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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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kuretake gansai tambi, tim holtz

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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card-making, crafting, shaker saturday
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lawn fawn

A Blog Named Hero: Poppies and Texture Paste!

25 Apr

Good evening!  Today I'm over at A Blog Named Hero sharing a card created with Hero Arts and this month's collaboration partner, Altenew!  I'd love for you to stop by and say hi! :) ... View Post

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ABNH, card-making, crafting, design team
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altenew, hero arts

Butterfly Reflections Ink: Narwhals, Narwhals…

22 Apr

You know it....you're singing the song now, right?!  Ha ha, and if you're not...head here and watch this before you go check out my card at Butterfly Reflections Ink! Here's a sneak peek...yep, I totally went there... ;) ... View Post

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butterfly reflections ink, card-making, crafting, design team

Hero Arts Ombre Ink Pads

21 Apr

I am totally in love with the Hero Arts ombre ink pads and I cannot wait until the new colors are released in a few weeks!  I was inspired to make time to play around with them after seeing Jennifer McGuire's video last week and I ended up making more and more backgrounds... ;) I won't go into ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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hero arts, mama elephant, mft stamps, penny black

Christmas Card Challenges #20: Cookies!

19 Apr

Hi and welcome to another Christmas Card Challenge!  This week we've got a fun (and yummy) inspiration photo for you! Here's my card: I think this might just take the award for busiest card I've ever made...it really didn't start off that way but it kinda snowballed.  Leaving off the ... View Post

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