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Erich Fromm</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://cardmakinggalore.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://cardmakinggalore.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9050484994994451954/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Cardmaking Galore</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00947424737391592031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="24" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/THY1Yabw7uI/AAAAAAAABHM/VFAxgHX-Ow0/S220/Exeter-College-Week-2-183.jpg" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>194</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/CardMakingGalore" /><feedburner:info uri="cardmakinggalore" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkIFQno7cCp7ImA9WhZaGUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050484994994451954.post-2475260482661098624</id><published>2011-07-07T01:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-07T01:21:53.408+02:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-07-07T01:21:53.408+02:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sizzix/Ellison Design" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Retirement" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Birthday - Male" /><title>WOYWW 109</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k1XoSoP0Lck/ThTsw5psT_I/AAAAAAAABS8/2nwTWkveaEk/s1600/Retirement-Banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="53" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k1XoSoP0Lck/ThTsw5psT_I/AAAAAAAABS8/2nwTWkveaEk/s320/Retirement-Banner.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So it's been a long time since you've heard of me and I haven't uploaded the promised tutorial. &amp;nbsp; But it's about time I showed you what I've been working on and what's better than the &lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2011/07/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-109.html"&gt;WOYWW&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;I'm not showing you my desk today but here is the card I finished at 1.20 in the morning for a colleague who's retiring soon. &amp;nbsp;Not so bad for a late night card, what d'you think?&lt;br /&gt;
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But I have a good reason.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My production line is finally finished.  And I must thank my hubby and my dad for this.  Oh, well, ok and my sis and mum who helped cut some flowers, to say the least.  Have a look at the photos to get an idea of the madness that was in the craft room these last few days.  Monday was a holiday here and I spent the only long weekend I had this cutting and gluing.  Can you guess how many cards were made in all?  Do you want to know what I worked on myself?  Delegation skills, ha ha.  No don't worry, I would have never got away with it.  In fact, I spent half of my energy keeping my hubby glued to the chair.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So here is the first batch of coloured images ready to be assembled: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TQfxeC9-jaI/AAAAAAAABRo/ZZ-6wKHcxNo/s400/Making%2BCards%2BChristmas%2B2010%2B002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And my dad sticking ribbon to the cards.  He has certainly become my craft buddy, never complaining not even when lunch was served at 4.00p.m on Sunday.  We were starving by that time but work is work, isn't it?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TQfxduc-OyI/AAAAAAAABRg/VTWC-tnCDGs/s400/Making%2BCards%2BChristmas%2B2010%2B005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Guess who the guy below is?  Yes, that's it.  My hubby.  And I had strict orders not to publish his lovely face in his track suit.  And can you guess where he's working?  On the ironing board.  Innovative, isn't it?  I hope to do away with all the mess and make custom made furniture for my new Creative Studio.   More about this later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TQfxdDz5DyI/AAAAAAAABRY/pTyyGcSoInk/s400/Joseph-at-Work.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And finally the end result.  Can you guess how many cards we made in total?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TQfxcjTnjfI/AAAAAAAABRI/XF05-_zXP-Y/s400/Making-Cards-Christmas-2010.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/"&gt;WOYWW&lt;/a&gt; if you want to have a peek at other desks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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And this is the new Christmas card I made using my, oh so wanted, ice crystal by Cuttlebug and black dymo tape.  Well, I used loads of new stash that I had lying in drawers and had never used: the stamp, my snow marker - unfortunately it doesn't show so much in this photograph, black dymo tape and white felt.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TPLScYp7fWI/AAAAAAAABQs/SRPNE3q-R8s/s400/Rudolph-003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Materials:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Green and white cardstock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;make-believe Penny Black stamp&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Wonderful Christmas Time 12 by 12 Papermania pack&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Snow marker&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Papermania Raffia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ice Crsytal by Cuttlebug&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Faber Castell colours&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sakura white gel pen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tools&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Big Shot Sizzix Machine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dymo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut 4 panels of 4 cm width each.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Die cut a scallop and oval shape.  Stamp and colour the image.  Finish off by adding snow with the snow marker.  Embellish the scalloped oval with white dots and punch two holes using the crocodile.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Die cut the ice crystal and prepare the sentiment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Attach everything as shown.  Use double sided tape to stick the snow flake.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TPLScibQHaI/AAAAAAAABQ0/e6S3RyYkJNM/s400/Rudolph-Detail.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I'm sharing this at &lt;a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2010/11/cut-it-out.html"&gt;Papertake Weekly&lt;/a&gt; for the Cut it Out Challenge and &lt;a href="http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2010/11/challenge-140-blast-from-past.html"&gt;Cute Card Thursday&lt;/a&gt; for the Blast from the Past one.  