<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856284149005148625</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:45:06 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Freestyle Fridays</category><category>Manly Mondays</category><category>Feminine Fridays</category><category>Throwback Thursdays</category><category>Challenges</category><category>10 Minute Challenge for February 26</category><category>10 Minutes or Less with Sandi and Carole'Anne</category><category>A Valentine for My Valentine</category><category>All Things Vintage Challenge No. 55</category><category>And The Winner Is....</category><category>Baby Cards</category><category>Bar-B-Que</category><category>CPC8</category><category>Calgary Regionals 2010</category><category>Color Challenge</category><category>Frankii</category><category>Gift Box with Cards</category><category>Helen's Birthday</category><category>Inspiration Challenge #54</category><category>Kathy Get Well</category><category>Kind Thoughts Brocade Stencil</category><category>LNS Challenge #13</category><category>LNS Challenge 58 - Get Punchy</category><category>LNS Challenge 59 - Soft Subtles</category><category>Mojo - You are Missed</category><category>My Friend Betty</category><category>New Shimmer Paint from Stampin' Up</category><category>Orange Bread</category><category>Ornament Punch</category><category>Road Trip</category><category>Thank You Cards</category><category>Utah Divas International Sketchy Saturday #22</category><category>What's Up With Frankii</category><category>bridal shower</category><title>DESIGNED WITH YOU IN MIND 101</title><description>DESIGNED WITH YOU IN MIND 101.............COMMENTS ALWAYS APPRECIATED.......         </description><link>http://designedwithyouinmind101.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Julie)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>278</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><xhtml:meta content="noindex" name="robots" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856284149005148625.post-6936494275766833917</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-08-16T09:45:50.587-06:00</atom:updated><title>I've Moved </title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I've moved over to wordpress.&amp;nbsp; You can check out my new blog here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;I had originally planned to use this card for Throwback Thursdays.&amp;nbsp; Time got away from me and I did not get a chance to make a post it.&amp;nbsp; It seems fitting for manly card even thought the stamp sets used are retired so here goes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;The base is Barely Banana covered with a piece of Early Espresso that was embossed in gold using the Bamboo Background Stamp.&amp;nbsp; Stampin' Up used to print the year on the sticker for the stamp.&amp;nbsp; This one says 2000.&amp;nbsp; This was before Stampin' Up came to Canada.&amp;nbsp; Oh My !!&amp;nbsp; For the sentiment "Celebrate", also embossed in gold,&amp;nbsp; from Love Sparkles, a piece of Barely Banana was placed behind Early Espresso that was adhered using Dimensionals to give the card some depth.&amp;nbsp; All that embossing is much more shiny in real life.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;On Thursdays I set up at a bakery near my home and do Coffee and a Card.&amp;nbsp; This week we will be using the stamp set Feather Together.&amp;nbsp; This is one of the cards we will be doing.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Starting with a base of Dapper Denim Cardstock I layered a piece of Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Paper measuring 1" x 4".&amp;nbsp; On Whisper White Cardstock measuring 3" x 4 1/2" with Dapper Denim Classic Ink one of the feathers was stamped 5 times.&amp;nbsp; The Happy Birthday sentiment was added using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.&amp;nbsp; Before adhering this to the card I took a new pencil and dabbed the eraser part directly into the Dapper Denim&amp;nbsp;Ink Pad and added "circles" to the base to give it some texture.&amp;nbsp; Rather pleased with the effect.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;To purchase any of the product used above please go directly to my store &lt;a href="https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx?dbwsdemoid=2040776" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Canada only).&amp;nbsp; I'll send you a little gift for doing so.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;On the weekend I happen to catch an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.&amp;nbsp; Will had on a shirt that inspired this card.&amp;nbsp; I have to tell you, it did not go in the direction that I had planned out. I was going to start all over but then the more I looked at it the more I liked it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I did not get the impression I was going for.&amp;nbsp; So I walked away from it for a while.&amp;nbsp; When I later picked it up it cracked.&amp;nbsp; Well, I thought, why don't I over emboss the impression with green embossing powder.&amp;nbsp; So I did that and once it was dry I cracked it some more.&amp;nbsp; Tilted it to add to the card with dimensionals since the layer is quite thick with all the embossing.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;This week I decided to have a go at the Gentler Times stamp set that first appeared in the Winter Mini Catalog of 2003 - 2004.&amp;nbsp; This set was only around for 3 catalogs.