Sketch Frenzy Friday – Shaving cream style

Happy Friday Everyone! I have 2 observations today and I am hoping to work on a card for a swap.  I love swapping so I wanted to try this swap out.  I will share my card with you when I am sure everyone has received their cards. Today’s sketch was created by Tammy Fite. When I saw this I was not certain what I was going to do with it.  Then I remembered some shaving…

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Monocromatic Eleanor Medallions

Good Morning Stampers! I have a lot to finalize my class before tonight.  I will be super busy today.  Good thing I prepared ahead of time at the beginning of the week so you would have some eye candy for today. My card today uses the color challenge at Dynamic Duos    I changed out the Concord Crush since it is retired and used Elegant Eggplant.  Once I had the colors I decided to combine…

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Coloring Down the Lines – Not Quite Navy

Good Morning Stampers! I hope it is dry where you are.  I know everyone is watching Hurricane Isaac.  I hope if he is headed your way you stay safe. It is time for our next Color Coach challenge.  This week we were to use Night of Navy, Cajun Craze, and More Mustard OR Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, and Garden Green When I saw these colors I was not feeling the Pumpkin Pie so I…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments – Pom poms

Hello Stampers! I hope you got some time to play yesterday and if you didn’t maybe you can squeeze some time in today. Over at Hand Stamped Sentiments our challenge this week is to use pom poms.  I have to admit I tried several ideas and none of them worked.  Renee happened to be here finishing up a class and she suggested I use the new tulle ribbon.  I pulled it out and we played…

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Late Night Stampers – hand colored image

Happy Monday Everyone! Well another week is beginning and it will start to get even busier for me.  I start teaching my graduate classes this week so things will be hectic.  Our challenge this week is right up my alley!  I love hand coloring so the hard part was trying to find an image to color.  A lot of our images are solid and don’t lend themselves to coloring.  I pulled out the catalog and…

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A card club creation

Hello Everyone! It has been a lazy rainy weekend here.  We so needed the gentle rain to soak in the ground.  A great weekend for stamping and I hope you got to spend a little time doing just that. My card today was created for a Card Club back in June – yeah can you believe I have not share it until now!  I created a shim and only embossed the top part of the…

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