Sparkly Winter Window

Happy Tuesday!  It doesn’t seem possible that Christmas is already past and the New Year is upon us.  Time sure flies!  I played in the Tuesday Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge to use Bashful Blue, Night of Navy and White and a little sparkle. I decided to create a snowy winter window scene using my new small …

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Thank You, Spring Window and MS Branch Punch

I enjoyed being off work yesterday and am looking forward to vacation days the rest of the week.  I made two cards to share with you. The first one was made for the Splitcoaststampers Technique Lovers Challenge to make a thank you card. This started out being a plain white and gold embossed sentiment card …

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Faux Leather, Faux Snakeskin and Faux Gold

I created this project and tutorial in 2009 for Stampers Quest Magazine. I recently sold the card in my blog stamp sale and had several people write and ask if I would do a tutorial so I thought I would share it here. I wanted to demonstrate several different textures on this project by creating …

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our house to yours.  These poinsettias were growing in my backyard a couple of years and I took this photo on Christmas day.  We are not able to enjoy a white Christmas in Florida but we do enjoy wonderful sunshine, blue skies and beautiful flowers. I was able to play this morning …

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Baskets of Hydrangeas on Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve!  I have had a wonderful time this morning creating a project for the Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge. The inspiration site this week is Urban Art Loft and I was inspired by a lovely picture of a basket full of hydrangeas.  The  Rubbernecker Create a Garden Set 1 has two baskets that I thought would …

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