<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Always Playing with Paper</title><description></description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Lesley )</managingEditor><pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2026 08:07:16 -0500</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1975</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">3</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle/><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>Dog Days of Summer</title><link>http://alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.com/2020/08/dog-days-of-summer.html</link><category>the card concept</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lesley )</author><pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2020 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255590496105951638.post-1953183574704660669</guid><description>&lt;div&gt;Happy Wednesday! It’s time for another Card Concept Inspiration Challenge!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My family and I have been camping so much this summer! It’s been wonderfully relaxing and fun! I love the campfire and playing at the beach all day! It has been an amazing summer so far and I am grateful for every moment! Oh those awesome summer days!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgZNiqE72aBOKAj499xgGmtfnMYcV91nAMteJdWNiS_lW1vwup2sl0Z91-Kk8rIk4Q18ziXaa2SyhUFlGnpMEyLqR1VZHf73sRg8EPZ-km65yu2l1S9nSVYI1mMheLYKojov1adCiJKU/s280/6050B682-E768-48A8-A36F-EBA40B5035DA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgZNiqE72aBOKAj499xgGmtfnMYcV91nAMteJdWNiS_lW1vwup2sl0Z91-Kk8rIk4Q18ziXaa2SyhUFlGnpMEyLqR1VZHf73sRg8EPZ-km65yu2l1S9nSVYI1mMheLYKojov1adCiJKU/s0/6050B682-E768-48A8-A36F-EBA40B5035DA.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This week we are featuring those Dog Days of Summer with this adorable image! 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Hello friends! We have another fun challenge for you over at The Card Concept! This time we are celebrating Christmas in July and Julie has chosen an amazing inspirational photo! I hope you enjoy the challenge and play along with us!&lt;/div&gt;
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I made four Christmas cards! It was fun!&lt;br /&gt;
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Another challenge over at The Card Concept! I’ll admit, I struggled with this challenge. I’m not very good with Tropical flowers and plants! Hahaha! So I decided to ink up one of my favourite Reverse Confetti stamp sets! I was inspired to make my bestie a “pretty in pink” birthday card!&lt;/div&gt;
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I used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch for my layout! It was challenging! I loved it! Please forgive my photos! I’m blogging from my iPhone as my computer is long gone! Must buy a new one soon! I was inspired by the colours and the party theme!&lt;br /&gt;
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