Faux Metal Embossed Tags with Crystal Effects

You might remember I spoke at Stampin' Up's regional convention in Milwaukee at the beginning of April, on the topic of Crystal Effects. Well, in cleaning out my scrap bins in preparation from the big Color Renovation, I found some rejects that I considered but eventually culled from my presentation. One of them was the …

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Bella Bleu DSP going bye-bye

Since a bunch of blue shades are leaving us during the Color Renovation, I feel it's safe to say this double-sided Designer Series Paper will also be going. Bella Bleu is on page 162 of the current catalog and has just been a joy to work with. Paired with Very Vanilla and the Color Formerly …

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Summer Pinwheel Card

Isn't this cute? My downline Ruth S. made this for the swap at our last demonstrator get-together and I just thought it was precious. You start with any size square and snip from the corner down almost to the middle on all four corners–then just bend them down towards the middle. The Square Rhinestone brad …

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Crumple Flowers

Been having a little fun lately using up old DSP and such from my scrap bin as I sorted out retiring from staying colors. Here's a card I made with some pieces of the Night and Day double sided specialty paper from the Holiday mini catalog. You can REALLY see the Smooch Spritz on this …

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Malaria stinks

Just kidding. It's not malaria as far as I know. Hey everyone–thanks for checking in one me. As you may have guessed, if you had the misfortune to read my FB status, I have been extremely ill. I'll spare you all the deets, except to say that if you've ever wanted concrete proof that life …

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Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

Lovin' that Smooch Spritz! And I actually caught it on the photo of this card we made at my last area demo meeting. This one is pretty simple–maybe ten-fifteen minutes max. Start with a Rose Red base and ink, emboss the Very Vanilla front with the Elegant Bouquet Big Shot folder, and punch out the …

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