tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20215991259238635822012-01-28T11:23:22.716-08:00Laurie Ungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643829942452950151noreply@blogger.comBlogger8081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021599125923863582.post-14004423107771392372012-01-27T09:43:00.000-08:002012-01-27T09:51:50.644-08:00

Hi everyone! I'm back from having no power and from my business trip to Las Vegas. I can't wait to get into the studio to play around a bit! Here is a Valentines day card that I did a few weeks ago!This is a card I made out of a lot of die cuts using designer papers and some stamping. Dies are from Sizzix, Quickutz, and Verve. I used designer paper pieces from my stash of leftovers. The

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Hi everyone! I have been without power due to our lovely winter weather and I'm without means to post anything new. The latest news is that it won't be back on until Wednesday (which makes it about a week).I'm lucky that I get to head out to Las Vegas for business Monday through Thursday, so I'll be warm and having a bit of fun! Unfortunatley, all my pictures of my latest cards are in the home

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Hello - snow update....total of 11 inches where I live! YUK! However, it's a snow day and I had time to play with this weeks SCS sketch.Butterfly stamp is from The Angel Company (I think it was called wings and shadows) and the sentiment is from Victorine Originals.Ivory cardstock from PTI used as a base, the I ran a smaller piece through the Swiss dots embossing folder so that it would match

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Hello! Another snow day here in Washington state. Thank goodness I didn't have to go out in it! I started playing around with the Mojo Monday sketch late last night and just now finished taking pictures. Darn battery in the camera went dead! Looks like I need to purchase a back up!All stamps are from Victorine Originals. Frog is colored with Copic's in G21, 24 and 28. I added a bit of glossy

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Hey everyone! It's been snowing here in the Pacific Northwest for the last day and a half. Which means that I've had time to play in the studio!This was inspired by a picture in my bathroom that had a shadow behind the main flower. So, I decided to see if I could create a very subtle shadow effect for this one. Stamp is from Paper Inspirations and stamped in Studio G light yellow chalk ink.

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Hey everyone! Wow - what a week it has been and I'm glad it went by quickly! Here's a birthday card done with some new stamps from Victorine Originals.Butterflies were stamped randomly and then colored with Copic markers. I cut it apart in one inch strips and staggered the pieces up and down on the black card base.Sentiment is cut out using the long rectangle nesties die. Layered with black and

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Hello! I got this sentiment set from Papertrey, Ink for free when I placed my December order and had to play around with it.The swirl stamp on the top and bottom of the die cut are from an undetermined stamp company that I found in my drawer. I thought they went pretty well with the sentiment. Everything is stamped in Archival jet black ink.Designer paper is from Once Upon A Time from DCWV. Green

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Hi everyone! I designed a sketch for the Victorine Originals blog challenge. The challenges usually last two weeks and if you participate you have a chance to win free stamps!Here is the sketch.and here is what I did with it!Sentiment is from VO from the set Blank label and sayings set, which you can find here. The designer paper is from Kaisercraft.I distressed the smaller vertical panel using

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Hello everyone! Since Valentines day is the next major holiday coming up, I thought I'd get a jump on card making now.I used a die from Quickutz (lifestyle crafts) to cut out the hearts on the back of the kraft cardstock. Distress ink in vintage photo was daubered around the hearts to make them stand out a bit. Red polka dot designer paper is taped on between the red card base.Pure poppy ink from

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Hello! Found some time today (on my last day off from work) to take down the decorations, do laundry and make a card for the Mojo Monday #222 sketch.It was a good thing that I was multi tasking today because all the designer paper that I went through making this card was pretty funny. I really have got to get some red dp! In the end, I left it clean and simple.Stamps are from Verve - Flutter by

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Hi everyone. I decided to go through all my cards that I made for last year and pick out 12 of my favorites. In random order here they are:Was there a particular card that I did this past year that was a favorite for you? If so, what was is? Thanks for stopping in and Happy New Year!

