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Time to get out the Halloween stamps and get our cards ready to send. It will be here before you know it! I got out all the Halloween inspired stamps and goodies, and began auditioning various looks. One thing I knew I wanted to use was a neat new embossing folder that had a spider …
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A special lady has a birthday coming up, so it was time to get out the stamping stuff and get creative. I really enjoy making and sending cards, and every birthday and holiday is an opportunity to create something new. Starting out this time, I decided to use the embosser once again. I have some …
Today we get working on those Christmas cards. I am going to show you several designs with several techniques pulled from the past couple of years of stamping. I love the dark green cardstock shown in several of these cards. It does wonderfully well with punched out snowflakes, seen in the card on the left …
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This Sunday is Mother's Day, and there is time for stamping a special card to send. Certainly this design could be modified to be any kind of card, birthday or anniversary, get well or just thinking of you. Since my MIL reads my blog, I'll ask her to stop reading, unless she wants to see …
Have you ever taken a class making cards? It is so much fun to get to try new things. Recently I went to my friend Gail's house, who happens to be a Stampin' Up Demonstrator. She does classes in her home a couple of days a month, and you just sign up to go. She …
March is International Craft Month, and I am kicking off this month's Celebration with a stamping project. Throughout the month will be more new ideas using lots of crafty things. In conjunction with Quilt Shop Gal, a number of bloggers will be sharing crafting ideas this month, particularly today. Read all the way to the …
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Several people I know are having some health challenges facing chemo, rehab or surgery. I wanted to send just a Thinking Of You card with best wishes for a speedy recovery, or just a message of support. So, I got out my stamping stuff and got creating. My friend, Carol W, gave me a card …
Stamping cards for the holidays is something my MIL enjoys on her visits, so we hauled several bins upstairs to the kitchen to use the counter. It gives us more light and more room than the worktable down in the basement. DH pulled the chairs from the pub table to hold more bins of stamping …
Holidays are so much fun, and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I just love this time of year with the leaves turning, cooler days and nights, wearing my sweaters but not needing a heavy coat, and playing with autumn colors. Stamping is part of that and once again I want to do a few cards …
Time to send out some spooky greetings! It has been a bit of time since I was able to do some stamping. I really love the autumn for stamping as I have lots of leaf stamps and fall inspired motifs. I also have a fair amount of Halloween specific stamps. This time I started with …
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