live everyday... 36

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of my dear daughter Angie that I took while we were hiking around Torrey Pines State Park located in Southern California a few weeks ago. I combined beautiful patterned papers from the Pion design Shoreline Treasures collection: I took on the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #5 which is all about Distress Watercoloring and created...

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A Patriotic layout 38

Hi there! Hope you had a great weekend! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge theme is: W is for White! There are so many shades of white, from cream to navajo and with applications from nautical to patriotic to winter. How will you use white this week? Will it be with gesso? ink? pen? or perhaps you will transform simple white cardstock... I was inspired to create a patriotic themed layout...

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A Fond Farewell and Thank you to MFT 33

Hi there! Today I am bidding a fond farewell to MFT as the term of my contract has come to an end. I would like to especially thank Kim van der Sanden, the Owner of My Favorite Things for the amazing opportunity not only to be a MFT DT member but to also design a line of products under the well established, well respected MFT brand name. I would also like to give Jody Morrow a big shout out for all of her hard work, dedication and patience...

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Lucky me! 31

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a layout to share featuring a combination of beautiful patterned papers from the Pion design My Precious Daughter and Shoreline Treasures collections.  For the title, I used the chalkboard technique:  I embellished with die cut foliage and flowers from my stash: I journaled about my sweet girl and embellished with a metal heart, pearl brad and fussy cut butterfly: For...

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you are a special blessing... 43

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 combined pretty papers from the Pion Design Shoreline Treasures collection with fun stamps and dies from MFT: The sentiment is from Words of Inspiration:  Thanks...

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REMNANTS 53

Hi there! Hope you had a great weekend! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! For this week's challenge, the theme is to: use those products that don't get used nearly enough! Perhaps it is a stamp or maybe it is a particular ink color. Whatever your particular product or technique is ~ this is your chance to get it used and share! I was inspired to create a tag using neglected fabric: Fellow DT member Ashli was my...

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A shabby mini... 44

Hi there! Are you as ready for the weekend as I am??? We have a few fun things planned which includes Meredith competing in a horse show and taking a family date night out at the movies :) How about you ~ any fun plans? Today, I have another shabby mini album to share which includes beautiful papers from the Pion design Alma's Sewing Room collection along with lots of pretty lace and trimmings: Angie loves the shabby vintage style as much as...

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A tutorial peek... 9

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! The small snippet that you see above was taken of a project that I made for exclusively for the Simon Says Stamp blog ~ click HERE. If you are interested in a fun "how to" tutorial, please be to stop by HERE. Thanks for stopping by ~ hope you enjoy the rest of the week! Be Sweet ;)...

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