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Unscripted Dragonflies

Hello there!  Today I was inspired by colour, can ya tell?  This bright and cheerful card is for challenge 52 over at Unscripted Sketches.  I’m thrilled that the ladies chose me as the top 3 winner for last week’s challenge.  … Continue reading

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I think I can, I think I can…

One last card while I still have the joys of the weekend on my side.  This one’s for the kids (or the young at heart?) This one’s for sketch challenge #13 over at Everything but the Kitchen Sink.  I flipped … Continue reading

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little tweets

Hi there, and happy Sunday!  Wait.. that means Monday is tomorrow.. well, I hope it’s a good week. Today I’ve made another sketch card for Unscripted Sketches  sketch #51. I’m loving the colours and, of course, the vintage book paper.. … Continue reading

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Clean and Simple dots

Heyya,  it’s been a little while.. and a busy work week for me, so I just had to do some card making today. This is for this week’s Clean & Simple Stamping layout.. Sketch #86.  I’m still enjoying those vintage … Continue reading

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Goodie bags!

Nathan’s birthday came around, as it usually does on April 8th.  His one request?  To have an “old school” birthday party, like back in grade 3.  The result?  Fun times, indeed! These are the tops of the goodie bags I … Continue reading

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Spring flower

Hi there, It’s soooooo sunny and beautiful today, and I didn’t have to work!  Who could ask for more?  So of course I’m inside crafting :p  (yes yes, I should go out and play in the sun).  This is the … Continue reading

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An easterly challenge

Hey there,  it’s taken me a while to make a card.. I’ve been staring at a whoooole bunch of challenges that I would have liked to have participated in this week, but just didn’t get to.  Woah, my French teacher … Continue reading

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JUGS Challenge card

I stumbled across a fun card sketch challenge over at the Just Us Girls site.  You can see the specific challenge here.  They’ve teamed up with Dawn from Wplus9, and the winner of this fun challenge gets 2 stamp sets … Continue reading

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Handmade Friend date book

One of my besties had a birthday coming up, so I tried to think of things that I really love to do with her.  I couldn’t think of any one thing, but wanted to give her something that would keep … Continue reading

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Batch of Bugs

I had made a whole shwack of these cute little bug cards.  I think they’re pretty elegant in a simple sort of way.  I’m super fond of the  Thank You! stamp.  You can’t see, but the two at the back … Continue reading

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Flowers and Circles

I was still feeling pretty inspired by my purple and brown combination, so I decided to branch out a bit.  I also wanted to try the new stamp set I got for a very nice price… After playing around with … Continue reading

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Simply sweet cupcakes

Who doesn’t love cupcakes?  They’re my favourite.  In fact, I made them instead of a cake for my wedding.  Yep, 120 cupcakes later and I still might make them again!  I even hand made little gumpaste flowers for each one.  … Continue reading

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Old Book flowers in action

Excited much?  I finally got to use my flower that I made.  I think it turned out pretty cute, and it adds a nice bit of dimension to the card.  Did I mention I like tags?  The purple background flowers … Continue reading

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Swimmy fish

News! I survived my first ever ultimate game today and we won by a big margin… not that I helped much.  Anyways, this afternoon, in order to try to minimize my nerves about the upcoming game, I decided to create. … Continue reading

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Fishy Goodness

I spent hours playing around with cards and ideas.  I had some pre-scored cards by Amuse that I wanted to use up. Well, it didn’t go so well.  I ended up throwing out 3 cards.. ugh.. they were just so … Continue reading

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