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Entries from October 2010

Wild and Wonderful Birthday

October 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Just a quick card I made using my new Lovely Labels 2 stamp set and a sketch from StampTV. Love those Nestabilities-friendly images! The sentiment is from Melanie Muenchinger’s Wild at Heart stamp set. Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: Wild at Heart, Lovely Labels 2 (Gina K. Designs) Paper: Pure Luxury Fresh Asparagus, White (Gina […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Lots of Snowflakes

October 23rd, 2010 · 11 Comments

I’d been searching for a nice layout to use with my new Northern Flurry embossing folder, and I think I found a great one: Fall-To Layout 113 from the clean & simple stamping blog. I embossed a piece of Shimmery White card stock, which gives the card a very festive look. The three squares on […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Friends Are Forever

October 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

I spent all evening making this one card (yes, I am a very slow stamper). It combines the red, black, and chartreuse color challenge on StampTV with today’s sketch challenge on SCS (SC303). After three attempts I finally got the garden trellis punched correctly (with scallops on both sides). The beaded ovals die-cuts were distressed […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Autumn Blessings

October 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Fall has definitely arrived in Maryland. The beauty of the autumn colors around me inspired me to make this card, using this week’s StampTV sketch (stvsketchvd6). I printed the Hot Coals background paper myself, on layering weight Pure Luxury White card stock. It’s one of the designs in a free digital paper pack that I […]

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Christmas in Fort Meade

October 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments

The Fort Meade girls are getting together for a Christmas/winter-themed shoebox swap today and I am happy to once again join in the fun! This is the card I prepared for them (and prepared is right, because I clear-embossed the background panel in advance for my 20 stamping buddies). I was inspired by Fall-to Layout […]

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Tags: simply delicious