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White on white sounds so easy, doesn't it? It can be challenging to make something that has enough zing power so all of the white elements work together. Thank goodness for embossing machines!Today's card also serves two purposes. First, it is for the Blogger's Challenge, in which...

August is upon us and I am thrilled to give you a sneak peek into the August issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. This card uses the Back-to-Back technique from the soon-to-be-released August issue. To spice things up a bit with this card, I used the Deconstructed Collage...

This Emboss Resist card (*see note below about this technique) was inspired by a card made by my friend Nancy Hill. Nancy's card (Look at it HERE) uses the SU Medallion stamp -- because Nancy HATES doilies.When stamping with her, I took the position of advocate for the Hello Doily...

With my recent SU purchase (um, it was rather significant), I decided that I would not rest until I had used each stamp set at least THREE times...which is why I seem to be posting the same stamp sets every day LOL! This is the second card that I made from the Daring Adventure set. My...

I love this little bowl of cherries. It is so sweet! The stamp is from the Cherish Friendship set from Stampin' Up. I colored it with pastels and a blender pen.The hanging tag with the word "enjoy" is from the You're a Gem Set.To create the Lace Punch border behind the front panel,...

I started a post a few weeks ago (um, maybe it was a month ago- yikes!) with this Father's Day card that I sent to my dad. Somehow it got lost in the shuffle! I hope it will inspire you for what looks like, rather than the sentiment itself.The card uses the Non-Stick Color Technique...

Yes, you read that right. Kittens. If you know me, you know that I am not a cat fan (Dogs Rule!). I was in a swap a couple of months ago and I had made this card to represent the letter K. If you look closely you can see that the brads letters spelling  "Kittens" on them.  The...

Sloppy, Juicy Lollipops. Summertime fare, right? Well, today's Blogger's Challenge was to create a card representing summer. These lollipops, paired with the bright Stampin' Up paper (long since retired) just screamed summer to me.The Pink Paislee stamps used here were layered on...

I was in heaven when I first saw the Daring Adventure set from Stampin' Up!. As the mother of 2 teenage boys, I always find it difficult to stamp cards for them that they think will be cool. This set definitely has that cool factor! My card uses the Daring Adventure set with...

Warning! This card does not use a technique from the newsletter...but I hope you will appreciate it in any case!  The closest it comes is the Deconstructed Collage Technique from the December 2010 issue of the TJ Newsletter....so let's say it is that :)This Doily from Stampin'...

My Word! Where has the month gone? I have not posted for almost three weeks. Life has been crazy-busy for me personally, so things just fell off my plate.  I didn't stamp for three weeks straight -- and after I convinced myself that I still remembered HOW, I went on a stamping...