Round Christmas Card

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the marianne design divas’  theme is round cards or use circles; this circle card was so much fun to create – there’s a fold at the top, hidden by the seam binding.

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i watercoloured the poinsettias, seam binding and the inlaid sentiment with twinkling H2Os and used these marianne design products, available at buddly crafts:

Marianne Design Embossing Folder – Anja’s Decorative Border DF3405
Marianne Design Craftables Die – Circles CR1201
Marianne Design Creatables Die – Poinsettias Miniature LR0142
Marianne Design Creatables Dies – Merry Christmas/Season’s Greetings LR0225
Marianne Design 6″x6″ Paper Bloc – Classic Christmas PK9113
Marianne Design Jingle Bells

i’d also like to submit this to these challenges:
Marianne’s Design Kreadiva’s Challenge #12 Anything Goes
Whimsy Inspiration #85 Christmas In July
Simon Says Tie It Up

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Bright Floral Notecards

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my daughter has been visiting and had a lot of fun with a stencil from magenta’s new release; since she doesn’t have a blog, i’m posting them here so she can submit them to the magenta challenge anything goes theme for august. i love these! my card did not turn out very well so i’ll have to start over and post later. COPYRIGHT LIANNE she used a foam blending tool and distress inks to create this set of one-layer cards. COPYRIGHT LIANNE thanks for popping by.

Rudolph In A Snow Globe

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i had fun creating this shaker card, probably the third one i’ve ever made. now that my stash of sequins is growing, i might make more; i just need to figure out how to not have the camera reflecting back in the window.

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i stamped the poppy stamps rudolph, watercoloured with twinkling H2Os, die cut the memory box snow globe for the window and added some pretty pink posh clear sequins and seed beads.

i’m playing along with these challenges:
Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ – must be Winter Holiday (July) OH DEER!
Memory Box Challenge #3- Cool Thoughts for Warm Days
Little Red Wagon Challenge #301- Shake It Up!
Whimsy Inspiration #85 Christmas In July

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Penny Black And More August – Summer Flowers

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it’s the first sunday of the month and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog – this month we’d like to see some summer flowers.

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i watercoloured this cute little hedgie from the penny black ‘tiny wishes’  clear stamp set with watercolour pencils, watercolour paints and twinkling H2Os; the marianne flowers were die cut and sponged with distress inks.

i hope you’ll come and play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, All Occasion Dies, Crafts U Love, Marianne Design.

visit the blog for some fabulous creations by the rest of the design team. thanks for popping by.

House Of Cards – Metallics

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it’s the first of august so time for a new theme at the house of cards challenge; this month we’d like to create a card with using this word cue~

Metallics

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i had a lot of fun creating this card. i started by embossing silver mirri paper and painted it with ColourArte silks acrylic glaze, black ice. the flower and leaves were coloured with metallic rub-on paint and i used the inlaid die technique for the penny black thank you sentiment. be sure to visit the blog throughout the month for tutorials and creative inspiration from the rest of the design team.

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Hello There

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i’m playing along with the Noor! Design UK Challenge #8: something old, something new.

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i created another small card for my stash using an image from my new Joy! Crafts spring clear stamp set, new Joy! Crafts sun die and new elizabeth craft design hello die; the old items are the papers (watercolour, black glossy and matting) and my twinkling H2Os to watercolour with.

i’d also like to submit this to the summer theme at bunny zoe’s crafts july challenge.

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Art For The Soul

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this month’s magenta challenge is to use your favourite stamp, but i have too many favourites, so i stamped this quote and played with some of my new stash from their latest release – fun!

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i used the new diamond stencil as a stamp and then sponged distress ink through the butterflies stencil and around the edges. i usually lose myself in watercolouring images, but every now and then it’s fun to just get inky and create backgrounds.

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Snail Trail

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i’m playing along with the memory box monthly challenge which, in honour of july, is red, white and blue. since canada’s flag is red and white, i didn’t make a patriotic card – instead i created a festive one.

