Handsome Sprout

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Hello, There!
Happy Thursday to You!
I LOVE Thursdays! It's the day that I get to share another fun Deconstructed Sketch with you!
We're on Sketch 21 now and Jen has given us another FANTASTIC one! I think it may be one of my all time favorites!

For my card I've used Logan, the newest Wild Sprout from The Greeting Farm and paired him with My Mind's Eye 'Lost and Found: Breeze' papers. And then just for a little flare, I added twine and a Basic Grey button (it's there, I promise, it's just clear!), as well as a bit of distressing.

Be sure and check out all the AMAZING creations that the rest of the Sketch Girls have for you today and I hope you'll play along with us this week!! You'll be able to find all the DT samples in a special Sunday post on Jen's blog, but until then, have fun hopping around today to the list below! Also, next week is a sponsored challenge...who will it be...check back to find out!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Amber Hight
Angela Sowell
Anna Maria Nilsson
Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle
Emma Eads
Jen Shults
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Sheri Gilson

Witchy Prue

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Hi Friends!
I hope your Tuesday is off to a great start!
I'm back with another fun project for By LORi Designs! As if you weren't filled to the brim with inspiration from the BIG BDAY BASH over the weekend, now we have some Halloween-y projects for you!

For my project I decided to used a diaper fold to create a little treat basket. These little holders are so perfect if you're looking to give just a little something something on any occasion.

I've decorated my basket with one of the newest additions to the BLD digi family--it's Puddle Jumper Witchy Prue! And she is accompanied with paper from My Mind's Eye (Boo To You collection), Ribbon from Amuse, Buttons from Basic Grey (Eerie) and a couple of Brads (Making Memories).

It's such a fun and easy project. I hope you like it!
Be sure to check out what my fellow Lollipop Girls have for you today over at the BLD Blog. OH AND, please join me in welcoming our newest DT members--
Shelby
Karen

Have a GREAT DAY!

Happy Halloween

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Hello, Friends!
It's time for another fun challenge over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! This week SCRS is sponsoring the Inspirational Card Sketch, so we thought we'd go ahead and make the ICS sketch, the SCRS challenge #62 too! All you have to do is create a card or project, using your choice of SCRS stamp and use the sketch below! And voila, two challenges in one! How fun is that!!

For my card I've used Witch Millie and paired her with the new Mischievous papers from My Mind's Eye and Lime Twist Twine (also from MME).

We'd love for you to play along in this week's challenge, both over at SCRS and ICS as well! One challenge participant will win a stamp from SCRS! Be sure to pop over to the Sparkle Creations Blog and check out all the sketchy inspiration!! Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!!

Happy BLD Birthday Hop!

Happy Happy Friday!!
Today is the day many of us have been waiting for...the By LORi Designs BIRTHDAY!! Yay!!
Today BLD is turning 1 year old and we're inviting EVERYONE to celebrate with us!

The party starts over at the BLD Blog, so you'll want to go there and get all the FUN-tabulous DEETS!

And here's the complete hoppin' list!

By Lori Designs Digi Shop

Lori

Jodi

Hannah

Anna Maria

Karen

Loretta

Tori

Kadie

Krista

Mary

Joni

Peggy

Shelby

Lysa

Frances

Tracy

Arielle

Sheri

Thanks for joining in on the celebration!

Just A Note

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Hello There!
Happy Thursday to You!

Last week was a crazy one and come Thursday it was all a blurr, so it's hard for me to believe it's already Thursday again! But you won't catch me complaining, because I do LOVE Thursdays! It's the day that I get to share another fun Deconstructed Sketch with you!
We're on Sketch 20 now and Jen has given us another FANTASTIC one!

For my card I've used the Gorjuss Girl 'Little Heart' designed by artist Suzanne Woolcott and paired her with My Mind's Eye 'Lost and Found: Sunshine' papers. And then just to add a little flare, I added netting from Webster pages, Ribbon from SU and sentiment from PTI.

Be sure and check out all the AMAZING creations that the rest of the Sketch Girls have for you today and I hope you'll play along with us this week!! You'll be able to find all the DT samples in a special Sunday post on Jen's blog, but until then...have fun hoppin around today to the list below!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Amber Hight
Angela Sowell
Anna Maria Nilsson
Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle
Emma Eads
Jen Shults
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Sheri Gilson

A Song In My Head

Hello, Friends!
It's time for another fun challenge over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! This week challenge #61 is to a create a card or project, using your choice of SCRS stamp and have it be inspired by your favorite song! How fun is that!!

