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Archives for 2016

Comparing Dr. Ph. Martin’s watercolors and The Ton’s gold adhesive papers

26 May

Good morning!  I'm excited to share my findings on some new products I've recently discovered!  I've been watching Kristina Werner's lettering videos with the watercolor line from Dr. Ph. Martin's and I wanted to see them in person.  The colors looked gorgeous in her videos and they definitely ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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dr. ph. martins, ellen hutson, essentials by ellen

A Blog Named Hero: Red and Gold Layered Florals

23 May

Good evening!  I'm over at A Blog Named Hero with an easy watercolored card!  I hope you'll head over and check it out!  Here's a sneak peek! ;)   ... View Post

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ABNH, card-making, crafting, design team
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distress ink, hero arts

Christmas Card Challenges #25: Photo Inspiration

22 May

This is my second post for today!  For my first post please scroll down or click here! Good afternoon!  We have a fun photo to inspire you this week! And here’s what I created: I had to go a slightly different route for my card because I recently destashed all of my candy ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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christmas

MFT Sketch Challenge #281 (+VIDEO)

22 May

Good morning!  I have a card and video to share for the current My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #281.  My card is a little bit of a stretch on the sketch but hopefully you can see how it inspired my card! And this is my card: Generally I don't have stories behind my cards but this one ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting, video tutorial
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inktense watercolor pencils

CASometry Challenge 2 – Make 5: stage 2 (take 2!)

19 May

Good morning!  A couple days ago I shared my second card for the second stage of Anna's CASometry Challenge 2 - Make 5; but the more I looked at it over the course of the day, the more I realized that it can't even kinda be counted as CAS.  So I decided to do it over! ;) I loved the color scheme and ... View Post

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distress ink, simon says stamp

CASometry Challenge 2 – Make 5: stage 2

17 May

Good morning!  I'm back with my card for the second stage of Anna Kossakovskaya’s CASometry Challenge 2 - Make 5!  She's challenging crafters to use one stamp set to make 5 CAS cards (one for each stage)!  I'm not sure how CAS my cards actually are but hopefully she'll let them slide!  You can find ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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distress ink, simon says stamp

Lawnscaping Challenge #130: Sparkle It Up!

16 May

Good morning!  It’s time for a new Lawnscaping Challenge and we’re challenging you to add some sparkle to your entries!!  You can use embossing glitter, sequins, glitter, sparkly markers or paint, foil...there are tons of options for adding sparkle to your card! Our fabulous friends at Lawn ... View Post

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

Christmas Card Challenges #24: Anything Goes

15 May

This is my second post for today!  You can find the start of my unicorn obsession by scrolling down or clicking here! ;) Good afternoon!  It's Anything Goes week over at Christmas Card Challenges and I can't wait to show you my cards today! :) I made two versions of the same card: one uses ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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christmas, distress ink, gansai tambi, no line watercoloring, stampin up, the greeting farm, wplus9

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