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5 for 5 Easter: Day 1 and a giveaway!

16 Mar

Happy Monday and welcome to Day 1 of our new 5 for 5 Easter Blog Hop!  I was very honored to be asked to join the group for this hop and I look forward to sharing Easter inspiration with you over the next few days!  Each day our five designers will post an Easter project based on that day's theme. ... View Post

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bloghop, card-making, crafting
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easter, lawn fawn

Christmas Card Challenges #15 – Blue and Silver Ornaments

15 Mar
https://www.allthesparkle.com/ccc15

Hello and welcome back to another week of Christmas Card Challenges!  This week we have a beautiful photo for your inspiration!  I love the sparkly silver and blue ornaments with the stars!  When I first saw the photo, though, I looked at the color scheme and stars and thought Hanukkah! Here's my ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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lawn fawn

Shaker Saturday #3

14 Mar

Good morning!  I'm back for Shaker Saturday!  Today I'm showcasing my stamps and sequins from The Ton!  We will start releasing sneak peeks of the newest release this Monday and I thought this would be a fun way to start the celebration a little early! I just can't get enough of this Round ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, shaker saturday

Experiments with texture paste…

13 Mar
https://www.allthesparkle.com/experiments-with-texture-paste/

This week the CASology Challenge cue is Tropical and after this long, cold winter I really wanted to play along!  I looked through my stamps and I didn't really have anything that would fit the theme...which meant improvisation time!  Ha. To me, tropical ALWAYS means the beach so I created a ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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texture paste

Stamp Study #2: Hero Arts Waves Background

12 Mar
Lawn Fawn Stamp Study www.allthesparkle.com

So a few months ago when Hero Arts released their new catalog I saw this stamp and fell head over heels for it! I've been eagerly waiting for it to be released; but when it finally arrived, it just sat on my craft desk because I couldn't figure out what to do with it.  I love the style of the ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, stamp study
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hero arts, lawn fawn, shaker

PTI Make it Monday #204

11 Mar
PTI Make it Monday Watercolor Smooshing https://www.allthesparkle.com/pti-make-it-monday-204/

I realized that it's been awhile since I've played along with the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge and when I saw that this week's challenge was Watercolor Smooshing I had to break out the distress inks and join the fun! ;) So here's my card: I started off by smooshing Dried ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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papertrey ink

A Blog Named Hero Challenge: Bright and Bold

10 Mar
A Blog Named Hero Bright and Bold Challenge www.allthesparkle.com

This week A Blog Named Hero is challenging you to create something bright and bold!  It's been a long and dreary winter (at least in Virginia!) and this was a much-needed and much-appreciated challenge!  This month we are collaborating with Create A Smile Stamps and I thought the cute chameleon from ... View Post

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

Baby Shower Cards!

10 Mar

There are a lot of stamp companies out there these days but none does cutesy animals and images better than Lawn Fawn!  I had a request for a baby shower card and came up with two equally sweet options! Here's the first: Yep, another shaker card! ;) I recently ordered these adorable mini stars ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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lawn fawn, pretty pink posh

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