HLS February Watercolour Challenge

Hello friends!   A  new watercolour challenge starts today over at   Happy Little Stampers.   This month we would like to see you create a watercolour project with die cuts. This is totally optional and is not required.      My card this month features Wish you were Here by HLS. After I smooshed my background with die inks by Gina K....

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Love You

Hello and welcome!   I'm playing along in the current Papertrey MIM challenge, Pattern Play With Die Cut Silhouettes. Lexi is the host this week and she shows us how she created several cards by mixing patterns on your die cuts.   Here is one of the cards she made. I love her clean and simple style.         Here is my take on the challenge...

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Christmas Card Challenges #5

    We have an easy challenge for all you stampers out in blogland. Just create a card or project featuring snow. How easy is that?    I choose this cute penguin image and coordinating dye from the set Tis the Sea-Sun by Gina K. Designs and colored it with Zig Real Brush Markers. After the background was sponged with dye inks I embossed using embossing paste and a stencil...

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Just a Note

Good morning!   Lizzie is hosting this week's Papertrey MIM Challenge and she has a video on how to make a spinner card. This is my very first one so I wanted to keep it simple.   Here are the supplies I used:   What the Doodle Butterfly and coordinating die. A sentiment from Topiary Trio Ombre Stripes patterned paper.   The center was die cut using the rectangle Peek-A-Boo...

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Celebrate Today

Good morning!   We are currently in the middle of a winter storm here in Southeastern Wisconsin and expecting up to eight inches by early morning. Perfect stamping weather!! I have my crafting table positioned right in front of a fairly large window so I can watch it snow while I stamp.   My card today was created and entered into Papertrey's January Blog Hop inspired by...

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ATSM Challenge #226 - Anything Goes

Hello friends!   This week at ATSM it's every one's favorite challenge.   Anything Goes  I have chosen to use this beautiful image from the set Especially for You by Happy Little Stampers and make a sympathy card. Not my favorite type of card to make but it's always handy to keep a few on hand. I lightly colored the image with Gelatos and framed it with the A2 Scalloped Vertical...

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With All My Love

Good morning friends!   Melissa is the host this week for Papertrey Ink's MIM Challenge. Click here to view her video on Masked Heart Wreaths   Here is my card featuring several older sets: Love Birds With All My Heart Birds and Blooms Thanks for visiting and a have a fabulous day!     &nbs...

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Christmas Card Chalenge #4

Welcome friends and happy 2017!   Here is your photo inspiration for the next two weeks at Christmas Card Challenges. It's optional and you don't have to use it.  Just remember to make a Christmas themed project.     I kept my card very simply by stamping just a couple of images from Jingle All the Way by MFT and a sentiment by Lil' Inkers onto a die cut stitched rectangle...

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PAPERTREY INK MIM #271 - 2016 A LA CARTE

Hello there friends!   I am really into stencils these days so I chose a technique that Betsy shared with us back last June called reverse stenciling. It was Week #252.   Here is Betsy's card     Here is my card featuring one of the stencils from the Sun and Surf Stencil Collection. The sentiment, stamped images and coordinating dies are from the Make-It-Market mini kit...

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Christmas Card Challenges #3

Happy New Year my friends!   Today starts a new year and a new challenge over at the Christmas Card Challenges Blog.   Here is your color palette for the next two weeks.     Because of the busy holidays and to save time I had to make a quick and easy card for todays challenge featuring the mini set Winter Cottage by Altenew.   I hope you find some time and...

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