A helpful lady

I have been looking at the Just Right stamps for some time. If you remember I mentioned in a previous post that I would love to have a set of letters that lock together to make my own saying. I read Taylor’s blog and she also has an online store. I e-mailed her and she was so helpful in explaining exactly what I wanted. She has helped me several times in the past also. .…

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The Mummy Made Me Do It

Sorry about the title but I just couldn’t resist, it just popped into my head.  I have another cool Hallweeen card for you.  I know you are wondering when you will see some fall cards, but don’t fret they will be coming soon. I am sad to say there is very little of this black and white paper left.  I have other black and white and I have really liked including that paper in my…

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Vintage Verve Violet

There was a midweek challenge on Our Creative Corner this week.  You had to create a card using the vintage values technique.  This is a really cool technique and was a bit easier than I thought.  The entire technique reminds me of cards that Michelle creates.  While Michelle uses the brayer to create her effects, this technique uses a sponge.  I did have to modify my technique as when I sponged toward the center I wasn’t getting…

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Our Creative Corner sketch challenge

The ladies at Our Creative Corner have some interesting challenges.  This week they had a sketch challenge.  I have been on a misson to use up some of my designer series paper and this sketch was perfect for it.  The Simply Spooky Designer Paper from The Angel Company has some really wild paper in it.  I have been challenged to use it and combine it with others as it is not necessarily my style.  I choose…

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Penny Black ATC Challenge

I have been doing the Penny Black challenges for a few weeks and this week the challenge was to make an ATC. This is right up my alley as I have participated in a monthly ATC swap for over a year. I thought it would be fun to have the little hedgehog running in the leaves. Well when I looked at my sister’s stamps, she did not have one with leaves. She did however have…

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Wait until you see this ribbon!

I was in Michael’s and they had their Halloween ribbon on sale.  I picked up a bunch as I am always looking for ribbon at a good price, besides I always buy my ribbon on sale during the holidays so I have some to put away and use the next year.  I find I like that ribbon better than the first release of ribbon for the holiday.  I found this ribbon (it is really called…

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