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Archives for November 2015

And that’s a wrap! (plus major destash news!)

30 Nov

Hooray!  30 days in a row of blogging and happy mail going out everyday...that's a record for me! :)  I thought it would be fun to finish the month by trying a new technique and trying some new supplies!  Recently I've been experimenting with calligraphy and I wanted to try a faux-calligraphy ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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mft stamps, simon says stamp, sweet stamp shop, we r memory keepers

Christmas Card Challenges #52: Anything Goes

29 Nov

Good afternoon and thanks for stopping by for another Anything Goes week at Christmas Card Challenges! I wanted to use slightly non-traditional colors to create my card this week!  I stamped the new ornament from Mama Elephant and stamped the Fair Isle patterns from WPlus9 over the ornament. ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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mama elephant, wplus9

Your kindness makes such a difference!

28 Nov

Good morning!  I hope you've had a wonderful holiday and are recovering from a day of shopping! ;)  I can't believe it's almost the end of November!  I've got one more set of cards to share.  These all went out in the mail today! I used the Altenew layering inks to stamp the layered ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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altenew, papertrey ink, wplus9

Lawnscaping FIT November Hop

27 Nov

Are you doing any crafty Black Friday shopping?  Check out my favorite crafty sales here! Today is the last Friday of the month so it's time for the Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team Blog Hop, sponsored by The Ink Road!  This month we're inspired by the color violet! Leave a ... View Post

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bloghop, card-making, crafting, design team, lawnscaping fit
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lawn fawn, lawnscaping fit

Holiday Sales!

26 Nov

Good evening!  Now that you're stuffed with turkey and pie are you ready to get started on your online holiday shopping?  There are TONS of crafty sales all over the internet but here are a few of my faves! Happy shopping!! Go forth and be enabled! ;)  And make sure to check back on Monday...I'll be ... View Post

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Happy Thanksgiving!

26 Nov

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving to all those who are celebrating today!  My husband and I (and our four-footed herd) are at my parents' home and looking forward to eating lots of turkey and stuffing later this afternoon!  I'll be off most social media for the day but thought I'd share a quick ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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altenew, hero arts

Winter’s Butterflies…

25 Nov

Good morning!  I've got lots of pre-Thanksgiving running around to do today but I wanted to stop in briefly to share a fun shaker card!  This year we're looking at a 70 degree holiday; but last year we had snow on Thanksgiving and I thought I'd do a snowy shaker with this elegant sentiment stamp ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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so suzy stamps

Thinking of You

24 Nov

Good morning!  Just a quick card to share using the new Beautiful Day stamp set from Altenew...really this stamp set kinda sells itself!  Super easy-layering using the Altenew inks and it's just stunning! I used my Scan N Cut to cut out the flower once all three layers were stamped and the ... View Post

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