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Stamp Review Crew: Truly Grateful
How’s the weather in your neck of the woods, stampers? Here in north central Illinois it has been nippy — we ate supper by the fire Thursday and turned on the furnace Friday morning. Many of you have...
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Hello, fall!
I am welcoming fall with open arms, although I’ve been enjoying fall-ish weather for weeks, it seems. There’s just a little snap in the air — the kind of weather that causes you to wear a sweater in...
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Autumn tag
Demo Jen Timko used this type of leaves on a recent card and I just had to CASE them. Sure, I knew the Flower Fair Framelits had leaves, but why didn’t it occur to me to use them without stamping...
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Autumn Wreath
I told my campers this month that I thought I was coming up with a fabulous new idea — creating a fall wreath from this set! The next time I ran through my blog roll after making this card, behold,...
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Curvy pumpkin box
It’s official: I am not the only stamper in love with this die! Two stamp camps proved this to be true, and I have no doubt the trend will continue. Perhaps you’ve seen these pumpkin boxes elsewhere...
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Give thanks
This is a sentiment to be lived out every day, isn’t it? I admire people who keep gratitude journals — and in fact I was very tempted by the Gratitude for Days Simply Created Kit in the Holiday...
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Fence posts and pumpkins
One thing I love about living surrounded by the (relatively) open country is the way farmhouses are decorated for fall. Very often there will be a small pumpkin at the base of each tree in the yard,...
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Grateful for you — and fall colors
Pretty soon I’m going to have to do a major transition to Christmas stamping, but not quite yet. This is the other card we made at yesterday’s camp. That oak leaf is inked once, stamped twice. The...
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The fabulous prize
Could there have been a weekend of more perfect fall weather? Not as far as I was concerned. Saturday was our turn to host the family (DH’s siblings) supper, and even though we got a late start to the...
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Grateful for My Digital Studio
I must admit it’s been some time since I’ve scrapbooked with My Digital Studio. I don’t have a good reason for that — it just slipped off my schedule. So when we rearranged the basement a couple of...
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A leaf window
Last night was my Heartfelt Inkspiration group meeting. We shared ideas and projects from the Holiday Catalog and geared up for the beginning of the Stampin’ Up! fiscal year on October 1. One of the...
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View through a window
I knew this set of Hearth & Home Thinlits dies would be fun to play with — it’s hard to stop experimenting with different scenes! Yes, the Happy Scenes stamp set is the perfect accompaniment (and...
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An acorn “hi!”
This is another camp card inspired by Mary Fish. Her clean and simple style appeals to me — this card is so simple it doesn’t require much explanation! But since I have the floor, I’ll say a few...
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Vintage Leaves wreath
When Theresa Paulson, one of my stampin’ buddies, said she wanted to make the Vintage Leaves wreath pictured on page 88 of the Stampin’ Up! 2015-2016 Annual Catalog, I was thrilled. I offered to give...
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Stamp Review Crew: For All Things
Hello, hoppers! The Stamp Review Crew hop this time features For All Things, the wonderful autumn set from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Even if your locale is not ablaze with colors, I’m sure...
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Stamp Review Crew: Lighthearted Leaves
Welcome, November, and welcome stampers to the first Stamp Review Crew hop of the month! I’ve used Lighthearted Leaves quite a bit this season (and shared with you here), but there doesn’t seem to be...
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Celebrate autumn trees
Our house finally has that glow in it, thanks to the changing leaves. I think they’re late, but eating breakfast in the dining room the other morning, I was alarmed at the startled expression DH made...
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Scarecrow!
It’s not often that I buy a stamp set for just one stamp, but in this case, I couldn’t resist the scarecrow image (and the crow). Already owning the punch made it an easier decision, and I only feel...
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Smiling on your birthday, friend!
Everyone’s doing it — at least lots of stampers, it seems — this “faux water coloring” technique. Actually, the water coloring is real, except that you use the ink from the freshly stamped image to...
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Wet leaves
So, I couldn’t stay away. Since I had thank-you cards to create and send, I used that as a reason to further experiment with the technique I showed in yesterday’s card. But here’s what I did...
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