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Christmas Card Challenges #4: Anything Goes

28 Dec

Well I'm back after a technical hiatus...I didn't get to post my card last week but I really enjoyed seeing all of your cards!  This week the Christmas Card Challenge was "Anything Goes" and I'm sharing the Christmas card I created for our local veterinarian.  We (and our pets) love the staff at ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #2: CAS

14 Dec

I had a lot of fun with this week's Christmas Card Challenge.  CAS cards don't always come easily to me but this one just worked.  I tend to want to add more and more to a card...which sometimes works but sometimes (REALLY) doesn't.  Anyway, I love this card.  It was super easy to put together and ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #1: Color Challenge

7 Dec

I'm excited to share my first card as a member of the Christmas Card Challenges design team!  We're starting a new year and here's the inspiration photo for the first challenge: For my card I used the new stamp set from Ellen Hutson, Bokeh Dots.  I love the versatility of this set!  I stamped the ... View Post

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A new design team and a colorful holiday card!

16 Nov

Recently I decided to apply to a call for design team members for a weekly Christmas Card challenge blog and over the weekend I received the news that I've been invited to join the team!   So, as my official 'hello' to the blog,  I thought I'd participate in this week's Color Challenge!  Plus it ... 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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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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