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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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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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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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Thank You For Your Kindness

23 Nov

Good morning and Happy Monday!  Another quick card set to share today!  I've been wanting to use the Papertrey Ink Waves die but didn't want to use it for a typical ocean themed card.  So I decided to simply mix and match five different shades of cardstock and paper-piece them into different ... View Post

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Hello!

21 Nov

Don’t forget to comment on the Hero Arts+A Blog Named Hero Holiday Blog Hop for a chance to win one of three November 2015 My Monthly Hero Kits!  Click here for the post! Good morning!  Another quick post as I'm still out of town but wanted to share a quick set of shaker cards I created for ... View Post

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Warm Wishes!

20 Nov

Don’t forget to comment on the Hero Arts+A Blog Named Hero Holiday Blog Hop for a chance to win one of three November 2015 My Monthly Hero Kits!  Click here for the post! Good morning!  I've got a quick pair of cards to share today!  I'm visiting my parents and internet is not quite as speedy ... View Post

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Peace on Earth…

19 Nov

Don’t forget to comment on the Hero Arts+A Blog Named Hero Holiday Blog Hop for a chance to win one of three November 2015 My Monthly Hero Kits!  Click here for the post! ...I think we need a little more peace these days, don't you?  While I don't think one little card will make a huge difference ... View Post

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embossing paste, greeting farm, mama elephant, papertrey ink, stencil

Ellen Hutson Mix It Up Challenge

17 Nov

This is my second post for today!  If you're looking for my Fawny Holiday Week post please click here! Don't forget to comment on the Hero Arts+A Blog Named Hero Holiday Blog Hop for a chance to win one of three November 2015 My Monthly Hero Kits!  Click here for the post! It's been awhile ... View Post

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