Category Archives: Blending Brushes

Ringed with Nature: Happy Anniversary

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s Stamp Review Crew blog hop featuring Ringed with Nature! As I wrote in my post, I will be highlighting each of my cards in separate blog posts so I can talk about them more. As … Continue reading

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Charming Sentiments: Happiest of Birthdays

Here is the second of my Stamp Review Crew cards from the latest hop. I knew the card base needed something, but I’m not a fan of pressure embossing the entire front, since it makes the cardstock too soft and … Continue reading

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Designer Tags: Birthday Wishes

Here’s one more card using the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and Designer Tags before I tuck them away. I wanted to do something for my BIL’s birthday in August. I think it suits him. I did this background twice; the … Continue reading

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Simply Fabulous: Saying Hello

I had such a good time preparing and presenting the Marvelous Masks class a few months ago, I could hardly wait to get the latest masks in my hands! The Artistic Mix Decorative Masks, from the new Stampin’ Up! 2022-2023 … Continue reading

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Butterflies & Flowers: Happy Birthday #1

I had so much fun at the Marvelous Masks class a few weeks ago. I may have been overly ambitious with the projects, as we could have used an extra hour. But we started with the basics, which included the … Continue reading

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Love & Happiness: Valentine Greetings

Seven days, people! One week! And if you’re mailing love notes across the country, they should have been in the mail … last Wednesday, as best as I can estimate! Here’s one that’s on its way to North Dakota (complete … Continue reading

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Stamp Review Crew: Bonus Sale-A-Bration

You may be surprised to find the Stamp Review Crew hopping today — usually, our hops are on the first and third Monday. Because of the extra Monday in January, we’re doing something different: our hop features a stamp set of … Continue reading

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Blessings of Home: Perfect Birthday

Yesterday was packed with activities from (very early) morning till night. So much for vacation! It had been three weeks since we picked up the 5th grader from school, and suddenly we were back in the routine: waiting in line, … Continue reading

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Biggest Wish: Merriest Frames

In the push to finish preparations and clean things up before last weekend’s Jingle Jump sessions, I rushed to complete three birthday cards, including this one: Some of you have noticed my little pile of UnFinished Objects next to my … Continue reading

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Happiest of Birthday: Autumn leaves

Even though we had some cooler weather last weekend, and it is starting to feel like fall, we don’t have dramatic color yet. So when nature doesn’t give you what you want, you use ink! Applying the color was nearly … Continue reading

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