Daisies will be here soon!

I love daisies!  I have loved them my whole life.  They are such a simple, fun flower.  Today’s card was created with the idea that we will soon be seeing daisies. I started with Mary Jo’s sketch challenge at Techno Stamper     When I saw this I pictured a black, yellow, and white card with daisies.  I began by layering some black ds paper on black cardstock on the white card base.  Next I took the…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Ribbons and Lace

Happy Tuesday Everyone! Well the cold weather is back again.  Now they are watching a coastal storm to see what track it takes.  Over at the Hand Stamped Sentiments blog we have a great challenge this week. I love both ribbons and lace and went to my stash to see what I have to use on my card.  When I saw the challenge I immediately thought of soft and feminine. During my blurfing I ran…

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Some Sunshine For You

Happy Wednesday to you! Can you believe this weather?  One day we have snow/ice and the next it is sunny and warm.  Hopefully it will make up its mind soon. When I began my card I wanted to do a bright and cheery card to bring some sunshine and warmth to everyone who looks at it.  I knew I would be using Daffodil Delight. I found a great sketch challenge at Our Creative Corner.  That…

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Faux Cloisionne Roses

I played with a new technique the other day.  The Creative Sketches blog had a Faux Cloisionne technique challenge.  You use a glossy page from a magazine and emboss with gold.  I found a great page in my magazine that was red and thought I could use the rose from Fifth Avenue Floral to make a rose. I began by embossing the rose 4 times on the page and cutting out different layers to give…

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Stamp-a-stack Thank You

I played some yesterday and worked on another card for my All Occasion stamp-a-stack.  I needed a Thank You card so I decided to work on that one. I began with the color challenge from Creative Sketches.       I knew I was going to use Fifth Avenue Floral so I went looking for a sketch that would work.  I saw the one at Stamping 411 and knew it would work.   I stamped the daisy…

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A new Color Challenge website

Another new week and lots going on.  I hope you have some time this week to play.  I wasn’t sure if I would so I worked on Saturday and Sunday to have posts ready to go so you did not have to miss some inspiration. Today’s card uses a color challenge from a new site I found.  Stampin’ Royalty has color challenges and this week they had one I wanted to try. I thought it…

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