Celebrate – New Beginnings

I hope you had a great weekend.  On Saturday, we loaded our car to the gills and took our oldest son back to school to begin his Sophomore year.  Having the whole family together for a road trip – Priceless! Next, our younger son starts his senior year in high school tomorrow.  So we are on the brink of new beginnings. A dear colleague at work became a grandmother last week and I created this…

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A Little Lovely Romance

Today's card was about creating my own background by using one stamp from the Lovely Romance Stamp set. Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig I created this great design.  To make sure the design did not get too overwhelming I stamped off every other stamp to alternate the intensity of the Old Olive ink on the Very Vanilla card stock.  If you look closely you can see the variation in the color. Here is a photo of the…

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Stampin’ Up Single Stamps – New Holiday Collection Just Announced!

Want to purchase just one new stamp for your holiday tags or cards? Then this new Stampin' Up promotion is perfect for you. You can order any one of the stamps in the New Holiday Collection of Single stamps or if you can't decide get all five! All five stamps in the collection are brand new and will only be available for a limited time.   I just couldn't pass up the label tag that…

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Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge

I really love how this turned out.  A clean design with an air of spooky.  Here is the Challenge Sketch used to inspire my card:   I am beginning to see the signs of Fall approaching as the days begin to get shorter and the shadows cast by the sun during the day are changing.  I love the Fall and am enjoying using supplies from the Stampin' Up Holiday Catalog to further get into the…

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