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Garden Pick Happy Birthday Lovely Lady
This card uses the leftover panel from my previous card where I had cut out a circle from this You Matter panel. The panel had been...
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Mar 10, 20212 min read
Cheery Flower Wish You the Most Beautiful Day
For this card I stamped Simon Says Stamp You Matter Background onto a quarter sheet of Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock with VersaMark...
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Mar 10, 20211 min read
Happy Birthday Party Background
It has been quite sometime since I have used my Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolor Powders. I decided to pull out some word background...
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Mar 10, 20212 min read
You're the Man Dale
Our good friend Dale has a birthday coming up next week. His favorite color is plum, so that is what I used to color the card and...
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Mar 7, 20211 min read
Foiled Flower Pattern Happy Birthday
I recently purchased this beautiful hot foil die from Spellbinders. I used Crafter's Companion Gold Papercraft Foil and ivory cardstock....
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
Negative Blue Strip Big Birthday Wishes
From my previous card I had the negative space leftover after having cut the sentiment. It's fun using both negative and positive die...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
Blue Strip Big Birthday Wishes
I had contemplated using My Favorite Things Big Birthday Wishes on the previous card I made and had it sitting on my desk. I decided to...
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Mar 5, 20212 min read
It's Your Day Balloon Bouquet
I was cleaning my desktop and lifted my glass mat to clean underneath it an found this rectangle of plaid paper. I had to put it to use....
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Mar 5, 20212 min read
Jubilant Birthday Wishes
This is the last card I created using a Penny Black easy brushstroke stamp. I scribbled a couple of colors of wine red onto the flowers...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
First Waltz Celebrate Your Day
Tulips are one of the first flower that arise in the spring. The signal the rebirth of another growing season. One of my favorite...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
Happy Birthday Dreams of Love
Red is one of my favorite colors. I love the bright, happy feel it gives. This is a Penny Black easy brushstroke stamp. I used Arteza...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
Nature's Glory Time to Celebrate
This stamp makes me think that spring is coming. It is another Penny Black easy brushstroke stamp. To used these stamps you color...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
Hope Your Birthday is Happy Peony
This is another Penny Black easy brushstroke stamp. I used Arteza Real Brush Markers to color the image and stamped it onto Bristol...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
Poppy Birthday Wishes
I pulled out Penny Black Pop Pop Poppy easy brushstroke stamp to create this card. I had recently seen Jill Foster use Strathmore...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
So Sorry for Your Loss
Before I gave back this lovely stamp set from Memory Box to my friend Denise I decided to make one more card. This time I wanted to use...
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Mar 3, 20211 min read
Watercolor Lovely Lilacs
A couple of things inspired this card. First I saw a YouTube video by Jill Foster using Arteza Markers to watercolor some of Penny...
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Mar 1, 20212 min read
Rose Bouquet Wishing You a Happy Birthday
Please see my previous card for a little more detail about this card. This is the second card I made by cutting the Memory Box Rose...
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Feb 28, 20212 min read
Rose Bouquet Wishing You a Very Happy Birthday
My crafty friend Denise recently purchased the beautiful Rose Bouquet flower stamp from Memory Box. This is a huge image, 5 1/4" x 6...
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Feb 28, 20212 min read
Fantasy Floral Birthday Wishes for Diane
I had an extra watercolor panel leftover from my previous card design. My sister Diane's birthday is coming up and her favorite colors...
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Feb 28, 20212 min read
Be a Light
Each month I send out cards to the young men and women who are serving mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from...
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Feb 28, 20212 min read
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