Loni's Life

Welcome to Loni's Life and the final VC Rocks Blog Hop for Summer 2015 -- it's all about Celebrating Friendship. I opted to make a mini-album from a sheet of 12x12 cardstock Check out the Directions -  Linda Bauman's One Sheet Mini Album video Stamps: Friendly Wishes Ink: Cherry Cobbler Paper:   Cherry Cobber, 12x12, 1 sheet   Old Olive 8 1/2 x 11, 1 sheet --> 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 (8 pcs), 1 x 11 (1 pc), 2 5/8 x 3 1/8 (1 pc)   Whisper White: 2 3/8 x 2 7/8 (1 pc)   Merry Moments Designer Series Paper, 4 x4 (1 pc) Accessories: Whisper White 3/8 inch stitched satin ribbon, Simply Scored board and stylus, Stampin' trimmer Please go to the VCRocks Home Page to see other great projects by the VC Rockers!

Welcome to Loni's Life and a blog hop celebrating the 15th birthday of VC Rocks! Stamps: Tin of Cards Ink: Cucumber Crush Paper: Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, 2015-17 InColor Envelope paper, Glimmer paper silver Accessories: Cucumber Crush dotted lace ribbon, Tags & Labels framelits, Circle Card thinlits, BigShot & Magnetic platform, Stampin' Dimensionals Check out other projects by returning to the VC Rocks home page .

Welcome to Loni's Life and the VC Rocks Celebrate the New (Stampin' Up! Catalog) Blog Hop. Stamps: Get Well Soup Ink: Rich Razzleberry Paper: Bohemian Designer Series Paper; Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White Accessories: Delightful Dijon Dotted Lace Trim, Stampin' Write Markers: Delightful Dijon & Crushed Curry, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips Go to the VC Rocks Home page to continue the Hop.

Welcome to Loni's Life and the VCRocks June Blog Hop to Celebrate The New -- Share the Fun Catalog!!! Images Copyright 2000-2015 Stampin' Up! Stamps: A World of Thanks Lovely Amazing You Ink: Cool Cucumber-- One of the new "In-Colors" for 2015-17 Memento Tuxedo Black Paper: Cool Cucumber Whisper White Accessories: Uniball Signo Gel Pen Stampin' Dimensionals 2 3/8 Scallop punch 1 3/4 Circle punch Please enjoy the other projects by the Rockers at the VC Rocks Home Page .

Welcome Family & Friends... my how the summer is flying on by!   It's time for another VC Rocks Blog Hop.  This month we are Rocking our Creativity with Fun Folds or 3D projects.   My project is 3D and it required folding... it also uses the new product that will be available with the Holiday Mini catalog - a gift box punchboard!   The gift box punchboard allows you to quickly and easily make 16 different sized boxes from paper 6x6 which makes a 1.75 inch cube to 12x12 which makes a 4x4 cube. Please leave a comment by 10pm Central, Sunday July 27 for a random drawing to win some goodies from my stash of Stampin' Up! fun stuff. Come back Aug 23-24  for our final hop of the 2014 VC Rocks season and we will Rock your Creativity with Stampin’ Up! Colors Return to VC Rocks blog to view other projects here Inspire - Create - Share

Hello Friends, Family, VC Rockers!   This month's blog hop theme is Rock Your Creativity with Stampin' Up! punches or Stampin' Up! Sizzix Dies including Framelits, Thinlits, and Embosslits. I stamped this card to celebrate the arrival of a work colleague's second daughter. Stamps: Something to Say Ink: Rose Red Paper: Daffodil Delight, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Watercolor Wonder DSP (retired) Accessories: Big Shot w/standard clear cutting pads; Magnetic Platform, Circle Card Thinlit, Large Scallop Edgelit, 1 3/4 circle punch, Signo White Gel pen, Whisper White organza ribbon, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals. You can find the tutorial by the fabulous Mary Fish / Stampin' Pretty here! Card Front Open/Flip Card Open extra back pane where Gift Card/Money can be placed Save the Dates for our future hops: July 26-27   – Rock your Creativity with Fun Folds or 3-D Projects August 23-24   – Rock your Creativity with Stam...

Hello Friends, Family, VC Rockers and OWH Blog Hoppers! Welcome to the first of the four summertime Blog Hops hosted by the VC Rocks (Virtual Convention Rocks -- for a group of fun-loving current and former SU Demonstrators. This month's theme features various tools to enhance your Stampin' and  Scrappin' projects. All products used were from Stampin' Up! and I followed the fabulous Dawn Griffith's video tutorial  for this Gift Card holder using the Envelope Punch Board. Stamps: Perfect Pennants Ink: Versamark Clear Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Naturals White, Early Espresso, Season of Style DSP (Holiday 2013 Mini) Accessories/Tools 1/4" Early Espresso stitched grosgrain ribbon, Bitty Banner Framelits, Baners Framelits, Big Shot die-cutting tool, Standard Cutting Pads, Magnetic Platform, 1/2" circle punch, Snail Adhesive, Sticky Strip, Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Simply Scored, and Envelope P...

