tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27491834950937293392024-03-13T09:47:23.674-04:00Stampin ScrapperJean Martin's BlogJean Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155341692065813709noreply@blogger.comBlogger754125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749183495093729339.post-8188153203419930802013-11-21T11:39:00.000-05:002013-11-21T11:39:37.397-05:00MIA<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there! Wow, it's been a while since I posted anything here. I apologize for the long silence. Something big has come up with our family and it has taken up all my time. I actually haven't had any time to do any crafting at all. So I'm going to be taking some time off crafting for a while. Hopefully, I'll be back sooner than later. I'll miss you guys. </span></div>
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Jean Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155341692065813709noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749183495093729339.post-20251077287212209882013-10-22T12:26:00.000-04:002013-10-22T12:29:22.584-04:00Avery Elle Simply Tags: Christmas <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hey there! I'm back with two cards today for <a href="http://www.averyelle.com/">Avery Elle</a>. My awesome friend </span><a href="http://waffleflower.com/products/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nina Yang</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, who is a product designer for <a href="http://www.averyelle.com/">Avery Elle</a> asked me to try out her stamp set </span><a href="http://www.averyelle.com/simply-tags-christmas-clear-stamps/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Simply Tags: Christmas</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> with its coordinating </span><a href="http://www.averyelle.com/die-bow-simply-tags-christmas-elle-ments/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">die</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> set</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Of course I was more than happy to play with this wonderful set! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know it's says Simply Tags Christmas, but I wanted to show that it could also be used for other things. So I made this Happy Birthday card. I just stamped two string lines going across the cardstock and sprinkled stars and dots around them. I love how festive it looks! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then for the sentiment, I made this cute star with the banner that runs across it. And it's so much fun to combine colors for the banner too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my next card, I made a Christmas one. I made my own background panel by heat embossing a snowflake several times on gray cardstock. Then I made my little star tag to attach to the middle. See how different it looks to suit the theme just by changing colors? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's going to be a blog hop in November so make sure to check in then! :) Thanks for stopping by today. I'll see you all again soon! :)</span></div>
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Jean Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155341692065813709noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749183495093729339.post-72692618547282953862013-10-21T12:29:00.003-04:002013-10-21T12:29:53.520-04:00My first try at party decorating.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there! I wanted to share a few shots of the little party we had last weekend. I was so busy getting stuff ready and entertaining people that I forgot to take more pictures. Hopefully, this is enough. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know if you can see them, but by the window I made a garland. I die cut circles from gold and aqua tissue paper wrapping and sewed them together. It's pretty easy to make. And it looks great as a backdrop for any party!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The party was actually a birthday celebration for three! For hubby, me and a friend of ours who are all October celebrants. We just decided to celebrate it all together. :) So I made a little Happy Birthday piece that I stamped and framed with a $1 Ikea frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also made little buffet cards for the food. I stamped the bigger circles in aqua and then gold embossed the smaller circles. I placed the cake on some of my photo props. lol. So glad I had them for this party. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There you go! Hopefully there will be more parties for me to decorate! :) I would love to do some baby showers! Or first birthdays! I'll be back with another post for today. Thanks for stopping by I'll see you again soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there! The <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/2013/10/wplus9-2013-holiday-collection-full.html">WPlus9 October Release</a> went well! I hope you liked the sets and dies we previewed last week. Are you playing with your newly acquired stamp sets already? Well, here's an idea...how about making a card gift set with a coordinating DIY gift box? :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you're making several of these, it's a good idea to plan ahead for something simple. Because anything too elaborate and very layered would be very hard to make in multiples. For my card set, I used my favorite set from the <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/2013/08/wplus9-augustseptember-2013-release.html">August/September Release</a>, <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/fanciful-feathers/">Fanciful Feathers</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello! Welcome back to <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/">WPlus9 October Release Previews</a>. It's Day 3, and Christmas preparations are in full swing over at WPlus9. Have you seen the gorgeous cards and tags of the other DT ladies?! Amazing! I myself am having a lot of fun with the October release!!! And I am ABSOLUTELY certain you are going to LOVE them!