Another Reason To Smile

Wow!  The Reason To Smile set is my new obsession!  I've been finding all sorts of fun card ideas for this set…stay tuned for some of my favorites featured in tomorrow's Sunday Showcase! CASEd from and inspired by Dawn Olchefske at DO Stamping. Today's Two Cool cards show some fun random stamping techniques with the …

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Lacy & Lovely Quick & Easy Layered Circles

When stamps and punches coordinate, creating cards is quick, easy and fun!  I made the four colorful Lacy & Lovely cards on today's post in about an hour!  Gotta love it! For the first Two Cool cards, I started by randomly stamping each size image from the Lacy & Lovely set in a different color. …

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Too Hot Stamping: From My Heart & Paper Piercing

Please note: Too Cool Stamping has temporarily changed it's name to Too Hot Stamping! It's 108° in Fort Wayne, Indiana today!  That is a record high on this day, and all I can say is WOW!  It truly feels like I'm baking when I let my dog out.  I have never loved my A/C more …

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Make A Cake & Patio Party Project & Promo

CASEd from Becky Roberts at Inking Idaho. Today I had some fun with the new Patio Party Designer Series Paper by using it to do paper piecing on these Two Cool cards!  This is one of the designs we're creating at my "Last Thursdays" Monthly Card Class coming up June 28.  (RSVP now!) For the …

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Transforming Natural Composition Designer Paper – Part 3

I didn't mean to, but I found myself playing with the Natural Composition Specialty Paper again today!  This time I was trying a direct-to-paper technique.  I basically just wanted to experiment with how different colors of ink would look on this paper, so I cut a bunch of 3/4" strips of the "ugliest" pattern (the …

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Retirees Spotlight: Awash With Flowers & Stampin’ Pastels

Today we're doing a little two-steppin' with the delightful, soon-to-retire Awash With Flowers stamp set!      It's the perfect style of stamp set for the chalkboard technique using the soon-to-retire Stampin' Pastels! We'll be creating these Two Cool cards at my May Stamp Club on Friday night!  I had forgotten how much fun this technique …

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