye candy.  I have a fab idea for next week's Ribbon Carousel Challenge...

See you soon.  

The biggest BLD release.. ever...

WOW!!!  You'll want to check out the  BLD website.  The line of Puddlejumpers are now exclusive to By Lori Designs so this is our biggest release ever..... You can buy them as a bundle here or on their own.  We'll be featuring the new ones early next week!!!

Fun, fun, fun



Happy Day Everyone!!

 

We have some super exciting news here at By LORi Designs!

We have gone EXCLUSIVE!!

That's right from now on you will only be able to find your beloved Puddle Jumpers, Lollipops and Sugar Sticks Digis at By LORi Designs!!

Yipppppeeeee!!

 

Now what does that mean?  It means that May will have the biggest release ever!! 

All the Puddle Jumpers are coming home and you will be able to purchase all the Puddle Jumpers that Lori has drawn HERE at BLD!!

Isn't this fun and exciting!?!?!?

 

Hop back over tomorrow for our big release!

Cooking anyone?

Hey there everyone... wowza... this month has totally flown by.  Talk about making a card at the last minute for this month's SFYTT... Oops.... And of course, I decided to use this cutie pie Lollipop Chef from Lori Boyd Designs. I've had this DP from Little Yellow Bicycle for awhile now and it was just waiting for the right image and I think I hit the nail on the head for this one.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and kept the card relatively simple. 

I'm off to watch the hockey game. GO CANUCKS GO!!!!

Be my Honey bunny

Hey there Honey Bunnies!!  Over the weekend, Lori Boyd released some super cute Lollipop Easter images just in time for Easter and I fell absolutely in love with this cute Lollipop Bunny.  As soon as I saw this image, I knew I wanted to pair it with the Basic Grey Kioshi line (I really need to use up some of my older DP's).  The Kioshi line just seems to scream Spring with it's great pastel colours.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and chose to keep the coloring very simple. I then sponged a little grass with some Old Olive ink.  The layout is from this week's Get Sketchy Challenge which I love!! I also paired this challenge with this week's Wee Memories challenge which is to create something "adorable" and I think this bunny is too adorable...My card also works perfectly for this week's challenge at Picture Perfect Creations which is create something Easter inspired.

I have a lot of exciting stuff happening over the next couple of weeks with the TSG release, and a new fun exciting adventure (more to come on this new adventure May 1st). I'll be still posting things over the next couple of weeks while I work behind the scenes on some fun stuff to share with you.  

It's a Rainy day...

Hey there everyone!!! I know my title suggests rainy days... but it's finally not raining here. Wahoo!! Just an overcast day so far.  Thank goodness!!! I've had this cutie pie from Lori Boyd Designs for a little while now and this week's CAS challenge at SCS is an inspiration one and I chose to go with stripes.  I used to love jumping in puddles as a child so when I saw that this week's challenge at Paper Sundaes is "Childhood memories" I knew that this image was perfect.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and then used Glossy Accents on the girl's boots, puddle, frog and the blue polka dots on the umbrella. I also used a bit of Yellow Stickles on parts of the umbrella.

Thanks for dropping by today!!! Enjoy the sunshine!!

Challenges I'm entering card into:

Paper Sundaes - Childhood Memories

If the Shoe Fits-  Spring

CAS114 - Inspiration at SCS

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge



BLD April Release - Springtime Daisy

Hey there everyone!!! Welcome April's New Release at By Lori Designs!!  We're so excited to be bringing new images for you to play with. 

I'm the first official stop on today's hop so grab your coffee,  sit down and enjoy the eye candy we are treating you to today. 

Today I had the chance to play with "Puddle Jumper Daisy".  Isn't she just too precious?  I've watercolored her with my Tombow Markers and then went with a simple layout to show off this little cutie pie.  I heart the Puddle Jumper line... who am I kidding?  I love all of the lines! 

Lori's a sweetie and is offering a $10 Gift Certificate to the BLD store to one lucky commenter so make sure you comment on everyone's blogs. 

Now hop on over to Arielle's blog.

I've also listed the order of the hop just in case there is a break in the hop along the way.

