Pastels Mother of Pearl Technique

I found the coolest card recently, with the coolest background, so I just had to CASE it and use it for one of my May Stamp Club projects!  The card I saw was created by another demonstrator, Joanne French, and I found it on Stampin' Connection (that's an exclusive, demo-only website with 1000s of project …

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Amanda’s French Patina Card

Happy Valentine's Day!  Today's project wasn't made to be a Valentine, but it could be used as one.  It's certainly filled with "amour!" I'm absolutely loving the patina technique and the baja/suede color combination, so please indulge me as I show you one more version that I created as a birthday card for my niece, …

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French Foliage Shimmering Poinsettias

This morning, I learned that it was Poinsettia Day!  Didn't know there was such a thing, but… Happy Poinsettia Day, Everyone! To celebrate, I decided it was high time that I CASEd a beautiful card that I saw on Gretchen' Barron's Inspiration In Action blog: Amazing Poinsettia. You can see her card shown as a …

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Just Believe Shimmer Resist

I'm still on a Convention high and have already been booking workshops, featuring the Holiday Mini items, like crazy!  I can tell that YOU are just as excited about the new stuff as I am—woohoo!  If you are thinking you may want to schedule, let's get you on the calendar soon—my dates are filling up …

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Fifth Avenue White Washed Flowers

I experimented with another beautiful background technique this week.  I'm not sure if it has an official name, but I'm calling it white washing.      I think it turned out beautifully, don't you?!  The flowers are washed (painted) with White Craft Ink and Aqua Painters, to give them a lighter, semi-opaque look.  Although the …

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