An Oriental Delight

I hope everyone survived the horrible heat we had. 3 days of heat advisories was too much. It is nice to have a break. I have been doing the Creative Belli blog challenges lately. I had wanted to participate again this week so I went to the site to check it out. When I saw the challenge I knew there was no way I would be able to do this one. The challenge was to…

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Sunflower Friendship

Happy Hump Day! Wow I can’t believe it is Wednesday already. How have you fared with this record breaking heat. I have spent a lot of time indoors to avoid it. This card was made for a shoebox swap at our monthly Stampin’ Up meeting we had last night. We are trying to plan a Stamp Camp but we are having trouble trying to find a place that doesn’t charge an arm and a leg…

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Some Paper Relief From the Heat

Editted to add: The winner of the blog candy is jmniffer If you will send me an e-mail with your address I will get your candy out to you. Congratulations! Today’s card helps with some relief from the heat as it reminds us that winter and snow is not far away. I combined 2 challenges with today’s card. The first one was a sketch challenge from 365 Cards. They have a daily challenge hence the…

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A Different Fall Card

Today is the last day to enter my blog candy giveaway. Make sure you comment on the post below by 9 PM EST. I combined several challenges with this card. I started with my colors and used the challenge on the Color Throwdown blog to use Basic Gray, Blush Blossom, Pumpkin Pie, and Really Rust. I have to admit the Basic Gray and Blush Blossom were a little different to try and work in but…

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Sunday Special

I spent a little time in my craft room yesterday. I was able to create a couple of cards. My first card uses Tracy’s sketch at Eat Sleep Stamp. For my colors I used the colors from The Color Dare blog. We were to use Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, and Summer Sun. There was also a challenge to make a card for a friend on Sharon’s No Time To Stamp blog so my card…

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Found A Use For My Wide Grosgrain

I was blurfing this morning and saw a card posted where they had used wide ribbon and put a narrower ribbon on top. A light bulb went off and I thought of my wide grosgrain and how I could use some of my stash up in this way. I used the sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. I also combined it with the color challenge from the Colour Create blog. I like the looks of…

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