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;"&gt;Another of my favorite SU Colors that has retired is Concord Crush. &amp;nbsp;I love the deep richness to it. Today's card is featuring this color with Brocade Background DSP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;On a piece of Very Vanilla measuring 2" x 4 1/4" I used Concord Crush Classic Ink with the 3 floral stamps either full strength ink and/or stamped off once. Mossy Meadow Classic Ink was used for the stems. &amp;nbsp;The sentiment is from the same set using Tuxedo Black Memento.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;"&gt;Welcome to my Throwback Thursdays. &amp;nbsp;I'm excited to bring these ideas to you so that you may gather ideas on retired Stampin' Up! products. &amp;nbsp;Almost Amethyst is one of my all time favorite Stampin' Up! colors. &amp;nbsp;And, yes, when it retired I made sure I had plenty on hand. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;"&gt;Using the Painted Petals Clear Mount Stamp Set, which I won at a Stampin' Up! demonstrator only event, I stamped the stems with Olive Green. &amp;nbsp;The flowers were on the same stamp. &amp;nbsp;Wanting a different effect I cut the stamp in two. Using Almost Amethyst Classic Ink I stamped it off once, doing this 5 times to the top of the stems. &amp;nbsp;With the other part of the flower stamp I simply inked it with Almost Amethyst and stamped over the lighter version.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I was in need of a Manly Birthday Card recently and it gave me enough encouragement to get back to posting Manly Mondays. &amp;nbsp;Ideas came flooding and I thought I would start with this rather simple card.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;When I fist saw the new In-Color Lemon Lime Twist I thought WOW that is bright!! &amp;nbsp;I tend to shy away from bright colors. &amp;nbsp;Once I saw it paired up with Basic Black I liked it. Which is how this idea came to be. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I was approached a few weeks ago from Paper Garden to enter a Mother's Day Challenge.&amp;nbsp; What an honor!!&amp;nbsp; I was sent some very gorgeous paper to work with.&amp;nbsp; Please vote for me &lt;a href="http://www.paper-garden.ca/pages/mothers-day-cards.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Please be sure to submit under "vote for your fav" to click on Designed With&amp;nbsp;YOU in&amp;nbsp;Mind.&amp;nbsp; All votes will be truly appreciated.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Below is my entry and the details. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;This year I decided that I would do 1 Random Act of Kindness (RAK) every single month.&amp;nbsp; I won't necessarily seek someone out, it will just happen when I think it should.&amp;nbsp; Here's the story for&amp;nbsp;January.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I used quite a few Stampin' Up punches and the fringe scissors for the mane.&amp;nbsp; The background you see on the Daffodil Delight cardstock is a retired background stamp called Leopard.&amp;nbsp; I stamped it&amp;nbsp; several times before I layered it with Early Espresso and patterned paper from&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp;stash.&amp;nbsp; To me it looks like the spots on a giraffe.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img align="left" height="54" hspace="12" src="file:///C:/Users/Julie/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.png" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026" width="44" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;</description><link>http://designedwithyouinmind101.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-hop-tamaras-turn.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Julie)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856284149005148625.post-5468846705538413558</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2014 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-12-01T21:08:46.343-07:00</atom:updated><title>Blog Hop </title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;My apologies for neglecting my blog this past year.&amp;nbsp; Wow, a year!! Time flies.&amp;nbsp; Health and life took a toll so I decided to take a break.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Recently, at a Stampin' Up Edmonton Fall Conference I met some incredible demonstrators.&amp;nbsp; One is particular, Nicole Wetsch, who took me under her wing when we demonstrated how to use the Gift Box Punch Board.&amp;nbsp; I found out that Nicole had purchased it at the Salt Lake City Convention this past July, which I attended, and went straight back to her&amp;nbsp;hotel room to make a multitude of boxes.&amp;nbsp; Wish I had met there!! I'm thankful that I did get to meet her as she gave me many tips on how to use&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;new to Stampin' Up tool. Not only that, she's an awesome person. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Nicole asked me to participate in this Canadian Blog Hop and I agreed. Not instantly :) but she gave me the incentive to start blogging again.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The scope of the hop is to answer 4 questions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;You can find Nicole's answers &lt;a href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/nicolew/blog" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; with some great tips on how to use Paper Pumpkin. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Question 1&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - What are you working on?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Working on renovating my crafting space affectionately called "The Art Studio".&amp;nbsp; We've&amp;nbsp;remodelled our downstairs, 1,800 sq feet&amp;nbsp;with bathroom (yippeeee!!).&amp;nbsp; We are the stage where I can start unpacking my Stampin' Up supplies and get crafting.