Lauri's Stampin' Corner

I love to scrapbook too! I put a lot of time into the pages I create, and have found that scrapbook frames are a great way to scrapbook on the walls and be able to enjoy those creations before adding them to a book.  I have been working on a gift for my daughter-in-law, whose birthday was last week. I finally finished it yesterday and I'm really excited to get it mailed to her. I used the Six Sided Sampler stamp set, stamped them with the stitched hexagon on scraps of Designer Series Paper in Early Espresso, then dabbed each side on the ink pad to add the dark edge to them. The flowers are cut from the Floral Fusion Sizzlit, also shaded, curled a little to give them some shape and added with a dimensional. Love, love, love the new Expressions Thinlits Dies from the Holiday Catalog! I can see that I will be using them a lot for scrapbook pages and for cards! Pearls, iridescent embossing on the butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri set add a little bling to the page. Matching pun

For Mother's Day at school (I know, a while back) we made the cutest card that I just had to share with you. The kids decorated kitchen towels, wrapped them, then made this card to give to their Mom's. I found the idea on Pinterest and thought what a great idea for 1st and 2nd graders. The Mom's loved them! Some of the cute towels that they made... wrapped up so carefully... then the card. They traced their hands onto construction paper, then wrote I love you, Happy Mother's Day on the outside of the front hand, then accordion folded several strips of paper together and wrote on the inside... This Much!!!!  What a great card to make for any special occasion. I know, not my usual post for the day, but thought these were too cute not to share. What a special craft to do with your grand kids or small children at home too. Happy Stampin'! Lauri

I've been able to make lots of thank you cards this summer. You see, I've been diagnosed with breast cancer, and through the process, I've had some very kind and giving people. It has humbled me greatly to hear the number of people that are praying for me, and knowing that each prayer is brought before our Mighty King and He hears and answers each one. It makes me very grateful! It has been a different summer than what we had planned, that's for sure! Chemo has not been kind some days, and then other days, I feel "normal" and back to myself again...except for no hair! I'm getting used to wearing hats and scarves, though I still can't get used to the people that look at me like I have something missing. I just try to smile and not let it bother me. Maybe they'll figure it out, and then maybe not.Thank you for the support and love I have felt from my family and friends! I know that I don't fight this battle alone and I cherish each one of you! Go

My little niece, Rachael, celebrated her birthday last week, along with my Mom (her 81st!). I had so much fun making special cards for them. Here's Rachael's... I used the You Rule stamp set that is retired now. It was in the Spring Mini and with little grand daughters, I just had to have it. I embossed the crown, popped it up on dimensionals, and added the bling to it. It really screams Rachael! She's such a little princess! Inside I added washi tape to add just a little color, then had some fun with the words from the stamp set. I stamped some of the words in Raspberry Ripple, then printed between the stamped words. Here's what I wrote (the underlined words were stamped)...Rachael, Happy Birthday ! Everyday you're a Princess , but I declare that today, you are Queen for the Day because You Rule ! That puts you in charge! Happy Birthday ! Love you ! It was a fun way to wish her a happy birthday!     My Mom's birthday is just the day before a

I know... it's been too long since I was here last! Life just gets in the way some days. I've been stamping, so it's not that I've given that up, but just haven't taken the time to post the cards and scrapbook pages and blog about them. It's still my favorite way to spend my free time...what little of that I have. I know you can relate, but I'M BACK! The first layout and card that I want to share is one that I saw an owl on a paper piecing web site, and thought how cute that it would be as a card and then as a scrapbook page. I needed a baby shower card, and you know it, the nursery was being decorated in owls! Perfect! So that's where this pattern came into being. I made a special one for my friend, Susan, with a birthday wish and balloons inside. Then, I needed a bunch of thank you cards for my sisters and Mom who sent me an Origami Owl locket, so I thought these would be perfect! This pattern has been put to lots of use already!        I