Elegant Soireé Aviary Card

   Well, what can I say…I'm in a CASEing mood lately.  But, once again, I loved this card that I saw on Becky Roberts' Inking Idaho blog, and I just HAD to make one like it! The birds and cages in the Aviary set are simply so fun to play with…mixing and matching colors!  EEeeee!  …

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French Foliage Flap Card & Crazy Clearance Sale!

  Here are a couple of lovely little cards with unique double-flap openings that I CASEd from Chiaki Haverstick's StampingPro blog.  The design of the card is interesting-to-open, yet simple-to-create, making it a fun workshop card.  Plus, it gave me another excuse to use the French Foliage set! I used Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Early …

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Chic Boutique Aviary CASE

When I don't feel particularly creative, which seems to be way more than I would like, I can usually get myself motivated by CASEing someone else's beautiful project.  Sometimes, as I begin working on the project, I'll become inspired and add my own touches as I go along.  Other times, I simply adore the original …

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French Foliage Is My Fall Favorite

Autumn is my favorite time of year, and the French Foliage stamp set, with its realistic looking leaves and collage-style images, is definitely my favorite of the season!  It works so well with so many stamping techniques, too.  I'm looking forward to trying emboss resist, watercolors, and pastels.  But first, I had to experiment with …

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More Cool Projects From My Demo Team!

I had to show you a few of the latest projects created by two of my Demo Team members…     Shirley Meyer used the Lattice Impressions Folder and the Embedded Impressions technique here.  I love her use of the Have A Seat stamp—it always makes me think of how much I miss someone when I …

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Watercolor Trio With Embossed Vellum

I'm just slippin' in under the wire, but I wanted to show you one more card I created using the Watercolor Trio set.     This is CASEd from Chiaki Haverstick's blog: Stamping Pro. Once again, I used the stamping off technique to create both the focal piece and the background images.  But, my favorite part …

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