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Archives for 2015

Shaker Saturday #10

2 May

Good morning and welcome to Shaker Saturday!  Today's card is another Apple Blossom commission and I used a previous Shaker Saturday card as inspiration for this one!  This was an especially nerve-wracking card to make because I knew it was being given to the Apple Blossom Queen who just happens to ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, shaker saturday
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papertrey ink, simon says stamp

Happy Apple Blossom!

1 May

I apologize for the delayed post....that's what happens when I get busy watching Grey's Anatomy (#byeDerek) and coloring in my new Hex Chart! Anyway, Happy Apple Blossom!  For those of you who don't live near Winchester, VA our area has a huge annual festival in early May.  There are parades, a ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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altenew, papertrey ink, wplus9

Light It Up Blue for Autism Mini Hop + Giveaways!

30 Apr
Light It Up Blue Blog Hop www.allthesparkle.com/liubhop

This is my second post of the day.  If you're looking for my sneak for The Ton please scroll down or click here! Hello and welcome to the Light It Up Blue Mini Hop as we celebrate the last day of Autism Awareness month!  We wanted to hop one more time to remind everyone that Autism Awareness ... View Post

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bloghop, card-making, crafting
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chibitronics, mft stamps

Watercolored Coneflowers

29 Apr

All the new growth in my garden has me dreaming of summer flowers so I decided it'd be appropriate to break out the Tim Holtz Flower Garden stamp set for the first time!  I love how realistic the flowers look and decided to focus on the coneflower for today's card! I stamped the flower twice ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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kuretake gansai tambi, tim holtz

Weekly Crafty Planning!

28 Apr

Good morning!  Today I'm guest-designing for Pink and Main to share how I use the Planning Work stamp set!  I love how this stamp set pretty much covers every keyword used in terms of blogging and crafting.  And the tiny social media images are so cute! I use this fun printable weekly planner ... View Post

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crafting
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pink and main, planner

Mixing Mama Elephant!

27 Apr
www.allthesparkle.com mama elephant three amigos purrfect pair

This is my second post today!  If you're looking for my sneak peek for The Ton please scroll down or click here! Happy Monday!  I was organizing my stamps this weekend and realized it's been awhile since I've used the Purrfect Pair stamp set from Mama Elephant.  I was also looking at the cute ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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mama elephant, shaker

Christmas Card Challenges #21: Anything Goes

26 Apr
Christmas Card Challenges #21 www.allthesparkle.com

It's time for another Anything Goes challenge at Christmas Card Challenges and this week I decided to make gift tags instead of a card! There was no particular rhyme or reason to the stamp sets I chose...mostly I just flipped through my collection and pulled out ones that I thought would work ... View Post

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

Shaker Saturday #9

25 Apr

Oops...this is what happens when I write posts at 2 AM...I mix up AM and PM posting times!  I apologize for the delay! Thanks for stopping by for Shaker Saturday!  I decided to break out the distress inks and create a nighttime sky with a few shaker elements! I started off by blending ... View Post

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lawn fawn

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