Virtual Stamping Night (VSN)

This past weekend Splitcoast had their August Virtual Stamping Night.  This even is held on a Friday evening and a Saturday.  It usually begins about 6:00 and goes until 11:00 on Friday night and Saturday is usually 8 hours long.  They post a new challege every hour.  You have 45 minutes to create your card and they give you 15 minutes to clean up and post your card before they post the next challenge.  They…

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Monday’s design for you

A friend needed a card for his brother’s 60th birthday.  I had another House Mouse image that I used on this card.  I’m not sure you can tell but the outside says “No way”.  The inside said “You don’t look a day over 50!”  This was a fun card to make. Stamps: Exciting Celebration (House Mouse), For a Friend (retired), small alphabet Paper: Ballet Blue, So Saffron, white, DCWV Spring Stack (last year) Ink: Basic…

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Verve’s August Project Parade

Verve is having a contest that runs until September 3rd. The inspiration was an ad from a coffee shop. The ad looked so yummy and the colors were perfect for me. I had a fun time creating this card using an image I got in an image swap. When I looked at the image the first thing that popped into my head was a line from a Beetle’s song “I get by with a little…

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Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge

Today’s card is a little different as it has limited stamping on it.  I saw this sketch on  OurCreativeCorner‘s blog and wanted to give it a try.  I wanted to use something different for the embellishment in the corner besides a flower so I went looking in my stash and came up with this button.  It matched the Groovy Guava paper perfectly so I went with that color and added Kraft as the card base.  I have a…

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Moose Card

I got this image from Whipper Snapper.  I thought he was so cute holding the rose in his mouth.  I cut out one of the hearts and popped it up on a dimensional to give it a little something extra.  I tried using squares behind opposite corners to give it a little added emphasis.  I got a set of saying stamps from Verve that I have been using lately as I have a few cards…

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First Day of School

Oh My Gosh today was the day that I put both of my children on the Bus. Sammy is going into K and Sloane is in 2nd. I am now a stay home mom with no one at home anymore during the day, so I guess my title will change ???. I now have no reason not to post when I am supposed to, this summer has been so busy and has gone by so…

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