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Card Ideas coming in…

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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Check out this blog: KWerner Design. She’s one of my favorite card crafters out there! She has lovely challenges and videos every week! For her last challenge, she used one of my sets to make a card that is way cute! I have more on her later… hint, hint… On another note, Sorry it’s been [...]

Happy 100th Post!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

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Ok, so I promised something big… I hope you like it! I put together a book for you! It’s the Project Recipe Book! I would have loved to have this book when I was first starting out with card making. It can be really hard to come up with different layouts for your cards. It’s [...]

Post #99

Friday, July 18, 2008

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Post #99

So, I tried to post earlier, and then a little later…and blogger was having issues with uploading pictures. And now it uploaded my picture rotated the wrong way… Just one of THOSE days I guess. On to the project: Today I did a little gift for a few friend’s birthdays today. I made a little [...]

Post #98

Thursday, July 17, 2008

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Post #98

I’m calling this one a Tent Card. It’s also really easy to make. For the “tent” base cut one piece of paper 4 1/4″ x 4 3/4″. Fold it in half so you get a folded piece that’s 4 3/4″ x 2 1/8″. For the stand up part I cut a piece of paper 4 [...]

Post #97

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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Post #97

Also super easy! Noticing a theme? I’ve been wanting to try a card with black and gray so this is it. The background is black, with a gray inset. I stamped the Cheers sentiment from the Borders and Corners Set along the top and bottom to make a kind of border. Then I used the [...]

Post #96

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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Post #96

Super Simple card! For this card I used the Borders and Corners “Thanks” sentiment. I stamped and then used clear embossing powder to make it dimensional. For the background I just cut a piece of the light blue paper that was 4″ x 2 3/4″. (I sketched a diagram of what I did below.) Then [...]

Countdown to my 100th post!

Monday, July 14, 2008

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Countdown to my 100th post!

On to the countdown related stuff in a minute. I took a break from some paper crafts yesterday to do a purely embroidery project. It’s another napkin, but this time no stamping, just pure embroidery. It all started with this book: I was searching through the selection of books at Half Price Books (I LOVE [...]

Simple Card

Friday, July 11, 2008

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Simple Card

Ok, I know it’s been a little while since my last post. I’ve been working on a few things that I’ll post real soon. It’s something new and really fun! Here’s a simple 3″ square card I put together so as not to slack on my posting! Just cut a square slightly smaller than your [...]


1. Master the art of French macaroons
2. Sew a dress
3. Get my scuba diving license
4. Go somewhere warm to use my scuba diving license.
5. Find a perfect Go-To recipe for Pizza Dough
6. Sew a quilt
7. Make a piece of furniture
8. Learn Adobe InDesign
9. Master the recipe for Creme Brulee
10. Publish a sewing project in a magazine
11. Scrapbook/Blurb all our photos from Europe
12. Make some jelly using a pressure cooker
13. Print my own design on fabric & make something
14. Refashion a cardigan
15. Make salt water taffy
16. Find a Go-To recipe for delicious homemade bread
17. Make 5 projects from my sketchbook
18. Embroider something with my sewing machine
19. Self-Publish 10 new sewing patterns
20. Visit the Grand Canyon
21. Expand my french vocabulary
22. Make a stained glass window
23. Swim with dolphins
24. Find the perfect gelato recipe
25. Write one Thank You note a week
26. Learn How to Properly Handle a gun
27. Experience one new type of cheese every week
28. Finish checking off my list of states I've visited
29. Organize a service project
30. Go whitewater rafting