Well, this task proved to be a little harder for me than it seemed it would. I have SO MANY favorite songs, that I just couldn't narrow it down. So, instead, I've created this song-worthy card and thought I'd put YOU to the task!!

This card and a kit to create one of your very own is up for grabs! All you have to do is leave a comment and tell me what song comes to your mind when you look at my card. I will have random org draw one lucky winner on Friday. :)

AND of course, we'd love for you to play along in this week's challenge too! One challenge participant will win a stamp from SCRS! Be sure to pop over to the Sparkle Creations Blog and check out all the sing-songing inspiration!! Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!!

Some Odd Girl Deconstructed

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Hello There!
Happy Thursday to You!

Wow, I don't know about you, but it sure became Thursday really quickly again for me! And I do LOVE Thursdays because I get to share another fun Deconstructed Sketch with you!
I can't believe we're on Sketch 19 now and Jen has given us another GREAT one!

For my card I've used the School Mae stamp from Some Odd Girl and paired her with Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday papers. And then just to add a little flare, I added ribbons from Amuse and sentiment from PTI.

Be sure and check out all the AMAZING creations that the rest of the Sketch Girls have for you today and I hope you'll play along with us this week!! You'll be able to find all the DT samples in a special Sunday post on Jen's blog, but until then...have fun hoppin around today to the list below!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Amber Hight
Angela Sowell
Anna Maria Nilsson
Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle
Emma Eads
Jen Shults
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Sheri Gilson

Color My World

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Hello, Hello!
I hope you're having a great Tuesday!

I'm back with a special By LORi Designs post today. Last week the DT was celebrating Back To School by showcasing some fun cards with that theme and this week we've decided to continue rockin' that theme by sharing some "anything but a card" inspiration!

For my project I've used School Girl Mina Lollipop to fancy up my otherwise boring bucket of Copics. This was super fun to do and now when I go to grab a marker, I can't help but have a smile on my face from seeing such a cutie pie!

Thanks for stopping by today! Please check out all the amazing Back To School ideas and creations that the BLD team has for you over at the By LORi Designs Blog today.

supplies used:
Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday Paper, Martha Stewart Butterfly and Lattice Border punches, SU Blue Bayou Ribbon

Case Me

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Pick me! Pick me!! (heeheehee)
Sooooo, today is a very fun day at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps...not only is it the Tuesday Challenge, but that challenge is to CASE one of the DT cards!! How exciting is that! (pick me, pick me. lol)

For my card I've used Cheerleader Emily and done just a few simple, but unique things in creating it:

1) Instead of using patterned paper, I've used Washi. BUT if you're casing my card, feel free to use patterned paper. It's all about the layout. :)
2) I've scored a border on the base cardstock

3) I've used an SCRS stamp. You can also use one of those adorable Karber rubber stamps sold at SCRS too!
4) I've given the image a tad bit of dimension by raising it up slightly. I stamped two images and placed the cut out one atop the flat one, but if you want to use dimensionals to give it extra height, you can do that too!
5) Your choice of embellishment. I chose to go with ribbons because, well, I love ribbons!!

And that's it! 5 simple steps to this card and you're on your way :)

I hope you'll join in on all the fun! Be sure to check out all of the amazing CASE-ing inspiration HERE at the SCRS Blog!
As always, there will be a stamp up for grabs to one lucky participant.

Fairy Fun!

Hello, Hello!
I'm back with one more September preview for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! And it's a KARBER FAIRY!!

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It's Millie like you've never seen her before and doesn't she make a beautiful fairy! To showcase this beauty, I've also used papers from SU and Cosmo Cricket, as well as a bit of matching SU ribbon and a few Martha Stewart pearl dots.Oh and I can't forget the texture from the Cuttlebug!

If you want to see some more fairy goodness, be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks. Sparkle will be giving away a Fairy Millie to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Millie post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Amber Hight
Elena Joldersma
Kadie Ensley
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Piali Biswas
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator

Embracing the Sketch

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Hello There!
Happy Thursday to You!

Wow, I don't know about you, but it sure became Thursday really quickly again for me! And I do LOVE Thursdays because I get to share another fun Deconstructed Sketch with you!
I can't believe we're on Sketch 18 already and Jen has given us another GREAT one!

For my card I've used this cutie pie Strawberry Tilda from Magnolia Stamps. I've built up quite a collection of these lovelies, but have been very shy to color them up. So, I thought since this sketch had a nice oval space, perfect for one of these stamps, that I would give it a whirl.
I've paired Sweet Tilda with some patterned papers and sentiment from Papertrey Ink and ribbon from Amuse. I hope you like it!