Angela
Arielle
Jacquie
Jane B
Jayne M
Jen S.
Jennifer
Joni
Kadie
Krista
Linda
Mercy
Sheri
sherryann
Silvia
Tracy
By Lori Designs

It's a ladybug kind of day

Dream big!!! Isn't that we should all do?  But how many of us really do?  I swear my life has been full of chaos lately but hopefully things are finally going to settle down.  I had a bit of free time yesterday so I decided to make a card using this cute Lollipop Ladybug from Lori Boyd Designs.  I printed the image into watercolor paper and then watercolored with watercolor pencils.  I decided to give my Tombow Markers a break.... Surprise Surprise right?  LOL...  I used scraps of Designer paper from Echo Park and Bo Bunny.  If you could see my scrap pile... it's huge... oh wait... that would be my stash of Designer paper as well...  The layout for my card comes from the current "Pink Elephant" challenge which is a sketch that I'm sure I'll be using again... Love it!

Man's best friend

Hey there everyone!!! I hope you've all had a wonderful week - we finally had some Spring weather so this chicky was one happy girl!.  I had a little bit of free time this week so I decided I just had to color up this cute Sugar Stick Dog from Lori Boyd Designs.  I printed this cute puppy off and then watercolored it with my Tombow Markers and then sponged around the edge of the image with Wheat Versamagic Ink.  Last year when this Max and Whiskers Basic Grey DP came out, I just had to have it because of the animal theme and then haven't used it so this card was perfect for it. The layout for this card was based on last week's Mojo Monday challenge that I altered slightly.  

Well I'm off to put my feet up for awhile... it was a long day working in heels... Love the fact that it's now Spring but getting used to the cute sandals again... OUCH! 

Hannah's ready for Spring

*** Please scroll down a little for my TSG Sneak Peek****

It's been so rainy and icky here lately that I decided I needed a bit of Spring so I made it for myself.  (Of course as I write this post,  the sun is finally shining....).  I found this fantastic DP that had a colour pallette that was to die for.  Love these colors together (although I'd never dare wear them together in clothing).  This Lollipop image called Hannah from Lori Boyd Designs has been printed from my computer and then watercolored with my Tombow markers.  The layout came together really quickly and I think I'll be using it again soon. 

Have a great day!!! I'm off to get ready to enjoy the sunshine!!

Just "Bee"cause...

Hello!! I hope you've had a great day and that there is a bit of sunshine in your life.  I woke up this morning to rain... pouring rain... makes you not want to get out of bed rain... Yup... the icky rain!  And to top it all off, I was waiting for my new couch to arrive (thank goodness the rain let up long enough for the delivery).  To brighten up my day, I decided to watercolor up this cute "Lollipop Bumblebee" from By Lori Designs.  I also have the ladybug that I'll be coloring up soon too.  I tried to keep the color combo true to the colors of the bee so I used some Pebbles and October Afternoon DP's.  The layout is from this week's CPS sketch.

Thanks for dropping by!!! I'm off to enjoy my comfy new couch...

BLD Blog Hop

Wahoo!!! Welcome to the By Lori Designs Blog Hop celebrating this month's release at By Lori Designs.  If you just happened upon my blog today, you'll want to go back to the beginning at the BLD Blog. If you arrived from Arielle's blog,  then you're on the right track!!!

For my card today, I`ve used the new release Puddle Jumper with Landon and Henry  called "Brotherly Love" which has been edited by DT member Mercy Kerin.  Aren`t they just too cute- looking like brothers or friends?  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers in various colors to match the DP.  The layout is from this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

The next stop on the blog hop is the amazingly talented Kadie.  You'll want to make sure to comment on everyone's blogs today because there's a prize somewhere along the way... 

BLDC#6 A happy day

Wow it was a busy weekend... however I did manage to squeeze in a bit of time for stamping.  Yeah!!!  I've had this super cute Sugar Stick girl from By Lori Designs for awhile but hadn't had a chance to colour it up (with my Tombow Markers) so this weekend was the time.  Think I'm wishing for nice weather?  Yup!!! I sure am!  Anything to get rid of this darn snow on the ground.  I chose to use this week's colours from the By Lori Designs color challenge (although though I didn't have an exact blue so I had improvise a little bit with the buttons. 

