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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Jumpin’ for Joy

Hope you were able to get outside and enjoy this gorgeous weather.  I can’t believe it is so cool out.  It was great to take a cool walk and cut my grass with a nice breeze this morning. I saw this sketch on Jen’s blog and wanted to give it a try.  My sister had this cute stamp and I borrowed it to stamp some images.  I thought this would be perfect for this sketch.  I covered…

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