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Card #4 for MFT Card Design Superstar Contest.  All stamps and the die are from My Favorite Things.  This bear stamp set is focused on birthday but easily converted to a Christmas theme.Everything is stamped with Memento and colored with Copics.  The shaker window is built up with foam tape.  Sequins, beads and some fussy…

Card #3 for MFT Card Design Superstar Contest.  Shabby Chic and Kaisercraft pattern paper just go together perfectly.  I pulled the colors from the paper for the lace (Prima) and Copic markers.Milled Lavendar distress ink added a little color to the edges.  The little satin rose on her hat came from Michaels.  That little bunny…

Card #2 for the MFT Card Design Superstar Contest.  All stamps and the Die are from My Favorite Things.  The background paper is from my stash and has no manufacturer’s name on it.  Cardstock is from SU.  All stamping is done with Memento and coloring is done with Copics.  The multiple panda faces were accomplished…

This is my first submission for the MFT Card Design Superstar.  I loved this stamp for my granddaughter and decided that with a little work it could also be my grandson!  The colors, the frog, the embossing folder (Sizzix), and the twine made it more masculine.  All stamps and Dies are from MFT.  The background…

I NEED to do shabby chic.  It may be my true style from which I get frequently distracted!I first made this bookmark ( with a dachshund)  for my niece.  I loved it so much I made one for me with my precious rescue mix-breed Roxie.  The inspiration came from this pattern paper from Kaiserkraft.  I…

Last night we had just a very tiny hint of fall weather.  It put me in the mood to use some fall colors.  Simon Says Challenge is to use three colors.  So I watercolored on watercolor paper with distress inks in orange, gold and brown.  The sentiment from CTMH and the pumpkins from MFT are…

My scientific girlfriend is having a birthday.  I wanted to give a feminine twist to a card that would normally be masculine.  Watercolor paper and watercolors are used in the background.  The periwinkle colored mat is from Bazzill.  Memento and Copics are used to color the mad scientist and his concoction.  Stickles, Wink of Stella…

My stamp club donates cards to our local children’s hospital.  I hope these cards bring a little joy into the heart of some little person who’s not feeling so good.The background is clouds die cut with Lawn Fawn cloud dies and colored by blending distress inks.The Unicorn and sentiment are from Paper Smooches.  They are…

I spent most of Sunday afternoon making this card.  Occasionally I’d just laugh out loud as each of these guys came to life with paper piecing and google eyes.  The list of products is extensive as I just got into puling all kinds of products off the shelves.  (Clean-up took most of the evening!)The background…

I’m new to blogging.  I found today that when I looked at my card (bottom) through the camera lens, it didn’t look as good as I thought.  It needed more texture.  So I made the card on the top which included two different ribbons for texture.  It’s a subtle difference but I liked it better….