Not what I had planned

Happy Saturday Everyone! This is a quick post.  So much to do and so little time. You don’t know this about me but I am another passion besides stamping.  Cross stitching!  I was on a site that had their cross stitch patterns on sale and ran across one that I thought would be fun to recreate as a card. I loved these colors but these are our retired colors and I always thought poppies were…

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Sketch Frenzy Friday meets Hearts Abound

It’s Friday!!!!!!!! I have had the busiest week this week.  I am so glad it is over.  My daughter is coming down today.  We are doing her baby shower tomorrow.  Today we are going shopping for material to make the bumper pads and bed skirt.  Then my work really begins. My card today for our Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge uses the great sketch from Sharon Field.  I have admired Sharon’s work for quite some time…

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Inlaid Embossing

I wanted to try a technique that I saw a month or so ago.  It is called inlaid embossing.  I began with the color challenge at Picture Perfect Creations      I pulled out my sizzlets which I had not used in quite some time.  I cut the flowers out and then used the white gel pen to trace around the embossed image so it would show up when I embossed it.  I also used the…

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Charming

This is an extremely busy week for me so I am going to do this quick. For my card today I used the color challenge at Just Add Ink      I found a sketch challenge at Techno Stamper that I used also. I did move the circle element to the other side to make it work for me.  I pulled out a set I have not used in quite some time but I love it.  Here…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Ribbons and Lace

Happy Tuesday Everyone! Well the cold weather is back again.  Now they are watching a coastal storm to see what track it takes.  Over at the Hand Stamped Sentiments blog we have a great challenge this week. I love both ribbons and lace and went to my stash to see what I have to use on my card.  When I saw the challenge I immediately thought of soft and feminine. During my blurfing I ran…

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Hearts For You

Well it is the beginning of new week.  Do you have a busy one planned?  I do so this will be quick. The Late Night Stampers group has a “Hearts Abound” challenge.  You had to include at least 1 hear on your card.  I began with the color challenge at Picture Perfect Creations. I then used the sketch challenge at Stamping 411. I loved this clean and simple sketch so I tried to make my…

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