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Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Donut Delight

15 Feb
Curtain Call Challenge guest designer www.allthesparkle.com

This is my second post today...if you're looking for Christmas Card Challenges please scroll down or click HERE! It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and I'm super excited to be their guest designer for this challenge!! The LEAD of Donut Delight will be invited as a Guest ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting, photography
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curtain call challenge, lawn fawn, pretty pink posh, shaker, silhouette cameo, simon says stamp

Christmas Card Challenges #11: Snowman

15 Feb
quilled snowman www.allthesparkle.com

Hi and welcome back!  We've got a cute inspiration photo for you this week's challenge!  Also, just a quick bit of house-keeping...unfortunately Lisa has had to leave the team but we have a new designer, Justine, joining us!  I know Justine from the Jessica Lynn Original design team and she's ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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quilling

…that’s better…

14 Feb
Valentine's Day shaker card www.allthesparkle.com

Whew...okay, here's a better Valentine's Day card for my husband!  Still had to add a little pink in there for the holiday but it's considerably more masculine than my first try! I used the fun Love 'N Breakfast set from Lawn Fawn to stamp the sentiment and shakers in Versafine Onyx Black and ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, holiday, love
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avery elle, ellen hutson, lawn fawn, pretty pink posh, simon says stamp

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

14 Feb
valentine's shaker card www.allthesparkle.com

Well our Valentine's Day is going to be a little different this year...tonight I'll be playing harp for the McLean Orchestra's "Spark of Love" concert!  We're performing Liszt's "Les Preludes," Korngold's "Concerto for Violin," Dvorak's "The Wood Dove," and Berlioz's "Beatrice and Benedict ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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lawn fawn, mama elephant, neat and tangled, pretty pink posh, simon says stamp

Cracked Pistachio distress ink!

13 Feb
cracked pistachio distress ink www.allthesparkle.com

Yay!!  I finally had time to break out the newest distress ink, Cracked Pistachio, and I LOVE it!  Tim Holtz is releasing a surprise new color each month...I'm sure I'll be collecting them all!  Normally, I love mixing distress inks but today I decided to just focus on the one color! While I do ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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distress ink, hero arts, pretty pink posh, wplus9

Hero Arts Nature Challenge

12 Feb
Hero Arts Chrysanthemum www.allthesparkle.com

This past weekend I noticed that the Hero Arts Challenge was to create a project inspired by Nature and I couldn't wait to play along!  I have a few more cards to share soon but here's my first one! I LOVE this Hero Arts Chrysanthemum die!  I die-cut the flower from a piece of Neenah Desert ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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hero arts, memory box

Harp-y Shaker Cards

11 Feb
harp shaker card www.allthesparkle.com

I'm having WAY too much fun with shaker cards...as I was driving home from orchestra rehearsal last night I started thinking about how to do a music-themed shaker.  I've seen shaker cards using music notes and die-cut treble clefs but I wanted to do something a little more personal to me!  I'm still ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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silhouette cameo

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

11 Feb
www.allthesparkle.com Simon Says Stamp challenge

I had so much fun with this stamp a few days ago that I decided to create another card for the Simon Says stamp Wednesday Challenge: All Things Bright and Beautiful using a different type of watercolor.  This card uses the Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors instead of the Peerless watercolors. ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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hero arts, memory box, pretty pink posh

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