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Sketch-n-Scrap for November
Hello! I've been working on a few scrapbook pages and used the November sketch from Sketch n Scrap for a layout on my visit to Singer Castle: I used the blue and white gable ceilings as my color...
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OWH Red Friday Bloghop
Operation Write Home is hosting a Red Friday bloghop and since I had a bit of extra time, I joined in. Laura Bassen's card over at Doublestick Heaven below inspired me to pull out my Distress Inks and...
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OWH Sketch #244
Happy Christmas Eve! I'm fortunate to have this day off from work and I finished up some wrapping, chores and fit in time to make some cards. The latest sketch from OWH is #244 which I changed a bit...
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ODBD Dec 2014 challenge
Hello friends! I wanted to add my card to the monthly Our Daily Bread Designs challenge for OWH . I love using primary colors on cards, so it was easy for me to create a card that met the criteria...
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OWH Sketch #245
Greetings! Hope you're enjoying this time of year - it's been quite rainy here in South Carolina and that makes the days dreary, so I'm trying to liven things up with craft time. I used the latest...
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My top 5 for 2014
Happy New Year! I'm hopping along in the OWH Top Cards of 2014 and will enjoy seeing the "best of" everyone's cards for the year! I selected five cards which were selected in challenges throughout...
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Happy New Year!
I'm enjoying a long weekend to start 2015, fitting in some organizing time, as well as crafting. One of my monthly goals is to join in the Our Daily Bread challenge at Operation Write Home. Lately,...
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Muse #99
Happy Sunday to you! When I looked over this week's Muse challenge (#99) , I was inspired by Vicki's use of negative space and knew I wanted to play along. I found the shape I was looking for in the...
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Catching up with OWH
I've had a busy weekend so far and I managed to fit in some time to make cards and catch up with Operation Write Home challenges. The first one is today's Team Challenge - make a card using your...
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OWH Sketch #248
When I saw the latest OWH sketch (#248) , all I could envision was....fish. I guess those circles just sent me into the water. I cut out some cute fish on my Silhouette, along with a wavy line...
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Rainbow happiness
This week has been a gloomy one - not a day with sunshine, so I've been dreaming about brighter things, like rainbows. This month's challenge at Words 2 Scrap by is "Out like a lion, in like a lamb"...
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ODBD Challenge at OWH
One of my New Year's goals was to participate in every ODBD challenge over at Operation Write Home and I missed the February challenge already! The sad thing is, I had my card ready and just didn't...
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Masquerade Card class
It's been so long since I had time to create a card and I really have missed it! I'm taking the latest Online card class - Masquerade - and have really enjoyed the lessons. I made a card from Day 1 of...
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30 Day Coloring Challenge
I'm happy to play along with Kathy in her 30 Day Coloring Challenge at The Daily Marker. I'm starting with an Art Journal page, which I love to do, but only do when everything else on my crafty to-do...
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30 Day Coloring Challenge - Day 2
Somedays, I don't have a time to do much coloring and that was definitely today. I watched Kathy's video and practiced Copic coloring a few butterflies: I usually never use two different colors...
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30 Day Coloring Callenge - Day 3
I finished my Art Journal page! It wasn't that hard to get back into making one and I hope to do another one soon. I used a Silhouette file for the words and the MFT Butterflies stamp set:There's so...
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30 Day Coloring Challnge - Day 4
Today it's watercoloring fun! I'm entering this card in the Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor bloghop. I wanted to make my mother-in-law a feminine birthday card and I used pretty colors for the...
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June ODBD challenge
It's the second-to-last June ODBD challenge for Operation Write Home, so I had to join in, especially because it was for Missing You cards. I wanted to make this one masculine, so I used the Deer...
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30 Day Coloring Challenge - Day 8
Woohoo! I'm absolutely loving the Instagram inspiration for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge The Daily Marker . There are sooo many talented ladies - it just blows my mind to see their creativity!...
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Girl Scout Kaper Chart #2
During the summer, I plan my Girl Scout meetings and trips. Last year, I made a Kaper Chart for my Daisy Girl Scout meetings which has been pinned many times on Pinterest. Kapers are basically chores...
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Watercolor cards
I found some time to play with my Distress Inks today to make a few thank you cards (always need plenty of those!) The firs card uses a Hero Arts stamp and a Distress Ink bleed technique from Jennifer...
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Thanksgiving Charger Plate
I'm learning how to use vinyl with my Silhouette. Today I finished making the quote for this charger plate, which comes from Walmart. The plate is plastic and I used 631 indoor vinyl for the quote....
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Picnic in Alaska
This is a page I created about a picnic we enjoyed during our life in Alaska. This was May and although there's snow behind us, we were wearing shorts!The Picnic time SVG is from the Silhouette Design...
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Let's go fly a kite
Kite day in Anchorage, Alaska; circa 1992. Papers are Everyday Eclectic by Echo Park. Kite is Paige Evan's design - #276424 in the Silhouette Studio.Title is Miss Kate Cuttables - #78342 in the...
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Card drive for Seniors
Ellen Hutson is requesting cards of encouragement for Seniors in Washington. I put together a few cards to send to them - it feels good to do something during this time I'm spending at home.Here's my...
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