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Entries from November 2008

Featured Stamper: Dawn Burnworth

November 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I was delighted to see Beth had picked flowergal36 as today’s Featured Stamper on SCS; she’s most deserving! Her Sweetest Flower card grabbed my attention and I thought it would be perfect for a little (4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″) thank you card I needed to make today. Instead of Happiness Always, I used Inspired by Nature […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Holiday Mini CASE

November 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have been saving this pattern of Ski Slope Designer Series Paper to CASE the card on page 12 of the Holiday Mini Catalog. I love that card! Since I needed to make 10 Christmas cards for my last installment of the 2008 Holiday Card Challenge, I decided the time had come to make this […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Embossing Resist Technique

November 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Kristina Werner has a festive color inspiration challenge this week (#32): Riding Hood Red, Sahara Sand (or a metallic), Very Vanilla, and Whisper White. I combined her colors with the Embossing Resist Technique. I started by stamping the large snowflake from the Holiday Collection set with VersaMark ink on Very Vanilla card stock and embossing […]

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Tags: simply delicious

For a Little Ravens Fan

November 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I needed to make a birthday card for my friends’ little girl who is turning 1 tomorrow. They are huge Baltimore Ravens fans, so I had to color the little bird from Fun & Fast Notes purple (or rather, Lovely Lilac). The sketch I used was today’s challenge on SCS (SC204), and I also followed […]

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Tags: fun & frolicky

Going Really Vanilla

November 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This idea popped into my head when I saw Emily’s Color Combination challenge (CC194) on SCS this morning. The plaid background was created by inking up just the edge of my brayer (first with Really Rust ink, next with Going Gray ink), and drawing stripes onto the Very Vanilla card stock in two directions — […]

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Tags: clean & simple