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Entries from November 2008

Pacific Point Paisley

November 15th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I really wanted to stamp the big Paisley background with Pacific Point ink for this card (and I really liked how it looked), but I didn’t quite know what to do with the rest of the card. I decided to try the SCS color combination challenge (by adding Basic Gray and Certainly Celery) and use […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Hello, Wonderful You

November 11th, 2008 · 34 Comments

I really love the colors Kristina Werner picked for her challenge this week (#30): Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand, and Whisper White. I was inspired by the duvet cover in the picture; perhaps you can tell? I inked up the Stems & Silhouettes jumbo wheel by rolling it across the Sahara Sand ink pad […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Virginia Beach SCS Swap

November 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Today I’m joining a whole bunch of enthusiastic Stampin’ Up! demonstrators at the Regional Seminar in Virginia Beach, VA. I signed up for a swap with 19 other Splitcoaststampers, and we’ll be having dinner together after the seminar. This is the card I made for them, featuring the To You & Yours stamp set. I […]

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Unusual Color Combo

November 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Kristina Werner picked this unusual color combo for her latest Color Inspiration Challenge (#29), and I gave it my best shot. If you are looking for the Taken with Teal on my card, I stamped the solid flowers on scrap paper before I hit the Whisper White card stock. The outline image was stamped with […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Wishing You a Happy Heart

November 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I’ve been admiring all the cards that were made with Beate’s latest Weekend Sketch (#64), and thought I would try combining the layout with today’s Color Combination challenge (Pretty Red Kisses) on SCS. I placed a polka dotted piece of Pretty in Pink Prints Designer Series Paper on a Riding Hood Red card base. The […]

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