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I am pleased that today's giveaway sponsor is Firecracker Designs by Pamela. Pamela has been a very-long-time supporter of the newsletter, and I am grateful to have her as a sponsor and contributor! A big "Shout-out" to you, Pamela!The card above uses a couple of the images from...

This is another page in my book of me. This is the recreation center where I spent my early teen years ice skating and learning how to socialize. This page is embellished with a little squirrel and tree from Hampton Arts. (There is a park next to the Rec center, hence the squirrel...

Today's Blogger's Challenge was all about COLOR. The colors we were charged with using for the challenge are blue, moss, and orange. I happen to love these colors together, so this was an exercise in pure fun for me! My card uses the Watercolor Distress Technique from the February...

Confession time: Never in a million years did I think that I would use digital images in my stamped artwork. Never say never -- because I do now, and I AM A BELIEVER! If you have not yet tried it, you should take a step forward and try it yourself -- you will be SOLD. I am here today...

I love the Herringbone Technique from the December 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. It uses up scraps, it always impresses people, and it is just plain EASY! Kudos to Club Scrap for allowing me to use their technique in the newsletter.My Herringbone piece also uses...

I know I just posted a card using this dog on Friday, but I wanted to get this one on here, too. I actually received a handful of these images in an mystery image swap that I was in, and I loved it so much that I used them all up! This dog is set on a Mono Dies background from the...

I started this feature on my blog -- Scrappin' Saturday -- where I would post a stamped scrapbook page once per week...and it lasted one whole week! Seriously, I could show you a billion pages..but for some reason, taking a good picture of them is beyond me. Bad pictures be damned,...

Today's Blogger's Challenge was to use the sketch on the right as inspiration for our creations. I love this sketch - so easy -- and as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to use this piece of Silken Mist (from the October 2006 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter) for my rectangles....

Spring has sprung, as they say, so it is fitting that today's giveaway reflect Spring's beauty. The beautiful garden-themed stamps for today's giveaway are from Rare Image Rubber Stamps, presented by I Brake for Stamps. Nancy Judd, former Technique Junkie Designer, designed these...

Isn't there something beautiful about a stamp that says "May all your weeds be wildflowers"?  I think there is. I think it is a great wish to bestow on someone -- the ability to see beauty in life around us.The card above uses the some of the Chapel Road Artstamps that are being...

You are probably thinking to yourself: "Why would anyone ever buy those stamps?"Well, let me tell you -- I would. I did. After all, I came from a house with 6 kids. Do you think we EVER sang a normal happy birthday song? NO WAY. We would ONLY sing it the "monkey" way. That is why...

I love making Easter cards. Well, honestly, I love making spring cards of any type! Just the happiness of them...well, makes me happy. The challenge for Blogger's Challenge this week was to make Easter cards. My Easter chick uses a Glimmer Mist Watercolors Background (from the April...