Floral Friend Card

unbounded love, impressions abloom dies, floral impressions dsp, textured notes dies, friend card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Today I’m playing with the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #272. My floral friend card fills the middle rows, both vertical and horizontal. Here’s the challenge board: And here’s my card: Details: Garden Green Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, folded at 4-1/4″ Floral Impressions DSP, 5″x 3-3/4″ Garden Green and Basic White…

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Country Club (for FF0183)

clubhouse, country club dsp, stylish shapes dies, fabulous frames dies, #ff0183 card challenge, birthday card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

I pulled out some old (retired) favorites today for the Festive Friday Challenge. It’s National Golf Day (who knew?!) and we are commemorating it with cards of the game. I went back to the recesses of my paper collection and found Country Club DSP ~ perfect! I also kept my…

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Elements of Text Love Card

elements of text, seaside wishes, hearts of elegance dies, #tttc264, love card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

I’m playing with Tic, Tac, Toe today with their heart-inspired challenge. I had been wanting to make a Kraft/Black/Vanilla Valentine, and this fits the bill! It’s an Elements of Text Love Card! Here’s the challenge: And here’s my card: I went with the top horizontal row with Enameled Dots/Kraft Cardstock/Love…

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Layers of Beauty

layers of beauty bundle, country flowers dsp, stenciling technique, eyelet 3d embossing folder, #tttc247, stampin up, karen hallam

This week I am going to attempt to enter each card I make into a challenge of one kind or another! These challenges provide a great jumping-off point if you are stuck in the creative process. They give you focus and a place to start. I’m going to start today…

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Country Bouquet

country bouquet stamp set and punch, most adored specialty dsp, gold embossing, #tttc239, #FF0151, stampin up, karen hallam

Here’s a favorite that carried over from last year, Country Bouquet ~ With all the new valentine-themed products that came out in our Mini Catalog, I almost forgot about this favorite from our Annual Catalog! Country Bouquet can be found on page 75 in the Annual Catalog – still current…

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Trucking Along

trucking along bundle, inked botanicals dsp, stylish shapes dies, floral card idea, #tgifc429, stampin up, karen hallam

I’m so excited! My Trucking Along Bundle arrived while I was gone on vacation, and I couldn’t wait to try it out. I know that if you weren’t johnny-on-the-spot when it became available again, you missed getting the punch. It will be back in the Fall and you’ll have another…

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Polka Dots and Yellow

subtles 6"x 6" dsp, bough punch, stylish shapes dies, friend card, tttc212, stampin up, karen hallam

Polka dots and yellow?! Yes, please! I couldn’t let this challenge go by without diving in! Here is the challenge board for Tic Tac Toe #212: And here’s my yellow, polka-dotty card: I chose three different directions on this board ~ 1. Across the top – Ink Blending/Polka Dots/Yellow; 2.…

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