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today, we're introducing <b>Stitched Holiday Icons</b>, <b>Pretty Poinsettias</b>, and <b>Strictly Sentiments 3</b>. For my first project, I used <b>Stitched Holiday Icons</b>. It's a set of dies with, yes, you guessed it, <b>Stitched Holiday Icons</b>. lol. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These tags are soooo easy to make. It's wonderful if you're planning on making a LOT to send out with Christmas presents this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my second project, I used the combination of <b>Pretty Poinsettias</b> and <b>Strictly Sentiments 3</b>. If you love building images with stamping then you are going to love this. It just adds so much detail to the flowers and leaves! Gorgeous! Since you know my aversion to using red because of staining, I made pink Poinsettias. :) I can also imagine these babies in ice blue or gray! Not that there are Poinsettias like that...or are there? :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sentiment for this card was made with <b>Strictly Sentiments 3</b>. It's a small sentiment set with a modern twist. And doesn't it look good in gold? :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello again! Welcome back to Day 2 of the <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/">WPlus9 October Release Previews</a>. You're in for more inspiration today! We're featuring: <b>Heartfelt Holidays</b>, <b>Silver Bells</b>, and <b>Under the Mistletoe</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For my first card, I used </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Under the Mistletoe die</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. You are going to absolutely LOVE this gem!!! I know I do! The die cuts are so beautiful and delicate. You just need to add a sentiment and that's it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my second card, I used <b>Silver Bells</b> as well as my favorite die cut from <b>Under the Mistletoe</b>. I just die cut my bells and heat embossed them silver. Then I die cut the ribbon and stamped in the coordinating image.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my last card I used <b>Heartfelt Holidays</b>. This is another set with a lot of "accessories" which I think you'll all love putting together! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And there you go! I'm so happy with my Christmas cards this year. And sooo glad to have started on them early this year. For more inspiration, please head on over to the other DT ladies' blogs'. Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again tomorrow!!!</span></div>
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Jean Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155341692065813709noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749183495093729339.post-8443963540286339372013-10-01T00:05:00.000-04:002013-10-01T00:05:00.998-04:00WPlus9 October 2013 Release Previews - Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there! It's one of my favorite times of the month. Release Week! Welcome to <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/">WPlus9 October 2013 Release Previews</a>!!! Today we're featuring <b>Woodland Wreaths + Coordinating Dies and Merry & Bright + Coordinating Dies</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The <b>Woodland Wreaths</b> is one of my favorite stamp sets for this release. It is absolutely beautiful!!!! I used the coordinating die cut for the different wreaths in the set. This one is my favorite among them. Doesn't it look so delicate? Gorgeous! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't like using the usual holiday colors. This is actually my go-to color combination for Christmas cards. I just hate using red. Not because of the color itself, but because it stains my stamps and it's soooo hard to remove. Then, when I want to use the same image on a much lighter color, I find that the red is still there and it blends in with the new lighter color that I want to use!!! And worse, it rubs off the red onto my other stamp pad!!! If there's a solution for this that I haven't heard about, please, please tell me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my second card, I used <b>Merry & Bright</b>. And again I used my favorite image from <b>Woodland Wreaths</b>. You will find that<b> Merry & Bright </b>has a lot of "accessories" that you will absolutely enjoy. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This candle/wreath combo has sooo many layers. I had to use glue to make sure that the little pieces would not fall out when it's mailed. But it's absolutely fun to put together! There are so many combinations you can do, not to mention colors you can use! I am totally going to enjoy making my Christmas cards this year! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There you go! I hope you enjoyed today's preview. Please come back tomorrow for more. And make sure to head on over to the other DT ladies blogs' for more inspiration. Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again tomorrow!</span></div>
