Real Black Olives

Like that title? That is actually the title of the color challenge on Split Coast Stampers for this week. You were to use Basic Black, Old Olive, and Real Red. I got some new toys the other day that I wanted to use so I used them on this card. I got several Nestabilities Label dies from Spellbinders. I chose the Labels One to use on this card. I also used some more of my…

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Sketch Set A Bit Late

Hello Everyone! Yesterday was quite an adventure for me. I had schedule to go to New Towne Village and do a plastic craft project with the residents there. I started at 10 and at 2 we still hadn’t finished. I thought I had chosen a fairly simple project – a ladybug magnet. The ladies did a great job with what they got finished. I will be going back to finish up in a couple of…

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Using More of My Gingham Patterned Paper

I am loving my gingham paper download. I used some on Saturday for my sketch set and when I saw the sketch that Natasha posted at Clean and Simple I knew it would be perfect for their sketch. Today’s card is not your usual invitation size card. It is actually 4 x 7 1/2. This will fit in a business size envelope and still take a regular stamp. It was fun to play with this…

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Playing with Ribbon

On the Mother’s and Daughter’s Creations blog they posted they were sponsoring a challenge on the Cafe Mojo Challenges blog. I decided to check it out and saw it was to use ribbon in a non-traditional way. As I was laying in bed the other night watching tv when I wondered if I could use this beautiful sheer ribbon I had gotten from Heidi. to make a butterfly. I wondered how I was going to…

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My Favorite Colors makes a Beautiful Card

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. The weather was gorgeous, I hope you got outside some. Today’s card actually fits in 5 different challenges. It didn’t start out that way but things just fell together beautifully. I used the sketch from Paper Craft Planet and combined it with my favorite colors which is the challenge for Our Creative Corner. When I began stamping Mellow Moss and Pretty in Pink were the colors…

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May Workshop Cards

I hadn’t planned on posting today, but I just finished my cards for my May workshop and I thought I would post them for you to see. First Card Paper: Always Artichoke, Baja Breeze, white, Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin’ Kit Accessories: So Saffron ribbon (Pink Hedgehog), Filigree Designer Brads, sticky tape, dimensionals Second Card Stamps: Sweet Stems Paper: Basic Black, Rose Red, white, Raspberry Tart DS Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss Accessories: Cameo Coral –…

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