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Hello everyone! Here is a real quick CAS birthday card for you today.Stamp is one of my favorites from The Angel Company set Deco Designs. I stamped it in Palette Jardin Moss twice, I also did the same on the inside of the card.Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink and also stamped in Palette Jardin Moss.All green cardstock is from Bazzill. I used my new corner chomper to round off the corners! The

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Hi everyone! There's a challenge to use your punches going on over at Victorine Originals blog. Here's the card I created for it.Punches used:Martha StewartPunch BunchMcGill tools to form the flowerCotton Candy Stickles used on the edges of the flower to give it some bling! DP is from my stash and I believe its from My Minds Eye, but can't be positive.Sentiment stamp is from Victorine Originals

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Hi everyone. Here's a Birthday card I made using Mojo Monday's sketch #220. I went for bright and cheerful!Flower stamp is from Papertrey, Ink Friendship til the end and colored in Copic markers in the following colors: R83, R85, R89 and YR04 and YR07.Sentiment stamp is from the Verve set Wordy Birds.I used the lattice embossing folder on the lime green cardstock, both the pink and green

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Hey everyone! I'm about done with posting Christmas cards! Yea - this is the last one and not one of my favorites either!I used some of that silver metal tape that is self adhesive which I found in the garage that my DH had. It says Nashua on the inside of the tape roll and I think it's used for taping metal pipes and can be found at Lowes or Home Depot.Anyway, I used the ornament die from Memory

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Hi everyone! Here is a little card that surely says country to me. I guess it must be the hounds tooth pennant in the back?or maybe it's the twine or faux stitching...The little deer stamp is from Savvy Stamps and I inked him up in A*Muse Studio french roast ink. Could not resist using a red stardust pen to give him a red nose! The hounds tooth is a background stamp from Impress and inked up

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Hi everyone! I came across a couple of challenges over at SCS and had to play along. It was during last weekends Virtual Stamp Night and the two theme's I did were: sparkles and create a winter wonderland scene. Here's my card.Stamp is from Memory Box. I created the ground using a dauber, Palette Jardin Moss ink and a piece of paper. The sky is also sponged on with daubers using various

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Hey everyone! There is a Christmas Card Challenge going on over at Victorine Originals Blog. There are some really nice creations that the design team came up. There is a chance for one lucky person to win some unmounted stamps, too. Here's my card.Colored with Copic's and highlighted with some stardust gel pens.Kraft, burgandy and dark green cardstock used. The gingham designer paper is from My

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Ok - I had to re-work Holly as it was really bugging me! Since the die cut of holly was pretty stuck, I ended up doing some fussy cutting.I reused the embossed green and the lime green cardstock but cut it down to size. Satin ribbon started out as white, used the same Copic marker to color it and the pearls that I colored/shaded Holly's dress in.Sentiment is from TAC and cut out using the

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Hi everyone! I've been messing around with this card for a few days and still I'm not sure if I'm happy with it or not.The fairy is a digital stamp from Bugaboo and colored with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen and a stardust pen.I used some golden colored vellum and put it behind a piece of printer paper and cut out the scalloped circle to go around the main image. I struggled

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Hi everyone! It's sure been cold here - we've had 9 consecutive days that have been colder than normal, with a high of 41 degrees and no rain! But wow, it's sure been foggy in the mornings. So to warm up, I stamped up a pair of mittens.Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink and stamped in Memento ink. Mittens colored with B93, 95 and 97 plus G21 Copic markers.The snowflakes were stamped in Versamark ink

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Hi all - I played around a bit yesterday with TH day 4 tag inspiration and came up with this.Distress stains in faded jeans and picket fence used to color the tag.Snowflake stamps are from Stampers Anonymous (TH) and the sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. Both of them are stamped in A*Muse Studio Navy ink. The swirl stamp is from Inkadinkado and stamped in fresh snow ink. The ice crystals on the

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Hi everyone. I had some spare time yesterday and got to play around and do some coloring on a few Christmas cards. Here's one that I used for the inspiration challenge over at SCS.The challenge was to be inspired by a Chris Radko Christmas ornament and create a card around it.I bought this stamp from Make it Crafty last year and every time I look at him I just smile. Here are all the colors of

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Hello everyone! If you're not following Tim Hotlz and his 12 days of Christmas tags, I would recommend that you do. Great inspiration!Here's my first tag.I started off with a regular tag and added the music designer paper to it from Creative Imaginations. Then I got to distressing it with antique linen and vintage photo distress inks.Poinsettia is die cut from dark red cardstock from HOTP using