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Jean Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155341692065813709noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749183495093729339.post-15879871342648638052013-09-22T10:54:00.001-04:002013-09-22T10:54:47.799-04:00Curtain Call: Sunflower Surprise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there! I'm taking a break from cleaning and sharing a card with you for <a href="http://curtaincallchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/09/curtain-call-inspiration-challenge.html">Curtain Call Challenge: Sunflower Surprise</a>. Curtain Call Challenge was my first ever design team! I remember being soooo excited when Stacy asked me to join. I had only started card making then so I was a bit nervous as well. But my team members were all so great that it was absolutely wonderful to be a part of the team. I had wanted to join since their very first challenge, but I've been busy. So finally, here I am! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the inspiration photo. And here's my card. I combined a lot of stamp sets from 5 stamp companies! YES! 5! I wonder if you can tell which ones. lol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There you go! I'm so glad for card challenges! If you haven't read my posts lately, I've been in a creative slump lately. Sadly, I've been watching more tv than spending time on my craft table. This wonderful challenge brought me out of my slump! I had a lot of fun with it! Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again soon! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oooh! Before I forget! I have a new tutorial over at <a href="http://www.acherryontop.com/">A Cherry On Top</a>. Check it out over <a href="http://www.acherryontop.com/articles/Card-Tutorial---Let-Your-Dreams-Take-Flight-17422">here</a>. It's a tutorial on how I made those beautiful Perfect Pearls vellum feathers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since we've spent the past two days showcasing Halloween cards, I thought I would make a card using <b>Art Deco</b> and <b>Putting on the Ritz</b>. I have to tell you, I can't stop using gold embossing on this!!! lol!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I had so much fun with these. I hope we've given you a lot of inspiration these past few days. Now remember, you have to leave a comment on each of the blog hop's participants in order to win a prize. You have until <b>6:59am on September 22</b> to leave a comment. If you're all done here, head on over to <a href="http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.co.uk/">Karin's blog</a> for more inspiration! I hope you had a lot of fun! Thanks for stopping by today!</span></div>
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Jean Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155341692065813709noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749183495093729339.post-83860662275564741672013-09-18T03:00:00.000-04:002013-09-18T03:00:08.392-04:00Waltzingmouse Stamps September Release Previews - Day 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello again. Welcome back to Day 3 of the <a href="http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/">Waltzingmouse Stamps September Release Previews</a>. We have two more stamp sets to preview before the big Blog Hop. Today, we're featuring <b>Spooky Tree</b> and <b>Vintage Witch</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my first card, I used Spooky Tree to make my background. Isn't this background stamp amazing?! Absolutely spooky!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stamped my sentiment on a <a href="http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/very-vintage-labels-no-18">Vintage Labels No. 18</a> and adhered it onto my card with some foam tape and twine. Then I decorated my card with the spooky crow from <b>All Hallow's Eve</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For me second card, I stamped the image of the witch and placed it inside a black frame. I made the background paper with <a href="http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/heirloom-patterns">Heirloom Patterns</a>. I used distress inks to color it in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tomorrow is the DT Blog Hop. Make sure you come back for more inspiration as well as a chance to win some prizes! Thank you for stopping by today! If you haven't yet, head on over to the other DT girls' blogs, you can find the complete list of participants in the </span><a href="http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">WMS blog</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. See you tomorrow!</span></div>
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Jean Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155341692065813709noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749183495093729339.post-72973438746120745052013-09-17T03:00:00.000-04:002013-09-17T03:00:01.324-04:00Waltzingmouse Stamps September Release Previews - Day 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello! Welcome back! It's day 2 of the <a href="http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/">Waltzingmouse Stamps September Release Previews</a>. October is just around the corner, so for those of you who celebrate this fun and candy filled day, we're featuring Halloween stamp sets: <b>All Hallow's Eve</b>, <b>The Count</b> and <b>Splat That</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For my first card, I used </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All Hallow's Eve</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Splat That</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. All Hallow's Eve is a vintage Halloween stamp set. So for those of you who love vintage style, this is for you. If not, it's versatile enough to be used in other styles. Just like what I did here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For my second card, I made a little Halloween scene. I used </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All Hallow's Eve</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Count</b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> for this, as well as </span><a href="http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/hocus-pocus" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hocus Pocus</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There you go! It's a break from all the cutesy Halloween cards we always see. It would be perfect for your next adult Halloween party! :) Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure you head on over to the other DT ladies for more inspiration. Start at the <a href="http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/">WMS blog</a> to see the full list of participants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there folks! It's finally that time again. Welcome to the Waltzingmouse Stamps September Release Previews - Day 1. Today we're featuring three stamp sets, <b>Art Deco</b>, <b>Putting on the Ritz</b>, and <b>Opera Tags Christmas</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my first card, I used <b>Art Deco</b> and <b>Putting on the Ritz</b>. These sets remind me so much of The Great Gatsby. Gold and glamour, and this is what I came up with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello again! I've been playing with my new Lawn Fawn stamp sets and I wanted to share one card with you. This one is for the <a href="http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2013/09/lawnscaping-challenge-65.html">Lawnscaping Challenge 65 - These are a Few of My Favorite Things</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I did use a few of my favorite Lawn Fawn stamps for my card. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This <a href="http://www.lawnfawn.com/products/woodgrain-backdrops">Woodgrain Backdrops</a> set is my favorite woodgrain stamp to date. I can't seem to stop using it. For my card, I wanted it to look like a big tree with vines dropping from the top. So I added these vines from </span><a href="http://www.lawnfawn.com/products/blissful-botanicals" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Blissful Botanicals</a> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">in different lengths.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I added the cute little fawn and sentiment from <a href="http://www.lawnfawn.com/products/into-the-woods">Into the Woods</a> at the bottom. It's my absolute favorite set from the new release. I just wish it had coordinating dies too! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm really, really enjoying them! :) Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello! Looks like things are back to being a little quiet around here. It's probably a good thing, because I've been spending nights sitting at my craft table having a hard time coming up with anything! What do you do when you're having a dry spell? Stamp releases usually do it for me. But since we've just finished the releases, I hope I can find something to kick start my crafty mojo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there! I'm back for Day 3 of the <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/2013/08/wplus9-augustseptember-2013-release.html">WPlus9 August/September Release</a>. It's my last day today, but I hope you've enjoyed everything and have found some inspiration. I'm featuring <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/dockside/">Dockside</a> ,<a href="http://www.wplus9.com/dockside-backgrounds/">Dockside Backgrounds</a>, <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/dockside-die/">Dockside Die</a> and <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/nautical-notions-die/">Nautical Notions Die</a> today, so please join me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just love cards with navy blue stripes on it. LOVE the bold look it gives the cards. If you can believe it, I'm actually featuring a lot of CAS cards today. lol. I would never have thought that because of how hard the CAS style is for me. Heehee. But Nautical goes so well with it that I gave it a go. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used the <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/nautical-navy-cardstock/">Nautical Navy cardstock</a> to make the bold stripes on the background. Then stamped the circle image and die cut it with <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/clear-cut-stackers-circles/">Clear Cut Stackers: Circle</a>. I attached the crab from <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/nautical-notions-die/">Nautical Notions Die</a> with foam tape and heat embossed my sentiment below it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My second card is similar to the first, but this one I made using <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/borders-backgrounds-2/">Borders & Backgrounds 2</a>. Then I heat embossed <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/monogrammed/">Monogrammed</a> in silver and added the same a smaller crab die from <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/dockside-die/">Dockside Dies</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is one of my favorites. I saw a cute anchor necklace and thought I would translate it into a card. I used the anchor die from <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/nautical-notions-die/">Nautical Notions Die</a>. I made a shadow behind it by die cutting two in different shades of gray and then adhering them off center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For this card, I used <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/dockside-backgrounds/">Dockside Backgrounds</a> to make the wooden slats. I used the sentiment from <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/dockside/">Dockside</a> as well as the beautiful compass. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally, one last CAS card for today. I saw something similar on Pinterest and thought it was really pretty. So I tried to make my version of it. I hope it's ok. My CAS cards are always hit and miss. When my sister saw this (we were Skyping while I was making cards) she said that it looked like something was missing from it. lol! What do you think? Please back me up here. Hahahaha. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There you go! I hope you enjoyed that a lot! Thank you so much for joining me these past three days. I had so much fun with these new sets that I'm pretty sure you'll see me using them often here. See you again soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there! I'm back with the second installment of the <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/2013/08/wplus9-augustseptember-2013-release.html">WPlus9 August/September Release</a>! I hope you enjoyed yesterday's projects. I've been having so much fun with them! Today, I'm featuring <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/monogrammed/">Monogrammed</a>, <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/basic-banners/">Basic Banners</a> + <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/basic-banners-die/">Die</a>, <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/borders-backgrounds-2/">Borders & Backgrounds 2</a>, and the <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/a2-envelope-liner-die/">A2 Envelope Liner</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's going to be a photo heavy post again, I hope you don't mind. Here we go! My first card was inspired by a card I saw on my visit to Paper Source. I loved it so much that it stuck in my head for weeks after I saw it. When I finally go my new stamp sets I knew I could my own version of the card that I saw. Here it is...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It looks pretty simple. But the execution was a little harder. I don't usually make one layer cards with a LOT of masking so this took quite a while for me. Although, Jennifer McGuire had made something like this a few days ago. It looked so easy when she did it. lol! So it could be just me! haha! I used <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/fresh-cut-florals/">Fresh Cut Florals</a> as well as <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/monogrammed/">Monogrammed</a> to make this card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was so happy after I made this that I had to try to make another one. This second card also used <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/fresh-cut-florals/">Fresh Cut Florals</a>. But this time, I paired it with a sentiment from <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/fanciful-feathers/">Fanciful Feathers</a> and <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/basic-banners/">Basic Banners</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my third card, I used <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/borders-backgrounds-2/">Borders & Backgrounds 2</a>. I saw an image of a necklace with feathers on it and wanted to dangle my feathers on twine as well. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I die cut the feathers from <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/fanciful-feathers/">Fanciful Feathers</a> and heat embossed them gold. For the sentiment and banner I used <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/basic-banners/">Basic Banners</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What do you think? Don't you just love those feathers?! I love background stamps. I just noticed recently that I rarely use patterned papers anymore. It's just so much more fun to make my own! That's it for me today! Come back tomorrow! I have a lot more to share with you! Thanks for stopping by today! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello again! Yes it's me again. I told you we were going to be a bit busy this week. Have you seen the <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/2013/08/wplus9-augustseptember-2013-release.html">WPlus9 August/September Release</a> yet?! Aren't they amazing?! I had so much fun with them that I kept on making one card, after another, after another. So it's going to be a photo heavy post. I won't go into so much detail since there are so many of them. But if you have any questions, just pop me an email and I'll gladly reply. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let's start! Today, I'm featuring <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/fanciful-feathers/">Fanciful Feathers</a>, <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/fanciful-feathers-die/">Fanciful Feather Dies</a>, and <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/a2-envelope-liner-die/">A2 Envelope Liner Die</a>. I actually asked Dawn if she could design an awesome feathers set a few months ago. I was absolutely delighted when I saw these!!! I was so excited to ink them up, hence the large amount of images on this post. I hope you like them all!!! Let's start with my little feather card set. I made three coordinating cards as well as envelopes lined with coordinating liners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I saw Dawn's project <a href="http://www.stampawaywithme.blogspot.com/2013/08/wplus9-augustseptember-2013-release-day.html">here</a>, I knew I wanted to make my own version of it. So I picked out one of my favorite color combinations and made this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since I couldn't help myself. I made some more! Can you see the feather in my card?! My husband can't!!! :( I die cut the feather, heat embossed it gold and cut it into three pieces. I attached each piece onto a piece of cardstock that I stamped. I didn't have a solid square stamp, so I had to improvise. I actually used <a href="http://www.wplus9.com/country-charm/">Country Charm</a> and just flipped one of the patterned square stamp so that I could get a solid square image. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there! It's going to be a bit busy around here again. I have a release feature and some challenges for this week. So let's start with a challenge! It's Monday again, and time for another <a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/">The Shabby Tea Room Challenge</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's my interpretation of the inspiration photo. If you look closely at the photo it looks like the dress actually has small pinstripes on it. So I made a pinstripe background for my card as well using my <a href="http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/pinstripe-backgrounder">pinstripe background stamp</a> from WMS. And instead of having lace, I heat embossed a clock face from <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/hands-of-time-stamp-set/">Hands of Time</a> on my background paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted a vine that looks like it was crawling on top of the clock face so I took my <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/harvest-berries-stamp-set/">Harvest