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Altenew Blog Hop! Video! Giveaways! (Giveaway now closed)
- October 27, 2014
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- 339 Comments
Welcome to Altenew’s third Blog Hop! Altenew is a relatively new stamp company that opened it’s doors in April 2014. Today they are celebrating the release of their third collection…
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Card a Month: Thinking of You Butterfly Card
- October 24, 2014
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Card a month is a monthly video series on my blog. Once a month, usually on the 2nd or 3rd Friday I share a new handmade card along with a…
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Video! Paper Smooches – Awesome Card. Pinterest Inspired #44
- October 21, 2014
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Hi everyone! Welcome back for another Inspired by Pinterest Video! Today I’m sharing a card with a fun floral stamped background using stamps from Paper Smooches. This is another post…
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Modern Holiday Card with a masked background
- October 20, 2014
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I completely forgot to show you one of my Christmas Cards that I made last month. Its in black and red color combo and looks very stylish and modern, I…
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Gossamer Blue: Inspiration Blog Hop
- October 15, 2014
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- 12 Comments
Hello and welcome to Inspiration Blog Hop from Gossamer Blue! If you arrived from Vanessa Perry you’ve reached the last stop on the hop. If you got lost or would…
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Video! Simon Says Stamp November 2014 Card Kit – Be Joyful
- October 15, 2014
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- 4 Comments
Hi everyone! I’m back again sharing another card and video using November 2014 Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp. Lots of stamping using Hero Arts Unicorn White ink on this…
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Simon Says Stamp November 2014 Card Kit – You Warm My Heart
- October 14, 2014
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Hi everyone! I’m quickly stopping by to share the all new November 2014 Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp. This one is a holiday one with some fabulous patterned papers…
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Gossamer Blue October Cards
- October 13, 2014
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Hi everyone! Today I’d like to share a few more cards using products from the October kits from Gossamer Blue. I’ve already shared one card and a video using rub…
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Faux Embossed Background Holiday Card. Video
- October 10, 2014
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- 6 Comments
Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing a Happy New Year Card using a very old (but still fun!) technique called faux embossing. I’m going to use dies from Hero Arts to…
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Clean & Simple Die Cutting #35 Cozy Warm & Bright Card
- October 2, 2014
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Hi everyone! I’m back with another Clean & Simple Die Cutting episode sharing a Holiday Card. This post is from the bi-weekly “Clean & Simple Die Cutting” series. You can…
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Hero Arts Holiday Blog Hop. Bring You Joy Card + Video + Giveaway
- September 29, 2014
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- Cards, Misc
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- 433 Comments
Hi everyone! I’m taking part in a Handmade for Christmas Blog Hop from Hero Arts today, yay! We are sharing Holiday projects using Hero goodies. I made a simple Bring…
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Hello Beautiful – A Shuttered Window Card. Card A Month #13
- September 26, 2014
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- 6 Comments
Card a month is a monthly video series on my blog. Once a month, usually on the 2nd or 3rd Friday I share a new handmade card along with a…
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Neat & Tangled | I Would Travel The World
- September 25, 2014
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- 6 Comments
Hi everyone! I love using unique and out of the box stamps in my cardmaking and the Origami Map stamp set from Neat & Tangled is a great example. I can’t…
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Two videos! Fall Kisses Card. Pinterest Inspired #43
- September 23, 2014
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Welcome back for a new Pinterest Inspired episode! This is another post from the bi-weekly “Inspired by Pinterest” series. In this series I use images found on Pinterest as inspiration…
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