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Fifty Amazing Years
My husband and I celebrate 50 years of marriage this coming Thursday. I love him more today than I ever thought possible all those years...
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May 17, 20232 min read
Hooray You Did It! You're a Class Act
We know four amazing young people who are graduating high school this year. These cards were made for them in their school colors. The...
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May 16, 20231 min read
May Your Day be Filled with Joy – Happy Mother’s Day
My husband and I have six women that we minister to in our church. I wanted to create Mother's Day cards for each of them, but waited...
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May 15, 20232 min read
Bouquet of Love Happy Mother’s Day
I wanted to create a Mother's Day card to give to a friend. I pulled out this pretty bouquet image from Altenew and stamped it with...
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May 15, 20231 min read
You Are Everything Wonderful Teresa
We have a dear, sweet, eighty-eight year-old friend who is a very special lady. We wanted to wish her a Happy Mother's Day. Her...
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May 15, 20231 min read
Summer and Paden Celebrate
My husband's nephew's oldest son is getting married. This sweet image from Whimsy Stamps is a favorite of mine. I color the flowers and...
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May 14, 20232 min read
Golden Confetti Background Happy Birthday to You
So I had the gold mirror background leftover from creating the confetti for my last two cards and I couldn't throw it away. Red is my...
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May 14, 20232 min read
Feminine Balloon Background Happy Birthday
This is the second card I made using the Waffle Flower Balloon Background die and stencil. This time I used feminine colors. I also cut...
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May 13, 20231 min read
Masculine Balloon Background Have the Best Birthday Ever
I recently receive Waffle Flowers Balloon Background die and stencils. I first decided to make a masculine birthday card with blue,...
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May 13, 20232 min read
Fancy Cake Sweet Wishes
I've used this die before and really like it for a birthday card. Today, since I wanted a masculine card I cut the cake pieces from...
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May 11, 20231 min read
Balloons and Presents Happy Birthday
For this balloon background card the image was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed silver. The balloons and presents were...
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May 11, 20231 min read
Soft Watercolor Balloons Happy Birthday to You
This card was stamped on Bristol Smooth Watercolor Paper with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed gold. To watercolor the balloon on this...
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May 11, 20231 min read
Rainbow Polka Dot Balloon Happy Birthday to You
I recently organized my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers and decided to create a card with them. I stamped the background with...
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May 11, 20232 min read
Confetti Background Balloons Happy Birthday to You
I had the confetti background leftover from my previous card and decided to put it to good use. I ink blended a rainbow of colors on the...
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May 6, 20231 min read
Rainbow Balloon Background Happy Birthday
This week I went through a lot of patterned paper scraps for an activity with the young women at church and ran across the perfect size...
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May 6, 20232 min read
Mexico’s National Flower Enjoy Every Moment Dahlia
Every day I have a new screen image on my laptop. Today's took my breath away it was so gorgeous. It was a large Dahlia that looked...
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Apr 26, 20232 min read
Happy Birthday Poppies
I love the simplicity of this pretty poppy image. It was first stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored with Copic Markers....
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Apr 26, 20231 min read
Periwinkle Flowers Enjoy Your Day
I wanted to use this pretty flower arrangement on a card. The cluster of flowers as the two large flowers and the bud. There is another...
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Apr 26, 20231 min read
Oval Shaped Peonies Birthday Wishes
I recently saw a video by Jennifer McGuire where she created unique shaped card fronts using a new Spellbinder's Oval Die. I decided to...
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Apr 26, 20232 min read
I Will Strive to Love Others as He Loves Me
On Sunday I taught a lesson to the young women at church about the second commandments, love thy neighbor as thyself. I purchased some...
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Apr 26, 20231 min read
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