New ways to play with Window Sheets!

Last week, I shared a sample from convention and my first attempt at recreating it.  I’ve finally gotten to play some more, so today I have more to share and a new technique! We’ll start with the finished card I made for my Aunt’s 60th birthday.   I decided not to add ribbon or a sentiment [...]

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It’s your birthday!

Well, Friday was at least, for my friend Mary.  I’m always trying to come up with something special for my friends.  This is the card that Mary got from me for her birthday this year. I used the set Playful Petals, which is available online even though it’s not in the catalog.  The base of [...]

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Swaps and Inspiration . . . .

Last night was our local demonstrators meeting.  Between the holiday, and having company, and getting ready to be out of town again, I was a little pressed for time to create my swaps.   Luckily, my first order from the new catalog arrived just in time! I ended up playing with the new embossing folder – [...]

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Sneak Peek for this weekend’s Blog Hop!

It’s almost here!  The Bon Voyage cruise through Stampin’ Up!’s latest group of retiring stamps.   The tour starts tomorrow at noon and continues until Tuesday at midnight!  Be sure to stop by and check out all the wonderful projects showcasing these stamps! Okay, just for fun , I’m giving you a sneak peek into this [...]

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Life’s a Banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!

If you don’t recognize it, the quote above is from the 1958 movie “Mame.”   Auntie Mame makes the statement several times during the movie.  I loved her character.  She was all about living life to the fullest.  She’s such a wonderful character that I find myself wishing that she was real and that I had [...]

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Celebrate Whatever!

I love being thankful and I especially love celebrating!  I don’t need a reason, just being alive is reason enough.   Today’s card could be used for birthday, congratulations, or just because! Of course, if I’m celebrating, I’m using my favorite set!  Yeah, it’s “Thoughts & Prayers.”  What can I say?  It’s my weakness.  I embossed [...]

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Another Masculine Card

It’s always a challenge to make a masculine birthday card.  But I think this one worked well.  It’s using the retired set Organic Grace, but it would work well with Lovely as a Tree or Le Jardin Botanique (both of which are available in the current catalog).  The silver frame around the sentiment is from [...]

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Making Bday Cards for men

I don’t know about you, but I find it really hard to design a birthday card for men.  This is a design I cased from stamp? on Splitcoaststampers.  I thought it was pretty close to a masculine card even though my dh says it’s kind of cutesy!   Oh, well, I guess we do what we [...]

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Botanical Blooms: I love Sale-A-Bration!

Okay, so I’m completely in love with the current promotion!  Spend $50 get a free Sale-A-Bration item!  What could be better?   So, my first SAB order came in with of course, FREE STUFF!   One of my new sets is the Botanical Blooms-  I love this set!! So, of course, I had to pull it out [...]

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