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Baby Shower Invites!

15 Oct

My best friend Heather is expecting her first child in February and I'm throwing my first baby shower!  It's hard to believe that it's been over 7 years since this photo was taken... Anyway, I knew I wanted to make the invitations but it took awhile for me to select a theme and actually put my ... View Post

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More experiments with watercolors…

14 Oct

Okay, so these Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors might just be my favorite!  I still love the Peerless watercolors but these are SO easy to use!   I got the idea for this card from a post from Jennifer McGuire a few months ago.  I didn't have the Altenew Persian Motifs set at the time but I loved ... View Post

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Watercolors!

13 Oct

Now here's a challenge I'm really excited about!  This week's Wednesday Challenge is to use watercolors in any way, shape, or form on a card!  It's a good thing that they limit you to only 5 entries otherwise I might not have left my craft room!  These are my first entries into the ... View Post

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Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #183

12 Oct

This week's Papertrey Ink Make it Monday challenge was dry embossing over heat embossing.  I'd never tried it before but it's definitely a technique that I'll continue to experiment with!  I started off by stamping two butterflies from the PTI Beautiful Butterflies onto a piece of Neenah solar white ... View Post

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Brentwood Owl does Disney!

11 Oct

I finally had a chance to get back in my craft room and I started out with a card featuring a Brentwood Owl set from Jessica Lynn Original!  This is the Fairytale Peter, Wendy, and Tinkerbelle set although I decided to just use Peter and Tink (Wendy was always my least favorite character in the ... View Post

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Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #2

1 Oct

I think I'm finally getting a hang of these card challenges!  And it's kinda nice because they help to streamline my creative process when I have a limited amount of time to create.  Today's card was a 30 minute card created during a student's missed lesson and I'm very pleased with the results. ... View Post

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Impression Obsession Challenge – Square Cards

30 Sep

I recently discovered Impression Obsession and I LOVE their dies (plus they're located not too far away in Williamsburg)!  Their dies are super detailed and have great images and scenes!  I decided to participate in their most recent challenge to create a square card.  I'm starting to work on ... View Post

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Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #182

30 Sep

The challenge this week was Mason Jar Stamping!  Luckily I recently purchased a big batch of mason jars for jar salad lunches and had a few leftover.  I created this jar with the intention of filling it with cat snacks and giving it to a friend.  Since cat snacks tend to be pretty smelly I'll ... View Post

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