Thanks for popping by!!!!  And make sure you drop by on Friday to see the newest members of the Lori Boyd Designs digis!!!!

BLDC#5 A little ballerina

Well hello there!  I hope it's been a great week for you with Valentine's Day now being over.  I had a bit of extra time to play this week and I just got this too cute Lollipop called Avery from Lori Boyd Designs.  This image seemed fitting for this week's color challenge at Lori Boyd Designs of Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso, Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette.  So I might have cheated just a little bit but the colors are all there one way or another.  As you can tell, I pulled all the colours from the DP's that I've used.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and then added a little bit of highlighting with a white gel pen.  I had so much fun playing and you should join in too!!!

Have a great day !!!

FTL127 Welcome Baby

Well hello there!! I hope you're all enjoying a nice beautiful Sunday!  It's finally stopped raining here - yesterday it was torrential downpours for most of the day and now today the sun is shining.  Wahoo!!  I had a chance to sit down this morning to play so I decided to color up Puddle Jumper Baby Addy from Lori Boyd Designs.  I had this DP sitting on my desk (well not sitting on my desk but it was in the leaning tower of craft supplies - I'm currently re-organizing my craft area so let's just say it's a disaster area) so I decided why not use up the scraps?  Both DP's have been dry embossed with Cuttlebug folders and the image has been watercolored with my Tombow Markers.  I love the soft look to the image combined with the DP. For the layout of my card, I've used this week's Fall to Layout at Clean and Simple Stamping.  Hope you like it!!

I'm off to finish cleaning up my craft area and of course make another card to procrastinate (Have I mentioned I hate cleaning!!!).

BLDC#3

Hey there everyone!! Did you check out the new challenge team for By Lori Designs?  They officially begin next week. I can't wait to see what the team comes up with. So exciting!!!  I'm back with a sample for this week's color challenge and this Bo Bunny DP worked out perfectly for this challenge.

Isn't Landon Puddlejumper just so handsome looking ready for Valentine's Day?  I've watercolored him with my watercolor pencils and realized I need to use them more often.  I have them packed for my trip away this weekend.  (As you read this, I'll be in my car driving to the States with Kim Teasdale for a girls stamping weekend with a number of the TSG Trendsetters (current and past).  Wahoo!!! I promise that I'll show you pics when I get back.  Okay... now that I've gone off on a tangent about me weekend, I should get back to my card.  The layout comes from the current Friday Sketchers challenge but I've left off the sentiment.  (I figured that the Love DP said it all). 

Now head on over to check out what the rest of the team did with this Valentine's inspired color challenge.

You're Seeing Double!!!

Today we have a very special surprise for our readers! A DOUBLE BLOG HOP!!! That’s right, Baby Bud Designs and By LORi Designs have teamed up to bring you a big ol' blog hop! We’ve got a fantastic line up of extremely talented designers showcasing some pretty adorable images.

Today you’ll find a ton of inspiration and of course a hop isn’t a hop without some prizes right? So be sure to leave comments on every stop!

So sit back, relax and enjoy the wonderful creations that both of these wonderful Design Teams have created for you! You won’t be disappointed!  If you just happened upon my blog, head on over to the By Lori Designs blog.  You should have arrived at my blog from Calypso's blog.

For my card today, I've used a new image from Lori Boyd Designs called "Love You Friend".  It's definitely a great image for Valentine's Day!! Wahoo!. I've watercolored the image using my Tombow Markers and the layout is this week's "Unscripted Sketch" challenge that I've flipped upside down.  Lori sure knows how to make her images cute and fun that's for sure.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today and head on over to Ildiko's blog.  

If you get lost along the way the whole list will be posted at each of the Main blogs! Have fun and thanks for joining us today!

