Playing with My Christmas Toys

My husband is in the office playing with all the technical stuff that he asked Santa for to work with the new iMac computer he got several weeks ago. So I came into my work area to play with all that Santa brought me as well.  I think Santa Bob was in cahoots with Santa …

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Warm Wishes for a Merry Christmas

This card was made for the Technique Lover’s Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The technique is to ink up a stamp and then spray it with water and then lay down the image on cardstock and allow it to sit for a few minutes to let the color run.  Then ink up the stamp again with a …

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Featured Stamper Inspired Layout

Today is the Featured Stamper challenge on Splitcoaststampers. Our inspiration artist is #1artist4highhopes…aka Crissy.  Crissy has a gallery full of darling cards but the one below I found very intriguing. The subject matter of her card is very sweet but I most loved the simple layout that had so many little added details for interest. …

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Inspiration Goes to Christmas Card

Today’s Inspiration Challenge on Splitcoaststampers is a white bird and tree limb over an aqua circle.  I love the concept but didn’t want to waste my time making a non holiday card as I still have several to make to send out to my friends.  I used this inspiration to go to  lovely holiday swag …

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Simplify With “Less Is More”

The Limited Supply Challenge today on Splitcoaststampers was to recreate a card done in the past and simplify it.  I chose to the Dirty Dozen Penguin challenge card I did this week and brought it down a couple of notches.  I stamped all the images in the same places and painted with reinkers and a …

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