My first winter card

Today’s card did not start out to be a winter card. I saw Tracy’s sketch at the Eat Sleep Stamp blog. When I read her description she mentioned how she liked the bottom piece peeking out from behind the strip down the card. When I read this I thought it would cute to have something really peeking out from behind the strip. I knew I didn’t have any sets that had a person in it.…

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Some New Towne Village Projects

Second Post, scroll down for the first! The manager at New Towne village asked if I had any ideas that the ladies could make for inexpensive Christmas gifts. I told her I would see what I could come up with. Over the last few weeks I have been keeping my eye open for some ideas. Today I am going to share 2 of the projects I will be making with them. The first is one…

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Trying an Easel Card

Good Morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was very productive. I helped my friend move on Saturday as well as put together some photo albums for a craft show I have coming up. On Sunday I made a few cards to post this week as well as worked on a project for the ladies at New Towne Village. My card today uses a new technique. On Splitcoast Stampers there was a challenge…

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A Last Minute Card

This will be a quick post. Very busy day and weekend. Not sure if I will post this weekend or not. Today’s card was made for 2 challenges. I used the sketch challenge from Gretchen at Inspiration in Action and combined it with a Fall/Thanksgiving card with a leaf at the Creative Belli blog. This is an all Stampin’ Up card. Here is the sketch and my creation. inside of card Stampin’ Up Supplies Stamps:…

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A Masculine Card for a change

I saw the sketch at Card Patterns and spent some time thinking about what I could do. I decided I wanted to use the Wanted set as it has been forever since I have used it for a card. I had to take my dog for a walk to while I was walking I planned out my card (I seem to do a lot of planning while I walk). When I came back I went…

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Trying my hand at creating a Chrysanthemum

When I saw the color combination at Late Night Stampers, the first thing came to mind was chrysanthemums. I decided I wanted to give it a try so I pulled out my punches and gave it a try. Make sure you let me know what you think. I have wanted to participate in the challenges at Late Night Stampers and this week they had a color challenge. We were to use Old Olive, Really Rust,…

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