Sketch Frenzy Friday – Christmas Blessings

Good Morning! Are you headed out for some of the Black Friday sales?  I am not sure if I am or not.  I have not done these sales in many years and not sure I want to brave the crowds.  If you do hope you are successful. Our team at Sketch Frenzy Friday has another sketch challenge for you this week.  These sketches are so much fun and we would love to have you play…

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Dynamic Duos snowman

Happy Thanksgiving! This will be short and sweet as we all want to spend time with family and friends.  My card today uses the color challenge at Dynamic Duos    I loved this color combo.  They also had a snowman element to it.  This was right up my alley.  Here is what I created. inside of card and envelope Hope you enjoyed my card today.  Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to check…

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Coloring Down the Lines – Perfect Plum

Hello Everyone! Are you all busy getting ready for tomorrow?  There is so much to get done before the big feast!  I hope you will take some time to check out our blog hop this week. This week we had the following color choices Perfect Plum, Marina Mist, Rose Red    OR    Perfect Plum, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard I decided to use the second color combination.  For some reason those colors just appealed to me…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments – Fancy Folds

Hello Everyone! Well are you ready for Thanksgiving?  Can you believe it is 2 days away?  I am headed to Jess’ today as I will be spending Thanksgiving at their house.  It will be great to see Zoie as I have not seen her in a while.  I am also 3 weeks away from the end of my courses so that will help as I will be able to visit more often. At Hand Stamped…

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Late Night Stampers – favorite Color Combo for Christmas this year

Hello Ladies! Before I share my card today I wanted to show you the process used to make my stuffed ham.  You begin by parboiling cabbage, onions, red pepper, and mustard seed until the cabbage is soft.  Take your ham and cut slits in it so you can stuff the cabbage mixture in the slits. After you get your cabbage mixture stuffed in the slits and packed around the ham you tie it up in…

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Star Tree on Artichoke

Happy Sunday! What are your plans for the day?  As you read this I am cutting cabbage and onions and getting ready to stuff my ham.  Then I have to boil it for about 5 hours.  I will be busy all day with the preparation.  When it is done I will have to take a picture and post it as I know you are not familiar with what a stuffed ham is. My card today…

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