Coffee Table Crafter

This is my DT card for our bi-weekly challenge at Creative Memories , with the theme Monochromatic. This card was to go along with a Star Wars Lego gift, so the black, grey and orange colour sche...

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This card is for my nephew's second birthday, and I hope it's as cute and fun as he is :) This is my DT card for the Creative Moments challenge, Wet or Dry Embossing. (I actually had a different...

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I LOVE the new butterfly stamp sets and dies in the new catalogue, and how they coordinate with the ones we already had. And of course the Flutterby folder is equally awesome... I'm a sucker for ...

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Here's my first Father's Day card of the year, done for my design team challenge at Creative Moments . I used the new Brick folder, and I have to say I love the new size, so I can have the design...

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Sprinkles of Life, and the coordinating punch are my FAVOURITE things in the new catalogue... there is SO much versatility!!! Ice cream cone, ice cream dish, cupcake, flower basket, leaf basket, ...

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This was my design team card for Creative Moments challenge on Wednesday, but I forgot to post it here... oops! I also forgot to get a picture of the inside before giving it away :( As for this ...

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The first thing I do when I get my new catalogue pre-order, is make a card for club, using all five colours, each inked on the corresponding cardstock and then also on white, so we can see how th...

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This is my Design Team card for the Teen challenge at Creative Moments ... Other Challenges I Used: Simply Papercrafts - ATG/CAS Crafty Catz - CAS Glitter and Sparkle  - Embossing Lacy S...

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I have always loved the look of the sunburst cards, but it looked scary to try, until I found out to cut the triangles, I just needed to halve rectangles... so simple it never occurred to me! I'...

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I did a true Clean And Simple card for club this week, and still managed to work in a versatile technique. This window background can be done with a punch or die, and with stripes of ribbon, wash...

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Here is a Design Team card I made for Creative Moments . This week's challenge was a color palette, shown at the bottom. This card is for a friend of mine who's on bed rest right now, so the insi...

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Okay, so I don't know what this technique is actually called, but invisible dimensions seems to fit. And I'm obsessed with it!!! I see so much potential, with various words, shapes and background...

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I am so excited to announce that I have been invited to join the Creative Moments challenge blog as a design team member!! This is my first card for them, and I'm looking forward to joining them...

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Thanks to a defective stamp, I had to design and prep a second card for club, totally from scratch, in under an hour and a half... phew! It isn't the stunner that I had planned, but for a super ...

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I love designer papers, but there is something so satisfying about creating my own background papers... this cloud one is SO easy, using just a couple of Cupcake punch frostings, a sponge and a S...

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I'm going to have a LOT of fun with this stamp set :) For now though, I'll use it to create some snow, since I doubt I'll be seeing any this year...  Challenges I Used: Paper Sweeties - (s...

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While I occasionally look at other's cards for new techniques or borrow an element here and there, I almost NEVER CASE (copy and share evereything) other people's cards. But I am not a natural wh...

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This year my kids used the Hey, Valentine set for their school valentines. I stamped and cut the number needed of the Pirate for one kid, and the school of fish for the other and then let them co...

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My son's Grade 4 teacher invited me to lead the class in making a Valentine's Day card for their parents. I was thrilled, and immediately made a list of the fairly basic techniques that would sti...

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I love how fun and bright this card turned out, while still remaining soft... that's a hard balance to find! I found a lot of great new challenges to work with and of course I pulled out some Sal...

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I started this card with the sketch shown below, but as I assembled it, the butterfly (which was the oval in the sketch), decided to fly away from the center ;) For the make your own background c...

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After 4 years as a Demonstrator, I finally got a chance to attend a Stampin' Up! event! It was a total blast, full of fun, inspiration and freebies! There was also a contest to enter a card for t...

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I got to play with this Hostess set for my sweet niece's 4th birthday... I would have loved to use my Blendabilities for the image, but don't have the colors I needed yet. It would have been bet...

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Just a quick post so I don't miss yet ANOTHER challenge deadline, lol... tomorrow I will add and link to the other challenges I used and edit this description :) Challenges I used: Co...

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 With so many Thank You cards to make for various staff at my kids' school, I'm trying to keep at least some of them quick and simple, and what is quicker than washi tape!   Challenges...

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