Late Night Stampers – paper piercing

Happy Monday Everyone! Wow where did the weekend go?  It seems like it was just Friday. We have a fun challenge over at Late Night Stampers this week.  We are to use paper piercing.  I had this great idea to create a circular pattern radiating out from an image.  I went looking at my stamp sets and decided on a flower.  Here is my creation. inside of card and envelope I even did some piercing…

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Ebony and Ivory Swap

Good Morning Stampers! Such a busy weekend for me.  Lots going on and I still need to work on my class. My card today is the one I created for an Ebony and Ivory swap I did.  It is hard to see but I embossed the ivory pieces with the polka dots folder.  The Day of Gratitude image was stamped with black and then embossed with iridescent ice.  It was very sparkly. Sorry for the…

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Red Hot Stampers Sketch Challenge convention swap

Hello Ladies! Well we had some storms last night.  At one point we were have marble size hail.  Poor Bijou was scared and just followed me around.  When it was all over she finally calmed down.  I took her outside and the air was very damp and humid.  It was like we had fog. My card today began with the sketch challenge at Red Hot Stampers Sketch Challenge blog    I wanted to use this sketch…

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Sketch Frenzy Friday –

Good Morning Everyone! We have another sketch this week.  This one was created by Angela Walters. I played earlier in the week with the reinker background technique that I explained on Wednesday.  I had also created this paper that I used for my card today.  I decided to use butterflies for the main image.  Here is my creation. inside of card and envelope Hope you enjoyed my card today as it is not my usual…

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Thursday post

Hello ladies! Wow I have been swamped this week.  I started teaching my graduate class and it has me hopping.  I get a few days before the next class so I will spend it in my craft room. I saw a color challenge at Dynamic Duos that I wanted to try. I love pink and black together so I just had to do this one.  Here is what I created. inside of card and envelope…

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Coloring Down the Lines – Pacific Point

Good Morning Everyone! It is time for our Morning Chat groups Coloring Down the Lines color challenge.  We are using the color coach and “coloring down the lines”.  This week we were to use Pacific Point, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie OR Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry I saw on CherylAnne’s blog a card she did where she used reinkers and vellum.  I went looking on You Tube and found a video explaining how to…

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