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Red Solo Cup, I fill you up. Proceed to make cards!


Lori's Card Box will go on....


I have decided to continue making kits and will have an open house:

2625 California Ave, Kettering
Sunday, June 3rd from 1-4pm


My plan is to have new card kits available, premade samples from previous kits for sale, and if I can organize my scrap room in time, a garage sale table.


I have also added a FACEBOOK PAGE titled IMAGINE THAT BY LORI.
Please like the page and invite your card making friends to do the same.

I will be posting previews of the kits that will be available as well as ways to earn a free kit at the open house. I'm relying on all of you crafty ladies to help spread the word.

I'd like to take credit for coming up with this card but cannot. I found the idea on Pinterest and couldn't resist my own take on it. The little cup is not a stamp. It is a digital image of a white solo cup I found online, shrunk, outlined, and printed. I colored the cup with a red Copic marker and used a black colored pencil and gamsol to shade. The final touch was to add some diamond glaze for shine. I took 24 more of these kits over to Simply today in case you missed them the first time. I think they sold out in 3 days!

The only thing constant is change....

The above card kit is available at Simply Scrapbooks along with graduation, mothers day, a Red Solo Cup card, and a super cute maze card.

****Read below on how to get card kits in the future *******

Hello Blog Friends,

It's been waaay to long since I have updated my blog but felt like I needed some company today. I received awful news that our beloved Simply Scrapbooks store is closing June 30th. I never imagined that #1, it would ever just not be there and #2, how emotional I would become over a store closing. Why? I don't own the store, I don't even work there anymore...yet the tears they did fall. And then it hit me...it's because my friends "live" there! It's the place I unwind, make a few cards, chat with my friends, gorge on some Dairy Queen...it's my mini vacation that lets me recharge for another week of whatever life throws at me.

I went into the store today and was met with both tears and love. I was only there about 15 minutes or so but 3 ladies asked me about my card kits and how they would be able to purchase them when Simply closes. I'll admit that I did think about it a little but didn't think that anyone would really care that much. Thanks Ladies, I feel the love but am not sure of the answer.

To start, Vicki has graciously allowed me to place a piece of paper near the "Lori Card Box" to begin collecting names and emails of those still interested in the kits. From there, I will send out an email letting you know how I will offer my kits in the future. I am thinking about an open house at my house once a month and/or listing them on Etsy. If any of you have other ideas, please let me know.

If you would like to be on my mailing list, sign up on your next trip to Simply or email me at LA.Gunderson@yahoo.com

Onto the card pictured above: I used the Tim Holtz brick embossing folder for the background. I added some white shading by using a little finger dauber and white ink. This was a new technique for me. Ive never inked the embossed image before. It looks really nice but not sure you can really tell in the picture. The window die and flower box die are by Memory Box. Good luck finding them! They are sold out everywhere!! No wonder, they are so stinking cute! I used my Martha Stewart grass punch and a various flower punches to complete the flower box. Finally, and this definitely does not show well in the picture, I cut three small strips of polka dot paper and overlapped them to create the roman shade detail in the curtain.

**A big Thank you to Simply Scrapbooks for hosting the Lori Card Box these past 2 years, we're all going to miss your store**

Meowy Christmas

The big night is finally here...well, finally here if you are ready.
I hope that Santa brings you lots of new stamps and inks!

My little furry friend from Whippersnapper stamps would like to join me in wishing you and yours a very Meowy Christmas!

Happy Stamping!

Fleas on Earth

I originally designed this card with my husband in mind. Let me rephrase that, I made the card with the idea of giving it to him from our dog Honey for Christmas. I was going to put Merry Christmas from the dog" inside but decided to leave it blank just incase I wanted to give it to a non fur person.

The copics I used on this card were: c1, c7, yr23, e37, r46, e35, e31, e33, g28

Here's a simple technique I used on the bell: First, color the bell yellow. Next, apply yellow stickles and let it dry completely. Finish off the bell by applying crystal lacquer over the dried stickles. It will look like the sparkles are inside the bell. Just be sure your stickles are dried first.

Happy Stamping!

Dear Santa, Define Good

The little ones are probbaly bouncing off the walls, last day of school approaching before Christmas break...mom's busy with holiday preparations...and I bet a few of you have reminded them that Santa is watching....

