BLOG HOP WINNER

Oh my goodness!  Where has the weekend gone???  Thank you to everyone who stopped by and left wonderful comments on the Pretty Little Studio/Love My Tapes Blog Hop!  Did you remember I was giving away a $10 gift coupon to Pretty Little Studio's online STORE?  Don't worry, I didn't either!  And the winner, chosen entirely by the Random Number Generator is...

DRUM ROLL PLEASE.....

#17

Pam, please send your email address to krissy.clark@comcast.net, and I will send you the coupon code so you can pick our some Pretty Little Studio Loveliness!

And, speaking of Pretty Little Studio - have you checked out the online store lately?  They have the perfect things to create wonderful Mother's Day cards and gifts, no matter what your mommy's style (or yours) is.  Here are two cards I made for my mother-in-law and my mom - one vintage and one clean and simple to reflect the personalities and tastes of two women who mean the world to me!

 

(Inside says -  Today and every day, I will always love you)

 

Have a wonderful week, and be sure to stay tuned!  I have some F-U-N projects coming soon!

Mother's Day Project with Lori Whitlock

It's that time again. What time is "that time" you ask? It's LORI WHITLOCK time!!! She has all these fabulous new shapes and files out, many of which are PERFECT for those special Mother's Day gifts and cards. I fell in love with this STATIONARY BOX AND CARD SET and thought it would be the perfect little gift for my mother, who loves everyday cards. The stationary set comes with one card, but I was easily able to fit four cards in mine. My cards have buttons and other "dimensional" items. If I did not use those, I think the box would easily hold six note cards. That's a lot of cards for a little box that, at 4x3 inches, is slightly larger than a deck of playing cards!

I used ECHO PARK'S Note to Self Collection, which is such a great "gender neutral" set of papers (designed by Lori Whitlock, of course) that can be used for a wonderful variety of projects and layouts! The cards were so simple to make. I simply added slightly smaller pieces of plain cardstock inside to create a nice writing surface and a few decorations to dress up the outside. The Echo Park paper was so cute, it didn't really need any special dressing up! Here are my cards:

(I used a Lori Whitlock design for my label)

(The damask shape is by Lori Whitlock, too!)

That's it for now. But Lori's got lovely new spring items popping up in her shop almost every day, so be sure to check in and find something that is just right for YOUR craftiness.