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Hello! I hope this finds everyone being crafty! Here's another CAS card for you.I used the large mitten die from A*Muse Studio to create this simple card. It's cut out of pure poppy cardstock from Papertrey, Ink so that the fold is at the top.I added some faux stitching along the perimeter using a the white paint pen from Sharpie. Snowflake die is from Sizzix, cut out of white cardstock and

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Hello! I made this CAS card a while ago - like right after I got this fab set from A*Muse Studio but have been saving it to post closer to Christmas.Pure poppy cardstock from Papertrey, Ink is used as the card base and the circle layer.The Santa hat is colored with copic's, a white gel pen and then I added some liquid applique. Used the heat tool to puff it up and Ta Da!Memento ink used on the

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Hello! Playing in two different challenges today. Viva La Verve sketch and Flutter by Wednesday.Stamps are from the Verve set called Enjoy. I stamped out the butterfly, colored it with copic's and then cut it out and popped it up using a very thin piece of foam tape.Designer paper is from Hot Off The Press, and the olive cardstock is from Gina K. Circle nesties were used to cut out the

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Hello! I got another chance to play around with the latest Viva La Verve Challenge and this is the card I came up with based upon the sketch.Stamps are from Verve called Winter Mittens. I colored them with Copic's and then used Palette fresh snow ink to stamp the hearts in the center. The sentiment is stamped in A*Muse Studio Navy ink. Nesties used to cut the tag and the circles.Designer paper is

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Hello! Here's another card completed using a Verve sketch off of SCS.The branch stamp is from Memory box as is the designer paper. The sentiment is from Verve. I used Marvy LePlume markers to color the stamp and then spritzed it with water and stamped it onto white cardstock. I used a dauber and summer sky ink from Memento to highlight the branch. Circle nesties used to cut out the shapes.Wide

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Hi everyone! Sorry I've been missing in action the last couple of days. The day job has kept me extremely busy with no end until next Wednesday! Yuk! I'm so tired and my body is telling me that too!Ok, enough complaining....Here's a card I recently made for Verve's challenge over at SCS.Stamps are from Verve and done by coloring directing on the stamp using Tombow markers then misting with water

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Hello everyone! Here's a CAS card that came together pretty quickly.Kraft, black and pure poppy cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink as is the ribbon and the sentiment.The pennants or banner's are a die from PTI called boxy banners. I cut three of the banners out of this burlap like material that is really a wired ribbon. I got it at Target several years ago during the Holiday season and tend to use

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Hello! I got a chance to play around with this weeks sketch challenge. Here's what it looks like.I changed the direction on the sketch and my card ended up looking like this:Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink and colored with Copic's. I also added some highlighting on the ornaments using a stardust pen. Berries are accented with stickles. Dusted off my oval nesties to cut out the main image and its

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Hi there! There is something about this Mojo Monday sketch that really caught my attention - don't know what, but here's how it came out for me.The leaf is die cut from chipboard using the tattered leaves Alterations die. I used the new winter distress ink in Festive Berries to color it. To add the splashes of black, I dipped a tooth brush into black acrylic paint and used my finger to flick it

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Hey there! Playing around over the weekend and came up with this one. Lots of heat embossing and sponging going on...But overall a clean and simple card.Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink. I stamped the clouds in Palette fresh snow ink and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. I wasn't real satisfied how that came out, so I added some summer sky ink from memento and daubered and

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Hello! It's Monday and I'm going to be on a very long stretch work at my day job! Like 12 days straight without a day off! Ugh! Wish me luck, that I don't get sick or too cranky by the end of it!This awesome stamp is from Gina K's "You go, Girl" set. She is colored with Copic's and cut out with a rectangle nestie. The sentiment is cut out using a circle punch and a label die from Quickutz.The

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Hello! I decided to play along with the Inspiration challenge over at SCS today. Here is what inspired me: This link will take you to the site with massive amounts of Wallpaper.Here is my take on it.Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink. I used glossy cardstock to stamp and stamped the ginko leaves in Memento Cantaloupe ink. Sentiment is stamped with Archival jet black and cut out using the labels 4

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Hi there - been busy at the day job and forgot to schedule a post! Oops! Here's a QAS card = quick and simple.This gorgeous twig and berry die is from Memory Box. I shaded the leaves using two different colors of green cardstock.I cut out the label and used antique linen distress ink to sponge around the edges while the ivory cardstock was still in the die. Sentiment is from Hero arts and is

