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Charming

October 7th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Here’s another card I made for the World Card Making Day challenges on SCS last weekend. I had just received the Charming set from the Holiday Mini, and I thought it would work beautifully with the sketch from the Flourishes challenge. I was quite happy with the result! I stamped a couple extra lines with […]

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G² = 10

September 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

My little sister and her husband are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary next week. Both of their first names start with the letter G and we fondly call the couple G². Because of this nickname, I stamped the letter G twice (first with Basic Gray ink, next as a “shadow” with Sage Shadow ink) and […]

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Platinum Flower

August 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Look how gorgeous my Pretties flower turned out by sponging Platinum shimmer paint all over it! It dries very fast, too. Something else I altered: the (white) Bride Specialty Paper I used for the background. I sponged Rich Razzleberry ink on top, and the design resisted the ink. The layout I used is Jen del […]

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Dirty Sketch Challenge

July 25th, 2009 · 7 Comments

While I’m supposed to be working on my convention swaps, I couldn’t resist participating in at least one Dare to Get Dirty challenge on SCS. I picked rainy’s sketch challenge, and used a variety of new and old Stampin’ Up! supplies to create my card. The images from the Kind & Caring Thoughts hostess set […]

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WICKED Color Combo

July 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments

This card was very much inspired by Linda Heller of stampingschool.com. It was made with lots of new SU! products. I picked two new In Colors for the WICKED demo challenge hosted by Joanne Travis (AKA sleepyinseattle): Soft Suede and Dusty Durango. You may notice I didn’t do any stamping on this card. The sentiment […]

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