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Lawnscaping Challenge #129: Calling All Critters

2 May

Challenge #129, sponsored by Ellen Hutson, is to add some critters to your creations!  One lucky winner will win a $25 gift certificate to Ellen Hutson! I created an interactive sliding birthday card using the adorable otters from Lawn Fawn's Year Five stamp set: You can watch the ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, design team, lawnscaping, video tutorial
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interactive, lawn fawn, mama elephant, video tutorial

Christmas Card Challenges #22: Photo Inspiration

1 May

Good afternoon!  We have a fun color palette to inspire you this week! And here’s what I created: It's subtle but I really liked the tone on tone pattern in the inspiration photo and decided to use that as the inspiration for my shaker tag!  I stamped the tree with versamark and then ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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christmas, hero arts, lawn fawn, mama elephant, microbeads

Twinkling Stars LED Card with Chibitronics

28 Apr

Good morning!  Today I'm sharing a video tutorial showing how to use Chibitronics LED stickers and effects stickers to create a twinkling starry night sky! (Watch in HD) Before I forget...there's one step that I left out of my video (that, to be honest, I kinda wish I hadn't done).  After I ... View Post

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card-making, chibitronics, crafting, design team, video tutorial
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chibitronics, distress ink, lawn fawn, wplus9

Christmas Card Challenges #21: Anything Goes

24 Apr

Good afternoon!  It’s an Anything Goes week at Christmas Card Challenges and I'm excited to share my shaker card with you today!  I recently picked up a few sets from Ellen Hutson and I love this Christmas Scribbles set! I've been playing with my distress inks a lot recently so I started by ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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christmas, distress ink, ellen hutson, essentials by ellen, shaker

A Blog Named Hero: You Are Absolutely Awesome!

23 Apr

No seriously, you are!! ;) Anyway, I'm over at A Blog Named Hero and I hope you'll head over and check it out!  I'm featuring a stamp that I've been hunting for almost a year!!  Here's a sneak peek: Have a wonderful day! ... View Post

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

Distress Ink Stamping with Penny Black Florals (+VIDEO)

20 Apr

Good morning!  I've got a set of cards to share today, a video, and a quick opinion poll! ;) I am really loving my new Penny Black floral stamps!  I used another one a few weeks ago with zig markers and decided to try them out with distress inks today! (Watch in HD) I inked the ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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penny black, video tutorial

MFT Challenge Cards (AKA conquering my fear of sketch challenges)

18 Apr

Good morning!  After my struggle to create a card based on a sketch for the most recent Lawnscaping Challenge I decided it was time to face my fear head-on!  I had some free time to get crafty so I searched around for a sketch challenge and chose the MFT Sketch Challenge.  Many of my crafty friends ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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lawn fawn, shaker

Lawnscaping Challenge #128: Sketch Challenge

18 Apr

This is my second post for today!  For my final guest-designer post for So Suzy Stamps please scroll down or click here! Good morning!  It’s time for a new Lawnscaping Challenge and we’re challenging you to use our sketch for your inspiration!  You can use it as is, flip it sideways, change ... View Post

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

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