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Hi all! We have an Orange and Black challenge going on over at the VO blog. It officially starts tomorrow but thought I'd post now to give you all a heads up!Stamp is from Victorine Originals and colored with Copics. Designer paper is from the Memory Box line called nightfall. Black cardstock used to layer and create the drippy goo on the top. Punch by Martha Stewart.Lastly, added a orange

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Hi there! I had fun trying to come with a card using the colors black, purple, orange and green for this weeks Flutterby challenge. Here's my result.Butterfly stamp is from Magenta and is colored with Copics in the following colors: V12, V15 and V17.I cut it out using a rectangle die and layered it with the lattice rectangle from Spellbinders. Argyle purple designer paper is K&Company and the

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Hi everyone! I got a chance to play around with this weeks Wednesday card sketch over at SCS. WooHoo! Here is what I came up with.Leaf and sentiment are from Gina K Designs. Leaves are colored with Copics. That wonderful designer paper in the back ground is from Memory Box called Nightfall.I added some satin ribbon behind the squares so that they didn't get lost in the DP. The ribbon started out

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Hello! I can't believe that Halloween is right around the corner. I haven't even bought my candy or anything else yet! Eek!Here's some more cool ribbon I got from May Arts to use for another CAS Halloween card.Sentiment stamp is from Alota Stamps. Used the circle nesties to frame it out. Orange and purple paper is from K&Company.Added the googlie eyes at the bottom on a whim and loved how it

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Hi everyone! I've been playing around with a few new dies from Memory Box and put together a CAS card using a few of them.Kraft and ivory cardstock is from Papertrey Ink. The brown cardstock that I used for the branch was just fished out of my scrap pile. Black cardstock used for the bird and I also used a white pen to dot on an eye.To get the branch to stick to the cardstock I used Wacky Tack

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Hi everyone! Here's a card that I created around this really cool ribbon that I found at one of the local craft stores from May Arts and had to have it.The stamp is from TAC and stamped in Archival jet black ink. I enhanced the black polka dots on her tights by using a black gel pen. Her spider web dress is also highlighted with a stardust pen but it didn't pick up in the photo. I made the spider

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Hello! Here is a card that I completed using the SCS sketch from the previous week.Here is the sketch.Here is what I did with it.Leaf stamp is from Memory Box and one of my favorites to use the Marker and Huff technique to stamp with. I used Marvy Le Plume markers in Butterscotch and Dark Brown to create the look of fall. Corners are rounded (I hate my corner rounders) and layered in black

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Hi everyone! There's a challenge going on over at the Victorine Originals Blog right now! the theme this time is "Fall" and there are some stamps to be won for one lucky random winner. Here is my card that I made using VO stamps.The pumpkins are colored with Copic Markers in YR04 and 07, plus shades of green in G21 and 24. Cut out and embossed with a square nestie.The green designer paper has

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Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted much this week - been extremely busy with the day job.Here's a quick card I made using scraps based upon the challenge over at Fluttery By Wednesday.Stamps are from Papertrey Ink called Butterfly Dreams. Butterfly is colored in Copics, however it was a little to small to get some good blending of colors. The faux stitching is done using the border punch from

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Hi all! I've been playing around with the my new tattered leaves die from Tim Holtz Alterations line. Here is what I made out of all the leaves I cut out.Here's a close up of the leaves and the acorns.I cut everything out of light weight chipboard. Then painted a thin layer of white on to them in order to give it a base coat to work off of. I also added some crackle medium, which ended up just

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Hello! I decided to join in on the Flutter By challenge this week since it was an open challenge. Which was good since I think my mojo is missing!This card has a lot of texture going on. The ivory cardstock is embossed with the leaf folder from Sizzix and the thin chipboard is done with the lattice embossing folder. I embossed it after I cut it out using the labels die, then sponged around it

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Hi everyone! I found something recently at my local craft store and had to try them. It's called chalkstock which is made by Canvas Corp. and came in artist trading card size. It came 10 to a pack for $3.95 which is kind of spendy but fun to play around with! Here's what I did with it.The daisy stamp is from TAC and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. Both are stamped in yellow chalk ink from

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Hi ya! Here's a very quick CAS Halloween card using $1.00 stamps.I stamped the candy corn in black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. Colored them with Copic's and cut them out. The ended up being popped up with foam tape in sort of the same configuration as what is in the sentiment.Orange cardstock came from Hot Off The Press. Now that I see this on the blog, I'm going to go back and