A lot of the non-card projects that I completed for my Roomie Box are old ideas that are being re-visited.   This is a quick and easy project that is great for stocking stuffers and party favors.  Stamps: Yippee Skippee! Ink: Island Indigo Paper: Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper, Island Indigo, White Naturals  Accessories: Crisp Canteloupe 3/8 Ruffle Stretch Trim ribbon  And yes, here's a video tutorial from New Advisory Board Member  Dawn Griffin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJeQ1YvTLlc Return to VCRocks Home Page for more great projects!

It's a card!   It's a box!   It's a Box Card!  I'm loving the Seasons of Style Designer Series Paper and Very Merry Tags stamp set available in the upcoming Holiday Catalog.    The box is quite roomy for a gift card or as shown here the Pretty Presents Designer Tags also available in the Holiday Catalog.  Check out the video tutorial  Box Card – Dawn Olchefske http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZS7j5uYXjQ&list=PL2uRJVvNrE2luw6Om0TWFF8NuWINKHnFA Return to VC Rocks Home to check out other great projects! 

Another non-card item for my VC Rocks roomie.  It is a great size for lip balm, chocolate nuggets or squares, or a gift card.  Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes Ink: Cherry Cobbler:  Paper: Cherry Cobbler; Naturals White; Season of Style Designer Series Paper* from the upcoming Holiday Catalog ( available August 1, 2013 thru January 2, 2014). Accessories: Modern Label punch; Word Window punch; Oval Punch; gold mini-brads.  Want to learn how to make these?   Check out Kim Burmeister's video tutorial http://youtu.be/CQCOkkdAL9w Return to the VC Rocks Blog Hop to view more great projects!

I made this great 12x12 gift bag for my VC Rocks Roomie using retired designer series paper... but the stamp set is NEW!  It is the 2013-14 set that Stampin' Up! designed to support Ronald McDonald House Charities.  For each set sold, Stampin' Up! donates $3 to RMHC! To learn how to make one, check out the video -  Gift Bag From Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper (DSP) by Jackie Bolhuis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7eA2RBNgHQ Return to VCRocks Home page to check out other great projects and tune in Aug 17-18 for our final blog link up of the 2013 season. 

Welcome back to Loni's Life and another Blog Hop with VC Rocks !  One of the great swaps we do at VC Rocks is a Virtual Roommate Swap aimed at those not attending the Stampin' Up! convention.    Just like with an in-person at Convention hotel roommate, we do a small gift box swap of goodies with our Roomie. This year the requirements were at a minimum 3 hand-stamped cards, 1 non-card stamped item, and 1 item to go with our Hotel Floor theme either Pearl or Rhinestone.   I was on the Rhinestone floor. I am usually at a loss for non-card ideas, but with a little help from YouTube, SplitCoastStampers, and Stampin' Connection, I found quite a few projects to do and I'll be sharing them this weekend. First up is a cute gift box that is made from a 12x12 sheet of designer series paper.   This box really can hold quite a large sized item (Vintage buttons shown).   You can make a bunch up ahead of say Christmas holiday and store them flat!   They really ...

I was inspired by Stace's Hostess gift  and went back to an  old favorite tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers and played with some sneak peek items from the upcoming 2013-14 Idea Book & Catalog.  The box base is in Island Indigo and decorated with Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper; Label Love image stamped in Island Indigo ink on Naturals White cardstock and punched using the coordinating Artisan Label punch, Stampin' Dimensionals.  This mini-box fits 4 Ghiradelli chocolate squares perfectly.  Leave a happy comment by Wednesday 5/22 10PM Central and Tazzy will pick a Blog Candy winner on Thursday. 

Welcome to Loni's Life and the first of 4 Blog Hops to celebrate VC Rocks this summer!  This hop features Hostess Gifts and Booking Incentives just in time for the new 2013-14 Idea Book and Catalog launch on June 1st!  Here's a terrific little gift using Stampin' Up! fabric :) 1- You will need 3 pieces of fabric at 4" x 5 3/4"  and 2 pieces at 4" x 4"; the SU fabric packages work great because you get 3 coordinating fabrics in one package and you can cut several of these at once (especially if you have a wonderful quilting friend) 2 - You will fold the 4x4 pieces in half (right sides out) and finger press to 2 x 4; you will take the 2 pieces of 4 x 5 3/4 in the coordinating fabrics that are different from the 4x4 pieces and fold in half to 2 x 5 3/4 with the right sides facing out and finger press.    (Or if you have a wonderful quilting friend helping you, you can get all fancy and hot press with an iron if you choose) 3. Now...

In honor of National Scrapbooking weekend as well as the VC Rocks Warm Up Blog Hop, I've used Stampin' Up's My Digital Studio to create a quick scrapbook of memories of our 2012 Family Cruisetour of Alaska.   Digital scrapbooking and pre-programmed layouts can make scrapbooking quick and easy!  This entire project took me less than an hour!    One tip I would give you in this digital age is to take lots and lots of photos, it will give you lots of options from which to choose.   And for those of you feeling too fat to be photographed, please go read this blog post at My Friend Teresa Photography to help give you new perspective. Return to the VC Rocks home page to view other great projects this weekend and tune in tomorrow for our first regular season Project Challenge (posted weekly on Mondays) Leave a nice comment to this post by 10pm Sunday 5/5 and you will be eligible to win some Blog Candy; winner will be announced on Mocha Monday tomorrow. ...