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Diagonal Images

April 12th, 2014 · 2 Comments

This cheerful card was my contribution to a spring-themed shoebox swap in Pasadena, MD today. When I saw this technique in the February/March 2014 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter, I went looking through my stamp collection for an image that would work. The Enjoy Today Plain Jane stamp from Verve was perfect. Not wanting […]

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Featured Stamper: Kathleen Curry

February 18th, 2014 · 2 Comments

This card was inspired by Featured Stamper Kathleen Curry‘s Call me card. I loved Kathy’s color combination, so I kept that the same, but I used different stamps and added a text bubble instead of a banner. I stamped the camera image on the back of the On Film die cut, with the help of […]

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75th Birthday

February 7th, 2014 · 1 Comment

My father-in-law is celebrating a milestone birthday, and this was the perfect opportunity to pull out my Morning Post Numbers stamps. I followed Mary Fish’s instructions on how to create a wider Circle Thinlits card, loving her idea for tucking in a gift card. The thicker double-sided Specialty Designer Series Paper is perfect for this […]

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Rev Up the Fun!

January 21st, 2014 · 1 Comment

This is a birthday card I made for my American brother-in-law, who is not the only car enthusiast in the family! I went looking for a sketch to complement the Rev Up the Fun! images and found SC457 on splitcoaststampers.com. The car stamp was inked up with markers and the orange chevrons were cut with […]

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Mojo Monday 327

January 12th, 2014 · 3 Comments

I adore this cute robot! It’s the perfect image for a little boy’s birthday card, don’t you agree? I colored him with Warm Gray Copic markers. The sketch I used for inspiration is the Mojo Monday 327 sketch. Instead of die-cut hearts, I sprinkled the card with punched out gear images — some of them […]

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