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Hello! Going clean and simple again today! I pulled out a favorite stamp from the Deco Designs set from TAC. This little branch is one of my all time favs!I stamped it in French Roast ink from A*Muse and then overlapped it several times without re-inking. The long rectangle nestie was used to emboss and frame it. Sentiment is from A*Muse Studio and is cut out with the tag nestie from

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Hi everyone! Happy World Card Making Day! Here's another CAS card that can be used for just about anyone.The acorn die and sentiment stamp is from Lil' Inker Designs. I used cardstock from Hot Off The Press for the body of the acorn and the dark brown back ground. The cardstock for the top of the acorn is from Bazzill.The designer paper is from Papertrey Ink and I used French Roast ink from A*

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Hi everyone! Here is a card I created for the Flutter By Wednesday challenge. It was an open challenge but pink was suggested for the color.So I started with coloring her gown pink using Copic's. I added a few white highlights throughout her gown using a Sharpie paint pen. You might need to blow up the picture to notice though. I also added some sparkle to her wings using a stardust pen. Light

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Hi everyone! Here's another fall card I did using stamps from TAC.Colored with Copic Markers. The designer paper is also from TAC. I used the spellbinder nestie label to cut this little guy out and then traced and hand cut the black layer behind.Wood grain embossing folder from Tim Holtz used on the dark brown cardstock. The brown cardstock is from Papertrey Ink.This is actually a really fun set

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Hi everyone! Since fall began officially last Friday, I thought I'd make a few cards to usher in the season.Stamp is from Memory Box and colored with Marvy Makers and huffed on. The sentiment is from Stampendous.Designer paper is from Papertrey Ink. I used two colors of brown cardstock from American Crafts, one to layer the main image and one as the card base. I found some rust colored grosgrain

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Hi everyone! I had some time on my hands this afternoon and decided to combine (or try to) two challenges in one card. Mojo Monday 207 and the inspiration challenge over on SCS.The blog that was chosen for inspiration is awesome! Here is what I chose.Here is what I came up with!Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and stamped in Archival jet black ink. The lace is colored with a copic marker to try

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Hello! Happy first day of fall, er I mean second day. It sure didn't feel like it around here. Very warm, sunny and humid.So, with that in mind here is a sketch card that I made for SCS and did not post. Stamps are from TAC and colored with Copic markers.The die is from Verve and I hand cut the layer in back after tracing it onto cardstock. Self adhesive gold pearls are added for some bling. Have

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Hi everyone! Here's a Clean and Simple card I whipped up in no time at all.Stamps are from A*Muse studio. I stamped the butterfly using the huff method which is colored with Marvy LePlume markers. I added some sparkle to its wings using a stardust pen and smearing it a bit with my finger. Circle nesties used to cut it out and the layer behind.The sentiment is stamped in jet black archival ink and

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Hi everyone! It's time for another challenge over at Victorine Originals. This time the challenge is to make an easel card. Here's mine.The hill landscape and tree's stamps are from Victorine Originals. The sentiment is built using everyday expressions from Paper Studio (picked it up at Hobby Lobby).I did a lot of sponging and masking on this card, from the green hills to the blue skies. I used

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Hey again! Here's the other faux silk card that I did because I goofed it up in the first place. Always let it dry.....if you don't have the patience, use your heat gun very carefully!To cover up the green that bled through onto the tissue paper I used antique linen distress ink to add some color. To do this, I added a couple of swipes of the ink to my craft mat, added a few spritzes of water and

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Hey there! I haven't done this technique in a long while and thought this image was so perfect for it!I stamped the bamboo in Bamboo leaves ink from Memento onto tissue paper. Let it dry thoroughly! Ask me why? Well, it tends to smudge when you crumple up the tissue paper! LOL! Did this a few times and even created another card much like this one, that I will show you later because I tried to

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Greetings! I'm currently in Las Vegas in business meetings for the three days! Hopefully I'll be able to get some gambling time in...my elbow needs a work out! The following card was created based upon a picture that I just saw on Pinterest - it was a color combo that featured grey and navy. I added some cream to it and this is what I came up with.The grosgrain ribbon doesn't perfectly match the