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the snail trail is the memory box corner die, cropped, that the popped memory box snails are traveling on and the snails and poppy stamps banner dies were decorated with white polka dots.

i’m also submitting this card to these challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More #154 CAS
Creative Card Crew #92 Banner/Flag
Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge #33 Red, White & Blue
Simply Papercrafts #9 anything goes
Brown Sugar No. 156 Anything Goes  

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A Ton Of Hearts

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i’m playing along with the WPlus9 Challenge – Get Sketchy with Joni #2 and here’s her sketch:

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i watercoloured this cute elephant from the clear stamp set ‘bubble talk’ with twinkling H2Os, masked him and stamped the hearts border. to finish it off, i added red stickles to the tiny stamped hearts and one of the sentiments from the same set. this card will be sent to a family member who loves elephants.

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Penny Black And More Mid July – Add A Sentiment

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i’m sharing a card i made just to remind you that you still have plenty of time to play along with us at the  penny black and more challenge blog – all you need to do is add a sentiment to your stamped focal point.

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i usually struggle with sentiments and where to put them so i stamp them inside. this time, i really went outside my comfort zone and decorated the die cut sentiment from the set ‘sweet wishes’ and added a stampendous grasshopper and a memory box butterfly.

i watercoloured this cute mouse from the penny black ‘garden critters’ clear stamp set with watercolour paints and twinkling H2Os.

i hope you’ll come and play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, All Occasion Dies, Papercrafts, Marianne Designs, Whimsy

visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies. thanks for popping by.

Shiny Ornament Tag

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i’m playing along with the lawnscaping challenge, No. 109, sparkle and shine, which i thought was perfectly suited to a christmas tag.

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some of the sparkle and shine is not showing up in the photo, but i covered the ornaments with glossy accents, edged the top tag layer with stickles and painted the background with a gold twinkling H2O that really shimmers.

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lawn fawn ornament tag

i was also inspired by this just add ink challenge no. 270 inspiration photo:

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Supplies used:
Stamps: winter gifts, joy to the woods
Dies: tag you’re it, joy to the woods
Paper:  snow day
peel offs
ribbon, twine

Another Tiny Mouse Celebrates

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Today I’m sharing a card that features another adorable little mouse image from the Buddly Craft clear stamp set, Tiny Mouse Celebrates, but this time I used the sentiment that is also included in the set.

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i watercoloured the sky and image with twinkling H2Os and watercolour paints. buddly crafts has quite a selection of digi papers so i used Kim’s Digi Papers – Pretty Mix – Pink with green cardstock and die cut the banners with my favourite Joy! Crafts Cutting Die – Labels & Tags.

Visit the Cuddly Buddly Crafts Facebook page and blog for some very creative projects and updates about new products.

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Penny Black And More July – Add A Sentiment

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it’s the first sunday of the month and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog – this month it’s anything goes with a sentiment.

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i watercoloured this cute bunny from the penny black ‘garden critters’  clear stamp set with watercolour pencils, watercolour paints and twinkling H2Os and added a little hello from the penny black ‘every happiness’ cling stamp set.

i hope you’ll come and play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some great prizes to be won from: Penny Black, All Occasion Dies, Papercrafts, Marianne Designs, Whimsy

visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies. thanks for popping by.

Tomorrow’s A New Day

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i’m playing along with Throwback Thursday #5 at WPlus9 where the theme is to be inspired by one of three cards using the Fresh Cut Wreaths stamp set. Wplus9.chickadee i was inspired by the first card with the popped frame against the stamped floral background. i watercoloured the chickadee from the clear stamp set, a new day, with twinkling H2Os on hot press watercolour paper, used the out of the box technique to die cut the frame, popped it with foam tape onto designer paper with a floral and leaf print. finally, i stamped the sentiment from the same set and i’m giving this card to my daughter. thanks for popping by. #wplus9

Strawberries – House Of Cards July

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it’s the first of july, happy canada day, and time for a new theme at the house of cards challenge. we have an inspiration photo that is oh so pretty and we’re asking you to be inspired by either the colors in our inspiration, use a food image, or do both!