For the CCT I chose Challenge 37 Snowflakes.  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All these Christmas cards are making me sing carols in my head.  I had to get them out and what better way than to sing it loud to you guys.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well, back to my desk and &lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2010/11/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-76.html"&gt;WOYWW&lt;/a&gt;.  Sorry peeps, but I forgot to take a picture of my work in progress this week, so instead, I'm showing you the card I managed to pull off after a lot of inking.  I must say this card gave me some ribbon trouble.  I had it lying there for days with ribbons next to it in all shades of blue.  Bought even more in different  shades today just to end up using a black one.   Still not 100% sure, so please, let me know what you think.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Materials:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Broken China and Antique Linen distress ink&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Gold mirri card (at least, that's what I think it's called)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;White card stock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Giving Tree stamp by Hero Arts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;White Embossing powder by Zing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ribbon from Hobbycrafts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rhinestones&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rectangle and Scalloped rectangle Nestabilities&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tools&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sizzix Big Shot machine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sizzix Dots and Flowers embossing set&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TOQltIeXhDI/AAAAAAAABQc/GHe7f1viK4c/s400/Oh%252C-Christmas-Tree%252C-Oh-Chri.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Die cut a white rectangle panel and a scalloped one from gold card stock.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stamp and heat emboss the tree. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Distress the background with Broken China.  I first tapped a bit of ink from my pad to the craft sheet and then diluted it with some water to obtain the light colour you see in the picture.  Distress the edges of the card base as well.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Emboss a panel with dots.  Attach a ribbon down the middle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assemble everything as shown and embellish with rhinestones. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm entering the &lt;a href="http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/2010/11/crazy4challenges-c4c63.html"&gt;Crazy4Challenge&lt;/a&gt;s  and &lt;a href="http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2010/11/11/stamp-simply-165-non-traditional-christmas-colors/"&gt;Stamp Simply&lt;/a&gt; for the first time with this card - hope you like it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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A lot of thinking and inking and voila, it's done.  But before I show you the final outcome have a look at the state of my desk for the past week.  My thinking cap was on all the time but the bulb just wouldn't glow.  So ladies at &lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2010/11/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-75.html"&gt;WOYWW&lt;/a&gt;, a late sneak peek for you here!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TNw_wV7usAI/AAAAAAAABPU/M3PRi9Q5nGk/s400/Christmas-Transparent.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Until  a few days later when I came up with this.  The only problem?  Now, I have to find envelopes in which to fit it as, silly me, I decided to go for 14.5 by 14.5cm and have none of this size at the moment.  If you're interested, visit the video that inspired me on &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEDwmwOVj3s&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded"&gt;Hero Arts&lt;/a&gt; by Shari Caroll.  Although I must say, I had to give it a little twist as I still don't have an electronic die cutting machine.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TNw_w8KOcvI/AAAAAAAABPk/KgipYY8d_Gc/s400/Christmas-Transparent-003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Materials:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wassail paper pack by Basic Grey&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Antique Linen, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo distress ink&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ice Crystal by Cuttlebug&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;XCut Corner punch&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;White Embossing powder by Zing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Papermania sparkling trims&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Old Letter stamp by Hero Arts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sentiment free with magazine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tub-O-Button from Hobby Crafts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Raffia by Papermania&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;White printing paper&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tools:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nestabilities&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How to:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Distress a piece of white card stock with fired brick, peeled paint and antique linen.  Stamp the background with old letter and die cut the snowflake.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Die cut a circle round the snowflake, draw a circle using a nestie that's a size bigger and cut.  Die cut the scalloped circle and mat them as shown, with the white paper showing through the snowflake window.  Embellish with a button and a raffia.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut a 14.5 by 14.5 cm transparancy.  Cut a strip 6 by 14.5 cm Spruce paper, attach a piece of ribbon and mount on card.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut a small rectangle and round the edges with the punch.  Stamp the greeting.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assemble as shown.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TNw_xO3XgmI/AAAAAAAABPs/mPU3h0hJyD0/s400/Christmas-Transparent-Detai.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This card fits the bill for two challenges.  