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Ken Oliver Crafts Creative Team: Hello Friend

30 Dec

Good morning and Happy New Year's Eve eve! ;)  Today I'm sharing a card featuring stand-alone dies with Colorburst powders and Stick-It adhesive! I started by spraying a large piece of watercolor paper with water.  While it was still wet I sprinkled Merlot, Alizarin Crimson, and Pthalo Green ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, design team, ken oliver crafts creative team
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ellen hutson, papertrey ink

Your kindness makes such a difference!

28 Nov

Good morning!  I hope you've had a wonderful holiday and are recovering from a day of shopping! ;)  I can't believe it's almost the end of November!  I've got one more set of cards to share.  These all went out in the mail today! I used the Altenew layering inks to stamp the layered ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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altenew, papertrey ink, wplus9

Thank You For Your Kindness

23 Nov

Good morning and Happy Monday!  Another quick card set to share today!  I've been wanting to use the Papertrey Ink Waves die but didn't want to use it for a typical ocean themed card.  So I decided to simply mix and match five different shades of cardstock and paper-piece them into different ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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hero arts, papertrey ink

Peace on Earth…

19 Nov

Don’t forget to comment on the Hero Arts+A Blog Named Hero Holiday Blog Hop for a chance to win one of three November 2015 My Monthly Hero Kits!  Click here for the post! ...I think we need a little more peace these days, don't you?  While I don't think one little card will make a huge difference ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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embossing paste, greeting farm, mama elephant, papertrey ink, stencil

Christmas Card Challenges #43: Anything Goes

27 Sep

Good afternoon and thanks for stopping by for another Anything Goes week at Christmas Card Challenges!  It's been awhile since I've made a shaker card so I thought I'd break out the beads and sequins this week! To create my card I die-cut the Memory Box Retro Ornaments from a piece of white ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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lawn fawn, memory box, papertrey ink

Add a little sparkle…(part 1)

16 Sep

Good morning!  If you're a regular reader of my blog you know that I usually can't resist adding a little extra sparkle to my cards, whether it be through shimmer sprays, embossing powders, perfect pearls, etc.  I decided it would be fun to make a bunch of cards using various methods to add sparkle ... View Post

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25 Comments
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card-making, crafting
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altenew, distress ink, iridescent medium, lawn fawn, papertrey ink

Christmas Card Challenges #34: Anything Goes

26 Jul

Good afternoon!  I'm back with another Anything Goes Challenge at Christmas Card Challenges!  Here's my card: I've been wanting to use this cute stamp set from Newton's Nook for awhile and I'm glad I had the time to do some coloring today for this card!  I started off by die-cutting a ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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copic markers, memory box, newton's nook, papertrey ink

Shaker Week Day 4!

16 Jul

Good morning and thanks for stopping by the Shaker Week!  If you've missed my previous posts you can find them here, here, and here!  Don't forget to comment each day for the change to win a $10 gift certificate to The Ton Stamps so you can pick out some gorgeous beads, sequins, and gems for your ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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hero arts, papertrey ink, simon says stamp

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