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I have been enjoying my summer but I haven’t had a lot of time to blog!  I have recently received a few awards and I am very honored and would like to ’share the love’!   Perhaps you will find inspiration in the blogs that I’ve tagged in return, hope you do…

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Saying good bye to certain sets isn’t easy… and I will very much miss Blossoms Abound!

CLICK HERE to see my Gallery page features samples from past classes and workshops.  Let me know if you HAVE to have it before it goes away!

 

 

This elegant wedding card was made with the soon retiring In Color "Soft Sky" paper and matching Designer Series Paper "Spring Silhouettes". 

Sets used include Together Forever & Frames with a Flourish,. Accessories include the double stitched Soft Sky grosgrain ribbon and the (for now) retired "Styled Silver" Hodgepodge Hardware.  I say ‘for now’ retired because I have seen it used in samples of upcoming sets coming out in August with the 2008 Fall/Winter Idea Book & Catalog!  I

LOVE the new Hodgepodge and am sorry to say goodbye to the old.  See our Special Offer on all current Hodgepodge Hardware finishes.

You can still purchase Hodgepodge Hardware and it is 25% off while supplies last (or until August 10th!).

I’m so excited to be attending Convention 2008!  At that time, Stampin’ Up! will be celebrating it’s 20th year!  And for a limited time, they are allowing guests (yes, non demonstrators) to attend as well! 

Email me if you are thinking about it… I’d love to host you there!   There is no obligation to join, it will just be awesome fun!  Read more about it on my Specials page.

 

 

I’ve been calling this a ‘Wedding Box’ because it ended up more ‘frilly’ than I expected!

The box is actually a ‘take off’ of the 2-4-6-8 box… it is a 2-5-7-10 box and I have included the directions below (click the thumbnail!).

The sets used are ‘Leaves A La Carte" jumbo wheel, Carte Postale and Together Forever’. The paper is Sahara Sand and the ink is Always Artichoke.

Good luck! Click on the following thumbnail for the PDF of complete directions.

Well, I’m aware that this card is suspiciously like my Spring Song card, but I do like the color combination and the look of this type of card.

 The card is River Rock with the Weathered background stamp in Close to Cocoa.

The image from the "For Father" set is a toolkit stamped in Staz-On and colored with Stampin’ Write Markers of the following colors: Creamy Caramel, Sahara Sand, Mellow Moss & More Mustard.

The layers behind the focal image are torn pieces of Chocolate Chip cardstock and a torn piece of Creamy Caramel cardstock (crimped).

Sponging helps the ‘rustic’ look.   How’d I do?

This combination of the "Wanted" set and the greeting from "Dad’s Day" makes an excellent Father’s Day card.

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Sets: Wanted, Dad’s Day, Canvas Background
Inks: Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky
Paper: Soft Sky, "Afternoon Tea" designer series paper and Whisper White cardstock
Accessories:  Hodgepodge Hardware, Chocolate Chip grosgrain and Choc. Chip wide grosgrain, sponge dauber.

I found it!  I love this sample, but i mysteriously disappeared… I found it and it was only ‘missing’ the Hershey bar, but thankfully the kids didn’t damage the sample!  Ah, the dangers of trying to keep chocolate in the house with 4 kids (three of them teenage girls)– a very bad thing!   My previous post has the dimensions to this type of gift holder.

I love the ‘Big Birthday Candle’ set… the design inspiration for this gift holder is from a card I did last month (below).  I didn’t love the card at first because it was too simple, but the up-side of simple is that I made a bunch of them to have on hand for birthdays!

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