A Petals Christmas

It’s another Sketch Frenzy Friday.  Our sketch this week was designed by Tina Taves.  It was a simple sketch but I think I have added just the right amount of detail to make a very pretty card. I began by embossing the background using the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder.  I then used my Cherry Cobbler marker to color the dots in the center of the flowers.  Next I used a gold gel pen to add some…

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Another nontraditional Christmas colors card

The challenge at Late Night Stampers is to make a card and not use red or green.  I had every intention of using blue or purple but this card is a result of supplies sitting on my table. I started with the sketch from Mary Jo at Techno Stamper.  It was a clean and simple sketch and when I saw it things just started clicking and my card came together very quickly.       …

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Night of Navy Snowflake

Well did any of you take advantage of the Cyber Monday deals?  I had hoped to do a little shopping but missed out.  Not to worry I made up for it on Black Friday. My card today uses the sketch challenge from Creative Sketches.   I needed another card for my workshop this week and I thought this would make a good sketch to follow.  I slide the top strip and image to the bottom…

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A December Workshop card

Can you believe this is the last day of November?  The year seems to have flown by.  It is hard to believe that in 31 days we will have a new year.  I am hoping to get my outside decorations up today but the weather will determine if that happens. I needed another card for my workshop this week so I decided to use some sketch challenges to create the last ones I needed.  This…

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A non traditional Christmas color card

Happy Monday! Can you believe that in a few day we will be in the last month of the year?  Where did the year go?  Now the countdown for Christmas begins.  Have you finished your shopping? Late Night Stampers has a great challenge this week.  You are to create a Christmas card but you cannot use red or green.  When I was beginning to work on my card I had no intention of making this…

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Another photo card

Did you take advantage of any of the Black Friday sales?  If you did I hope you got some good deals. Our challenge at Late Night Stampers this week was to create a card using a photo.  Last winter we had several back to back snowstorms.  I took advantage and took lots of pictures.  I had a few I thought would make great cards.  I shared one on Monday and I am sharing another one…

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