&amp;nbsp; I've really missed it. Once it's all clean and organized I will be sharing pictures, perhaps even a video. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Question 2&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - How does your work differ from other in your genre? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I like to think that my work differs by way of making it personal for the recipient.&amp;nbsp; Hence the "Designed With You In Mind".&amp;nbsp; I try to find out what a person's hobbies are and favorite colors and go from there. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Question 3&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - Why do you create what you do? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;It gives me an outlet to spend time by myself and get creative.&amp;nbsp; I love the challenge of finding the perfect fit.&amp;nbsp; It also helps me to escape the ever changing world outside.&amp;nbsp; Can I say, People, Learn how to drive on winter roads!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Question 4&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - How does your creative process work? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;My creative process works in many ways.&amp;nbsp; I love photography and take pictures all the time.&amp;nbsp; I keep a folder on my computer called Cards To Make where I put pictures that I have taken be it from outside, in a store, of my dogs playing, even from TV.&amp;nbsp; I once took a picture of a carpet off of the reality show Big Brother and made a card from that.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;It's my turn to nominate someone for the Blog Hop.&amp;nbsp; I've nominated Tamara Bertram.&amp;nbsp; Another awesome demonstrator that I met at the Edmonton Fall Conference.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Tamara&amp;nbsp;is a successful demonstrator who has&amp;nbsp;a lot to&amp;nbsp;share on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://tamaraspapertrail.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;her blog&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I just love the recent Marble Technique Tutorial that she posted. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Come back next week and I will post a link to her blog so you can see how she answers the above 4 questions.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I'm fortunate that I will get the opportunity to spend time &amp;nbsp;with both Nicole and Tamara on Wednesday night at the Stampin' Up Catalog Reveal Event in Edmonton. Can't wait to see what the 2015 Sale-A-Bration holds in store for us. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I have crafted a little this&amp;nbsp;past year and here a few cards that I have made.&amp;nbsp; They are rather self explanatory and not all supplies used are Stampin' Up.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I think I CASED these???&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I swear he's grown some more since I took this picture in September!! It's a bit blurry since I took this one with my phone. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Regina is up this week.&amp;nbsp; I love how her creative mind looks at things&amp;nbsp;and come up with something jaw dropping.&amp;nbsp; Here's a little look at her card for this week.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Look how she added the ribbon to the bottom of the stem...and the color combination.&amp;nbsp; For a complete look and details please click &lt;a href="http://workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/2013/12/freestyle-fridays_20.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for Regina's full post.&amp;nbsp; You won't be disappointed.&amp;nbsp; And while there, please leave a little love by way of comment.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;My long time Vet has decided to retire.&amp;nbsp; Although I am sad he has decided to do so I am thrilled that he will be working only on Saturday mornings.&amp;nbsp; This is a good thing for Frankii as he quite likes him.&amp;nbsp; This Dr. has taken care of 3 dogs I've had since 1981 and has done so with the utmost care of all of them including me.&amp;nbsp; I'll never forget the tear he shed when it came time to euthanize&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://designedwithyouinmind101.blogspot.ca/2011/01/in-memory-of-our-tex.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tex&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I will be delivering this card with a good bottle of scotch tomorrow, weather permitting.&amp;nbsp; Can someone please call Mother Nature and let her know we've had enough snow!!&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I've called him a Rock Star for quite some time and it always adds an extra glint to his eyes.&amp;nbsp; On a base of Crumb Cake I did two layers of Very Vanilla and added Old Olive and Crumb Cake designer papers.&amp;nbsp; On the Very Vanilla I daubed Early Espresso to give it a little depth.&amp;nbsp; The crown from Grunge Rock was stamped in Early Espresso.&amp;nbsp; The You is also stamped with Early Espresso but in marker form. It's from a sentiment from the Lots of Thanks set.&amp;nbsp; The star is a die cut from Die-Namics - Accent It Rock and Roll.&amp;nbsp; I cut it with Not Quite Navy and sprayed the bigger one with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.&amp;nbsp; I really like how this turned out.&amp;nbsp; To make sure the Star stuck really good I used Spray Mount.&amp;nbsp; Adding&amp;nbsp;a rhinestone just seemed to add that extra touch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Ok &lt;a href="http://www.workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regina&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for this week your mission will be to use a marker, color of your&amp;nbsp;choice,&amp;nbsp;to add a sentiment or&amp;nbsp;part of an image.