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Watercolor Birthday Cards with Mama Elephant

29 Oct

I've recently discovered the company, Mama Elephant, and I'm in love with their products.  Their pigment inks are gorgeous and the stamp sets are amazing!  I've been wanting to play around with this Make a Wish stamp set and I thought watercolors would be a perfect medium for the stamp.  I tried the ... View Post

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Kraft

28 Oct

This week's challenge was a fun one because I don't tend to choose kraft paper when thinking about a card base; however, I recently got ahold of the Mama Elephant pigment inks and I was super excited to try them out!  Previously my pigment inks were just the cheap Colorbox ones I found at Michael's ... View Post

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Jessica Lynn Original

28 Oct

I spent some time today making two very different Christmas cards using two different Jessica Lynn Original stamps!  The first card uses her digital poinsettia stamp.  I actually enlarged the image before printing (one of the joys of digital stamps) and then placed a sheet of vellum over the printed ... View Post

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Fox-y cards, take two!

27 Oct

I'm still in love with the Avery Elle More Stories stamp set.  The fox is so adorable (and very versatile)!  After taking the Online Card Class for Copic Markers I'm feeling a little more comfortable with my coloring abilities so I colored both foxes with copics and then fussy cut them for each ... View Post

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Mama Elephant Peek-a-Frame

25 Oct

I recently discovered the company, Mama Elephant, and I LOVE their stamps and dies.  I'm also in the process of trying out their pigment inks...I'll share that experience later!  I've had this Peek-A-Frame die for awhile but hadn't gotten a chance to use it.  I decided to create a snowy shaker card. ... View Post

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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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