Carols of Christmas in Rose Red and Wild Wasabi

I love non-traditional colors for Christmas – while green and red are all around us during the Holidays, blues can be gorgeous, metallic shades can really shine and a black-and-white card can be stunning.  For my local club this past week, we showcased Carols of Christmas bundle in Rose Red and Wild Wasabi for a gorgeous card.  Here’s one of the projects we made: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Carols of Christmas.  I spent the first…

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Bike Ride by Margo Bullwinkle

I love my InKing Royalty team!  While you already know many of them from their awesome blogs and super-creative projects, most of my team members are “hobbyist” demonstrators (they enjoy the benefits and discounts with no obligation to sell to others).  They also love the exclusive online community we’ve created on Facebook – we share projects and ideas and inspiration every day.  It’s so awesome to bring people together from across the United States through…

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Always & Forever for GDP099

The traditional gift to celebrate a five year wedding anniversary is wood.  A wooden bowl, a wooden clock, a new deck on the back of the house.  I suppose any of those could make a perfect wood-themed gift.  How about a beautiful card (paper is made from wood pulp – although paper has its own anniversary) that features wood?  I think that’s pretty awesome.  🙂  Here’s my card for this week’s “wedding/anniversary” themed challenge at…

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Message in a Bottle for CAS(E) This Sketch

I’ve been itching to play with my Message in a Bottle stamp set, and this week’s CAS(E) This Sketch challenge gave me everything I needed to dust it off (it’s not really dusty because it was new with the 2017 Annual Catalog – it just FEELS dusty with all the new Holiday products that arrived last week).  🙂  Here’s my card: And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card: Tips, Tricks and…

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SNEAK PEEK: Watercolor Christmas

Please raise your hand if you think I love stamp sets with sweet images and bold sentiments.  You might look a little silly to whoever is near you, wondering why you’ve just energetically thrown your hand into the air.   That’s OK because you guessed right and have officially earned all of my love a respect.  Here’s my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Watercolor Christmas.  If you still have your hand in the air, feel free…

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An Eclectic Trio of Colors for FabFri118

This week’s trio of bright colors are exciting and fresh.  Lemon Lime Twist (a bright and cheery green) plays well with Melon Mambo and Flirty Flamingo (two great shades of pink).  What a great combo!  I reached for the super-cool Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies to make this bright and cheery card: And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies.  If your tour of Stampin’…

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Carols of Christmas – Buy Your Bundle Now

I’m so happy that Stampin’ Up! released Carols of Christmas early to demonstrators (last month) and to customers (this month).  What a great bundle!  I’m excited to share a simple card today that features the Carols of Christmas stamp set.  Here’s my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Carols of Christmas – AVAILABLE NOW.  If you are itching to get a jump-start on your Christmas cards (or if you need to ease your way into the…

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SNEAK PEEK: Quilted Christmas

I’m so excited about Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Holiday Catalog – demonstrators were able to place their pre-orders from this amazing new book starting today.  What fun!  The first suite in the catalog – Quilted Christmas – is likely to be the first suite on your wish list.  I’m excited to share a few items from this fun and versatile suite on today’s 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ card.  Here’s my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Quilted Christmas…

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Housewarming with In the City Host Set

Want an awesome way to welcome a new friend to your neighborhood?  How about a bright and cheery handmade card?!  Who wouldn’t want to receive such a special gift?  Perhaps some home-baked goodies or a wad of cash would also be appreciated, but I’m almost certain the card would be enough.  Promise!  I made today’s card with this week’s CAS(E) This Sketch challenge in mind.  Here’s my card: And here’s the banner for the challenge…

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An Eclectic Thank You for GDP098

My project for this week’s Global Design Project sketch challenge features three products from the Naturally Eclectic Suite (found on pages 132 and 133 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Annual Catalog).  The paper, stamp set and coordinating dies gave me a perfect starting point for this sweet card.  Here’s my project: And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Naturally Eclectic Suite.  The banners, background panel and flower on…

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