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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. […]

banner bandwagon

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I loved the natural kraft look of jillibean soup’s  ‘talk soup on kraft’ collection. Along with matching embellishments it was a breeze to create an album with TOMBOW adhesives and fill with matching pages. The sturdy wooden album cover is from Walnut Hollow and will protect treasured photos as children delight […]

“Jellibean Soup Album” By Marie Browning

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Did you know April is National Frog Month? I found these adorable pre-colored digital frog images on Scrappin’ Doodles. They are so bright and cheerful and went perfectly with the new papers and goodies I received in my kit from Jillibean Soup. This week Tombow is partnering with Jillibean Soup […]

Jillibean Soup and Frogs

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“For you…MOM” by Elizabeth Allan of Penny Black