&amp;nbsp; Something a little different for you to try. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;You all have a great week and please call on the Sun to make an appearance.&amp;nbsp; Haven't seen it in over a week! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Regina was to create using Strawberry Slush and ribbon this week.&amp;nbsp; Doesn't this box look the cutest! From the looks of this sneak it's perfect timing for all the colds and flus going round and round this time of year.&amp;nbsp; I know I can use a bowl of soup everyday until this cold weather decides to warm up.&amp;nbsp; Which, by the way, in these parts won't be until early/late May.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;A few weeks ago Regina did me&amp;nbsp;a huge favor and knowing her love of vintage, ribbons and buttons, I sent her this card.&amp;nbsp; Hopefully by the time she reads&amp;nbsp;this it will have arrived. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I&amp;nbsp;picked out the DSP first, in this case, Everyday Enchantment, and built it from there.&amp;nbsp; I thought Strawberry Slush would make a great base and by the way, you hardly see it used.&amp;nbsp; The die from Dress Up was cut with Very Vanilla and using a dauber I applied Early Espresso.&amp;nbsp; I actually "sewed" the buttons from the Artisan Embellishment Kit with Linen Thread.&amp;nbsp; A first for me!&amp;nbsp; To make the thread thingy (I have no idea what it's called) I used a dog bone die and cut off the edges.&amp;nbsp; I tried to had cut one and it came out all lopsided and that just wouldn't do.&amp;nbsp; I then wrapped some linen thread around that.&amp;nbsp; The sentiment is from the Another Thank You Photopolymer Set.&amp;nbsp; Also added some non-SU crochet trim.&amp;nbsp; I got the original idea from a mini thank you card I received from placing an online order from a die company last year.&amp;nbsp; It's been sitting on my craft table all this time waiting to be replicated.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Thank you Regina for helping me acquire a much loved necklace.&amp;nbsp; I couldn't have done it without you!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;As mentioned above, Strawberry Slush is hardly ever seen in cardmaking.&amp;nbsp; Maybe it's because the sun is setting sooner?&amp;nbsp; Not sure.&amp;nbsp; Anyhow, &lt;a href="http://workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regina&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, your mission this week, and as always, if you choose to accept it, is to use Strawberry Slush AND ribbon.&amp;nbsp; Now get those ideas flowing and get creating :) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Regina is up this&amp;nbsp;week and she's done it MDS style.&amp;nbsp; I'm grateful for that because I haven't clicked on that icon in months.&amp;nbsp; Must do something about that this weekend. Thanks for the reminder Regina! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The mission was to use Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake.&amp;nbsp; From the looks of this sneak Regina has completed yet again another successful mission.&amp;nbsp; And I see that she used the crown that she loves so much.&amp;nbsp; For complete details check out her blog post &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/2013/11/freestyle-fridays_22.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and you'll also get&amp;nbsp;to see what was in the muslin bag&amp;nbsp;that I sent her that I kept a surprise until&amp;nbsp;it arrived at her house.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; And please, don't forget to take a&amp;nbsp;moment to leave Regina some love.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Regina,&amp;nbsp;I'm delighted that&amp;nbsp;you are pleased with your gift.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Regina celebrated a birthday last week and true to form I missed the party.&amp;nbsp; The pictures below are what she will be receiving sometime late next week and I didn't want to keep her waiting much longer.&amp;nbsp; Let's start with card, and, YES, its square.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Crumb Cake and Baja Breeze were really calling me for this one.&amp;nbsp; I got the idea and sketch off the Sizzix blog a few weeks ago.&amp;nbsp; The only embellishment that was not handmade is the butterfly one.&amp;nbsp; I thought it added color and a bit of drama the minute I saw it in my embellishment drawer and just had to add it.&amp;nbsp; I used the texture plate Pattern 1 quite a bit and did a lot of distressing.&amp;nbsp; The heart was made with two different punches using Baja Breeze DSP and Crumb Cake.&amp;nbsp; A little Crumb Cake daubing was done on the DSP.&amp;nbsp; The center is from a daisy punch with a Jewel Rhinestone added in the middle.&amp;nbsp; The flower on the lower left was made with Baja Breeze and Baja Breeze DSP.&amp;nbsp; I happen to have blue coral buttons and what's a birthday card for Regina without a button....&amp;nbsp; I little twine was added in the middle.&amp;nbsp; To make the solid Baja Breeze a little more texturized I used a mat and a stylus by circling the punch out and adding more pressure to the stylus as I went around in the circles.&amp;nbsp; It was great to see it take shape this way and how the petals popped up a bit.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;The birthday candles in the lower right were made with a punch.&amp;nbsp; The banner was cut with the Framelits Bitty Banner that was adhered with foam tape.