Party This Way Pennants Pop-Up Card

Today, my dear ole Dad, Tom Putman, turns 75 years old!  Happy birthday, Dad! Wow!  Three quarters of a century!  That's one hell of a milestone!  It's especially sweet this year because, after three years of unrelenting health issues, and hospital stay after hospital stay, he is FINALLY feeling really, really good!  I'm so grateful …

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Flower Fest Colored Embossing With Burnishing

I had a great time with my Stamp Club on Friday night!  I always do!  We tried out the new Flower Fest stamp set, along with the new colored embossing powders, all featured in the Summer Mini Catalog.    I CASEd this card from the sample card on page 8 of the Summer Mini.  I …

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Punch Owl Grad Money Holder

It's high school graduation weekend in my neighborhood—go Homestead Spartans (my alma mater)!. Here is a great idea for giving a little financial boost to the new grad.  Money is most appreciated, I'm told!  😀 I created this one for my niece, Amanda, who graduated last month from Indiana University (also my alma mater)!  Go …

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Love & Care Thank You Cards

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things after our busy and emotional week last week laying my father-in-law to rest.  We are trying to get used to the "new normal," but his passing has left a huge hole in our family to say the least.  One thing I've discovered is that you …

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Too Cool Demo Team May Showcase

It was a very small Too Cool Demo Team meeting for May, but we still saw plenty of fabulous projects created by Carmen DeBruce!  Here is a sampling… The paper flowers are made with layers of the Scallop Circle Punch with slits cut all the way around to make petals.  Flower centers are from the …

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Fabulous Florets Telescoping Circle Card

I found a super-cool "wow" card online last week and I had to try it out!  It's a telescoping card!  Check it out!  It starts out looking like this…    Then you pull the satin ribbon tab and it starts telescoping open… Pull it a little more and it opens even more… Pretty awesome, don't …

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