Be sure and check out all the AMAZING creations that the rest of the Sketch Girls have for you today and I hope you'll play along with us this week!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Millie Time!

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

I'm here with another fun preview card for Sparkle Creations! Today's card features another witchy-poo and this time it's Millie!

For this card I've used papers from Authentique, Glowing Collection and paired them with ribbon from Amuse and a Basic Grey Button. Oh, and the sentiment comes with this stamp too!

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Witch Millie. Sparkle will be giving away a Witch Millie to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs. Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Millie post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Amber Hight
Elena Joldersma
Kadie Ensley
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Piali Biswas
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator

New BLD Immies

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Hi Friends!
I'm just popping in again today to let you know that LORi has some new immies in the shop! AND if you haven't check out the BACK TO SCHOOL Challenge, you can do that HERE and see a ton of fun examples HERE! HUGS and Happy Tuesday!!!!

Sketchy Kinda Tuesday

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Hi Friends!
Happy Tuesday!
Well, it certainly was a little bit difficult to come back to life as I know it after such a gloriously long weekend! But, I just had to so that I could share this week's Sparkle Creations Challenge with you (and because I had to return to work too).  :)

So, this week's challenge is #59 and it's a sketch challenge created by the fabulous Kim!

And since this is the start of our September preview week, you get to see some very fun and diverse examples of how to use this sketch with all of our previews showcasing Broomstick Lucy!

For my card, I've paired Lucy with some oldie, but goodie, 'Blackbird', 'Haunting' and 'Boo To You' patterned papers from My Mind's Eye. Yep, I just couldn't resist using a little bit from all three collections.

Be sure to check out what all the Gals have created for you, over at the SCRS Blog and don't forget to leave some love too! As always one lucky winner will win this adorable new Lucy stamp!

Back to School BLD

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Hi Friends!
Happy First of September!
Wow, it's still mind boggling to me that we've arrived at September already! BUT, you can get away with wearing white for a couple more days. LOL :)

Well, with the end of Summer comes the beginning of SCHOOL!! Not for me, of course, but for the Puddle Jumpers!! By LORi Designs is celebrating all things BACK TO SCHOOL with a challenge!

We'd love for you to join us and share your BACK TO SCHOOL creations!! Check out all the details HERE on the BLD Blog. And you'll find a ton of inspiration there too! :)

For my card I've used PJ School Time Lucy and paired her with some fun and festive Class of '87 papers from Kaisercraft. I also used the FAB Deconstructed Sketch #17 for the layout!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Enjoy the rest of your week!

Simply Betty Sponsored DSC

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Hi Friends!
It's Thursday, my favorite day of the week! And of course, today I have another fun Deconstructed Sketch to share with you! This week is sketch #17....and funny thing happened...I got distracted by the awesome Sponsor stamps this week and I forgot to use the sketch! Doh! Rest assured, I will have another card today posted using Jen's FAB sketch 17. :) To see how I used this sketch, please click HERE.

This week we are sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps and what a treat, the Sketch Girls got to play with our choice of the BRAND NEW STAMPS for September!! Check them out here at Simply Betty Stamps.

Simply Betty Stamps is a stamp company dedicated to producing stamps that are FUN, FUNKY and just a little bit DIFFERENT than your everyday stamps. Betty offers stamps in deeply etched red rubber, clear and digital formats. Everyone is sure to find something to love at SBS!

The prize for one lucky sketch participant this week is THREE stamps from Betty's new Sweet Gothic Kids Halloween line of clear stamps and this week Jen is picking that stamps and she's chosen Pumpkin Carvin' Alex, Witch Wednesday and Tily Vampire! Entries will be accepted from today until September 7, 2011 at 8 pm CST!

For my card I've used School Girl Betty and I couldn't help dressing her up like Hermione Granger, on her way back to Hogwarts to start another year! The papers I've used are a combo of MME Six by Six Sunshine and Prima Reflections. The lamp post and the scallops are stickers from Echo Park Paper. There are few Kaisercraft pearl dots thrown in there too and School Girl Betty is colored in Copics.

Be sure to check out what the other Deconstructed Sketch Girls have made using this fantastic line from Simple Betty!

Amber Hight
Angela Sowell
Anna Maria Nilsson
Arielle Gordon
Donna Wardle
Emma Eads
Jen Shults
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Lori Boyd
Sheri Gilson