Candy Cane Christmas Presents & Contest

Now that my December stamping events are officially done, I've finally had some time to do some "fun" stamping for me!  There are SO many holiday projects that I still want to try, and SO many holiday products that I still want to use before the Holiday Mini expires on January 4th.          Both …

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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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Petals-A-Plenty Poinsettia Card

   Here's another scrunchy flower that's perfect for the holiday season—a poinsettia!  Last year, at the end of the Christmas season, I saw a card combining this pretty paper flower with the Petals-A-Plenty Impressions Folder and I knew I had to try it this year. Poinsettia Flower: I used the 5-Petal Flower Punch to punch …

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Too Cool Demo Team October Showcase – Part 2

Today, I'm sharing more of the awesome projects my team has created!  We'll start off with a pretty Perfect Plum card created by Darla Eigenschink.  The shimmery background is sprayed with Smooch Spritz, then wrapped with a Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon.  At our meeting, Darla showed us how to create the pleated paper flower with …

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Too Cool Demo October Showcase – Part 1

We saw a whole lot of awesome projects at my Demo Team Meeting this week.  I'm so proud of my team—they are so enthusiastic and creative!  I love, love, love seeing, and being inspired by, their creations!  I'm saving a couple of their projects for some separate posts, but here are some of the others …

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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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