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Entries from October 2009

Muted Sympathy Card

October 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Sadly, I needed to make a sympathy card today. I used the subdued colors from this week’s SCS challenge (CC239) and designed the card around Gina K.’s Inspiration Mosaic image. Searching for Mellow Moss DSP, I found this sheet from the retired Recollections package, and I used it in three sections of the mosaic. The […]

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Tags: truly elegant

Charming

October 7th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Here’s another card I made for the World Card Making Day challenges on SCS last weekend. I had just received the Charming set from the Holiday Mini, and I thought it would work beautifully with the sketch from the Flourishes challenge. I was quite happy with the result! I stamped a couple extra lines with […]

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Tags: truly elegant

Featured Stamper: Lois Bak

October 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Whenever I see an Alphabet Soup sentiment used in the Featured Stamper’s gallery, I always want to CASE that card. It was no different when my eye fell on Clownmom‘s Cherry Birthday card. I held onto the cherry theme with the papers from the Rockabilly Specialty DSP. I added a ribbon and changed the placement […]

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Tags: simply delicious

First WCMD Card

October 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

There are some exciting challenges going on in the SCS Challenges forum today, all in honor of World Card Making Day. This is the card I made for the first challenge posted there (WCMD09A): Make a card that uses a “QUOTE” or saying of some kind as the focal image on the front of your […]

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Tags: clean & simple

I’m Just a Vagabond Lover

October 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

I couldn’t let Beate’s 100th Weekend Sketch go by without participating! This card was made with lots of Basic Grey Aged & Confused™ Vagabond™ items (patterned paper, tag, alphabet stickers, fibers) that I have been hoarding for far too long. I thought this composition would make a great masculine birthday card, hence the ‘HB’ for […]

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Tags: clean & simple