just a note...Seize The Sketch #21 41

***I have two posts today ~ if you would like to see my 13arts project, please click HERE ~ thank you :) *** Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! It's Tuesday so it's time for an all new challenge at Seize The Sketch. Thank you to all who joined along ~ there were so many beautiful cards in the gallery and thanks to those who take the time to leave such kind comments. I really appreciate that. In case you are not familiar, Seize...

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Remember 27

*** I have two posts today ~ If you would like to see my Seize the Sketch project ~ please click HERE :) Hi there! I hope you are having a great week. Today it's my turn to share a project on the 13arts blog. I made a layout featuring a photo of Scott and I that was taken while we were vacationing in London several years ago:  I combined pretty papers from the 13arts Cold Wall Collection,  Frosted Life Collection and Faces...

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live everyday 41

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's theme is to create a project featuring an Artsy Stamp! It might be a background, a hand-drawn image, a sketchy texture stamp, or a special saying. We challenge you this week to get out your artsy stamps and play! I created a card featuring a Tim Holtz artsy image as the focal point on a paintmarbled background. I was so excited...

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live simply 60

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Suzanne is in the mood for flowers so it got May thinking about all of the really great botanical patterns from Tim Holtz, butterflies floating around the warm spring sunshine and flowers just waiting to bloom. So what are you waiting for? Find your botanical bliss and join us! I was inspired to create a wall hanging feature a flower garden...

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treasures 36

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Scott and I are away on vacation at our home away from home in San Diego, CA. I frantically packed a craft travel bag / suitcase full of supplies to play with during the evenings when we are both too tired to do anything else. I knew I wanted to join along with Prima's May Build-A-Page sketch challenge, so I packed lots of Prima goodies. I made a layout featuring a couple of photos of Meredith...

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Always believe in yourself 27

Hi there! I'm here today sharing a project that I made for a DT assignment for 13arts. I made a wall hanging featuring an assortment of fabulous 13arts products. To create this project, I dry embossed a die cut piece of paper from the Timeless collection which also had Distress ink applied to it. I embellished with a variety of blossoms which were made using beautiful papers from both the Timeless and Face of Spring collections: The charm...

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My Precious Daughter 15

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! I don't have anything to share because I am here with Scott :) (Coronado Beach, California)  I do want to share with you that Pion design has just released a beautiful collection of papers called "My Precious Daughter". You can see close ups of all the papers on their blog - click HERE:  Speaking of precious daughters, I have this photo to share with you of my precious daughter Angie...

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enjoy the journey 32

Hi there! I'm so excited to be joining along with the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #2! The challenge is based on the new book by Tim Holtz! One of the challenge guidelines is that ALL participants should work from their own copy of A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 3. This is required out of respect and appreciation for Tim, who put countless hours and passion into writing the book. If you don’t have a copy, you can order one directly from...

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