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Hi everyone! I just got my shipment of the newest Ranger Distress dye's including the hot new color of picket fence! I was playing around with it and used it as a white wash for the card below.The Ginkgo leaves are stamped onto kraft cardstock in two different colors of green and heat embossed using clear embossing powder. I then applied the picket fence dye and wiped off the excess with a paper

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Hi Everyone! What a busy week it's been for me! I've been playing around with some things and wanted to showcase one of them for you.I've made my own washi tape!I went to the dollar store and found some paper tape in the health and beauty isle. It's actually medical tape, but a thin paper like substance. I put a piece on my craft mat and stamped the houndstooth background stamp from Papertrey ink

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Hi everyone! Wowza, what a wonderful relaxing vacation we had. Saw so many cool critters along the way (see below) but mostly just chilled!This card was made a while ago and I'm now just getting around to posting it.Stamps and the dies are from Papertrey Ink.I colored the balloon with Copic markers and then used the die to cut it out. I first cut a piece of acetate or "marker" and used that as a

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Hello everyone! It's time for another challenge over at Victorine Originals. This time the DT was charged with using primary colors. Here's my example. Flowers were colored with markers, huffed on and stamped. I added some self adhesive pearls to the centers of each one. The vase is stamped in Colorbox sky blue pigment ink. Cardstock is from Papertrey ink in pure poppy and enchanted evening.

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Hey everyone! Before I left on vacation the brown truck delivered my latest order from Papertrey Ink! I just had to whip out the new stamps and play around. Here's what I came up with! Stamps are from the set Harvest Berries. The sentiment is also from PTI and is from the set Half and Half. I stamped the ginkgo leaves in Versamark and heat embossed them using clear embossing powder on the kraft

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Hi everyone! Today I'm showcasing one of my all time favorite TAC stamps. It's old and I think I might have gotten this one on ebay. I stamped the fern in Memories Pale Olive chalk ink onto ivory cardstock. The sentiment is stamped and clear heat embossed onto vellum then attached over fern using green brads. Sentiment is from Verve. The dragonfly is punched out using Martha Stewart's craft

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Hi everyone! Today I'm showing you a card that I made for SCS sketch challenge (I never uploaded the card, tho) and I also played around with a technique that T.H. showcased a while back. OH My - there is NO stamping on this card. Designer paper is from Memory Box called Minuet. To make the medallion I used clear packing tape, the dp and glossy accents. I took the clear packing tape and taped

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Hello! Happy Friday - wow what a week! Glad it's over and I'm 8 hours away from vacation! WooHoo! Here's a quick card that can be used for a pick me up or sympathy card. Stamps are from PTI and the leaf is colored and outlined with Copic's. Green cardstock is from Bazzill and the designer paper is Old World Stack from DCWV. I dusted off my corner rounder and round a few corner on this one. I

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Hi everyone! If you haven't heard the news, The Angel Company has announced that they are hanging up their wings. Below is the official announcement from CEO Mischelle Smith. "It is with great sadness that I must announce we are hanging up our wings. These past several years our industry has faced enormous challenges and as a result, we have seen many companies close their doors. We

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Hi everyone! Here is a card I recently did for a Victorine Originals Birthday challenge. I did a lot of experimenting and playing around with this one. The back ground is created using the rope stamp from the nautical set from VO. I stamped it in Palette fresh snow, heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and then used the vintage photo distress ink to distress the kraft card stock a bit

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Ok people! Here's the second card I made with this set and the Gift With Purchase stamp. The small flower within the box is the GWP stamp. The bigger one in the middle I created using stamps from the Be Fabulous set. I stamped the box and then masked it off to get the flower stamped in about the same position as the smaller version. All are colored with Copic markers. The blue swiss dot paper

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Hi everyone! Mr. Mailman just delivered more new stamps from The Angel Company! I've been playing around for days! WooHoo! Stamped the flower in Palette fresh snow ink and then outlined them with a T1 Copic Marker. Used a sponge dauber to add the white ink around the edge of the card. Copic markers used to color the flower and then I did a bit of fussy cutting. It's popped up with foam tape.

