Monthly Archives: October 2017

A Champagne Winter Wonder

Time is flying by and before you know it I will be leaving on an airplane to Salt Lake City, UT to join other Stampin’ Up! demonstrators at OnStage (to be held November 9-11, 2017).  So today’s project is a … Continue reading

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Crafting Forever “Blends” with Painter’s Palette

I wanted to take a step back from the holiday cards today and practice using my new Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers.  I eyeballed my shelf of current stamp sets and was drawn to Crafting Forever and Painter’s Palette.  I was shocked to … Continue reading

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Color Me Happy Christmas Blessings

Sorry for not posting for a few days.  I got wrapped up in getting items organized for the store out in Gladewater (holiday cards and such) and as previously mentioned was having creativity block.  I started today’s project yesterday but … Continue reading

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Watercolor Christmas Season of Cheer

I think I am beginning to run into a creativity block – or maybe I need to switch from making holiday cards to something else for a while.  Today’s project was slow in coming together and truthfully perhaps I should … Continue reading

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Pining for Plaid – October 2017 Paper Pumpkin Kit

Today’s project required zero planning on my part thanks to Stampin’ Up! and their monthly subscription kit – Paper Pumpkin.  As I mentioned in a prior post, the kits for the months of October (featured here) and November coordinate with … Continue reading

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A Christmas Stocking & Cable Knit Sweater

Today’s project makes me wish I lived in a part of the United States that actually experiences a Winter season with snow.  Here in Texas we are lucky if we dip below freezing for a week or two so we … Continue reading

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Quilted Christmas Stockings on Wood Texture

As I mentioned on yesterday’s post, my project went into a direction that I had not planned on yesterday.  I had die cut several Christmas stockings and assembled the pieces but once my project evolved they no longer were viable … Continue reading

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Lovely as a Tree Outside a Window

Today’s card project became something all together different than what was floating around inside my head most of the day.  My original plan was a card with Christmas stockings but as you can see that is not what I ended … Continue reading

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Rustic Christmas Pines

I wanted to try a rustic Christmas card for today’s project.  In order to accomplish this look, I had to restrain my tendencies to use lots of glitter and bling on my projects and keep the design S-I-M-P-L-E.  I think … Continue reading

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Star of Light Starlight & A Special Announcement

Greetings to all my stamping friends.  I enjoyed my first play with the Star of Light stamp set yesterday so I selected this stamp set and the coordinating dies Starlight Thinlits for today’s project.  For a change of pace I elected to … Continue reading

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