Thoughts & Prayers To My Friend

Forgive me as I get a little emotional in this post.  A very close friend of mine lost her dad yesterday.  I have to tell you that, although I didn't really know her father, his death brought back so many recent emotions of my mom's death in 2008.  It was her passing that led me …

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Maggie’s Owl Birthday Party Card

A couple weeks ago, I had lots of fun with the Owl Punch when I created an awesome pop-up card for my niece, Maggie, who was turning 8.  She loves owls, and even has an Owl Punch of her own!  I found a fanastic design on DarleneDesign.com of the cutest owl birthday party and I …

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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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Matching Love Letter Cards

Today, I'm featuring two cards that I created to match the Scallop Envelope Gift Card Holder from yesterday.    Once again, I've used the beautifully patterned Love Letter Designer Series Paper and the color combination of Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, and Riding Hood Red.  To match the pretty Scallop Circle Paper Flower on …

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Love Letters Scallop Envelope Gift Card Holder

With the gift-giving season fast approaching, I like to start creating fun little gift card holders to have on hand.  I found a cute (and super easy!) idea at Tara Bazata's Ink & Paper Café blog using the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die.     The Scallop Envelope Die creates a cute little envelope that you fold …

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Gold Embossed Christmas Postcard

Holy cow!  It's October!  And, this weekend is the official start of my holiday workshops!  While I'm not quite ready for freezing temperatures, I'm so excited to start sharing some of the cool Christmas stuff in the Holiday Mini Catalog!  Woohoo!    This is one of the workshop cards we'll be making!  It features the …

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