Using some retiring colors

I guess by now you have all heard about the new Color Renovation at Stampin’ Up. With all the colors retiring I have a ton of paper to use before July 1. So in honor of the retiring colors I have used 3 of the Bold Brights on today’s card. Make sure you have sunglasses on as this is really bright! One of the challenges on Late Night Stampers is to create a card that…

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2 Great Color Combinations

Yeah, it’s hump day! I have 2 cards for you today. My first card was for the color challenge at Picture Perfect Creations. The colors were Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, and Very Vanilla. These are great colors together and I think you will really like them on my card. I used the sketch from Tracy’s Eat Sleep Stamp blog. For the small horizontal strip I used the Fine Flourish and did a second generation stamping…

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CASE card

My card for you today is for the Stampin’ Up Connections group I am a member of. This is a site for demos to share ideas and discuss issues related to being a demo. They have a weekly challenge there where they feature a stamper’s gallery and other members are to find a card in the gallery to case. This week the lucky lady is Connie Babbert. I chose the card pictured below to CASE.…

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My First Design Card

Good Monday Morning Everyone! Well I have my first official Design Team card for the Late Night Stampers yahoo group. The first challenge was a sketch challenge. We were sent a sketch and I immediately started thinking about the layout. I went looking at my catalog for a stamp set and ran across Great Friend. In checking out my challenge blogs I saw this great color challenge at Colour Q. The colors were Bermuda Bay,…

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It’s Official

I am so excited. I do have a card to share so if you don’t want to read my good news, then skip down. I have been trying for about a year to be chosen to be on Design Team. It is a goal I set for myself as I knew it would help me improve my skills. I had tried several times but was not chosen. Well my luck changed last night. It was…

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A Square Card

Sorry for the late post today ladies. I had my workshop this morning and I did not get time yesterday to make a card to post. After everyone was gone I set about creating my card to post. I knew I was going to use the color combination from Picture Perfect Creations listed below. I combined it with the sketch challenge from Gretchen’s Weekend Sketch Challenge. I love Gretchen’s sketches as they usually stretch me…

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