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May 16, 2012
Oh, how I've missed it. The feeling of dried CS® Bookbinding Glue on my fingers and on the side seam of my jeans. The wonderful substance spreading its way over an outside cover wrap with the help of my foam brush. . .
Sorry. Got a little caught up the reverie.
In case you haven't heard. . . now that the cold winter is over and Bookbinding Glue can safely be transported around the world, it's
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May 01, 2012
There is a spring turkey hunt here in Wisconsin. My brother-in-law is one of the most amazing outdoorsy types I've ever known. He is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys, well, pretty much any activity that you can do "outside". His wife sent me a digital picture of the season's successful hunt, so I decided to make a digital page and save myself the trip to Walgreen's to print the photo.
I used "The
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Apr 30, 2012
My dad is a "snowbird". He drives from Wisconsin to Arizona in November, and drives all the way home in late April. He made the journey home with my sister Ruth and arrived safely on Saturday night. And he's back just in time for his 75th birthday!
This is my Dad and my sister, Beth, when we were visiting Dad back in February.
With these AZ connections, I have a special place in my heart for the
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Apr 09, 2012
I've never really been good friends with my brayer. But maybe it's fair to say now that we're pals. Doing these colorful brayered backgrounds is a trial and error thing. You've gotta have the right sort of paper, a bit of patience, great inks and images to work with, and a willingness to experiment.
Take five to check out this video so that you can see how it's done.
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Mar 27, 2012
The "Full Circle" collection has lovely, warm, rich colors. I adore them.
And the circular art is so very, very happy.
So I decided to make some happy cards with an infusion of brighter colors.
Each one is made with a folded 5-1/2x8-1/2" card and a 4x5-1/4" panel. Specifically, Welcome Red, Salmon and Aqua with Castaway Teal.
I find that tone on tone stamping works fabulously with this collection of
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Mar 22, 2012
Every month when the unmounted stamp samples arrive at Club Scrap, I get busy making cards with them. Eventually, these cards find their way into our online newsletter, on display at open houses, and then finally into my stash of cards that I can mail to friends and loved ones.
Just thought I'd show you two of them from the versatile Full Circle collection:
I like the combination of colors added
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Mar 21, 2012
The title implies that there will be a Desk Blotter Tip #2. Don't let me forget!
I love my desk blotter. I've sort of become a work surface snob. Add that to my paper snobbery.
The blotter makes my stamped images look better, crisper. And I always have a fresh work surface when I want/need one. But it was those curling corners that were getting the best of me. Here's my efficient fix:
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Mar 09, 2012
I frequently find myself getting sucked into the vortex of Pinterest. I found some "Pinspiration" again. . . an adorable card with some "hand rolled" candles. I suppose that surfing Pinterest for a few, uh, minutes every day should result in some creativity of my own!
Here's my version of the candle card:
The kicker? I remembered that I had this awesome stamped quote about birthday candles from
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Mar 06, 2012
Going along with the trend to be cleverly simple (and efficient), I set out to make a card that would create a few smiles. Dinah came into my office, took one look at the card, and smiled. Mission accomplished.
Here's what you'll need:
Jubilee Balloons Duo Stamp
4x9.25" Scored Card (8x9.25 scored at 4")
3.75x9" Fuchsia Panel (All That Jazz)
3.25x8.5 Aqua Panel (Cruisin')
Cork Board and Paper Piercing
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Feb 24, 2012
Springtime is often filled with celebrating rites of passage including baptisms, confirmations, first communions, etc. And since the season we call "winter" seems to have gone missing here in Wisconsin, it sort of feels like spring. So, here we go. . .
Not sure if you have any rites of passage happening in your world any time soon, but this nifty sheet of unmounted stamps is ready to help. It
