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Entries from November 2010

For Elizabeth

November 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

When I looked through my collection of stamps, I thought this was the perfect image for a little girl’s birthday card. Sketch and color combination were quickly decided upon, thanks to the SC306 and CC296 challenges on SCS. I stamped the fish princess with black Memento ink and colored her with turquoise Copic markers. The […]

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Tags: fun & frolicky

Waltzingmouse Stamps Christmas Waltz

November 17th, 2010 · 24 Comments

Doing a little Christmas waltzing with the friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps! I started out with a sketch from SplitcoastStampers (SC304) and decided to make the little Christmas tree from the Nutcracker Sweet stamp set my focal point. The design on the tree reminded me of the plaid paper in BasicGrey’s Jovial paper pad, so that […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Featured Stamper: Tobi Crawford

November 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments

I wanted to make a “Stampin’ Up! only” birthday card for a demonstrator friend of mine and found a great card to CASE in Featured Stamper jazzytobi‘s SCS gallery. The cocktail glass images reminded me of the Cheers to You set, so that’s what I used on my card. I stamped the glass and sentiment […]

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Tags: fun & frolicky

Zestien

November 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments

I think my nephew would have enjoyed getting that extra hour of sleep on his sixteenth birthday, but (unfortunately for him) he lives in Belgium where Daylight Saving Time ended last week. The card I made for him just says sixteen (in Dutch) in big letters, and I used some of my more “masculine” papers […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Where Is the Mojo?

November 4th, 2010 · 5 Comments

I thought for sure my mojo would return if I played along in the Mojo Monday challenge, so I gave MOJO163 a try. It was fun to create a winter card with my new Verve supplies, but I’m not sure I found what I was looking for (my mojo). Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: Glad […]

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Tags: clean & simple