Berries</a>, die cut it, stamped it and adhered it with foam tape over the background panel. The vine was a perfect place to position my silk flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And I absolutely love this cute little fox from </span><a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/hello-foxy-mini-stamp-set/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello Foxy</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. It was a perfect addition to my little card. The sentiments from </span><a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/bigger-blooms-stamp-set/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bigger Blooms</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> are some of my favorites, so of course I had to add it here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There you go! My card for <a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/">The Shabby Tea Room - Week 180</a>. I hope you enjoyed it. Please join us for a little inky fun over at <a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/">The Shabby Tea Room</a>! See you there! :)</span></div>
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Jean Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155341692065813709noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749183495093729339.post-32926764193406537732013-08-12T00:00:00.000-04:002013-08-12T00:00:02.535-04:00The Shabby Tea Room - Week 179: Vegetable Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello there! I'm back for <a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/">The Shabby Tea Room Week 179</a>. If you've only just checked in now, I'm the lucky month long guest designer over at <a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/">The Shabby Tea Room</a>! I hope you join us this week! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week's theme is <b>Vegetable Garden</b>. I was really lucky because I had just added the <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/vegetable-garden-stamp-set/">Vegetable Garden</a> stamp set from PTI a week or two before I received the inspiration photos. This was a bit of a challenge for me though. But then, this is a card challenge after all! So grab your vegetable stamps and take the challenge! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I grabbed my Vegetable Garden stamp set and started by creating a background patterned paper. I didn't stop there though. I wanted to make the images glossy. So after stamping the images, I heat set them and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Welcome back! You made it to the last day of the <a href="http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.co.uk/">Waltzingmouse Stamps August Release</a>! Today, we're doing one last round with a Blog Hop and a prize to be given away to a lucky winner who comments on all the blog participants. You have until </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.19444465637207px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">August 12 at 11:59 PM (GMT), 5:5 9AM Central, 3:59 AM Pacific and 6:59 AM Eastern to leave comments.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is for a beach themed wedding. I started by stamping the <b>Pinstripe Background</b> stamp in aqua mist. Then I heat embossed the seahorses and sentiment from <b>Ocean Bound</b> in gold. That's it! Didn't I tell you it was easy?! For sure you can make these in bulk for an actual wedding! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I lined the envelope with aqua mist cardstock. But for an actual set, you will need to use a lighter paper than cardstock. Doesn't it look beachy?! :) I'm waiting for my youngest sister to get married and I'm super excited in helping with the preparations. She's always wanted either a garden or beach wedding. So when I saw <b>Ocean Bound</b>, I knew I had to try to make something for a wedding. heehee. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's it for me! If you're all done here, you can head on over to <a href="http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.com/">Karin's blog</a> for more inspiration! Don't forget to leave those comments for a chance at the prize!!! Thank you for stopping by today! I'll see you again soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Welcome back! It's Day 3 of the <a href="http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/">Waltzingmouse Stamps August Release Previews</a>. Have you been enjoying the release so far? Well, it's not over yet! We have more samples prepared for you this week! We have another three stamp sets to preview today before the Blog Hop on Saturday. We have <b>Another Big Day</b>, <b>Pinstripe Background </b>and <b>Zigzag Background</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before we begin, I'm really hoping that the pictures came out ok. It was so gloomy when I took these pictures. The sun just didn't want to cooperate with me. lol. Anyway, my first project for today is another nautical card. The <b>Pinstripe Background</b> is so perfect for this set! You've seen me use this is my previous projects. I just love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been seeing a lot of floral cards on Pinterest lately. They've been such an inspiration. I was at the big Paper Source store in Manhattan last weekend. And I saw this color combination on one of their cards. When I saw it I knew I wanted to make a card with it. So here it is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used <b>Funky Flowers</b> for this one. I also used some of the leaf veins from <b>Two Step Sprig</b>. The sentiment is part of a new set being released as well. But we'll get to that tomorrow! :) The two toned flowers were made by inking the edges of the stamp a darker color than the base color. I also used my watercolor pencils to outline the centers of the flowers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have you used the new <b>Wink of Stella Brushes</b>?! They are gorgeous!!! I don't know if you can see it, but the centers of my flowers are all glittery!!! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my second card, I used <b>Two Step Sprig</b>. Again, the background and sentiment will be previewed tomorrow! Can't wait for you to see my projects then!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This flower set is absolutely gorgeous!!! I know that two step stamping is all the rave these days. So I'm sure you're all going to LOVE this!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ok. Last one for today. This one was made with<b> Simple Sprig</b>. It's a lovely mini floral stamp set! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Claire wanted a floral set that was fast and easy to use. And if you're planning on making a whole bunch of these, as a gift set maybe, then this is the set for you! I just stamped these flowers and then die cut them using my circle dies. If I had circle punches of the same size it would have been even faster! Isn't this set adorable?! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There you go! Let me know which set you liked the most ok? I would really love to know!!! ;) If you're all done here, head on over to the <a href="http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/">Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog</a> as well as the other DT ladies' blogs for more inspiration! Thank you so much for stopping by today! I'll have more for you tomorrow. So make sure to come back!!! See you then! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there! It's finally time for another <a href="http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/">Waltzingmouse Stamps Release</a>! Welcome to Day 1! Today we're featuring three stamp sets, <b>Tying the Knot</b>, <b>Safe Harbor Sentiments</b>, and <b>Ocean Bounds</b>. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have a whole "boat load" of projects to show you! ;) So hang on, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My first project is a nautical party set. It reminded me of my nephew Ryan who's birthday is coming up this September. He would love a nautical party...if only he wasn't half way across the globe, I would probably make several of these for him. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used <b>Ocean Bound</b> and <b>Tying the Knot</b> for this set. I stamped the life saver, colored it in with Copics and used my Exacto knife to cut it. I placed it over some twine which was absolutely perfect for my theme. Then I stamped the sentiments above and below it. The background stamp is included in the release, but we'll be featuring that another day. I also stamped the "rope" border stamp on the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I decorated a little bottle with the same life saver and added a little seahorse flag to the straw. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I made a place card for the birthday boy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For my second project, I made a little Wedding Congratulations card. It's a CAS card. I used the same blue strip of cardstock and embossed the knotted heart using white embossing ink. Then I stamped the sentiment above it. This was made with <b>Tying the Knot</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there folks! I'm guest designing over at <a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/">The Shabby Tea Room</a> this month! I hope you'll join me and TSTR design team every Monday this month for some crafting and fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If this post could blush, it would! lol! I cheated a little. Heehee. Instead of using a metal element in my card, I made something that "looked" like a metal piece. I waned to "frame" my princess inside a gold metal frame. And since I had no idea how to do that with actual metal, I just embossed the frame using gold embossing powder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I used little </span><a href="http://www.papersweeties.com/shop/all-products/emma/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Emma</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.papersweeties.com/shop/all-products/dream-a-little-dream/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dream a Little Dream</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> from </span><a href="http://www.papersweeties.com/shop/product-category/all-products/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Paper Sweeties</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> for my project</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. The frame was assembled using </span><a href="http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/florentine-frippery" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Florentine Frippery</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/holiday-labels-no-14" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Holiday Labels No. 14</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, and </span><a href="http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/very-vintage-christmas-stamp-set" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Very Vintage Christmas</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> all from </span><a href="http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/pages/shop" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Waltzingmouse Stamps</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. As for coloring, I used <b>Derwent Inktense</b> pencils on my image. I love using them! I haven't quite gotten the hang of it, but I'm practicing! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope I've brought you a little inspiration today. So don't be like me, grab your metal embellies and come join us! Heehee! For more inspiration, please head on over to<a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/"> The Shabby Tea Room</a> to check out what the other DT ladies have in store for you! Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again soon!!!</span></div>
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