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i was inspired by the yummy looking strawberries, so i watercoloured this flourishes image with twinkling H2Os, embossed a background and attached it – clean and simple. i hope you’ll come and play along; you have until the end of the month to join in. be sure to visit the blog for some beautiful creations by my team mates; and check back because different groups are showcased throughout the month.

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Especially For You

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i designed today’s creation for Buddly Crafts using one of the smaller images from the clear stamp set Rose Garden – they’re perfect for creating backgrounds or using on tags like this.

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i used the Marianne Design Decorative Tags, stamped, watercoloured with twinkling H2Os, and sponged the edges with distress inks. i also had some fun splattering and i finished it off with a sheer striped pink bow and some twine.

i’m submitting this to kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge – day 30. this challenge was just what i needed this month; something to focus on and stay motivated to colour and create. i may have coloured everyday but i couldn’t share some of my DT projects yet. 

Visit the Buddly Crafts Facebook page and blog for some very creative projects and sign up for the newsletter for updates about new products and sales.

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A Little Hello

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this is a small card i created for my stash using a couple of bird images from the Joy! Crafts spring clear stamp set.

joy crafts birds

as usual, i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and added some yellow stickles to the flower centre.the sketch is challenge #268 from Just Add Ink and i’m also submitting this to the Noor! Design UK Challenge #7 here comes summer and kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge – day 29 already.

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Flying High

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you might remember that on day 4 of kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge, i posted this sky that i painted with watercolour paints:

watercolour sky

i wasn’t sure what i wanted to do with it; i just love painting skies. but since then i acquired a house mouse stamp set that i thought was perfect. this is what it looks like now that i added more colour with twinkling H2Os and cropped it.

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so, this is for day 26.challenge_graphic-June-650

i’d also like to submit this card to the House-Mouse…and friends Challenge CODE HMFMC196 for the anything goes option, although i imagine the bunny would be flying high if he were celebrating.

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In Loving Memory

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i made this card in memory of my son who passed away six years ago today.

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the image reminds me of all the adventurous stories my husband would make up and i think he passed on his vivid imagination to our son, who would create his own characters in his unique artistic style and in writing.

i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os, watercolour paints and watercolour pencils and i’m submitting this to kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 18.

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Little Poppet

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today i’d like to share a card i designed for Buddly Crafts using one of the cute poppet images from the spring collection clear stamp set called Little Poppets & Paws.

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I stamped the bone from the same set on kraft and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and watercolour pencils. the Marianne Design Bird & Fence were die cut, popped on foam tape and the bird was also watercoloured with twinkling H2Os.

Visit the Buddly Crafts Facebook page and blog for some very creative projects and sign up for the newsletter for updates about new products and sales.

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Snail Bookmarks

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i’m playing along with Lawnscaping Challenge 107 – calling all critters!

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i didn’t think i’d have time to play today, but i managed to watercolour these cute and comical garden critters from the lawn fawn gleeful gardens stamp set with twinkling H2Os and die cut as bookmarks. the night time photos are a bit dull, but the shimmer shows up better.

i’m also playing along with kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 9.

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Buzzing By

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i managed to create a third and final card for the pretty pink posh watercoloring blog hop that ends today; wow, so much inspiration.

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inky antics bee

i watercoloured this cute inky antics bee image and mat with distress inks, winsor & newton watercolour paints and faber castell watercolour pencils and used wink of stella clear brush on her wings. the background was just as much fun as colouring the image; i sponged through the chicken wire stencil with distress inks and popped the image on foam tape. i used one of the sentiments from the same set to finish it off.

i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 8.

