Watercolored Upsy Daisy

Have you ever colored an image and then couldn’t figure out what colors to use with the image? That is what I ran into with today’s card. I saw a watercolored image using the watercolor crayons and realized I hadn’t used mine in quite some time. I thought it would be fun to use the Upsy Daisy image as this set is one that I know a lot of people can only think of using…

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A Cute Fun Technique

My friend Candice has decided to start her own blog. We use to do this one together but life got hectic for her so she gave it to me. Things have settled down for her and she has decided she would like to post her cards again. We had several long conversations about posting and ideas. I mentioned how I do some of the challenges to stretch my skills and we went to Splitcoast Stampers…

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A Salute to the Cherry Blossoms

I was making a card the other day for my All Occasion Stamp-a-Stack when the image I was using just seemed to say Cherry Blossoms. I decided to create a card in honor of the beautiful trees that are lining the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. I wanted a simple but elegant card so I stamped the swirl from Baroque Motifs to use as the background. I used my Sakura clear Stardust gelly roll pen…

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Paper Piecing Fifth Avenue Floral

Good Morning! I hope everyone had a good weekend. The weather was gorgeous and I even had to cut my grass. YUCK! I know I have used this set a lot lately, but for some reason it lends itself to so many techniques and you can make so many gorgeous cards with it. The Flourishes blog has a paper piecing challenge. I decided to use the lily from Fifth Avenue Floral to do some paper…

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Trying Something New

Sorry for the late post today but I was busy finishing up my cards for today. I didn’t think I would be able to take pictures as it was rainy. We even had a thunderstorm! But the sun is out now and the wind is blowing so I was able to get my pictures. Laura Fredrickson has a great blog, Scrapnextras, where she shares her lovely cards with us. One of the ideas she uses…

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Workshop cards

Good Morning! Only 1 more day and the weekend is here. I thought I would share my workshop cards with you today. The ladies had a great time last night making them and another groups will make them on Saturday. The first card is a Spring card. I seem to be on a purple kick lately. Not sure why, maybe it is because it is a color you see a lot in the Spring. Stamps:…

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