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and sometimes you flop. Or so they say.... Stamps are from Great Impressions. I've had the flip flop stamp for a couple of years and just picked up the sentiment. Don't they go great together? Flip flops are colored with Copic markers and self adhesive pearls used for the center of the flowers. Kraft cardstock used as the base of the card after I ran it through the crimper. Layered both the

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Hi everyone! I found some time today to make something up for the TAC Savvy blog hop, stamping on fabric. My fabric of choice is canvas which I used for the back ground and sentiment panels. Stamps are from the set For Everything from The Angel Company. I stamped the back ground in Memento Bamboo Leaves onto the canvas. The Thank You sentiment is stamped in Ranger Archival Jet Black.

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Hey everyone! I've had this digi Caterpillar colored for a while now just waiting to be made into a card. I decided to play around with my new leaves spellbinders dies and other assorted dies and punches and this card just happen to materialize from it. The digi is from DDH (which you can get to from the link on my side bar) and the sentiment is from The Angel Company. The caterpillar is colored

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Hi there! Here's card that came about because I was playing around with some new rubber from The Angel Company. This is from the set Mama Wants. Let me give you some back ground on this one. My mom was notorious for leaving tissues laying around (and in her purse too) with lips on them. She always had lipstick on and was always blotting it! That is what came to mind when I saw this particular

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Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great weekend so far! There's a big sale going on over at Victorine Originals, 50% off all unmounted rubber stamps. Here's recent card I did using their stamps!Back ground is done using one of the stamps that came in this unmounted sheet. I just randomly stamped it in dark chocolate Palette ink and distressed with vintage photo distress ink. I crumbled it up

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Hello! Here's another clean and simple card today. Seems that's all I'm doing these days! (grin)Designer paper is from my stash and I have no clue who made it. All I know is that it matched the sky blue Colorbox ink that I used for the middle vase, so I went with it! Ditto on the grosgrain ribbon!Stamps are from the set called Gracious Vases from Papertrey Ink. Self adhesive pearls from

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Hey everyone! Where has this week gone to? It's already Wednesday and I feel so behind. I found this really neat limb stamp that Memory Box has just put out and just had to buy it. In playing around, this is one of the cards that came about.I colored directly on the stamp with markers and did the huff method. The distressed stamp is also from memory box and after I stamped the limb onto it, I

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Hi everyone - as promised here is the Paper Wings sponsored blog hop for Christmas in July featuring stamps from The Angel Company. Here are my two cards.This darling little tree is from the set Jingle Jolly. I colored the pot with Copic markers and the star and ornaments were embellished with stardust pens. Paper is from the Reese soar with it collection. I stamped the sentiment panel and

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Hi everyone! I decided to play along with the SCS sketch challenge this week. It has a lot of great possibilities to use up some designer papers that we've been saving.Here is the sketch.Here is my take on it.Designer paper is from Memory box. The stamp is a retired one from The Angel Company. I cut it out using a circle nestie and then sponged around it with Memento summer sky blue ink.The strip

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Hey there! Here's a real quick and simple card for you today, sorta like CAS! =) Sometimes my CAS take a while to complete, if you know what I mean?Daisy stamp is from The Angel Company (Blossoms and Blessings) and stamped in Palette Fresh Snow ink. I colored the center using chalk. Sentiment is also from TAC and stamped in Noir.Tied the ribbon and bow off to the top right hand corner. The black

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Hi everyone! It's the 25th of the month, which means that it's time for another PTI blog hop. Here is the inspiration photo.I decided to follow the color palette.Stamps are from Gracious Vases. The center vase is paper pieced and popped up using foam tape. The other two are colored with Copic markers. All paper except for the striped is from PTI.As I was making this card, the big brown truck

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Hi everyone! It's time again for another challenge over at Victorine Originals. This time we want you to use some bling. Not hard at all to do, right? There's a great stamp set up for the prize, too!The dress is paper pieced using that wonderful velvet like paper. I added a rhinestone to the center of the top and highlighted along the folds of the dress with a stardust pen.The textile embossing

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Hi all. I decided to play along with the Make it Monday challenge over at Capture the Moment. This week they showcased a new (to me) technique called dry brushing. Here's my card.Yes, I know it's Friday and this is a Make It Monday challenge, but decided to try it anyway! I brushed on white acrylic paint onto light green cardstock from Bazzill very lightly as I was going for the subtle look.

