Snowy Night

Wow, this Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Pack has some truly gorgeous papers!  It’s a 6″ x 6″ paper stack with half of the papers showing gold embossing and half a soft black.  The gold embossing looks silver on the back, so you can choose whichever color you like best! Placing…

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A Time For All Seasons

I have been wanting to make a collection of all four seasons with my Sheltering Tree stamp set, and when I saw Linda Heller’s new post today, I thought I would borrow her layout and use this stamp set!  For all four cards, I used the Circles Framelits # 6…

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Toadally Awesome!

The minute I saw this card design on Dawn Olchefske’s web site, I knew I had to make some!  Is this not the cutest frog ever?! I’m going to send this card to my grandson, who I miss very much since they moved up to Washington.  He is the most…

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A Woodsy Birthday

I’m blending a little new with a little old today with this birthday card.  We live among the oak trees here in California.  I could be wrong, but I’m calling this image an oak!  I stamped it with Mossy Meadow on Whisper White cardstock, then embossed it with clear embossing…

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Thanks AND Giving

I had in mind a different Designer Series Paper for this Thanksgiving card, but because of a mistake, I ended up using these Farmer’s Market prints.  And I’m so glad I did!  I am quite happy with the way it turned out. I started with a base of Mossy Meadow,…

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Maple Syrup Thanks

As some of you know, I recently went to visit my brother’s family in Minnesota where we spent a week at their cabin in the northern part of the state.  It was beautiful there, and we had great weather for all kinds of lake play, until the last day we…

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“Fall”ing for PPA 266

  The Pals Paper Arts challenge this week uses very traditional fall colors, which I love!  Out came my new best friend, Vintage Leaves, again.  I am having so much fun with this set. The color challenge this week is Delightful Dijon,Old Olive and Cajun Craze.  Here is the banner…

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Leaves of a Different Color for PPA 265

  Who says leaves have to be green?  or orange, red, and yellow!  I have used unconventional colors in this card and I love the combination of Island Indigo, Smoky Slate, and Tuxedo Black. My design inspiration came from this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge.  Here’s the sketch: See…

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Vintage Leaves for Sunday

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday!  I have a simple yet colorful card for you today.  It features the stamp set called Vintage Leaves, and it is available now on page 88 of the Annual Catalog. Not featured on this card, but so awesome I have to tell…

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Peaceful Wreath, “Final Take”

I’ve been up to Washington State this past week – gorgeous country northeast of Seattle.  Right before I left, my computer crashed!  This post was in the making and it was left hanging!  While I was gone, our computer “doctor” was able to restore and fix our problem.  I came…

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“Take 3”: Silver Bough

Don’t these colors just say “peaceful” to you?  I love this combination of Wisteria Wonder, Smoky Slate, and Silver Foil.  This bough is from the new stamp set called Peaceful Wreath, available on Sept. 1.  I’m doing a little series of cards featuring this stamp set.  Scroll down to see…

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Peaceful Wreath, “Take Two”

  Yesterday I showed you this stamp set, Peaceful Wreath, in embossed gold.  As simple and elegant that one was, this time I’ve given you a much more casual, and yes, busy! use of the same set.  I have several new products from the upcoming Holiday Catalog to talk about…

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Simply Elegant Gold Wreath

Here is a sneak peek at a new stamp set that will be for sale on September 1st from the new Holiday Catalog.  It’s called Peaceful Wreath, and the images are beautiful!  I’m going to try several variations with this set, and I’ve started with a simple gold embossing.  The…

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Thankful Tree for PPA 264

  A new season and a new reason…to use the Sheltering Tree stamp set!   I love this set for its versatility.   For this autumn card I used Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede. I stamped the image and cut it into 3 panels of 1 1/8″ each,…

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