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Christmas Card Challenges #12: Anything Goes

22 Feb
Christmas Card Challenges www.allthesparkle.com

It's another Anything Goes week over at Christmas Card Challenges and here's my card! I've been wanting to use this Taylored Expression die for awhile and was waiting for the next Anything Goes challenge to roll around on the 4th week! I started off by blending Chipped Sapphire, Black ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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clearly besotted, distress ink, simon says stamp, taylored expression

More from Technique Toolbox: Dye Ink

20 Feb
joseph's coat stamping technique toolbox www.allthesparkle.com

I have a couple more cards to share from the Technique Toolbox: Dye Ink class!  The first one uses a technique that I had seen but never tried (or even knew the correct name for)...it's the Joseph's Coat stamping technique using blended distress inks in Picked Raspberry and Dried Marigold!  This ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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distress ink, lawn fawn, simon says stamp, studio calico

Multiple stampings with the M.I.S.T.I. and different distress ink techniques!

17 Feb
Distress ink stamping Hero Arts Night and Day Flowers www.allthesparkle.com

Advance warning, this post is a little photo-heavy!  After I posted this card last week, my mom requested a set of cards in a similar style; so, I decided to take the opportunity to show off my M.I.S.T.I. and also play with some different distress ink techniques! For those who don't know, ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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distress ink, hero arts, watercolors

Cracked Pistachio distress ink!

13 Feb
cracked pistachio distress ink www.allthesparkle.com

Yay!!  I finally had time to break out the newest distress ink, Cracked Pistachio, and I LOVE it!  Tim Holtz is releasing a surprise new color each month...I'm sure I'll be collecting them all!  Normally, I love mixing distress inks but today I decided to just focus on the one color! While I do ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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distress ink, hero arts, pretty pink posh, wplus9

Avery Elle I Heart You Challenge #21: Masking

9 Feb
AEIHeartUChallenge Masking www.allthesparkle.com

After I broke out the masking paper for my Lawnscaping cards I decided to go ahead and work on a card for the AEIHeartUChallenge.  I realized that I've used the More Stories or Storybook stamps in every card I've previously entered in their challenges so I wanted to try something else!  I've owned ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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avery elle, distress ink, hero arts

Virginia’s View Challenge #12

1 Feb
Virginia's View Challenge #12 www.allthesparkle.com Rainbow shaker card

I was really excited to see that Virginia's View Challenge for February is shaker cards!  I've been tossing around an idea for a shaker card in my head for the last few weeks and this finally gave me the incentive to figure it out!  This was definitely not a fast or easy card but I'm glad I spent ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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avery elle, distress ink, hero arts, simon says stamp

A Blog Named Hero: Anniversary Distress Ink Card

25 Jan
A Blog Named Hero Anniversary distress ink card www.allthesparkle.com

This is my second post for today...if you're looking for my card for Christmas Card Challenges, please click here! Eeek!  Today I'm sharing my first solo post on A Blog Named Hero!  Head on over and check out the anniversary card I created for my amazing husband...yes yes...it was super ... View Post

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ABNH, card-making, crafting, design team
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anniversary, distress ink, hero arts

AEIHeartU Challenge #18 and Virginia’s View Challenge #9

17 Nov

I'm participating in two fun challenges today!  The Avery Elle I Heart You challenge requirement is holiday themed cards and the Virginia's View challenge involves using metallics in various forms. I started off by cutting a panel with the Avery Elle Finished Frames die set and masked the border ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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avery elle, distress ink, lawn fawn

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