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Penny Black And More June – Wings

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it’s the first of the month, wow, june already, and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog – this month we’d like you to create something that features Wings – real, fantasy and fiction.

penny black wise owl

for my DT card,  i chose this cute penny black owl, ‘very wise,’ watercoloured in the school colours of one very special graduate that i am so proud of.

i hope you’ll come and play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from:
Penny Black
All Occasion Dies
Sizzix
Kraftyhands

visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies. thanks for popping by.

More Magnolias

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can you tell i love magnolias? for today’s card i used a different magnolia image from altenew’s magnolias for her clear stamp set.

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i masked the first flower and deliberately stamped them close to the deckle edge of the watercolour paper and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and winsor & newton watercolour paints; this is my second creation for the pretty pink posh watercoloring blog hop where you’ll find plenty of inspiration and prizes.

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i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 6 for me. what a lofty goal i set to participate every day since i watercolour some images over several days and then take forever to create a card for the image. you’d think that after 19 years of severe RA i’d accept my limitations. maybe one day.

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Watercoloured Magnolia

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today i’d like to share a card i created as a result of a happy accident that features some of the magnolia images and a sentiment from altenew’s magnolias for her clear stamp set.

magnolia on kraft

edited: i discovered i could watercolour with twinkling H2Os on kraft, lightly sponged around the edges and through a stencil; the sentiment is die cut and popped on foam tape on ribbon. i’m playing along with day one of the pretty pink posh watercoloring blog hop where you’ll find plenty of inspiration, prizes and some discount offers that end tomorrow.

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i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day colouring challenge, day 5; happily, today, i actually completed a card, which is always the most difficult because i’m happiest when i’m just watercolouring.

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Day 4 – 30 Day Colouring Challenge

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i’m playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day colouring challenge to spend at least 5 minutes a day doing what makes you happy – colouring! as i mentioned yesterday, i may not be able to complete a card a day due to time constraints, my RA and generally, just because i’m a slow card maker.

this is all i had time for today – i painted a sky with watercolour paints to use as a background.

watercolour sky

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Beanie Birds

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i’m playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day colouring challenge to spend at least 5 minutes a day doing what makes you happy – colouring! i only joined in a couple of times during the first challenge due to time constraints and my RA flare ups so i’m hoping to participate more this time around. i may not complete a card a day, though; i may just share some colouring of an image.

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this was a quick and easy card since the image is so small; i watercoloured with watercolour paints and had to photograph it with my iPad since my camera batteries needed recharging, again.

i’m also playing along with magenta’s june challenge and summertime theme.

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Ocean Breezes

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i created this card for my dad for father’s day and for the impression obsession challenge theme of ocean breezes – beach theme or beachy colours; i didn’t exactly use those colours, but i imagined the view from the beach we used to have fun visiting.

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i painted twinkling H2Os washes on watercolour paper, tore the edges of each strip, attached the layers and then cut with a circle die, which is popped with foam tape to another die cut circle trimmed with blue cardstock strips and twine.

i die cut the IO sailboats (DIE189-C) from red cardstock for the boat that i cut apart and attached to the watercolour paper die cut sails.

i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day color challenge at The Daily Marker; this is day two’s colouring.

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House Of Cards End Of Term Blog Hop And Prizes And DT Call!

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BEFORE WE START–we’d like you all to know that this blog hop is also a DT CALL!!!  If you’re interested in working with us a HOC for a six month term from July through December of 2015, please put DT at the end of your entry name when you link up!!!  We’re looking for crafters comfortable in any card making style and it might just be YOU!  You will be contacted by June 18th  to know if you’ve made the team. :)   Each DT member will just be in charge of one or two cards/projects per month plus commenting.

Please email Mynn at onastampageATyahooDOTcom if you have any other questions!  And now…

Hi friends!  Can you believe we’ve come to the end of our third term here at House of Cards?!  We are saying a fond farewell to some of our DT members and feel so grateful to those staying on.  To say goodbye and thank you, we’re celebrating with a blog hop!  You should have arrived here from Lilian’s blog. This hop will run FROM June 1ST AT 6:00 AM CST THROUGH June 15TH AT NOON CST,  ANY CARD STYLE is welcome and we’ve got a gorgeous photo inspiration for your crafting enjoyment! 

