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Entries from October 2009

Featured Stamper: Riley Fitzgerald

October 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I found a great Christmas card to CASE in FS dancerriley‘s SCS gallery: Season of Joy in Pink!. It gave me the opportunity to pull out my Patterned Pines set again, and I really liked the size of her card, too. My card measures 6″ x 3″ and uses a different color combination and tree […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Learning to Color with Copics

October 17th, 2009 · 8 Comments

I’m going to need a LOT of practice, but these markers are so much fun to color with! I found this old TAC “gift with purchase” stamp in my collection and its size was perfect for this week’s sketch challenge on SCS (SC250). I stamped the snowman with brown Memento ink on Gina K.’s Pure […]

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Tags: fun & frolicky

Get Well Wishes

October 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments

I love Natasha’s sketches on the clean & simple stamping blog. This card uses Fall-to Layout 62 and the colors from this week’s color combination challenge on SCS: Chocolate Bay Appeal. No stamping on this card — I used a Chocolate Chip rub-on, which made this a very quick card indeed! Thanks for stopping by! […]

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Tags: clean & simple

A Brand New Year

October 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Here’s a quick card for Beate’s 101st Weekend Sketch challenge. I used a few items from the Holiday Mini catalog (stamp set and patterned paper). The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark ink and black embossed. I colored in the champagne glass with a white gel pen. Thanks for stopping by! All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® […]

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Tags: simply delicious

First Timer

October 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I guess I never felt comfortable doing the Mojo Monday challenge until I got myself a few Verve stamps. So, here’s my entry for the Mojo Madness 107 contest! I used several sheets from the To the Nines Specialty DSP package and stamped my images with Chocolate Chip ink. The sentiment turned out a bit […]

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Tags: clean & simple