Peggy’s Great Friend Masked Butterflies Card

It sure is feeling like Spring today, with a high around 65° and the little daffodils poking up out of the ground (I'm excited to see what pops up in my new flowerbed).  I'm not going to think about how it's going to be highs in only the 30s – 40s after tomorrow…nope, I'm going …

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Sweet Valentine Masked Heart Card

   Here are a couple card examples from the workshop I'm doing today.  I CASEd this beautiful, masked heart card from one created by Tami White.  You can see a video tutorial on her Stamp with Tami blog: Masked Heart Tutorial.  (She also shows you how to mount clear stamps in the video—very helpful!) Background …

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Lovely As A Tree Iridescent Winter

One of the most versatile sets that Stampin' Up! offers is the Lovely As A Tree stamp set!  I love that it can create equally beautiful cards in both Fall and Winter themes.  It's simplicity also makes it wonderful for sympathy, thinking of you, birthday, and especially masculine cards (and you know difficult finding masculine …

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Autumn Harvest: Wood & Watercolor

I love this card that was created by Michelle Hoover, one of my Too Cool Demo Team members, so I had to share!     I love the watercolor look she achieved with the Autumn Harvest stamp set!  So beautiful!  My favorite part is that she stamped and watercolored on a rarely-used and almost-forgotten stamping …

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10 Days Left: Goodbye Embrace Life

The bittersweetness is sinking in.  There's only 10 days left before the Last Chance retiring stamps sets are gone forever!  Today's post is in honor of Embrace Life, a pretty Asian floral set that helped me create many a lovely card.  Oh, how I have enjoyed you!    The overlapping, cut-out flower border on this …

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Bloomin’ Beautiful Top Note Gate Fold Card

Yesterday's card reminded me of a favorite card I did a while back using the retiring Bloomin' Beautiful stamp set.  The card, and stamp set, features a similar hydrangea image as the one found in the Because I Care Hostess Set, available in the new catalog on July 1. There are many things that I …

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