 Here’s our photo inspiration~

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So, are you ready to get hopping?!  Yep, it’s time, but first we’ve got some fabulous sponsors to share with you!  Make sure you leave a comment at each person’s blog along the way because the prizes are hidden and we’ll be doing random drawings from the blogs where they are hiding! :)  After you’re done, make a creation to share with us here, too, for another chance to win!

Here are all of our fabulous sponsors.
Our team will be using a variety of products
from these amazing companies!

Deedee’s Digis
Prize: Gift Card to the online store.

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Eclectic Anthology
Prize: $50 gift voucher to the shop.
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Great Impressions
Prize: Prize Package

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Here are the stamps you could win!
(Three total–flower, leaf, and sentiment)
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Inspired By Stamping
Prize: Gift Card to Store
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Stitchy Bear
Prize: $10 gift voucher to the shop.
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My DT card was created by using products from two generous sponsors:

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i was inspired by the geometric shapes of the inspiration photo so i used a Great Impressions stamp called Homes, digi papers from Eclectic Anthology called Berry Delicious Papers and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os as usual.

Now get to hoppin’!  Your next stop is Lorry’s blog!  Don’t forget to link up a project with us after completing the hop for an extra chance to win a mystery prize from one of our fabulous sponsors, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all! :)

i’m also playing along with kathy racoosin’s 30 day color challenge at The Daily Marker.

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Let It Snow

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not quite yet, i feel like i’m still getting over the record amount of snow we had this past winter. we easily could’ve built any size of snowman, including one like this.

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i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os, watercolour paints and watercolour pencils and added red stickles to the berries and clear stickles to the heart on the scarf.

i’m playing along with these challenges:
jingle belles – let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
rudolph days – to create holiday cards on the 25th of every month (open until month’s end)
christmas card challenges – anything goes

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Holiday ATC

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i’m playing along with the Lawnscaping Challenge theme to try a new technique. the limited space of ATCs (artist trading cards) intimidate me; they’re 2.5″ by 3.5″ and can be purchased in packages as seen at the strathmore site or you can cut your own.

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i used the strathmore 400 Series Watercolor ATCs for my new technique – to create a holiday ATC.

i painted the sky and die cut trees (lawn fawn snow day) with twinkling H2Os, popping the front row with foam squares; i added red, yellow and green stickles to the trees and clear stickles for falling snow. the snow day sentiment fit perfectly across the bottom to finish it off. i think i conquered my fear of ATCs and might make more of these now.

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Hybrid Holiday Card

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the current jingle belles prompt is to create a hybrid holiday card and there’s a free festive digi kit available from one of their sponsors; visit their blog for more details.

Buddly Crafts Penguin

i watercoloured this cute penguin from a buddly crafts clear stamp set, christmas buddies, but it is also available as a digi. my printer doesn’t like the heavier watercolour paper so i don’t use a lot of digis; besides, there’s just something about the old fashioned process that i like.

my digi elements are papers from buddly crafts, both created by owner Kim: Pretty Classic Christmas (trees) and Cottage Collection (yellow).

the tab is die cut from my favourite new banner die – Joy! Crafts Cutting Die – Labels & Tags; the foam on the die makes the banners pop right out on their own, which makes me happy. i finished it off with a self adhesive red gem.

the sentiment, from the same set, is stamped in green and i added stickles to the snow on it, the tree and to create dots to the scarf and present.

i’m also playing along with:
Christmas at Sweet Stampin – cute
Cutie Pie Challenge – challenge #87 layer it up…but keep it cute
Top Tip Tuesday – animals
Wags ‘n Whiskers – No. 154 Lots of Layers

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