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Archives for July 2015

Chibitronics: Sorry You Caught a Bug and a GIVEAWAY!

31 Jul

Good morning!  This is my first post as a member of the Chibitronics Design Team!  I discovered Chibitronics a few months ago when I had the idea to try and add lights to a card and went looking to see if there were any products on the market to do that!  I've used their circuit stickers to create ... View Post

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card-making, chibitronics, crafting, design team
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chibitronics, lawn fawn

Playing with Zigs and watercolor stamps!

30 Jul

Good morning!  Today I'm playing with several stamp sets from Altenew including the brand new Watercolor Wonders!  I decided to try using them with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens and this was the result: There's definitely a bit of a learning curve with this stamp set but I'm looking forward ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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altenew

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Swatch Card Download and a revelation!

29 Jul

Good morning!  Today's post is a little different from my usual posts but I thought it was an interesting discovery and wanted to share it with you!  Like many other papercrafters, I have recently been totally enamored by my Zig Clean Color Real Brush watercolor pens!  I use them frequently and I ... View Post

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card-making, crafting

Christmas Card Challenges #34: Anything Goes

26 Jul

Good afternoon!  I'm back with another Anything Goes Challenge at Christmas Card Challenges!  Here's my card: I've been wanting to use this cute stamp set from Newton's Nook for awhile and I'm glad I had the time to do some coloring today for this card!  I started off by die-cutting a ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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copic markers, memory box, newton's nook, papertrey ink

A Blog Named Hero: Autumn Gift Bag

25 Jul

Good evening!  Today I'm over at A Blog Named Hero sharing a fun gift bag idea for the fall!  Please head on over and say hello! ... View Post

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ABNH, card-making, crafting, design team

Christmas Card Challenges #33: Photo Inspiration and the end of Shaker Week!

19 Jul

Good morning!  I'm back with my final card for shaker week as well as this week's card for Christmas Card Challenges!  We have this super cute photo to inspire you for the week! And here's my card: I decided to finish off shaker week doing a more "traditional" shaker card design using no fun ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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distress ink, lawn fawn, shaker, simon says stamp, technique tuesday

Shaker Week: Day 6 and (eek!) my first video card tutorial!!

18 Jul
https://www.allthesparkle.com/shaker-week-day-6/

Good morning!!  Today's a special day on my blog as it's my very first attempt at making a video tutorial!  Well, actually I'm lying...the video you're going to see is actually my 4th attempt at making a video tutorial!  The other three videos have been deleted from my computer and will never been ... View Post

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Shaker Week: Day 5!

17 Jul

I'm all over the place today!  If you're looking for my post for The Ton, please click here and if you're looking for my post for Craft Storage ideas, please click here! Good morning!  We're in the home stretch now!  If you've missed any of my previous Shaker Week posts you can find them here, ... View Post

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