Distressed Day at the Beach

This card ended up going a totally different direction than where I started from!  I wanted to do a beach scene card for the Summer challenge at The Paper Players.  My usual clean designs quickly turned into a distressed card full of texture.  My card is loosely based on the sketch at Unscripted Challenges.  Here …

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Freshly Made Sketches #38

I am so excited to announce that I will be a Guest Design Team member over at Freshly Made Sketches.  Freshly Made Sketches is my favorite sketch site and I love their clean designs.  I started blogging shortly after the blog went live and have participated in almost all of their sketch challenges.  Here is …

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H2H Color Challenge

It is time for a new challenge at Heart 2 Heart Challenges.  The challenge this week is to create a project with black, white and pop of color! Please remember to include some Close To My Heart products in your challenge entry! All supplies by Close To My Heart: C1494 Card Word Puzzle D1283 Say …

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June SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring June’s SOTM, Life is Tweet, a set of 15 stamps.  If you have come here from Sheila’s Blog,you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  …

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CASE Study Butterflies

The moment I saw this week’s CASE study, I knew I wanted to create a card with butterflies.  I also had to resist the urge to buy a new set of butterfly stamps just for the occasion!  My stamp collection seems to be severely lacking in the butterfly department!  Years ago I picked up a …

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Chasing Dreams…

It is contest week at Mojo Monday, so here is another entry featuring the Mojo Monday sketch.   I pulled out some old, but well loved supplies.  All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted: X7083B Let’s Get Together Paper Packet 1388 Colonial White Paper Packet Z2116 Cranberry Ink Vertical Greetings Collection by …

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