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Today, I made a card inspired by the SPCC Color Challenge and Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge. I love challenge blogs. They really help me gain insight and inspiration with my projects. I am still such a newbie, I need all the help I can get. I wish I had a crafting network here locally because [...]
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Now, don’t act surprised! I told you I was going to make another card for the JUGS Challenge!! I absolutely did not care for my first one… I used the SPCC color challenge for my color inspiration. I inked up my embossing folder for a different affect. I heat embossed the umbrella…. And look at [...]
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I used Lauren Meader’s fabulous Cash or Charge template yet again incorporation with SPCC’s Christmas Color Challenge! I just love this template. I have tried the two other versions of this template here and here. Aren’t they just fab? $5 bucks people! Seriously! I used the crinkled paper technique and heat embossed the snowflake for [...]
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The Just US Girls (AKA, JUGS, HA HA HA) had their weekly challenge this week and this week’s challenge was 3d dimensionals. AAAHHH. I have never tried doing them before. I am a newbie and tend to stick to the basics. BUT, I thought I would give it a whirl this week. I got assistance [...]
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Today, I participated in TWO challenges. Dawn’s Rasberry Suite Color Challenge and the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! Those are two of my favorite challenges to participate in! I used the Papertrey Ink Stocking stamps, decorative paper and ink, some glitter and my scor-pal and came up with this card that I will be sending to [...]
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Hello peeps!!!! I saw a recent posting over at Madison Avenue and it inspired me to get out my Stocking Prints stamp set I received last month and put it to use for the first time. I absolutely LOVE stockings!! Those and snowmen are the things I adore during the holidays! What are your favorite [...]
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Greetings! It has been a while since I have done any cards and it definitely showed as I was trying to create this one. I made a huge mess and messed up on the polka dot background three times and had to start over! HA!!!! As soon as I saw Embellish Magazine’s Polka Dot Color [...]
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I made my sweet little nephew a birthday card! He will be 3 tomorrow! He lives in Georgia so I had to mail it to him so thought I would incorporate a way to hold a gift card in the inside. Did a simple gate fold card and basically adhered a piece of corner rounded [...]
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Today, I participated in the Color Throwdown Challenge. I just love these challenges! I participated in one not long ago and have looked forward to participating again ever since…. I made one of Lauren Meader’s(sidebar) timeless templates, “Tucked Away” for this challenge- It is very cute! It was so easy to make, I made two! [...]
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You read it right. Even though I said I would never combine two challenges again, I did it! I saw this color challenge on Ashley Newell’s blog and just fell in love with the colors (white, kraft, green, HELLO!!!!) because those are colors I ALWAYS use, so of course, I wanted to participate!!! I have [...]
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