Loni's Life

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 ...

Welcome to Loni's Life and another project for VC Rocks 2013 Blog Hop 2 featuring projects made with punches, Big Shot, and/or Simply Scored from Stampin' Up!  I did this sweet little sliding drawer box for the Round 2 - ABC (Anything But a Card) swap.   Stamps: Seasonal Sayings Ink:   Raspberry Ripple Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper, Whisper White Accessories: Simply Scored board and stylus; Sticky Strip; Stampin’ Dimensionals; Raspberry Ripple ribbon Instructions to make this box can be found at  Stamp with Dara Blogpost with link to YouTube Video http://www.stampwithdara.com/2012/08/12-days-of-christmas-in-august-day-7-christmas-gift-card-box/  YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJZYFEJD3o&feature=youtu.be Return to the VC Rocks home to go check out other great projects.  Leave a happy comment by 10pm Central on Sunday 6/23 and tell me your favorite ABC Project- Anyth...

Welcome to Loni's Life and a little piece of the VC Rocks Blog Hop featuring projects made with punches, Big Shot, and/or Simply Scored from Stampin' Up!    This is also a project that I did for the Round 2 Non-Card Gift Card holder swap. I found this gift card box tutorial online on YouTube by Katie Adams, The Crafty Blog Stalker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgpu5U-vrEw Katie's Blog post with more samples here: http://www.thecraftyblogstalker.com/2012/09/gift-card-box-tutorial.html Stamps: Label Love Ink: Night of Navy Paper: Night of Navy 5.5 x 7.5; Summer Starfruit 3.25 x 2, Soho Subway DSP 3 x 1.75 Accessories: Artisan Label punch; Stampin Dimensionas, ¼ inch stitched grosgrain ribbon Night of Navy; Stampin’ Trimmer & Scoring blade –or also good use for Simply Score tool; Sticky Strip; Snail. Please leave a happy comment by 10pm Central on Sunday and Mocha & Tazzy will draw a winner for some blog candy. Return to VCRoc...

This week's challenge from Carey was to stamp a project inspired by something from our closet. This is one of my favorite blouses - and though you can't see the sparkle in it very well, it has some shiny sequin-like doo dads on it which tend to shed everywhere. Here's my project using products from Stampin' Up! (of course)... Stamps: Express Yourself (2013-14 Hostess set); Sprinkles (Retired) Ink: Basic Black, Pacific Point Paper: Pacific Point, Basic Black Accessories: Basic Jewels Rhinestones; Pacific Point 1/4 inch stitched grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

This week I combined VC Rocks Weekly Challenge 5 - A Digital Father's Day or Masculine Card with Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge # 175 .   Late Night Stampers is also having a Masculine Card challenge . Created using images from  My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up! Hugs & Kisses image from All Holidays stamp set Happy Anniversary Image from Hugs and Wishes stamp set Hearts are from a heart punch

This week Kimber challenged us to make a fun card or scrapbook page for a girlfriend but we were not allowed to use flowers or pink in any form... Here's my project inspired by Card Maker Summer 2013 magazine, page 72 Design by Tami Mayberry. Stamps: Express Yourself (2013-14 Hostess set) Ink: Basic Black Paper: Pacific Point, Basic Black, Glimmer Paper - silver Accessories: Simply Scored/Simply Scored diagonal board w/stylus; 1/4 inch stitched grosgrain Pacific Point, Basic Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals.

I've combined Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #173 with VC Rocks Weekly Project Challenge #03 .    Colors used: Elegant Eggplant, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy, Garden Green, Cajun Craze.  Stamps: All Holidays Accessories: Buttons - Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Garden Green 

This week's challenge is presented by Terry K... Let's go Crazy for Color... Use at least 4 of the following colors in a project of your choice... Not Quite Navy; Garden Green;  More Mustard;  CajunCraze;  Elegant Eggplant My Digital Studio to the rescue with this challenge! I've used Not Quite Navy as the base; the images from Thoughts and Prayers with the leaves brushed in Garden Green, Cajun Craze, and More Mustard.

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...

This challenge by Shari was to create a scrapbook page using at least one of the VC Rocks "Pool Boys" Here's my favorite!

The Big E challenged us to use 4 items on a project that begin with B...  I created this 12x12 page using My Digital Studio.  The background is Bashful Blue dotted stripe paper.  The stamps are done in Brilliant Blue.  Our Pool Boys is done in Brilliant Blue and the O in enjoy is Brad.  Of course there are lots of Baby Blue eyes in just a handful of our wonderful "Pool Boys" 

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. ...