Card Inspired by Pinterest and a Ramble!

I started this post, happy as a clam (why is a clam happy?  I'd really like to know!), went out for an hour and a half, came back and found bits of my Sirius radio plug all over the floor, Hunter looking at me all shamefaced!  I am so mad and sad, but I've had my cry and now I'm hoping to distract myself by blogging, so here goes: What...

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May Counterfeit Kit and a Smash Page

 A couple of things to share with you on this holiday Monday!  First up is a SMASH page I started ages ago, but it always needed just that last little touch.  Once I added the fussy cut butterflies, I figured it was done.  It's mostly random stories about Ailis, and some of them are pretty funny!  Here's a closie of the left...

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Happy Anniversary and a Commission!

Finally got Jason's anniversary card done, only 2 days late, and I was quite pleased with his reaction!  I told him it takes time to create a work of art.  Here it is minus the sappy note I wrote inside: Is this a gate fold card?  I couldn't get it to stay closed for the picture!  Here's the inside: He really liked the...

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A Birthday Card for My Mom

 Raise your hand if you think this is the funniest image ever!  There's something about a bunch of more mature, curvaceous ladies dancing around in tutus that makes me laugh!!!  I've had this stamp set from Artistic Impressions for a bit, but I had to be in the mood to colour, and finally I just went for it.  I used this sketch...

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A Mother's Day Card for Graphicat Sketches

Well, I tried to get this card up in time for the Graphicat Sketch challenge yesterday, but Google completely died on me!!!  So, alas, I missed the deadline (again!) but I did get this card to my MIL for Mother's Day.  We had a pretty fantastic time here in 100 Mile House, nice dinner with both grandmas, a papa and a brother, so it was...

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B-day Card for Frosted Designs

Ailis was invited to a birthday party today, and apparently the little girl likes Barbies, ballet, and eating.  So here's a cute little card I whipped up this morning for her: Before NSD, I think I lost a bit of my mojo, but I must have been very inspired by being around like-minded people that weekend, because I feel the creative juices flowing...

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BFF's for "Use Your Stuff"

I just love how this page turned out!  I love the photo (my friend took it with her phone and then doctored it up with instagram - myself, I'm an instagram virgin, that was the first time I'd seen what it is!) and the boots (cute Quickutz die I borrowed at the Fiesta crop), the colours and the kite (I paper pieced that myself!)  I used...

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May Challenge at Creative Accents!

Yes, it`s that time again, time for a new challenge at Seriously Creative Challenges, and it`s one I absolutely love!!! If you`ve visited my Pinterest boards, you may know that I have one devoted to embellishments, and many of those are flowers!  There are so many ideas out there, the sky`s the limit, really!!!  For this layout, I...

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Frosted Designs Recipe Challenge

Here`s a layout I whipped up last night for Ashley`s recipe challenge over at Frosted Designs.  The recipe was to use 4 of these 6 elements:  the colour yellow, polka dots and/or stripes, twine, punch, at least 3 buttons, and 1 handmade embellie.  I decided to forgo the punch and handmade embellishment: And some closies of the journaling...

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NSD layout for Frosted Designs!

Frosted Designs is having an online crop for National Scrapbooking Day- if you haven't checked it out, you totally should!  There's some great challenges to get your mojo going!  Here's what I created for Heather's Challenge - strips of paper: Most of the products here are from the Simple Stories Awesome line, but the title piece is from...

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Creative Accents May Stamp of the Month

As part of my Design Team commitment at Creative Accents, I'm required to make some card samples once every few months for their Stamp of the Month.  Well, it's not really much of a hardship, especially when I get to work with a beautiful background stamp like this one from Hampton Arts: This first card is 4x4, and I just used some black ink...

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