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Happy Mother’s Day, Mama!

August 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Gelukkige moederkesdag! In my home province of Antwerp, Belgium (and also in Costa Rica, according to Wikipedia) Mother’s Day is celebrated on August 15. I decided to make a 6-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ card with Verve’s One Person stamp set, which contains many sentiments that are perfect for this holiday.
I was inspired by the AVS2010A Verve [...]

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Waltzingmouse Stamps July Blog Waltz

July 17th, 2010 · 33 Comments

I’m thrilled to be waltzing along with Claire from Waltzingmouse Stamps this month. Her Nestabilities-friendly stamps are what first drew me to her store, as you can see on this card. The birthday sentiment by Verve Stamps was framed with a gorgeous design that is a perfect match for one a Labels One die-cut.
This [...]

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White Christmas

June 6th, 2010 · 7 Comments

I stepped up to the challenge of making an all-white Christmas card (thanks for starting new Christmas challenges, StampTV!). If only they had told me how hard it would be to take a decent picture of the finished project!
I decided to make another tent topper card, with a 4-1/4″ x 8-1/2″ card base made out [...]

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Happiness Is…

June 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments

For me, happiness is making, sending and receiving cards! I’m also always very happy when I can combine a few challenges, like the sketch from StampTV (stvsketchms1) and the color combination from SCS (CC273). Betty mentioned she pulled her colors from BasicGrey’s Cappella collection and I happened to have this collection sitting right there on [...]

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Folded Paper Frame

May 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Here’s a friendship card I made after seeing the Folded Paper Frame tutorial on SCS. This frame works great with double-sided patterned paper.
For the multi-colored background I used the Depth of Field technique from the June 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I basically stamped the elegant heart image with a light, medium, and [...]

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