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I went searching in my stash for a masculine birthday card and found that I'm out! Yikes! So, this is what I whipped up real fast to get in the mail.Tag is made out of a coaster using the Quickutz tag die and a big eyelet from We R Memories is attached to the center. Back ground stamps and the sentiment are from PTI. Stamped the paper backgrounder in Palette burnt umber and then distressed it

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Hi all! Here's a quick card I made for a close friend who just had another wee one.Stamps are from The Angel Company. I heat embossed the baby buggy with clear embossing powder after stamping it Palette Noir.Spellbinders fancy tags used to cut out the sentiment, as well as oval nesties. Added two lime green rhinestones for some bling to the swirls! Paper is Bazzill and the designer paper is from

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Happy weekend! It's raining outside and a great day to stay inside and stamp! Here's another clean and simple card using the PTI Anniversary set Botanical Silhouettes.I inked up the stamp with palette pure poppy and jardin moss. The sentiment is stamped in noir. The red pearls are from Kaisercraft.I cut and embossed the main image with a rectangle nestie and then layered it with a piece of black

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Hello everyone!There's a challenge going on over at Victorine Originals blog where you can win a free stamp set. All you have to do is create something with flowers on it and up load it to the blog. Here's my inspiration card.The vine swirl is from Victorine Originals and stamped in Versamark then heat embossed using clear embossing powder.I made the pink flower using McGill punches. The foliage

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Hello! Happy Monday to you all - I know, wishing that Friday was just around the corner! LOL.I need some coloring advice on this creation. I colored the flower with Copics but I don't particularly like the way it turned out. What would you have done differently? More blending? Help!Lattice embossing folder used on the white cardstock and I used my oval nesties again! Flower stamp and sentiment

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Hello! How about a clean and simple card today?Stamps are from Papertrey ink and stamped in Palette Jardin moss, pure poppy and noir inks.The green designer paper is from Memory Box. Polka dot 5 x 7 embossing folder used on the white cardstock and I mounted it on pure poppy cardstock. Nothing fancy, just kept it simple because I liked the sentiment a lot!I decided to use my oval nesties, since

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Hi everyone! No card today, but I thought I treat you to some pictures from our road trip over the 4th of July weekend.North Cascades Hiway - The American Alps.Rainy Pass - elevation 4855Still snow on the ground in July!The town of Winthrop WA. Old western mining town. A lot of very eclectic shops and restaurants to amuse folks that are passing through. View of Patterson lake from Sun Mountain

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Hello! I hope you all had a great 4th of July! We had great weather and the puppy did fine with all the loud bangs and booms!Here's a clean and simple card to use for anything! All stamps are from The Angel Company. the Bee is stamped in Memento tuxedo ink and colored with Copic's and a stardust glitter pen. I had to bling up his wings a bit, ya know?Spellbinders label die used on the black

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Hello all! Here is another of the images from the Vintage rides set from The Angel Company.I got out my Niji water brush and watercolors and played around a bit on this. I so need to practice and I just drool over some of the cards and images I've seen using this medium.The clouds are cut from white cardstock (PTI die) and the Happy birthday sentiment is from Hero Arts. I popped up the cloud with

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Hey everyone. This is another new image that I got from TAC. Loving the sentiment on this collage!I decided to dust off my chalks to color this collage in. It came out pretty muted and I think I'll do it different next time around. It's a bit brighter in real life and didn't photograph real well.A wood back ground stamp is used on the brown along with some versamark and some clear embossing

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Hey everyone! Here is another one of the images from Vintage rides which is a new set from The Angel Company.I tired to color the "Chevy" with the colors that were popular back in the day. Do you think I came close? Gotta love those Copic markers!I used some glossy accents on the windows and love how it turned out! The designer paper in the back is Amberlee Grace from TAC.I really like how this

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Hi everyone! I had some time to play around with an inspiration piece for this month's PTI blog hop. As a matter of fact, I did it over several times before I was happy with the end result.Here is the inspiration piece.Here is what I eventually came up with.I started with glossy cardstock and applied direct to paper Ranger distress inks in Scattered straw, Wild honey and Spiced marmalade.The

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Hello! Another new image and sentiment from The Angel Company to share with you today.This set is called Vintage Rides and I colored the scooter with a Copic Ciao marker in YG03. I stamped both the image and the sentiment in Black Archival ink and then heat embossed using clear embossing powder. I just love the coverage the Archival ink gives!Designer paper is called Hip Hop from The Angel

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