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Mixed Media Stampin’ Up! Style

2012-01-29T12:01:00.000-05:00

After participating in a recent book study, I decided to give it a whirl and create a mixed media art board canvas Stampin’ Up! style! I gathered up a few non-su supplies too, a 6” x12” artist...

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Sale A Bration Stampin Addicts Blog Hop

2012-01-27T11:30:00.000-05:00

Welcome to my blog, stop #10 on the Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop sponsored by Stampin’ Addicts! This blog hop has been in planning mode for many weeks, I hope you are enjoying it! You’ve probably...

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Re-Inker Water Color Wash Technique

2012-01-27T04:42:00.000-05:00

Today at Noon EDT, the Stampin’ Addicts Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop will begin. With lots of fresh and fun ideas for products featured in the Sale-A-Bration catalog, you won’t want to miss...

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Leadership Wrap Up… Room Mate Gifts

2012-01-26T04:48:00.000-05:00

This years’ Stampin’ Up! leadership conference was a blast! I didn’t make one swap, or enter the stamping competition as I simply ran out of time, LOL… but I did make some fun little room mate...

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Field Flowers SQSC23, Sale-A-Bration!

2012-01-25T04:03:00.000-05:00

Wow… the annual Sale-A-Bration event has begun, it’s the only time of year when Stampin’ Up! offers THREE catalogs full of merchandise at the same time! I’ve added a new catty to my side bar...

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Favorite Tea Shoppe Card UDI71 Challenge

2012-01-24T04:22:00.000-05:00

When I first used the large tea cup stamp from the Tea Shoppe stamp set in the Occasions Mini Catalog, I was a bit dismayed with the results. Although the ink coverage was even and consistent,...

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2 Simple Valentines, Blog Candy Winners

2012-01-23T04:41:00.000-05:00

Resting up from a crazy week… but I know you’ve been waiting for the blog candy winner announcement, so let’s take care of that first! There were 300 entries in the blog candy drawing!! Wow!...

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Mixed Bunch Flower Garden and ATC

2012-01-22T04:25:00.000-05:00

Just for you, one more mixed bunch stamped card! This one is a flower garden, complete with pretty leaves and grass! The blog candy drawing is now closed, tomorrow I’ll be announcing two...

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Home Again, Sights from San Antonio

2012-01-21T12:41:00.000-05:00

Today’s Super Saturday Tutorial has been delayed due to travel! Thought I’d have plenty of time while at the San Antonio Leadership Conference to crank out one blog post.. LOL, I’ve been to...

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Mixed Bunch Leadership M&T Part 3

2012-01-20T04:25:00.000-05:00

Today is part three of my Leadership Make & Takes… Today I’m sharing FOUR cards.. the two combine Basic Gray and Yellow (daffodil delight) which seems to be quite a popular combination among news...

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Leadership 2012 Make & Take Part II

2012-01-19T04:25:00.000-05:00

More leadership 2012 Make & Take Samples featuring the Mixed Bunch Stamp Set, Blossom Punch, and Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit today! Be sure to enter the mega blog candy give...

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Leadership Scrapbook Page Make & Take

2012-01-18T12:01:00.000-05:00

Make & Takes are one of the fun activities we do while at the stampin’ up leadership conference. It’s a time to catch up with old friends and new while crafting and creating new samples for...

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SQSC22 Life Is Like A Bowl Of Cherries

2012-01-18T01:30:00.000-05:00

Man, I really need to clean my stamp room! When I originally made the card for today’s Stampin’ Queens Sketch Challenge, I grabbed a piece of designer series paper from a stack on my stamp room...

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Tower of Tea Cups, Morning Cup Card

2012-01-17T04:25:00.000-05:00

Today’s Utah Divas International Design Team Color Challenge UDI70 features a tower of tea cups using the Morning Cup Stamp Set from the Idea Book & Catalog 2011-12! I’m loving my new Paper...

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Mixed Bunch A Blossom Party!

2012-01-16T04:25:00.000-05:00

Bright, colorful and happy is the theme for today’s Mixed Bunch blossom party card! Some of the images are stamped direct to paper (DTP) while others were stamped using the rock ‘n roll...

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Mixed Bunch, Blossom Punch, Announcement

2012-01-15T04:25:00.000-05:00

You’ve gotten a few subtle hints over the past couple weeks.. and in today’s blog post at Created by You, you’ll find out just what that was all about… it’s some really nice BLOG CANDY! ...

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Tiny Valentine Basket Tutorial

2012-01-14T04:45:00.000-05:00

A fun little Valentine basket. Brings vision of the old childhood game “A tisket a tasket…” Lol, don’t recall how the rest of the poem went, do you? In today’s Super Saturday Tutorial, you...

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Pretty Tea Shoppe Cup And Bling Doily!

2012-01-13T04:45:00.000-05:00

Have you seen the new Occasions Mini Catalog stamp set Tea Shoppe? I’ve only just begun to stamp and play with this stamp set… click HERE another image and sample using this set too! ...

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Updating A Favorite Old Swap

2012-01-12T04:45:00.000-05:00

Have you ever thought of recycling some of your hand stamped cards and images into more updated hand made cards? Today’s card share does just that. It is an update of a swap I received...

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SQSC21 Tea Shoppe Tag and New Products!

2012-01-11T04:45:00.000-05:00

Whenever my mojo gets misplaced or lost, the Stampin’ Queens Sketch Challenge can usually quickly inspire me to create! LOL, this is the second card of seven I made during Sunday’s Mojo...

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UDI69–Where’s My Mojo?

2012-01-10T04:54:00.000-05:00

Thank goodness Tuesday has arrived and I’ve got my Mojo back! On Sunday, I went into my stamping studio and struggled to find my stamping mojo.. LOL, my friend Eva would say it’s probably on...

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Mixed Bunch Sympathy Card, Announcements

2012-01-09T02:51:00.000-05:00

Today’s Mixed Bunch Sympathy Card began as an Occasions Mini Catalog Card Sample CASE (Copy And Share Everything)… but it took a turn, LOL as things generally do in my stamping studio, and became a...

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Rue Des Fleurs Journal

2012-01-08T02:30:00.000-05:00

A while back I found these little 4x6 journals packaged 3/pack and complete with an elastic band closure. I had hoped to find time to decorate them and add them to a holiday craft show line up…...

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Tutorial: Change It Up - Coloring DSP

2012-01-07T03:59:00.000-05:00

Does this happen to you? You collect a few very special scrapbook and Designer Series Papers (DSP) and after a while, you fall ‘out’ of Love with the printed patterns? A few months ago, I...

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Poppy Parade Take It To Heart Valentine

2012-01-06T00:29:00.000-05:00

Take it to Heart is a delightful stamp set that can be found in the new Occasions Mini Catalog. A year-round stamp set, the heart shaped images are suitable for all occasions, not just...

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