Incredible Inspiration…Mackintosh Enamels

Today’s splitcoaststamper’s challenge was ripe with inspiration for me! This card is for the Inspiration challenge #135. We could be inspired by anything from Mackintosh Enamels’ catalog. I chose this pattern, but I wanted a platter instead of a plate. That’s why my “plate” is an oval.
I love the way they display their collections with [...]

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Swanson Thank You Cards First Mock Up

This card is for the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge #183.
I need to make Thank You cards for Swanson to send out for his graduation gifts. I told him I would make several mock ups for him to choose from. This is the first mock up.
Swanson is an Eagle Scout and I wanted the theme of the [...]

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Down by the Old Mill Stream…

For some reason that song kept going through my head as I was making this card for my daddy. Today is his birthday! Happy birthday Daddy!!

This is the second card I have made today for the Splitcoaststampers Color Combinations Challenge #173. I was actually inspired by this card made by E3stamper. This set is one [...]

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Blittery Girthday…Ooops Glittery Birthday Card

Swanson asked me to make a birthday card for a friend’s mom, Karen. She is very fun loving and easy going, plus the whole family likes cats. So I decided to use this cat stamp from The Cat’s Meow set. It’s playful, and fun and don’t think it had ever seen ink before!
I stamped the [...]

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Purely Wild Celery…Sounds like something got loose in my garden

I made this card the Splitcoaststampers Color Combinations Challenge #173. This week’s challenge uses Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate and Certainly Celery. Well, I don’t have Wild Wasabi or Purely Pomegranate, so I had to improvise with Old Olive and Rose Red. Not nearly as pretty together, but at least I get to [...]

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