Ready, Set, Shop!

March 24, 2022 Lori's Cards and Creations

Yep, it’s true! The Lori’s Cards and Creations shop is back online! Yeah!! I have several stamps from my Sketchy Flower line available as well as the Dragonfly and Butterfly from the Art Nouveau line. These are the perfect images to use on your spring and summer projects so I hope you will check them out.

Need a project idea? Check out this Quick Tips Mixed Media Video below featuring the Sketchy Flower Stamp.

Sneak Peek

I have two sets in the works for fall that I am hoping will be available in July.

Be sure to follow my blog if you would like to be kept in the loop on new products and projects.

Click here to go right to the Lori’s Cards & Creations Shop

Hope you have a great weekend!

Happy day!

Lori's Cards & Creations Stamps

Quick gift bag with Sublimation Ink

March 14, 2022 Lori's Cards and Creations

Hello all,

I have a quick and easy Sublimation Ink project for you today. What do you do when you need a quick gift bag? Use your sublimation inks to heat set a personal design onto a drawstring bag, or course. I also kept it simple with just a Sublimation Ink pad and Black Round Marker.

This project also features my Sketchy Flower stamp, which you can find at my Etsy shop.

For step by steps, please check out the Quick Tips Mixed Media Video below.

Stamp line by Lori’s Cards and Creations

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LorisCardsCreations

Artesprix supplies:
Protective Project Mat
Sublimation Ink pad – Black
Sublimation Stamp Ink refill
Sublimation Markers

Drawstring bag
Heat tape

Other Supplies:
Computer Paper
Oprol Heat Plate

Quick Tips Mixed Media Video

I hope you have enjoyed this project! If you are interested in any of these products, it would be super helpful (and much appreciated) if you would use the affiliate links within this blog to be directed to the suppliers. Just click on any of the product to be redirected.

Hope you all have a great week. !

Happy day!

COMPANIES THAT I AM AFFILIATED WITH AND/OR DESIGN FOR MAY HAVE PROVIDED ME WITH SOME PRODUCT TO CREATE THIS PROJECT. THE OPINIONS I SHARE ARE SOLELY MY OWN.

Lori's Cards & Creations Stamps

Be You: Art Journal Cover

February 19, 2022 Lori's Cards and Creations

Hello all,

Back again with a new Sublimation Ink project. I have had a Prima Marketing Inc. Mixed Media Journal cover left over from another project (that I completed quite some time ago) and I thought I would see how this product took to sublimation. Unfortunately, it does not look like Prima Marketing still carries these covers. However, I found something similar on Amazon: Prima Marketing Resist Canvas Mixed Media Album Covers. I’m sad that these covers are no longer available because they worked great as a substrate for sublimation ink.

This project also features my “Be You” stamp line that is being produced and distributed by Emerald Creek Craft Supplies.

For step by steps, please check out the Quick Tips Mixed Media Video below.

Be You Stamp line by Lori’s Cards and Creations

Shop: Emerald Creek Craft Supplies

Artesprix supplies:
Protective Project Mat
Sublimation Ink pad – Black
Sublimation Stamp Ink refill
Sublimation Markers
Heat tape

Other Supplies:
Prima Marketing Inc – Mixed Media Covers
The Crafter’s Workshop – Stencil TCW807
Ranger – Ink Blending Tool, Mini Domed Ink Blending Foam
Ribbon
Computer Paper
Oprol Heat Plate

The Crafter’s Workshop – 12 x 12 Stencils – Script Dots
Scrapbook.com

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foams – Domed
Scrapbook.com

Quick Tips Mixed Media Video

Hope you all have a great week. As I look out my window I am starting to see the hope of spring and that makes me very happy!

Happy day!

COMPANIES THAT I AM AFFILIATED WITH AND/OR DESIGN FOR MAY HAVE PROVIDED ME WITH SOME PRODUCT TO CREATE THIS PROJECT. THE OPINIONS I SHARE ARE SOLELY MY OWN.

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A day of reflection.

December 31, 2021 Lori's Cards and Creations

Being the last day of 2021, I find myself reflecting back on the year. The good, the bad, the what the heck happened to another year! It’s been a tough few years on all of us, for sure.

