James Taylor meets Mojo Monday

It is time for you to learn I am a HUGE James Taylor (JT) fan.  My best friend (for the last 34 years) and I have been to about 16 of his concerts.  When we were in high school and college and he would perform back to back concerts we would go both nights. One night with our boyfriends and the second just the girls.  We always enjoyed the concert with just the girls more!…

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Backyard Basics for Freshly Made Sketches

Today I am featuring a card I made for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  True to the vision of Freshly Made Sketches, this card is crisp and clean. Freshly Mades Sketches is celebrating their 100th sketch challenge this week and they went back to their very first challenge for a little nostagia.  Here is the sketch: The Mojo Magic I cut a piece of whisper white cardstock 5" x 10" for the 5 x…

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A Real Challenge – PPA #169

Today I am participating in the Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge #169.   The sketch was designed by Nicole Watt. who is also a master of Stampin’ Up’s MDS program.  Here is the sketch Nicole designed for today’s challenge: While the sketch looks simple it truly challenged my creativity.  I wanted to use some DSP in the design yet with the limited elements I was stumped with what else I should use. When I saw…

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Puttin’ on the Ritz

Today I am featuring a card I made for the Mojo Monday Challenge.   Here is the sketch: The card evolved as I added elements tossing out pieces and adding others.  In the end it looks ritzy with the silver glitter paper, silver embossing powder and the red rhinestones.  The Stampin' Up Holiday catalog Festive Flurry bundle is the centerpiece to this card.  I used silver embossing powder to make them shine against the Cherry…

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