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December

Heartfelt Thanks Vanilla & Black…

I saw this card here and really liked it, when I was making my card I actually found it hard to find the right type of flower to use, I think black & white or black & vanilla look really sharp together but, at the same time I think you need that “right” image to stamp [...]

30

December

Simply Vanilla & Black…

I have seen a few cards lately with just black and white. I like it! I used some pre-made cards & envelopes in Vanilla here from Close to My Heart and followed a card layout here. Sometimes less or simplicity is better.

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December

Gift Card Holder and Happy Boxing Day!

I made these quickly to hold movie gift tickets, they snap shut with Basic Grey’s magnetic magnets (love these!).
I hope everyone had a wonderful day yesterday with family and friends, we sure did, it is always a long day but it was great (to much food though!), I think the kid’s best gifts were of [...]

24

December

Beautiful Blooms…

I made these yesterday in a couple of hours, 20 of them with matching envelopes. I used the stamp set Beautiful Blooms found here. I used pre-cut notecards with envelopes from Papertrey Ink found here. I used Versamagic Ink and imagine this I used NO adhesive!
I followed a layout here.
It’s amazing how productive I’ve been [...]

23

December

Homelessness and Addiction…

Personally, I just thought this was interesting and well documented. This article appears in our local newspaper in Calgary this morning.
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Features/2007/12/23/4738033-sun.html
Click here for the multi media project that Brett Gundlock, a photojournalist at the Calgary Sun put together, if you have some time listen to Josh’s story.

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December

Altered Picture Frames…

I made these frames over the last couple of days, they are fairly quick to make, the longest part is waiting for the paint and decoupage to dry as you need 2 coats of each. I absolutely love how these turned out, they look so much better IRL. The frames are from Michael’s for $1.50 [...]

21

December

Autism…

The band, Five for Fighting, is generously donating $0.40 to Autism Speaks for *each time* the video is viewed. The funding goes toward research studies to help find a cure. When you have a moment, please visit the link below to watch the video and pass it along to your friends and family. They are [...]

21

December

Merry & Bright Snowman…

These are 3×3 cards I made only because I messed up cutting the squares for my first Advent Calendar so I needed to do something with them! I made about 25 of these little babies. I just love this little snowman from the Merry & Bright stamp set from Stampin’ Up!’s mini catalogue that just [...]

20

December

Christmas Cards…

I received this card from my childhood friend Kelene, we just recently started chatting again thru Facebook.

My daughter received this card from Laura Hit on Christmas Eve.

From my Cousin’s daughter Kali.

From the most famous blogger out there! Allison from Stampin’ When I Can. I was so excited to receive a card from her!

From my Cousin’s [...]

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December

Coaster Mini Book #2…

Same layout and style as my first one just different paper and colors.