&amp;nbsp; The sentiment was stamped with Early Espresso Craft Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.&amp;nbsp; The paper is Crumb Cake DSP. And, of course added a little rhinestone to that. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;the little bag that accompanies the card.&amp;nbsp; This is a muslin bag that I stamped on the Birthday Candle (form a wheel that I always take apart and apply foam to it).&amp;nbsp; The Happy Birthday is from a hostess set from days gone by called Warmest Regards.&amp;nbsp; It didn't like the plain cord on the bag so I pulled it out and threaded in Baja Breeze Seem Binding by attaching a diaper pin and threaded in that way.&amp;nbsp; A couple of heart charms were tied to the ends. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regina&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, your mission this week is a color combination.&amp;nbsp; Yup, crumb cake and Baja breeze.&amp;nbsp; Give it go, you may like what you come up with.&amp;nbsp; I know I will (wink).&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;For those of you in the States that&amp;nbsp;like to shop online for Christmas gifts have a look at Regina's Scentsy blog on the right hand side of &lt;a href="http://workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"&gt;her blog&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; There's some really reasonable priced items there that you can get for your family and friends. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Regina's mission this week was to use material.&amp;nbsp; From the looks of the sneak that she sent below it appears that Regina has used the Stampin' Up Tag A Box with plenty of details and embellishments.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Only Regina could bring such a project to a high level with only 1 product idea.&amp;nbsp; Is that embossing I see on the side of the box?&amp;nbsp; Creative indeed.&amp;nbsp; See for&amp;nbsp; yourself at her post &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/2013/11/a-fabric-embellishment-for-freestyle.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; You'll be just as amazed as I am with her never ending talent.&amp;nbsp; And, please, let her know that by leaving her a little comment.&amp;nbsp; It takes under a minute.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;A while back a friend of mine celebrated her birthday and I wanted to create a little something different and out of my comfort zone.&amp;nbsp; This is what I came up with. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I started by choosing the material and matched the colors with it as best as I could.&amp;nbsp; I ironed on sticky back paper to the material then cut it through the Big Shot using the Stampin' UP mason jar die.&amp;nbsp; The green is Pear Pizzazz and the pink is from a stack of paper I bought at Costco oh so long ago.&amp;nbsp; The balloons were made with a die from Lil' Inkers that&amp;nbsp;I first stamped using Versamark and clear embossing powder.&amp;nbsp; The pink paper has quite a shine to it.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I used silver and white crochet thread to have the balloons float out of the jar and attached them with dimensionals.&amp;nbsp; When I first used the sticky back paper (heat and bond I believe it is called) I actually placed it on the iron board on the wrong side so now my board has quite a shine to it.&amp;nbsp; No matter, I purchased it&amp;nbsp;especially for crafting at a thrift store for $5.&amp;nbsp; I will eventually need a new cover for it but that's what happens in craft room right??&amp;nbsp; And, the card is square, 5 x 5 just to make Regina proud of me :)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;So for your mission this week &lt;a href="http://workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"&gt;Regina&lt;/a&gt;, you are to use material.&amp;nbsp; I know you got some in that store of yours.&amp;nbsp; Glue it, die cut it, use it as a background.....&amp;nbsp;You know what to do.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Let us know if you would like to join in on these missions.&amp;nbsp; Would love to have you come along for the adventure. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;See Ya Next Week!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://designedwithyouinmind101.blogspot.com/2013/11/freestyle-fridays.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Julie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iGKQp1cfcxBUF4MuMcFPl5esziWLri0qhIQvIvwHsjQvfCIh4Vybg_fB3qUW8n9YeRbGCxIBwUfb34ZLExepDesdLZx3xcTERKBfRWOcB8FqwKmN43euBmrCW55j_9kFsO_e3t9GPHo/s72-c/11-01-13.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856284149005148625.post-6134770166190212329</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-10-25T00:05:00.925-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Freestyle Fridays</category><title>Freestyle Fridays </title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Hello Freestyle Fridays Fans.&amp;nbsp; We are coming to the end of another week and it's Regina's turn to dazzle us with her creativity.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Her simple mission was to use glossy paper.&amp;nbsp; That was all the instructions she received and look at what she did.&amp;nbsp; To see the full version you'll have to head over to her blog &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://workinouttheinks.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;. I'm sure your jaw will drop just like mine did.&amp;nbsp; Please be kind and leave her little comment.&amp;nbsp; It will only take you minute.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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