The one at &lt;a href="http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2010/11/challenge-138-anything-goes.html"&gt;Cute Card Thursda&lt;/a&gt;y and &lt;a href="http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/2010/11/h-is-for.html"&gt;The ABC Challenge&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Here is my new Anniversary card.  I've had this stamp for quite a while now but I inked it up for the first time last week.  The card has been ready for a while but with being sick and having an assignment to finish,  I couldn't really spend too much time online.  But here I am now,  with a new favourite stamp!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TNRvH9b9GuI/AAAAAAAABPE/4FWpSEcxgW0/s400/Anniversary-Cupid-001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Materials:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anniversary Cupid by Penny Black&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A to Z Alphabet by Fiskars&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ashlyn and Chloe papers by Basic Grey&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Grey cardstock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Brown ribbon (hobbycrafts)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Faber Kastel watercolours&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;White embossing powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Butterfly (Accesorize stickers)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tools:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Scallop and Rectangle Nesties&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Big Shot machine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Martha Stewart scallop dot edge punch &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Heat gun&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TNRvHzCNDWI/AAAAAAAABPM/K2RUca4UUAQ/s1600/Anniversary-Cupid-Banner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TNRvHzCNDWI/AAAAAAAABPM/K2RUca4UUAQ/s400/Anniversary-Cupid-Banner.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536172021694401890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;How to:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut two panels from Ashlyn and Chloe papers.  Distress the edges.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Punch a border from green paper and attach the ribbon.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stamp the image twice, colour and mat on a scalloped panel.  For the second image colour only the hearts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stamp and heat emboss the letters, cut them individually.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assemble everything as shown, embellishing with a butterfly.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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I've been sick since last Thursday and am struggling to finish even the smallest chore.  Housework has to wait ladies.  In the meantime, here is my card for this week - a wedding card for my friend's sister.  I'm joining the &lt;a href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2010/10/autumn-leaves.html"&gt;DCM&lt;/a&gt;, the Papercraft star and the &lt;a href="http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/2010/10/f-is-for.html"&gt;ABC&lt;/a&gt; challenges.  I'm so glad I seem to have finally found my style - yippee!  I love working with square cards, stitching, symmetrical designs...you get the feel.  Maybe too symmetrical? Not sure, you tell me.  So, on to the list now:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TMXfqdflLmI/AAAAAAAABOc/TTBEA3BdTsk/s1600/Time.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 372px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TMXfqdflLmI/AAAAAAAABOc/TTBEA3BdTsk/s400/Time.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532073637859110498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Materials:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lace from Infuse Collection by Basic Grey &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ledger paper by Making Memories&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Black, white and red card stock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Peeled paint and antique linen distress inks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sewing machine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tim Holtz Visual Artistry - Lifes Possibilities&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rhinestones&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tools:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sizzix Trixie Girl Alphabet&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sizzix Circle Nesties&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sizzix Circle frames&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Big shot machine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Martha Stewart Frond punch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sewing Machine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How to:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut a panel from Infuse paper and sew a border.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut a smaller panel from Ledger paper, stamp the clock and distress with antique linen.  Mount on black card stock and sew the edges.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Die cut the letters, a circle frame and three circles.  Cut the circles into spirals, twist around a pair of tweezers, put upside down and cover the back with PVA.  Stick a rhinestone in each.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Punch and distress the leaves in antique linen and peeled paint.  Start with the lighter colour first.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Assemble everything as shown.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TMXf50I9vgI/AAAAAAAABOs/fr4EMvOZPS4/s400/Time-Detail.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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Yes, that's practically how long it took me to finally finish this card.  Oh well, at least now the first hurdle is over.  I would also like to enter this for the &lt;a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2010/10/3-of-kind.html"&gt;Papertake Weekly&lt;/a&gt; challenge - Three of a Kind.  My 3?  The stamps - the robin, the ponsietta and the sentiment.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TLYjD3px9jI/AAAAAAAABOA/5-5nX2EwKlI/s400/Christmas-Blues.