Team Challenge

My upline gave us a blank card, a piece of designer paper, and a piece of black card stock. She challenged us to use our stamps and embellishments to turn them into cool cards. I’m just loving the Honey Bee set! The Sending Hugs piece is from the Sale-A-Bration FREEBIE catalog. It’s one of the …

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Puff Paint Isn’t Just for Snow!

The new Christmas Catalog has the Snow Puff Paint for the snowman and other wintery scenes. But, how about a fall card using it for the cotton in the Country Home set? I used the Stitched Nested dies to cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and to cut a space for it to …

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Pigment Sprinkles & To a Wild Rose

I’ve been playing around with Pigment Sprinkles for a couple of weeks. The best tip I can give you – – buy cheap latex gloves prior to doing this! But, getting a little messy is half the fun, right? I sprinkled a mixture of pigments on water color paper and then spritzed them with a …

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Home Décor Workshop August 25th

Sunday, August 25th from 1-4 p.m. Options and prices are posted below. Pre-payment is required to ensure all supplies are on hand and ready for you. Make your choice below and email to CLMelton@aol.com. I will respond with further info. Faith Hope Love $25     Magnolia Frame $20

Band Together Card

A card from the July First Monday Card Club. We used the Band Together stamp set and one of the dies. We stamped the image off the edge of Whisper White card stock with Tuxedo Black Momento Ink. The picture doesn’t do the flower justice! The flowers were colored with a clear Wink of Stella …

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Magnolia Lane Home Decor

Stampin’ Up! products aren’t just for making cards, although they do make excellent cards. Check out the 8×8 framed Magnolia Lane project below. Let me know if simple projects like this or a more complicated one, like a sampler, are of interest to you. I’m considering setting up a class on décor items but would …

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Bird Ballad Part Three

So to step up the Bird Ballad Suite a notch, today we have something besides a card. Soft saffron 12×12 paper was used for the base, scored every three inches. The roof was made from Crumb Cake card stock.