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Hope Like Crazy…(The Smooshing Technique)

Hello Stampers and crafters today my card which was inspired by all the butterflies flying around our garden this summer.   And I know that as fall approaches these beautiful flutter-byes will be gone.  So here’s my card for today, I hope you like it. My card features more of a technique than a stamp set.   I started off my card by taping down a piece of watercolor paper.  I pulled out my…

Timeless Love for Anniversary

There’s something about anniversaries that I love. I guess it’s just hopeful and romantic. So when I realized some good friends of our were celebrating an anniversary this week, I jumped at the opportunity to use the Timeless Love and Butterfly Basics stamp sets. They are just perfect for anniversaries. I sort of stumbled on the color combination but I really like it. I seem to be attracted to…

Butterfly with Watercolor Background

I decided to work on this week’s Color Challenge over at Global Design Project. I have to admit, I cheated a  bit by adding an additional color. Here’s my card followed by the challenge logo. So, can a little Lost Lagoon Ink hurt? I hope not. I used an easy technique to add some background color for my beautiful butterfly. To create the background, I used a marker to put color on an acrylic…