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Stamp Study #1: Altenew Painted Butterflies

19 Feb
Altenew Painted Butterflies www.allthesparkle.com

One of my most favorite card-makers is the insanely talented, Virginia Lu!  She creates breath-taking, gorgeous cards but what I like most about her is how kind and complimentary she is to fellow crafters.  When I first started blogging my cards a few months ago I had some website issues and at one ... View Post

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Runway-Inspired Challenge #78: DKNY

18 Feb
Runway-Inspired Challenge #78 www.allthesparkle.com

I love the inspiration photo for this week's Runway-Inspired Challenge so I decided to play along! It's so bright and cheerful...and as we're preparing for a few more days in the single digits I really wanted to create something that reminded me of summer! Here's my card: I decided to ... 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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