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Entries from April 2012

Mix It Up Monday

April 16th, 2012 · 3 Comments

StampTV asked me (!) to host today’s Mix It Up Monday challenge. How about that! My “Get It Inky (Finally)!” challenge is for you to find a stamp in your collection that you have never gotten inky, and then ink it up with your favorite color. As some of you may know, that would be […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Mojo Birthday

April 8th, 2012 · 3 Comments

My sister’s birthday is coming up and I’ve challenged myself to mail overseas cards at least seven days in advance from now on (since none of my Easter cards arrived there on time). To keep the card nice and flat (in other words: extremely mailable), I only embellished with glitter pens. The sketch I used […]

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Tags: clean & simple

Happy Easter

April 8th, 2012 · 3 Comments

Zalig Pasen, as they say Happy Easter in Dutch! I sent my parents this Easter card, even did some (not-so-straight) stitching on it to please my mom. The layout I used was a Viva la Verve sketch last month. Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: Easter Joy (Verve Stamps); Rough Edges Alphabets (SU!) Paper: Pink Pirouette, […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Copper Wedding Anniversary

April 1st, 2012 · 2 Comments

My younger sister is celebrating 12.5 years of marriage today — a copper wedding anniversary in Belgium. I created this “copper” card for her, using the March Viva la Verve CAS (Clean and Simple) sketch. The brushed copper card stock was embossed with Stampin’ Up!’s Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. I stamped the frame and Dutch sentiment […]

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Tags: truly elegant