Working on my Regional Swaps

Stampin’ Up has regionals scheduled throughout the country.  This year we are lucky that they are having a regional in Baltimore on October 1 and 2.  Regionals are only 1 day so I am going on October 1.  Regionals are very similar to convention so there is swapping involved.  Since it is 2 weeks away I knew I needed to get busy with my swaps.  I ran across some cards this week that were my…

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Not sure about this one!

Well I saw something on a blog (sorry can’t find it now) that I wanted to try for our 1 layer challenge.  The lady used Stampin’ Up supplies to create the grunge technique that Tim Holz is famous for.  I read how she did it so I decided to give it a try also. What Tim does is he applies ink to a craft mat and sprays it with water.  This lady applied ink from…

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Faux Plaid Technique

I am planning for my technique class next week and thought it would be fun to use the faux plaid technique on some leaves.  I tried it first with the Paisley Prints set but did not like the look so I pulled out the Autumn Splendor set and love how they turned out. I used the color challenge from The Paper Players.  You were to use                  …

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Cherry Happy Holidays

Happy Wednesday! I played on Sunday and made this card so I would be ahead of the game.  I had class last night and time was short yesterday so I worked ahead.  I do not have any plans for today so I will play today with a card for tomorrow. I ran across a blog that I loved the artists work and she had a card that I liked the layout of.  I decided I…

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Just Believe

Good Morning Everyone! I played on Sunday as I had a meeting on campus yesterday and knew I wouldn’t have time to get a card made.  Trying to work ahead when I can. I began with the color challenge at The Color Dare. Color Dare #75 Very Vanilla Pretty in Pink Cherry Cobbler Garden Green  I combined it with the sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday.       When I saw this sketch I immediately thought…

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One Layer Challenge

Good Monday Morning Everyone! I suggested a one layer challenge at Late Night Stampers.  I thought it would be fun to try this.  All last week I was working on my layout in my head.  On Saturday I played a little to see what I could come up with. I began with the sketch challenge at Cards and Things. I decided to stamp my image in the center.  I then punched out a circle from…

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