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Best Wishes Zach and Renae
Springtime and early summer is a time for weddings and the beginnings of a new life together. In The Church of Jesus Christ of...
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May 13, 20222 min read
In Sorrow We Celebrate a Life Well Lived
Tuesday morning we found out a dear friend had finally succumbed to the cancer that had been ravaging his body for the past several...
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May 13, 20222 min read
Happy Birthday Dan
My brother-in-law Dan has a birthday on our anniversary. He is a wonderful member of our family and we love his very much. He is always...
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May 13, 20222 min read
You're a Class Act Emma
I have a wonderful young friend who is graduating as the valedictorian of her class. But she is so much more than smart. She is funny...
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May 13, 20222 min read
Mountain Air Birthday Wishes
When I pull out a stamp I try and use it multiple times, particularly for a new stamp. For this card I used the Stampin' Up Mountain Air...
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May 13, 20222 min read
Mountain Air Thinking of You
I think nature scenes make beautiful masculine thinking of you cards. For these two cards I pulled out the Stampin' Up Mountain Air...
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May 13, 20222 min read
Springtime Thinking of You
I recently used hot foil with regular background dies. They add such beautiful visual interest to a card. Because they are so beautiful...
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May 13, 20221 min read
Foiled Rainbow Balloons Sending Birthday Wishes
This is another card I made for one of the young men at church. I have a lot of different balloon images. They are great for masculine...
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May 8, 20221 min read
Foiled Rainbow Balloon Bouquet Happy Birthday
My husband was recently called to work with the young men in our congregation or ward. He asked if I would be willing to make birthday...
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May 8, 20222 min read
Foiled Birthday Candles Happiest of Birthdays
As described in my previous card, I used background dies to create foiled background for cards. One of my favorites is the Your Next...
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May 8, 20221 min read
Foiled Cupcake Time to Celebrate You
I spent one whole day last week taking my background dies and some of my birthday dies and foiled them gold. I love the subtle...
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May 8, 20222 min read
Layered Anemone Happy Mother's Day
My crafty friend Denise recently purchased the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Anemone die set and made a beautiful card. It inspired me...
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May 3, 20222 min read
Sending Birthday Wishes Spring Flowers
I'm not sure that the previous card I made was worth all the effort. I liked the card, but it definitely wasn't one of my favorites. ...
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May 3, 20222 min read
Happy Birthday to You Spring Flowers
I watched a video by Jennifer McGuire recently where she was using background dies to make two different cards. I decided to go through...
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May 3, 20222 min read
Time to Celebrate Camie
We have a young woman at church who is turning 18 this week. She is a beautiful, talented girl with long curly hair and her favorite...
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May 3, 20222 min read
Be Bold Blooms You're in My Thoughts
I had so many flowers and leaves leftover from my previous card that I decided to make another. This time using less flowers. The Memory...
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Apr 28, 20222 min read
Be Bold Blooms Happy Birthday
I had to wait several weeks to be able to order these pretty flower dies from Spellbinders. Jennifer McGuire used them in a card and...
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Apr 28, 20222 min read
We Will Miss You
In my church the leadership is all done by volunteers. They serve because they love the Lord and they been asked to fulfill leadership...
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Apr 26, 20222 min read
Into the Blooms Happy Birthday
This is another die I purchased because my friend Denise made some beautiful cards using it. This layering die is harder to use. It...
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Apr 26, 20222 min read
Wishing You the Happiest of Birthdays
I had been having problems with my Gemini FoilPress Machine. It wasn't giving me a clean foiling. So, I ordered a new base plate and it...
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Apr 26, 20221 min read
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