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I was inspired by Penny Black’s ‘Sparkle’ stamp of a single flower. Perfect for a quick inking with the Tombow Dual Brush Pens and layering for a dimensional look with the Foam Tabs. I also used Penny Black’s new ‘Mix and Match’ papers to easily coordinate the look all together. […]

“Floral Sketchbook” by Marie Browning

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It is time for another Tombow Blog Hop. This month we are pairing up with Penny Black. I received some fun goodies from Penny Black to play with! Did you know they have paper? The DT rec’d some fun bright colors of paper as well as several fun stamps. This […]

“Just for You” by Debbie Fisher

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i have been busy at the ballpark. well, truthfully, my son has been busy, i’ve been sitting and cheering. and while i am sitting i am taking pictures. i have so very many! i picked this set of pictures out immediately…maybe because of the expression on my son’s face, maybe […]

spring ball by Sarah

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Here is another card I made for a teacher. This one I will give her the last day of school as she won’t be back next year. I am also making a matching gift box with Skittles inside as her son told me that was her favorite candy. I love […]

Jillibean Teacher Thank You

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Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week and Tuesday was Teacher Appreciation “Day”. For those of you who don’t know I am a para educator. I work with 9-12 grade and mostly behavior students. I made some cookies for the teachers whose rooms I work in and created this fun tag to attach to […]

“Teacher Appreciation Week” by Debbie Fisher

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a month to thank some very important people in our lives! are you looking for a personalized gift to make? how about a bouquet of flowers? what if you make them useful? this bucket of flowers will make a creative addition to any desk…mom or teacher tools needed: scalloped circle […]

thank you…moms & teachers!

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This vintage card with a sewing theme demonstrates a few adhesive techniques for adding gold gilded accents.  I love to incorporate old ephemera into card designs, like a sheet from my Grandmamma‘s notebook of a smocking design and an old photo. Remember to color photocopy these pieces rather than using the […]

“Life’s a Stitch!” by Marie Browning

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Did you know May is National Strawberry Month? Around here it would be June as our strawberries aren’t ready until Father’s Day.  I LOVE strawberries and love this image that is in FredSheSaid’s precolored “Emma in the Strawberry Patch”. Precolored images make creating cards much quicker. And with my super […]

National Strawberry Month

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A BIG Thank You to Jillibean Soup for blogging with us this week, all of the designer did a fabulous job. Here’s a glance back at a few the great creations.   Just look at these adorable frogs by Debbie, I just love the colors…   And Marie’s wonderful album…who wouldn’t enjoy […]

Jillibean Soup Love

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i’ve jumped on! been wanting to done something like this for a while, and was inspired to give it a try when i got my jillibean soup “blossom soup” papers. with the help of their canvas flowers, bean blossoms, corrugated die-cut letters, bean stalks and the blossom soup cardstock stickers. […]

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