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Christmas Card Challenges #26: Color Inspiration

29 May

Don't forget to enter my 2nd Blogiversary Giveaway for a chance to win $50 to the crafty store of your choice!  You can find that post by clicking here! Good afternoon!  Before we get started I have to tell you that this will be my last week on the Christmas Card Challenges design team for ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #25: Photo Inspiration

22 May

This is my second post for today!  For my first post please scroll down or click here! Good afternoon!  We have a fun photo to inspire you this week! And here’s what I created: I had to go a slightly different route for my card because I recently destashed all of my candy ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #24: Anything Goes

15 May

This is my second post for today!  You can find the start of my unicorn obsession by scrolling down or clicking here! ;) Good afternoon!  It's Anything Goes week over at Christmas Card Challenges and I can't wait to show you my cards today! :) I made two versions of the same card: one uses ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #23: Color Inspiration

8 May

Good afternoon!  We have a fun color palette to inspire you this week! And here’s what I created: I really loved the mix of greens and grays in the inspiration palette and thought the Holiday Pine Branches stamp set from Hero Arts would be perfect for my card!  I started by stamping the ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #22: Photo Inspiration

1 May

Good afternoon!  We have a fun color palette to inspire you this week! And here’s what I created: It's subtle but I really liked the tone on tone pattern in the inspiration photo and decided to use that as the inspiration for my shaker tag!  I stamped the tree with versamark and then ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #21: Anything Goes

24 Apr

Good afternoon!  It’s an Anything Goes week at Christmas Card Challenges and I'm excited to share my shaker card with you today!  I recently picked up a few sets from Ellen Hutson and I love this Christmas Scribbles set! I've been playing with my distress inks a lot recently so I started by ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #20: Color Inspiration

17 Apr

This is my second post for today!  For my Butterfly Reflections Ink post please scroll down or click here! Good afternoon!  We have a fun color palette to inspire you this week! And here's what I created: I decided to use the inspiration palette to create a wintery scene.  I ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #19: Photo Inspiration

10 Apr

Good afternoon!  We’ve got a fun inspiration photo for you this week at Christmas Card Challenges! I went fairly literal with my interpretation of the inspiration photo but had a lot of fun making a dimensional "gift" for my card! I started off by stamping the sentiment on a stitched ... View Post

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