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Christmas 2014 Recap!

28 Dec

Well, Christmas is technically over (although we do have a few more family and friends Christmas celebrations in the works this week) but I thought I'd share a little of our holiday home. Better late than never, right? Anyway, this is our first year decorating in the new house. Last year we ... View Post

Christmas Card Challenges #2: CAS

14 Dec

I had a lot of fun with this week's Christmas Card Challenge. CAS cards don't always come easily to me but this one just worked. I tend to want to add more and more to a card...which sometimes works but sometimes (REALLY) doesn't. Anyway, I love this card. It was super easy to put together and ... View Post

Christmas Card Challenges #1: Color Challenge

7 Dec

I'm excited to share my first card as a member of the Christmas Card Challenges design team! We're starting a new year and here's the inspiration photo for the first challenge: For my card I used the new stamp set from Ellen Hutson, Bokeh Dots. I love the versatility of this set! I stamped the ... View Post

Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #6

22 Nov

I decided to take a break from Christmas cards and restock some of my general cards. This is an easy card to mass-produce with endless color combination possibilities. I used the Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Drift die cut with double-sided sticky paper and Glitter Ritz glitters. The sentiment is ... View Post

Tsuki no Usagi…or the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: To the Moon

21 Nov

I have a book of Japanese fairy tales and one of my favorite stories growing up was about tsuki no usagi. To summarize, once upon a time the Old-Man-of-the-Moon looked down and saw a rabbit, a monkey, and a fox living together in a forest. He wondered which of them was the kindest and decided to ... View Post

Avery Elle I Heart You Challenge #18

20 Nov

After my super colorful card from earlier this week I wanted to do something a little more subdued. I created this card with the Avery Elle I Heart You Challenge in mind. Their theme this month was simply holiday cards and I thought this would be a great general holiday/winter card. Originally ... View Post

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: We’re Seeing Stars

18 Nov

I decided to make a shaker card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: We're Seeing Stars. Unfortunately it didn't photograph very well but that's partly the cat's fault as you'll see later... I used the Simon Says Stamp Stars Parade die and cut it twice, once from black ... View Post

AEIHeartU Challenge #18 and Virginia’s View Challenge #9

17 Nov

I'm participating in two fun challenges today! The Avery Elle I Heart You challenge requirement is holiday themed cards and the Virginia's View challenge involves using metallics in various forms. I started off by cutting a panel with the Avery Elle Finished Frames die set and masked the border ... View Post