I wonder if Santa is watching our pets too? If so, My little Honey Belle is gonna get a lump of coal! Our neighbor added a new doggie to his family and Honey has been beside herself and barking her head off outside. She doesnt play well with larger dogs so this is going to take some getting used to. I'm sure by summer, they will be used to each other.

I had fun coloring and sparkling up the yarn on this image after I colored with these copics: r02, r00, yg03, yr23, g17

Not much time left til the big day!
Happy Stamping~

Santa's naughty boy list

Ooooh, Sassy Stella has her mind on all kinds of ways to warm up on a cold winter's night. I hope Gus is ready! If you are new to my blog, these characters are some of my favorites. They come from a stamp company called Bugaboo and are available as a digital stamp. You can spend hours browsing though all of their images. So many cute stamps and funny sentiments.

I love to color these stamps because they are simple. I usually dont do too much blending or shading on them since they are so cartoonish. I always add bling by way of stickles to give them some added oomf. PErfect stamps for the beginner cardmaker who is a little overwhelmed with the shading that I generally do on the whippersnapper animals.

My friend and card making buddy, Kathy, used ther versitility of the digital stamps to resize them to a larger size and is creating the cutest calendar out of them for 2012.

Happy Stamping!

Fa-La-La-Land

About a month or so ago Simply Scrapbooks started carrying a new line of stamps called La La Land stamps. I have to be honest, I wasnt a big fan when I first saw them. They sort of reminded me of Greeting Farm which I am just so-so on.

When I was picking out my papers to begin the Christmas card samples, I decided to pick up this La La Land stamp, hoping I could help with the sales of the new stamp line. Around the same time, I started watching some YouTube videos to get some pointers on coloring hair and skin with my Copic markers. I happened upon one of the videos and she used a La La Land stamp for her tutorial.

This video totally changed my mind about these stamps and really helped me with my coloring techniques. When I finished coloring this little girl stamp, I was nearly jumping up and down. This was the best result I have ever had with blending and highlighting with Copic markers. I am thinking of applying them to a class, possibly in January, to share these techniques with you.

Sadly, I misplaced my note where I jotted down the exact Copic colors I used.

Happy Stamping!

Have yourself a cozy little Christmas

Ahhh, wouldnt it be nice to just sit in your jammies, sir cocoa, and watch your favorite Christmas movie? For me it would be Elf. I just love that movie! "Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?"..."Go ahead, call me elf one more time!" If you havent seen it...where have you been???...and go rent it!

I would love a day like this but who the heck has the time??? My tree isnt up, I have cookies to bake, presents to buy and wrap...uggh!

So to dream, I made this card. The little girl is a precious Pure Innocence stamp. I just cant seem to use one of these stamps without paper piecing the clothes. How do you do that? It's simple. Just restamp your image on a patterned piece of paper (say that 3 times fast) and cut out that part you want to paper piece. This is a fantastic way to do clothing. It coordinates your stamped image to your background paper and pulls everything together.

The Copics I used are: yg05, yg06, r27, e02, e01, r02

Happy Stamping!

Santa Called....

I know the office Christmas parties are probably scheduled and happening soon...I dont know why but this one really reminded me of an office admin giving a message to her boss...hmmm, now where in the world did I ever come up with this idea...Lol!

What many of you probably dont know is that I decided to give up the mortgage business. I worked in this field for 13 years and was ready for a change. Our bank was closing our branch which led me on the job search. I was blessed to find one in the mortgage business and one in a totally different field. I opted for the new adventure and am working as a registrar at our children's hospital.

My stress level has gone down significantly and I no longer have a boss that's on Santa's naughty list.

Now onto my card...It's Stella from Bugaboo making another holiday appearance. This time I used the following Copics: c3, c5, c1, e57, e11, r02, e01, r46, y17.

Naughty or Mice

This card was so cute that I had to remake it again this year. The stamp is called Ying & Yang from Whippersnapper. When I made it last year, I double stamped the image and popped out the tiny little feet. I spared myself the tiny fussy cutting this time and left the image one dimensional. Still cute though!

The stamp is actually not even listed in Whippersnappers Christmas section but it went perfect with the naughty or nice sentiment. I should come up with another one to use the image at another time of the year...hmmm...suggestions are welcome!

The copic colors that I used are: w1, w3, w5, r00, r02, r29

Happy Stamping!