A Pretty Color Combination

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I have a birthday card to share with you today. I made it for the challenge at Late Night Stampers yahoo group. You were to create a birthday card. There were no other specifications so I decided to use the sketch challenge on Tracy’s Eat Sleep Stamp blog. When I looked at her sketch I saw the oval and didn’t want to go the usual route and cut a rectangle and…

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Something a LIttle Different

Today’s card is a little out of the ordinary for me. I wanted to use the color challenge at the Color Dare blog where you were to use Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, and Tempting Turquoise. When I went looking in my catalog I realized I had not used the Asian Artistry set in a while so it was the one I grabbed. I combined it with the sketch challenge at the Techno Stamper blog. I…

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Simple Black

Happy Monday! Today’s card uses some of my many patterned paper pieces. I have lots of patterned paper and I am always looking for ways to use it. Not all sketches lend themselves to using it but my sketch challenge today did. I found a color challenge at Color Throwdown where you had to use Bermuda Bay, Marigold Morning, Melon Mambo, and Wild Wasabi. I thought those colors would make great Petal Pizzazz flowers so…

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Playing with Bling

Well yesterday was very busy. We had our stamp camp and it was a long but successful day. I think the ladies enjoyed their cards. I decided to play along with a couple of challenges on today’s card. I used the color challenge at the Picture Perfect Creations blog. The colors were black, white, Bashful Blue, and Rose Red. I wanted to play with Bring on the Bling Challenge at Late Night Stampers yahoo group.…

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Simple Celery & White

Wow yesterday was very hectic. Glad it is over! Today’s card is just what the title says. It is simple and used just Certainly Celery and white. It began when I saw the inspiration picture at the Caardvarks blog. When I saw the picture I thought it would make a very pretty card to have it mostly white with a touch of celery like the photo. I found a sketch that I thought would fit…

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Ringed Butterflies

Quick post as I am headed out the door for a day of observations. Today’s card uses the color challenge from the Cards & Things blog. You were to use Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede. I combined it with the sketch challenge from theCard Positioning Systems blog. I made the rings by using 2 sizes of Nestabilities and Soft Suede paper. Here is the sketch and my creation. inside of card Stampin’ Up Supplies…

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