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Materials:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dots and Stripes Background stamp by Hero Arts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kraft and white cardstock&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Broken China, Peeled Paint and Fired Brick distress inks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Gem stone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ponsietta by Hobbycraft&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Anita's Christmas stamps &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Collaged Expressions by Inkadinkadoo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Faber Castell&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Beads&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tools:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Die Cut Accents by Sizzix&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Circle and scallop nesties&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sizzix Big Shot&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;X-cut corner punch&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How to:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut and stamp the background on a panel.  Trim the edges with the corner punch.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Die cut two circles from white card stock and transparency.  Die a bigger scalloped circle from Kraft and then die cut a circle inside, thus creating a frame.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TLYjEPUCYBI/AAAAAAAABOI/dtSLJh2uOXw/s400/Christmas-Blues-Detail-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stamp the robin on the white circle and another three times.  Trim the latter and use to decoupage.  Embellish with snow powder.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stick the transparency with double sided tape to the Kraft frame and then add foam pads.  Add the beads before removing the protective sheet on the pads.  Once ready, assemble as shown.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Distress some white card stock in green and red.  Stamp the ponsietta and the sentiment. Cut and decoupage to taste.  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And boy, did I go for it?  What do you think?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I distressed the background papers (yes including the red panel), the flower and the leaves. Practically everything except for the image and black card stock.  Hope you like it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJkI88L4M8I/AAAAAAAABL0/kxUhOvY7Lx8/s400/Cards-413.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Materials:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fired Brick, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Peeled Paint Distress Inks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;From the Garden stamps by Fancy Pants (Swirl)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Free Flower stamp with Craft Stamper (August)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Surprise - Forever Friends&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Clear embossing ink&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Zing white embossing powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Faber Kastell&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anita's glossy accents&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Metal charm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Silver Adirondack Paint Dabber&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tools&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sizzix Die cutting machine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Accent Embellishment &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Frond Leaf by Martha Stewart&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stamp some swirls in clear embossing ink, sprinkle white embossing powder and heat set. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut a panel slightly smaller than the card, distress it with Tattered rose and then stamp more swirls in Fired Brick.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stamp the Forever Friends image and water colour it 3 times.  Cut and decoupage.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut panels from black card stock and  water colour paper using Nesties.  Distress the white panel using Fired Brick.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stamp the flower 3 times.  Distress using Antique Linen and Fired Brick.  Cut and decoupage it.  Use glossy accents over it and let it dry.  Once dried, assemble and top with a metal charm.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Punch the leaves and distress using Antique Linen and Peeled Paint.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Die cut the accents and paint using Silver Adirondack paint dabber.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJkI9jNSVaI/AAAAAAAABME/x_bkAdeojL8/s400/D-for-Distressing-Detail-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJkI9UVdIDI/AAAAAAAABL8/RyWDeArODzk/s400/D-for-Distressing.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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I shouldn't tell but between you and me I just wish I'm chosen for the &lt;a href="http://basicgreychallenges.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-28-paper-piecing.html"&gt;Basic Grey Challenge DT Call&lt;/a&gt;.  I love Basic Grey and invested a lot of money in the material.  (For hubby's sake, I'd rather use the term invest than splurge)  What I need?  For the Design Team members to love it enough to take me on.  With all the stunning entries so far I know it will be difficult.  But I'll keep my fingers crossed till the names are out.  If you don't see me online, it will probably be because of cramp in fingers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I'm also entering this card for the &lt;a href="http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-130-tweet-and-flutter.html"&gt;Cute Card Thursday Challenge&lt;/a&gt; were we had to use a "Tweet or a flutter" on our cards.  Perfect isn't it?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Onto my creation.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJHzWN90DXI/AAAAAAAABKc/-b69g7YQAuk/s1600/Tweet-heart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJHzWN90DXI/AAAAAAAABKc/-b69g7YQAuk/s400/Tweet-heart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517458581537164658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Materials:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basic Grey Olivia Collection (Stamps, Papers: Ashylyn, Sydney, Kembrie, Amelia and Isabella)&lt;br /&gt;Bazill Kraft cardstock&lt;br /&gt;Brown cardstock&lt;br /&gt;Black felt pen&lt;br /&gt;Brown ribbon (from Hobby crafts)&lt;br /&gt;Brads from Kaiser crafts&lt;br /&gt;Circle and scallop nesties&lt;br /&gt;Anita's glossy accents&lt;br /&gt;Staz on ink&lt;br /&gt;Scissors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tools:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die cut machine&lt;br /&gt;Ball embossing tool&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cut two panels from Kraft and Kembrie paper (6 by 6 pad) and put aside.