Did I accomplish what I wanted to in 2021? Well, no and I really only have myself to blame. It is so easy to let the unavoidable events in life throw us off course. It’s an expected reality. I think that the trick to being successful is not letting those events derail us for too long. That is what I intend to improve on this next year.

My 2022 goal is to address life’s challenges with a bit more grace. I am going to deal with problems quickly to allow myself to stay on track. That’s it, that is my only solid goal for 2022. Life is to unpredictable. Yes, I have a good plan on what I what to accomplish. But, I am going to be flexible on how I get there.

@loriscards
#rubberstamping @rangerink #distressink #happynewyear2022 #loriscardsandcreations
♬ I’M FEELING LUCKY – Ellen Once Again

Happy New Year, everyone! May your 2022 be filling with hope, health and happiness!

Happy day!

Lori

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Build a Poinsettia Ornament

December 23, 2021 Lori's Cards and Creations

Hello all,

I hope your Holiday Season has been a happy one, mine sure has been! I think I over-extended myself with make hand-made gifts and almost didn’t get them all done. Needless to say, my blogging has taken a back seat. So, today I am catching you up on a project I made feature my own stamp line and other products by Emerald Creek Craft Supplies.

It has been wonderful to see my stamp line available to all through Emerald Creek Craft Supplies! Right now, you can purchase my winter 2021 stamp and stencil products and there will be more to come. Yeah!! A big shout out to Emerald Creek for all of the hard work to make this happen! It is really a dream come true!

Be sure to check out the Quick Tips Mixed Media Video below for the step by steps for this project.

Emerald Craft Supplies:
Lori’s Cards and Creations
Build A Poinsettia
Snow Set
Snowfall Stencil
Eileen Hull Designs
Molten Dimension- Seashell Ivory
Modern Gilding Powders – Dragon Berry, American Pink
Artisan Flux – Hot Tamales
Other Supplies:
Wooden ornament
Ribbon
Tag or Tag Punch Board
Tsukineko – Memento, VersaMark , VersaFine ink
Imagine Craft, – Walnut Ink
Stylus and mat
Ranger Archival Ink
Color Pencils
Marvy Blending pen

Quick Tips Mixed Media Video

Happy Holidays to you and yours! May your day be Merry and the New Year bring health and happiness.

Happy day!

A Company(s) that I am affiliated with or Design for may have provided me with product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own.

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Grafix Chipboard Journal – Vintage Butterfly

October 7, 2021October 16, 2021 Lori's Cards and Creations

Hello all,

Lori here, with a Vintage Butterfly journal project featuring the Grafix Mixed Media Chipboard Journal. This is a great versatile product with easy to remove pages that hold up to mixed media techniques very well. I love how I can remove a page(s) from this disc bound journal to work on an individual project and then just pop the page back into the journal when finished. Check out the step by step instructions and the Quick Tips Mixed Media Video below for all of the details.

Grafix Products:

Mixed Media Journal – 6” x 9”

Other materials:

DecoArt Americana Premium – White Gesso
Beacon – 3-in-1 glue
Ranger – Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink – Tea Dye
Vintage dictionary book print
Windsor Newton – Gouache, Permanent White, Magenta, Neutral Grey
Master’s Touch – Gouache, Yellow Ochre
Lami Li Decorative Paper – Venetian Mask
Lost Coast Designs – Carmen Veranda Butterly Square stamp
Vintage Lace Ribbon
DecoArt Dura Clear Ultra Matte Varnish
Ranger – Archival ink, Jet Black
String
Metal corners and charms

Finished journal

Quick Tips Mixed Media Video

I hope you have enjoyed this art journal project featuring the Grafix Mixed Media Journal and will try it out for yourself. I think you will be pleased with its sturdiness and versatility.

Happy Day,

Lori Warren

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Artesprix Guest Designer – Bag Tag

October 7, 2021October 21, 2021 Lori's Cards and Creations

Hello all,

Today I am a Guest Designer over on the Artesprix with a blog with a great bag tag project using Artesprix “Iron on Ink”.

