Tuesday

Hello Ladies! Well I am on a quest to use as much of my retiring paper as I can.  Each year I try to use up what I have so I don’t have too much.  I even have new toys in the house from the upcoming catalog and have not played with them for fear I would be tempted to not use my retiring stuff. My card today is one I really like the looks…

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Dear Friend, Sweet Friend

Good Morning Everyone! Well we are halfway through the week!  The weather is so gorgeous here.  I have had crocus bloom and now my daffodils are coming out.  I can’t wait to see all the color! My card today used the sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary  I have been in a simple mood lately and so this sketch really appealed to me.  I did flip the sketch to get it to work…

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Sketch Frenzy Friday –

Happy Friday Everyone! Since it is Friday that means it is Sketch Frenzy Friday.  We had a great sketch today created by Tina Munzke. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with this one.  I wanted to do something different.  The other day I was looking at my catalog and saw the Hello Doily background stamp and all of a sudden I saw peacock feathers.  I decided I wanted to try and see…

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Finally playing with the doily!

Hello Ladies! I have wanted the large doily for quite some time.  I finally ordered it and it sat for several weeks as I just didn’t have the card for it.  Well last night I pulled it out and created a card using it. I began with the sketch challenge at Stamping 411    While checking out my challenge blogs I ran across a color challenge at Just Add Ink that intrigued me.    I combined…

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My attempt at the bouncing brayer technique

It’s Wednesday! Wow the middle of the week already. These days are flying by. The convention will be here before I know it. I saw a summer time challenge at Our Creative Corner and since I am still playing with the brayer I thought I would try and create a flower with the brayer technique since flowers are summer to me. I watched a video for brayer techniques that included the bouncing brayer technique (I…

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