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Die cut the scalloped circle from Syndey paper and a circle from white cardstock.  Use the same die you cut the white circle from as a stencil.  Draw the outer circle and hand cut.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Draw the branch free hand and add some lines and knots with the felt pen.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJI7NGFTBiI/AAAAAAAABK0/kSAqSet4iXI/s1600/Tweet-hear-detail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJI7NGFTBiI/AAAAAAAABK0/kSAqSet4iXI/s400/Tweet-hear-detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517537589639448098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stamp the bird four times from pink, turqoise, spotted and white Olivia papers.  Trim the pink bird and cut out its cheeks.  Put the cheeks aside for later.  Cut the turqoise bird, snipping off the tail and feathers.  Finally, cut out the tummy and the beak.  Assemble everything as shown with the pink bird at the bottom, turqoise next.  The spotted tummy, beaks and cheeks should come at the end.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJHzWzedreI/AAAAAAAABKk/B0mREE97Lak/s1600/Tweet-heart-sneak-peek.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJHzWzedreI/AAAAAAAABKk/B0mREE97Lak/s400/Tweet-heart-sneak-peek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517458591606222306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the embossing tool to give some dimension to the assembled image.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJHzXCI-p1I/AAAAAAAABKs/v560BLie06g/s1600/Tweet-heart-Sneak-peek-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJHzXCI-p1I/AAAAAAAABKs/v560BLie06g/s400/Tweet-heart-Sneak-peek-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517458595542640466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Trim three hearts from Ashlyn paper (12 by 12 pack).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;As a last step assemble everything with a ribbon running between the panels and the topper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--
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My mojo is back.  It is so back, it's not letting me sleep.  I go to bed, try to close my eyes and these designs just float in my head.  I had to wake up at around 1.30am just to go back to a card I'd been working on that evening and finish it off.  Am I crazy or what?  Probably, it was the fault of my 5.00pm nap after coming home with a terrible headache from work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you remember Mr. Postie had brought me a hard-earned lovely box of Basic Grey goodies  just before I left for Exeter College (&lt;a href="http://cardmakinggalore.blogspot.com/2010/07/hello-mr-postman.html"&gt;see this post&lt;/a&gt;).  I really didn't have the time to play with it before I left, so I am trying to make up for it now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJBugzVGg6I/AAAAAAAABJs/7_hf-JCx0xc/s1600/WOYWW-001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJBugzVGg6I/AAAAAAAABJs/7_hf-JCx0xc/s400/WOYWW-001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517031053342442402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you now know, I like to take things out and try to match before I start.  Some of the items in the picture were not used but inspired me for my card.  It is not yet finished, so you'll have to come back to see it.  The patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Olivia Collection and is just gorgeous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But here is another peak in my room:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJBuhWYQk0I/AAAAAAAABJ0/gZuSRFnXfk4/s1600/WOYWW-Stash-drawer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJBuhWYQk0I/AAAAAAAABJ0/gZuSRFnXfk4/s400/WOYWW-Stash-drawer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517031062750925634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sorry to disappoint you ladies &amp;amp; gentlemen, but I'm only showing one of my stash drawers and hiding the mess around me.  Maybe one day, I'll show you the innovative use my ironing board has (haha - my husband learnt what he got into a tad too late, lol - I'm certainly not your traditional housewife).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back to my drawer.  Here you can find some of my clear stamps, brads, chipboard, gel pens and the like.  Note the Lock!  Yes, my drawer has a lock.  No, my husband doesn't bum my craft stash.  Nor does Ginger, I assure you.  I have to cajole him with bacon treats to come to my room and he stays there until it's polite enough for him to go back to his hideout - under a table in the living room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So can you guess why the lock?  Dad made this cabinet for me when I was still at Uni and I brought it with me to my new house (he's such a crafter my dad, someday I'll introduce you to him).  I always complained how my little sister bummed my stationery - and voila, my dad put locks on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Now, no one can take my stash away," Josianne growls in the dark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some more close ups:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJBuh7r3b1I/AAAAAAAABKE/1y4ISxDbCS0/s1600/WOYWW-Stash-drawer-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJBuh7r3b1I/AAAAAAAABKE/1y4ISxDbCS0/s400/WOYWW-Stash-drawer-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517031072765275986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rachel Ann Miller, Magnolia and Imaginesce are just a few among them.  That peach box is a K &amp;amp; Co chipboard alphabeths.  They're so yummy, I just can't use them.  Contorted thinking, isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJBuhm5Yf6I/AAAAAAAABJ8/wDaG6trdoM8/s1600/WOYWW-Stash-drawer-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_82J4asVXBlw/TJBuhm5Yf6I/AAAAAAAABJ8/wDaG6trdoM8/s400/WOYWW-Stash-drawer-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517031067184824226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm sure you noticed I haven't used most of this stash.  I know, I know, less shopping, more crafting Josianne!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to join &lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2010/09/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-66.html"&gt;WOYWW&lt;/a&gt; go over to Julia's blog and come back later to see my two new creations.  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