What is Sublimation ink (iron on ink)? It is an interesting and fun product that allows you to create a design on standard copy paper that can then be heat transferred onto surfaces with polyester in them or with a polyester coating. How fun is that?`

For this bag tag project, I wanted to create a soft dreamy watercolor effect in the background.. After some experimentation, I found that using a piece of acetate to apply and work the color prior to transferring the ink to paper was the key to making this technique work. Step by steps are included below as well as a Quick Tips Video walking you through this process.

Materials:

Artesprix Products:

Protective Project Mat

Sublimation Ink Pad – Black

Sublimation Stamp Ink Refill

Bag Tags – Maple, Metal

Protective Paper

Heat Tape

Stamps – Hand Letter Basics

Sublimation Markers – Black, Original, Pastel, Gnomie

Other Products:

Grafix – Acetate

Computer Paper

Oprol – Heat Plate

Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz, Stamp Platform

Lori’s Cards and Creations – Background Script, Sketchy Flower, Charka, Tall Snowman, Snowflakes

Instructions:

Quik Tips Mixed Media Video

I hope you enjoyed this project and will give Artesprix Sublimation products a try. Project options are endless and will allow for hours of creative fun!

Happy Day!

Lori

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Upcycled Arts & Crafts

February 9, 2020 Lori's Cards and Creations

Hello all,

This weekend I finally made my way over to the new location of theClever Octopus’ Creative Reuse Center now located at 2250 S West Temple Salt Lake City, UT. This company is a nonprofit company with a wonderful vision and great practices. I love using recycled and reclaimed materials in my art work and the Clever Octopus is one of my favorite places to get it.

Even the oddest thing can be turned around into art work, like these square plastic graduation tags. I thought these would make great little embellishments of cards, art journaling and mixed media.

For the examples below, I covered them in gesso, applied texture paste through a stencil and then painted with metallic paints. It is a great little technique to upcycle these reclaimed tags.

Another treasure I found were these 3.5″ x 6.5″ tags.

I think these will make a great Mixed Media Tag Art Journal. I have so many of them that it will be perfect for a workshop. I am thinking that maybe a two day workshop where we make everything from the cover to pages.

Well, that is it for me today. I hope you will try using reclaimed and reuse items on your next mixed media project. Not only is it just plain fun, it is a great way to help the environment as well!

Happy day!

Lori

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Create monochromatic watercolor with Mboss Powder and VersaMagic

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Lori's Cards and Creations

Hello all,

Today I am over on the Imagine Crafts Blog with a card that focuses on the use of monochromatic color. It’s a great technique with a lovely outcome; especially when framed with White MBoss Embossing powder.

Imagine Supplies:

Creative Artist Medium – Clear

StazOn Pigment Ink – Piano Black

Sheer SHIMMER Craft Spray – Sparkle

Fireworks! – Cottage Ivy

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

VersaFine Clair – Nocturne, Rain Forest

MBoss Embossing Powder – White

MEMENTO – Northern Pine, Pistachio, London Fog

Other Supplies:

Joy Clair – Hugs and Smiles

Cardstock – white

Kaiser Craft Adhesive Pearls _ Ice Green

More details are available on the Imagine Craft Blog, including a Quick Tips Mixed Media video.

I hope you will go check it out!

Happy Day,

Lori

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Create a pretty card using watercolors and rubber stamps – Lavender Sprig

July 13, 2019July 11, 2019 Lori's Cards and Creations

Hello all,

In celebration of World Watercolor Month, I have created this pretty Lavender Sprig card using watercolors and rubber stamps. Watercolors seem to go so well with the lavender images from the Club Scrap Inc. 2018 Lavender Fields set. I love lavender everything so, of course, this is one of my absolute favorite stamp sets. Check out the Mixed Media Quick Tips video below for the step by step details.

Supplies:

White Cardstock
Watercolor paper
Grumbacher Opaque Watercolors
Yasutomo metallic watercolors
Club Scrap Inc –Lavender Fields stamp set
Tsukineko VersaFine Clair – Nocturne
Tsukineko StazOn Pigment – Koala Gray, Piano Black
Ribbon

Tsukineko – VersaFine Clair – Ink Pad – Nocturne
Scrapbook.com

Mixed Media Quick Tips Video

I hope you have enjoyed this project and will try using watercolors on your next card. After all, it is World Watercolor Month so it is a perfect time to give it a try!

Happy World Watercolor Month!

Happy day!