Guess what I’ve been doing?

You will never believe what I have been doing today. I was checking out my blogs to day and 2 of them posted a challenge today. A recent blog I discovered is Cuttlebug Challenge where they post weekly challenges to create cards or projects using your cuttlebug. On Friday the post was to make Thanksgiving Basket and they provided you with some awesome directions. I decided to give this a try so I began by…

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I need you opinion

I have participated in Amy’s sketch challenges a couple of times.  She is looking for new members of her design team if you are interested.  The details are here.  Here current design team has a color challenge challenge going on right now.   When I saw the colors I thought of the wedding card I made a few weeks ago.  I had entered a blog give away on  Stacey King’s blog and won.  She sent me some cute gift tags that…

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A helpful lady

I have been looking at the Just Right stamps for some time. If you remember I mentioned in a previous post that I would love to have a set of letters that lock together to make my own saying. I read Taylor’s blog and she also has an online store. I e-mailed her and she was so helpful in explaining exactly what I wanted. She has helped me several times in the past also. .…

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The Mummy Made Me Do It

Sorry about the title but I just couldn’t resist, it just popped into my head.  I have another cool Hallweeen card for you.  I know you are wondering when you will see some fall cards, but don’t fret they will be coming soon. I am sad to say there is very little of this black and white paper left.  I have other black and white and I have really liked including that paper in my…

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Vintage Verve Violet

There was a midweek challenge on Our Creative Corner this week.  You had to create a card using the vintage values technique.  This is a really cool technique and was a bit easier than I thought.  The entire technique reminds me of cards that Michelle creates.  While Michelle uses the brayer to create her effects, this technique uses a sponge.  I did have to modify my technique as when I sponged toward the center I wasn’t getting…

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Our Creative Corner sketch challenge

The ladies at Our Creative Corner have some interesting challenges.  This week they had a sketch challenge.  I have been on a misson to use up some of my designer series paper and this sketch was perfect for it.  The Simply Spooky Designer Paper from The Angel Company has some really wild paper in it.  I have been challenged to use it and combine it with others as it is not necessarily my style.  I choose…

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