Recreating a card from a book

Happy Sunday Stampers! Wow, yesterday was fabulous.  The weather was gorgeous and we got some great apples.  The trees were gorgeous.  It was a perfect fall day! My card today was one I made while visiting my friend Donna in Boston.  She had a book about Magenta stamps and we decided to see if we could create the same look using Stampin’ Up products.  We did a lot of playing and layering of color but…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments – Pom poms

Hello Stampers! I hope you got some time to play yesterday and if you didn’t maybe you can squeeze some time in today. Over at Hand Stamped Sentiments our challenge this week is to use pom poms.  I have to admit I tried several ideas and none of them worked.  Renee happened to be here finishing up a class and she suggested I use the new tulle ribbon.  I pulled it out and we played…

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Coloring Down the Lines – Elegant Eggplant

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Well I hope you are ready to see some gorgeous cards today on our blog hop.  I am the beginning but if you are coming here from another blog you will be able to complete the hop. This week we were to use Elegant Eggplant, More Mustard, Garden Green OR Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, River Rock I decided to use the second set of colors. I am swamped right now so I…

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Late Night Stampers – paper piercing

Happy Monday Everyone! Wow where did the weekend go?  It seems like it was just Friday. We have a fun challenge over at Late Night Stampers this week.  We are to use paper piercing.  I had this great idea to create a circular pattern radiating out from an image.  I went looking at my stamp sets and decided on a flower.  Here is my creation. inside of card and envelope I even did some piercing…

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Coloring Down the Lines – Pacific Point

Good Morning Everyone! It is time for our Morning Chat groups Coloring Down the Lines color challenge.  We are using the color coach and “coloring down the lines”.  This week we were to use Pacific Point, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie OR Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry I saw on CherylAnne’s blog a card she did where she used reinkers and vellum.  I went looking on You Tube and found a video explaining how to…

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Coloring Down the Lines – Real Red

Hi Ladies! Our chat group is working our way through the color coach creating cards.  We began with the Brights Collection and today we are using Real Red.  Our choices were Real Red, Bashful Blue and Crumb Cake OR Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, and Early Espresso. I chose to use Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, and Early Espresso.  I pulled out my Fabulous Florets set to use on the card.  I tried several ways to color…

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