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Entries from April 2010

Good Times

April 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments

When you get to stamp with friends all day, those are always good times! I’m participating in a shoebox swap with fellow SplitcoastStampers today and this is the card I designed for them to make. It is loosely based on Fall-to Layout 83 from the clean & simple stamping blog. After a quick glance at […]

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Tags: fun & frolicky

Sprookjes van Moeder de Gans

April 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments

For Gina K.’s April Illustrator Challenge I let myself be inspired by this picture of a Dutch book of fairy tales by “Mother the Goose”. Fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Little Thumbling, etc. were my favorites as a kid. I don’t think I’ve outgrown them yet! I stamped the […]

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Tags: fun & frolicky

The Best Is Yet to Be

April 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Although it’s only spring, we are experiencing summer temperatures here in Maryland. Today’s sketch challenge on SCS (SC275) was perfect for using up some of my scraps of Parisian Summer DSP. I used a 4-1/4″ x 11″ piece of Pale Plum card stock for my card base and matted the patterned paper panels with So […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Featured Stamper: Theresa Momber

April 4th, 2010 · 5 Comments

I have always wanted to try this “VersaMarker + clear embossing + sponging” technique that TheresaCC has mastered like no other, so I was thrilled to discover she had been chosen to be the Featured Stamper on SCS today. After browsing Theresa’s marvelous gallery, I CASEd her You’ve Got Mail card, using a similar image […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Chocolate Bunny

April 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments

Happy Easter! This is the card I sent to my parents this year. I wanted to use the Chocolate Bunny stamp because my mom worked in a Belgian chocolaterie (chocolate shop) before she had kids. When I talked to my parents a few days ago, they told me the “edible” card had arrived, and sent […]

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Tags: simply delicious