Monthly Archives: September 2017

Berry Sugarplum Tulips

Berry Sugarplum Tulips I love the Tranquil Tulips hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. It’s a two-step set and very artistic looking. Tranquil Tulips I stamped the smaller, darker image first in Berry Burst. I find that if … Continue reading

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Wood Crate Creations

Wood Crate Creations Rustic is in, and these projects fit into the rustic-theme perfectly! This tutorial teaches how to make three different projects with the Wood Words Stamp Set and Wood Crate Framelits Dies. The projects are a milk carton … Continue reading

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Christmas Greetings

Christmas Greetings I wanted to play a little yesterday with mixing stamp sets. I decided to use the Father Christmas set with Merry Patterns. Take a look. First I inked the two border stamps from Father Christmas in Soft Suede … Continue reading

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Beautiful Leaves

Beautiful Leaves Friday was our bi-monthly Stamp Off Challenge, and Susan posted a gorgeous card using the Duoprinting with Chlorophyll technique. It’s such a fun technique. Simply place leaves between two pieces of cardstock, then wrap them inside a piece … Continue reading

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Desktop Card Organizer and Notepad Holder

Desktop Card Organizer and Notepad Holder As crafters we all probably make a ton of cards. But when it comes to sending out those cards, sometimes we don’t get them out as often as we would like. We have to … Continue reading

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Flowers and Technique Challenge

Flowers and Technique Challenge Today is a Stamp Off Friday Challenge. This week’s challenge is a technique/inspiration challenge. We have to use flowers and/or leaves and a technique. My card uses a flower – the Painted Harvest set, of course … Continue reading

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It’s the Little Things

It’s the Little Things Mike & I watched the finale of America’s Got Talent (AGT) tonight. I don’t usually watch reality shows, but I had seen a few clips from this season and was really impressed with a couple of the … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas Fun Fold

Merry Christmas Fun Fold I had some requests on Tuesday’s post for the instructions for the fun fold dragonfly card. As it happens, I’m reading a really good book and didn’t go to sleep until after 1 a.m. Monday night (actually … Continue reading

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Another Birthday Card

Another Birthday Card I love getting cards in the mail, don’t you? Now that we send birthday greetings on Facebook, I don’t get as many cards, and that’s sad. I try to send as many as I can, because there’s … Continue reading

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Never Say Never

Never Say Never When I was in college, Dr. Tom Albert, my theory professor, used to say, “There is almost never a ‘never’ or an ‘always’ in music.” He was right (of course; he was the professor), but I’m not … Continue reading

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