Sketch Frenzy Friday – Boho blossoms

It’s Sketch Frenzy Friday!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad it is the weekend.  I have my workshop tomorrow and will then relax the rest of the weekend.  What are your plans? We have a great sketch this week provided by Angela Walters  After seeing this sketch I thought of the Boho Blossoms punch and using it to make flowers for the circle elements at the bottom. I used the color challenge at VC_Rocks for my colors. …

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Ebony and Ivory swap

Good Morning Ladies! I wanted to share a swap I did at VC Rocks.  It was an ebony and ivory swap.  You had to use black and vanilla.  I had just gotten the Flower Garden embossing folder and decided to use it.  I cut the top note die out and then used the embossing folder.   I added a bow of 1/8″ black taffeta.  I mounted that on a piece of black that I edge…

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Soft Flower Fest

Good Morning Ladies! Well the heat has finally hit.  We have had dangerous heat the past 2 days.  Good reason to stay inside and stamp! My creation today uses the color challenge from Create, Ink! I combined it with Mary Jo’s Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge.     I saw on someone’s blog how they stamped the flower from Flower Fest and then used the marker to trace the inside of the petals.  They had done the flower…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments – Paper Piecing

I cannot believe this is the last day of May.  Time is flying by. It is Hand Stamped Tuesday which means we have a new challenge.  Our challenge is to use paper piecing.  I have never tried this technique so this was a new one for me. I saw on Bev Watt’s Stampin Ovation blog some great cards she had done using this technique and the  Awash with Flowers set.  I had wanted to case…

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Late Night Stampers Teacher Appreciation

Happy Memorial Day Good Morning Stampers! Do you have plans for a cookout today?  Hopefully the weather will be good where you are. We have a great challenge today over at Late Night Stampers.  It is for all our teachers.  You are to create a card, gift, etc. that could be used as a Thank You for a teacher at the end of the year.  Being a retired teacher this is something I can relate…

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Scrapbook double layout

Second Post, scroll down for the first! Good Evening! I said I would try and post later today.  I did not expect it to be this late.  I got a later start than I had expected as I was busy cleaning up the furniture I bought for my sunroom.  I now have an end table and a lamp.  I got a rug and a plant stand but I need to get padding for the rug…

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