Friends are like a Four Leaf Clover

Colorado Craft Company 4 Leaf Clover Friendship Cards Idea Michelle Gleeson The Spot Challenge #151

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. We are enjoying some much needed downtime which translates into time in my craft room. Like so many other paper crafters I enjoy creating slimline cards. When I saw the Slimline card challenge over at The Spot I was inspired to create. The card base is 3 1/2 x 8 1/2. The background panel was created with a new Simon Says Stamp Stencil of clovers in varying sizes…

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Butterfly Brillance Bundle

Stampin-Up-Butterfly-Brillance-Bundle-Anytime-card-Michelle-Gleeson-Stampinup-SU

A quick post to say I am still here but not getting much crafty time these days. It has been a whirlwind since we sold our home last September. A quick catch up…Last month we purchased a home that was under construction and have been making design selections to ensure it is completed by the time we need to be out of our rental. In the meantime my dad who is 86 decided to move…

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Love just Love

Sale-a-Bration DSP

The Greetery just released a new collection called Nature Lover’s Collection. It is so well designed and imaginative I had to order the entire collection. This card uses two sets; the Boxwood Heart Detail Dies and Love is die. Using the beautiful Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration Flower & Field DSP color combination of Just Jade and Basic Black as the back drop I added the Boxwood Heart base and then the Just Jade Boxwood pieces.  The…

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Argyle Birthday Celebration

Mama Elephant Happy Birthday Die PinkFresh Studios Argyle Slim Stencil Distress Oxide ink SU Baked Brown Sugar Michelle Gleeson Masculine Slimline Birthday Card Ideas

The PinkFresh Studio Slimline Argyle Stencil Set, Distress Oxide Mustard Seed and Retired Stampin’ Up! Baked Brown Sugar inks were used to create the fun background for this masculine birthday card.    The large sentiment is from Mama Elephant and was die cut three times in Baked Brown Sugar card stock, glued together then glued to the argyle background. That was layered onto another piece of Baked Brown Sugar card stock then added to a piece…

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