BY LORi Designs Blog
Baby Bud Blog
ANDREA
CALYPSO
ANGELA  <------- YOU ARE HERE!
ILDIKO
ARIELLE
JENN
HANNAH
JENNETTE
JACQUIE
KERRY
JANE
LISA
JAYNE
MARGIE
JENNIFER
MARIA
LINDA
TAMMYLEE
MERCY
TANYA
SHERI
STEPHANIE
SHERRYANN
SILVIA
DEBBIE
KRISTA
LORI

Happy HOPPING!!!

BLDC#2 What's up Dude?

What's up Dude???? The BLD Challenge #2 (By Lori Designs)  is what's in the house today. I'm a sucker for challenges - they always get the mojo going and mine seems to have taken a bit of a hike lately so if I have a challenge in hand, things are good.  As soon as I saw the colors for this week's challenge, I automatically thought of Ethan Lollipop.    

The colors just screamed for something "guyish". I had some certain DP in mind and of course when it came time to make my card, I couldn't find the paper pack I was looking for... (I should take that as a sign that I need to clean my craft area... what do you think?).  So I searched through my DP for something that had a "cool guy" look to it and settled on some October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket DP. Ethan has been colored with a combination of watercolor pencils and Tombow Markers.  I'm thinking my card looks a little bare but when I really look at it, it definitely has a masculine feel to it.  Can't really go with bows for a guy card right? LOL.  I've also made this card for this week's "That's Krafty Thursday" on Jeanie Witmer's blog.  I love that someone else loves Kraft as much as I do.

Thanks for dropping by today!!! We'd love you to play along with us!!!

SSSC100 Hugs and Blessings for Katie

If you know Katie Renz, you know she`s a sweetheart.  What you may not know is that just before Christmas, Katie was diagnosed with Stage 4 Gastric Cancer.  She has been blogging about her journey on her blog, Katie`s Paper Haven.  Katie is married and has three young sons who all love and adore her.  I had the honour of being on the Clear Dollar Stamps DT with Katie for almost two years and in that time I found out just how amazing Katie is.  It breaks my heart to know the journey that her family is now on. 

A number of amazing artists have banded together on Jak Heath`s blog and created a bundle of digis in efforts to raise money for Katie and her family.  It is such an amazing cause for such an amazing lady!!! I urge you to head on over to Jak`s site and buy the digis.  They`re awesome!!!  For my card, I`ve used the digi that Lori Boyd donated for this cause.  They are just way too cute!! 

Take the time to hug your loved ones!!! 

PS. I have a blinkie on the right hand side of my blog that will direct you to Jak`s blog where you can purchase the digis.

It's a BLD Blog Hop!!!

Wahoo!!! It's someone's birthday!!! And in honour of our amazing leader Lori Boyd's birthday we're having a blog hop to celebrate some new releases!!! Lori's birthday...and she's giving her customers a gift of new stamps to play with.  How sweet eh??? Now if you happened upon my blog today, you'll want to go back to the BLD Blog.  Otherwise you should have arrived here from Jacquie's blog.  Isn't she just fabulous?  I'm sure she had great eye candy for you to feast on.

I have two beauties for you today.  The first card uses Puddle Jumper Emily which also comes with a present and the sentiment Happy birthday.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and a waterbrush.  I then added Diamond Stickles to the balloons and the bows in her hair and on the dress.  The layout comes from this week's Card Patterns Sketch.

My second card uses Molly, a new release from the Bug and Roo Line which is illustrated by Hannah Boyd.  That girl has her mother's talent I tell ya!!! Artists in the family that's for sure!!! Once again the image has been watercolored with my Tombow Markers and a waterbrush.  The inspiration for my card came from the polkadots on Molly's dress and as a result, I just had to use the Cosmo Cricket DP from the Pixie-licious  pack. I've used this month's Sketch for You to Try (SFYTT) by Jen del Muro.

Guess what.... you'll want to comment on everyone's blogs!! Why??  Two lucky commenters will each win a $10 Gift Certificate to By Lori Designs!!!! Who doesn't love free goodies right? 

Now... make sure you have your cup of coffee and enjoy the rest of the blog hop.  Your next stop along the way is Jennifer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORI!!!! You're an amazing lady who deserves the best!!!