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Distress Ink Stamping with Penny Black Florals (+VIDEO)

20 Apr

Good morning!  I've got a set of cards to share today, a video, and a quick opinion poll! ;) I am really loving my new Penny Black floral stamps!  I used another one a few weeks ago with zig markers and decided to try them out with distress inks today! (Watch in HD) I inked the ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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penny black, video tutorial

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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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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christmas, embossing paste, impression obsession, lawn fawn, memory box, penny black, stencil, texture paste

Penny Black Florals

11 Mar

Good morning!  I wanted to share a quick pair of CAS cards that I made in about 15 minutes!!  I've long admired all of the gorgeous floral cards that Virginia Lu creates using the Penny Black floral stamps and after she posted this card earlier this week I had to finally get some for myself! ;) (And ... View Post

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hero arts, papertrey ink, penny black, zig clean color real brush

Christmas Card Challenges #28: Anything Goes

14 Jun

Whew, okay, I apologize for the delay in getting my post completely...it's been a busy recital-filled weekend and I just ran out of hours!  This week we have an Anything Goes challenge at Christmas Card Challenges and I can't wait to see what you'll come up with! Here's my card: This was a ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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penny black, simon says stamp

Hero Arts Ombre Ink Pads

21 Apr

I am totally in love with the Hero Arts ombre ink pads and I cannot wait until the new colors are released in a few weeks!  I was inspired to make time to play around with them after seeing Jennifer McGuire's video last week and I ended up making more and more backgrounds... ;) I won't go into ... View Post

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hero arts, mama elephant, mft stamps, penny black

Christmas Card Challenges #7: Santa Hats and our new Facebook group!

18 Jan
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Hi again, I'm back with the newest Christmas Card Challenge!  I also wanted to share our new Facebook page for Christmas Card Challenges.  I hope you'll come visit us over there!  We'll be sharing the winning cards as well as highlighting a few noteworthy cards each week!  And many congratulations ... View Post

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lawn fawn, mama elephant, momenta, penny black, simon says stamp

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