Artistic Etchings Fabulous You Card

   Everyone has a friend (or two, or a dozen) that could use a thoughtful "you're the best" card to brighten their day!  Personally, I love to receive them, but I love creating them even more!    The Artistic Etchings and Notably Ornate stamp sets, and Love Letter Designer Series Paper, works perfectly together to …

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Poppin’ Pastels With The Brownies

I'm writing this on Thursday morning, and later this afternoon I'll be stamping with a couple of my nieces at the first Brownie troop meeting I've attended in nearly three decades!  I'm very excited to be sharing my love of stamping with them as we create a beautiful, hand-stamped card for their moms for Mother's …

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Elements of Style Embossed Stencil Card

The third installment of my Elements of Style Card Set ensemble features an embossed stencil technique (I love this technique!).  You can see the first and second card designs in my previous posts: Embossed Vine Cards and Shimmery Hummingbird Cards.       Embossed Stencil Details I began with a piece of decorative Bella Bleu Designer …

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Elements of Style Shimmery Hummingbird Card

Today, I'm showing the second card set from a purse card tote ensemble that I created for my mother-in-law, Nancy.  You can see the first set of designs here: Embossed Vine Cards.  Here is a Shimmery Hummingbird version:    Ooooh! It's so pretty!  Unfortunately, you can't see the shimmer very well, so I'll give you …

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Elements of Style Embossed Vine Card

I spent another Saturday making birthday items—we have lots of Spring birthdays in the family!  This time I created a special gift box purse filled with cards for my mother-in-law, Nancy.  To add an element of surprise to the this Elements of Style ensemble, I'll be revealing the three card designs and purse in separate …

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Fun With Fifth Avenue Floral

   I've been busy creating workshop cards highlighting some of the stamp sets that are 20% off this month with the Two-Step Into Spring promotion.  One of the four sets is Fifth Avenue Floral.  I'm a big fan of this set, but I have to be honest…I don't really consider this a two-step stamp set.  …

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