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Entries from April 2009

Zany Black Birthday Card

April 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

OK, so these are definitely not my usual colors. I am not a Bold Brights girl at all. But when I checked today’s CAS challenge on SCS (CAS11) and saw the Zany Black Room-in-a-Bag, I was inspired. I thought the Rockabilly Specialty Designer Series Paper would be perfect for my card, especially if I colored […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Featured Stamper: Jamie Morris

April 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Looking through today’s Featured Stamper’s gallery on SCS (jaymerz), I found a cute Jungle card to CASE. Since I don’t have any giraffe images, I used the deer from Forest Friends on my card. Because the deer is considerably shorter than the giraffe, I decided to make my card 6″ x 3″ instead of the […]

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Tags: fun & frolicky

Inspired by Skeem

April 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Skeem is an on-line store and today’s pick for the SCS Inspiration Challenge (IC176). I was inspired by this Sea Spray pillar and used the layout from Beate’s Weekend Sketch Challenge (WSC77), hosted by Lori. The Always bird was stamped with Basic Black Craft ink on Whisper White card stock, clear embossed, and cut out. […]

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Tags: truly elegant

Cheers to You!

April 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Looking at my calendar at all the birthdays that are coming up in the next two weeks, I decided to make a birthday card for today’s Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS (LSC216). We were only allowed to use: 1 Wheel 1 Image stamp 1 Sentiment stamp 1 Embellishment My Cheers to You set hasn’t seen […]

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Tags: fun & frolicky

Poinsettias for Christmas

April 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I managed to finish my 10 Christmas cards for the month of April (for the 2009 Christmas Card Challenge on SCS) early, and it sure feels good. Maybe I’ll even start on next month’s before this one is over. The card was quick and simple; only the watercoloring took a little bit of time. I […]

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Tags: clean & simple