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Christmas Card Challenges #13: Color Inspiration

1 Mar
christmas card challenges #13 www.allthesparkle.com

Hi and welcome back to another Christmas Card Challenge!  I love this week's color challenge...those colors seems so warm and cozy!  And as we're still hanging out in 20 degree weather around here, those gloves and that hot drink are also incredibly appealing! ;) Here's my card: I LOVE this ... View Post

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hero arts, simon says stamp, wplus9

Watercolored Lavender

25 Feb
memory box long stem lavender www.allthesparkle.com

Just a quick card share today...I'll be back later with my monthly solo post for A Blog Named Hero! I recently picked up the Memory Box Long Stem Lavender die and have been wanting to find a little time to play with it.  I've been cleaning up my scrap pile of paper and found a few scraps of ... View Post

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Simon Says Stamp and Lawn Fawn Flickr Challenge

22 Feb
Simon Says Stamp Lawn Fawn Flickr www.allthesparkle.com

I was organizing some of my stamps today and found this cute one from Simon Says Stamp...somehow it had actually fallen behind my Expedit and I only found it when I was moving around some patterned paper pads!  I remembered that the current joint Simon Says Stamp and Lawn Fawn Flickr Challenge is to ... View Post

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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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Craving sushi…and sequins…

21 Feb
Lawn Fawn Let's Roll www.allthesparkle.com

This evening I sat down in my craft room just to realize that all of my pressing deadlines were complete and I could just play!  However, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do...  So I closed my eyes, grabbed a stamp set, and got to work!  The stamp set I picked was Let's Roll from Lawn Fawn. ... View Post

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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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Trying Something New: Technique Toolbox!

19 Feb
stampnation technique toolbox www.allthesparkle.com

I recently became a member of StampNation and decided to sign up for the most recent class, Technique Toolbox: Dye Inks.  I am SO glad I did!  I was familiar with some of the techniques but there were definitely some new ones and some fun twists to familiar ones!  I'll share more tomorrow but I was ... 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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