I finished this card for my MIL in the nick of time, to be hand-delivered tomorrow. But I still have plenty of time to make a card for my mom, as we celebrate Mother’s Day on August 15 back home (in Antwerp, Belgium). Before I started making my own cards, I always had to remember [...]
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Happy Mother’s Day
May 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Verve’s Spring Fling Sketch
March 6th, 2010 · 6 Comments
I’m trying to get a few cards made for Verve’s Spring Fling challenges this weekend. This card was created for the sketch challenge (VSMARSF2), hosted by Amy Sheffer.
Amy’s layout called for a big circular image and the pretty one from Accent Notes fit perfectly! I replaced the smaller circle with the flower from the Love’s [...]
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Mojo Contest Card
March 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Sometimes you stamp something, cut it out, and then it lies there on your crafting table for days (weeks even) before you actually put it on a card. That’s what happened to this framed anniversary sentiment that I created with two stamp sets from Verve Stamps. It wasn’t until I saw the Mojo Monday 128 [...]
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Spring Birthdays
March 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments
Spring is my favorite season for birthdays (including mine!), and I’m counting the days till winter is finally over. These crocuses from the Spring Florals set are just perfect for a spring birthday card. I stamped them with Memento black ink and colored them in with Copic markers. It was fun to match up [...]
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Viva la Verve
January 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments
I have a lot of catching up to do if I want to complete all four Viva la Verve sketch challenges this month. I started with the latest one (January Week 4) and chose this foyer as my inspiration.
I created the tiled look by stamping images from the Accent Notes and Thankful Accents sets with [...]
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