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Entries from June 2009

International Flair

June 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Silvia had a wonderful idea for the Limited Supplies Challenge today (LSC225): Make a card using a different language on it. I assume she meant different from your native tongue (which in my case is Dutch), but I thought I should use something other than English as well. Luckily, I own the Spanish version of […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Cupcake Time!

June 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I always want to use polka-dotted paper when I use the Darling Dots images. I even added (dry-embossed) dots to the Whisper White panel that I mounted the cupcakes on. Of course, I stamped the sentiment before I ran the paper through my Big Shot with the texturz plate. This layout is today’s Sketch Challenge […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Saying Goodbye to Elegant Cheer

June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

If you love to create elegant cards, make sure you have this gorgeous set of six wonderful sentiments in your stamp collection. Elegant Cheer will only be available until June 30! I started out with the color combination challenge on SCS (hosted by fellow Great Swaps Girl Carolina this week): Breezy Ruby Whispers…. The card […]

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Tags: truly elegant

Featured Stamper: Roseanne Knowles

June 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Just a quick card today, for the Featured Stamper challenge on SCS. I picked this card by sumtoy and used the same layout, but changed the colors and images. I did some thumping on the tree stamp with a couple of the new In Color markers and an Old Olive marker, spritzed the stamp with […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Bargello Technique

June 12th, 2009 · 7 Comments

The bargello technique has always intrigued me, and I was very excited to see a step-by-step tutorial for it in this month’s Technique Junkie Newsletter. As you can see in the list of supplies below, I used a lot of different colors and stamp sets to make this card! Can you identify the stamps (without […]

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Tags: simply delicious