Lauri's Stampin' Corner

Let's go fly a kite, up to the highest heights...let's go fly a kite and send it soaring! Do you remember this song from Mary Poppins? It's been going through my head since I worked on cards yesterday with the new set from the upcoming mini catalog called Send Me Soaring. Another one of my favorites from the mini! Ingredients: Send Me Soaring Paper: Everyday Enchantment DSP, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Confetti White, Whisper White, Calypso Coral Ink: Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, VersaMark Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Curly Label Punch, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon, Aqua Pen I love the different sayings in this set. You can use these cards for birthdays, get well, even a non traditional Valentine! I love the cheery colors and well, I just love this card! The ribbon and the DSP that I used are sneak

I had to get out one of my favorite stamp sets yesterday to stamp with Nina....Field Flowers! We made  birthday cards and she made a special friend card for her best friend back in Indonesia. What fun to take something home that you made yourself!   Ingredients: Field Flowers, Hello Doily, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess set) Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, First Edition Specialty Paper, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, In Colors Color Assortment Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, Old Olive, VersaMark Pad Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, 1" Circle Punches, Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, Stamp-a-ma-jig, More Mustard Marker We stamped off the Hello Doily on the background of the First Edition Paper with Wisteria Wonder, then stamped the stem in Old Olive. The flowers were stamped with the Wisteria Wonder on a scrap of Very Vanilla, then Stamp-a-ma-jigged with the second stamp in Concord Crush. The flower centers were colored

What a fun afternoon of stamping we had! Katie had gotten a couple of the birthday calendars to make for Christmas gifts and hadn't had a chance to finish them, so she worked on those, and Nina, Dickson's sister and I made some cards. What fun to stamp with someone that hasn't done any stamping before! Nina's a natural and picked it up really quick. We're going to try to get more cards done before she leaves to go with the birthday calendar that Katie is making her. I did get a chance to play with some of the new "toys" that came earlier and I love, love, love them! Here's the card that I put together yesterday and this morning with my favorite set from the new mini called Take It to Heart. I used the design in the catalog as a starting point, so that made this card really easy to figure out. The best thing about this set too is that I got it FREE for having a workshop. How much fun is that!?  I love this bird image and the new Pleated Satin Ribbon and

Oh what a great Christmas we had! We had such a fun trip to Disneyland and San Diego! We spent 3 days at Disney, then off to San Diego to Sea World and the San Diego Zoo, and my favorite...the OCEAN!! We walked for miles and miles and came home happy and totally exhausted! While at Disney, Larry and I celebrated our 35th anniversary with a special dinner at the Blue Bayou Restaurant (the one that you pass while riding the boats through the Pirates of the Caribbean...our favorite ride!). What a special night! Then off to San Diego and Sea World and a nice long walk along the ocean. What special memories! 35 happy years together! Katie and Dickson surprised us with reservations made for us at the restaurant. What a great Disney adventure! The lights at Disney are always so spectacular! The lines were long, but so worth the wait. The boys loved the roller coasters and of course, one of the favorites...Splash Mountain! No, that's not any of us surfing...just a cool shot I captured