Sketch Frenzy Friday – Bells and Boughs

Happy Friday Everyone! I wanted to let you know that during the month of December I will not be posting on Saturday or Sunday.  I am going to use the time I would use to create to spend with family and to enjoy the holiday season. Over at Sketch Frenzy Friday Maria gave us this great sketch.     I really liked the layout and thought it would be a good one to use some of…

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Late Night Stampers – favorite Color Combo for Christmas this year

Hello Ladies! Before I share my card today I wanted to show you the process used to make my stuffed ham.  You begin by parboiling cabbage, onions, red pepper, and mustard seed until the cabbage is soft.  Take your ham and cut slits in it so you can stuff the cabbage mixture in the slits. After you get your cabbage mixture stuffed in the slits and packed around the ham you tie it up in…

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Another Boston share

Hello Ladies! I had hoped to have something else to share today that I was working on yesterday but I did not get it finished.  My plan is to finish it and share it on Saturday!  I am waiting for the pieces to dry so I can assemble it so it should be done by Saturday. Instead I went looking through my cards I made in Boston – yes I still have 1 left –…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments – color challenge

Hello Ladies! Well it is time for another challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  This week was a color challenge and I came up with the colors. I decided to use these colors which are not typical Christmas colors and see if I could make a Christmas card.  While it was a challenge I think I came up with a very nice card for Christmas using these colors.  Here is what I created.         inside…

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Red Hot Stampers Sketch Challenge convention swap

Hello Ladies! Well we had some storms last night.  At one point we were have marble size hail.  Poor Bijou was scared and just followed me around.  When it was all over she finally calmed down.  I took her outside and the air was very damp and humid.  It was like we had fog. My card today began with the sketch challenge at Red Hot Stampers Sketch Challenge blog    I wanted to use this sketch…

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Different color combo

Good Morning Stampers! I played with sketch challenge at Cards and Things last night. I had an idea I wanted to try but when I started working on the card I ended up going in a different direction.  I also wanted to use some different colors for Christmas.  You will have to let me know what you think.   Here is what I did with the sketch. inside of card and envelope Hope you enjoyed…

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