tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83438248899250554072024-03-12T23:13:10.293-04:00Colouring Within The Linesnancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.comBlogger420125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-21121457808505542342015-02-10T08:00:00.000-05:002015-02-10T08:00:08.834-05:00Another idea for a quick card<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another easy way to make up a card that you need in a hurry is to use a "pre-coloured" image. That's exactly what I did for this card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I subscribe to a site called <a href="http://freedigitalstamps.blogspot.ca/">Free Digital Images</a> and every day they send me an email with a list of sites offering free images/ sentiments/ tutorials, etc. I simply go through the list and pick the ones I want to save. That's where I got this one. I thought it would come in handy for a more masculine type of card and the fact that it was pre coloured was an added bonus! The sentiment is a stamp from Stampin' Up. A simple card sketch helped to bring this card together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hope you will take a few minutes to check out the <a href="http://freedigitalstamps.blogspot.ca/">Free Digital Image Site.</a></span></div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-87875014708491344712015-02-07T08:00:00.000-05:002015-02-07T08:00:06.381-05:00Another Quick and Easy Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another quick card using some bright coloured DPs and the same stamped sentiment as my card from the other day. Again I added some doodling around the squares. Simple little die cut flowers with brad centers helped to finish this card up.</div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-45189565120782251582015-02-05T08:00:00.000-05:002015-02-05T08:00:08.884-05:00Valentine for a friend<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Valentine's Day isn't just a day for couples it is also a nice time to tell a friend just how much you appreciate them</span>; hence this card!</div>
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No image this time just lots of pretty DPs by MME and a fun sketch by Mojo Monday. The sentiment is a rubber stamp by Stampin' Up. Added a bit of doodling around the outer edge and some line work around the different DPs. That's it! Quick and easy!</div>
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Wishing you a blessed day and thanks for stopping by.</div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-72960904478028229572015-02-02T15:59:00.001-05:002015-02-02T20:24:49.080-05:00Snowflakes are Winter's Butterflies....<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope your week is off to a great start. Mine is 'cuz we had a "No School Snow Day"</span>!<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and boy did we ever get a lot of the fluffy white stuff! Here is a picture of my back yard...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought this card would be appropriate considering our weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The image is a digital that I won a while back, {sorry I don't know who the talented artist is}, which I coloured with Copics. I fussy cut her out and mounted her onto a die cut circle. The sentiment is computer generated and mounted on another circle die cut.. Lots of ink distressing. The stars and snowflakes are wooden, ink and heat embossed. Lots of glitter glue on the snow dots, flakes and stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Challenges:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/">Crafting from the Heart</a> - Anything Goes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/">Craft Your Passion</a> - Anything Goes</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://fromtheheartstamps.com/community/2015/02/02/i-heart-card-sketches-w-a-twist-no-96/">I {heart} Card Sketches</a> - Sketch</span></strong><br />
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-84089794190435513312015-01-26T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-26T10:19:55.512-05:00I'll "Owl"ways Love You!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With Valentine's Day right around the corner</span> I thought I'd share a card I made for one of my grandkids. I love this cute image, but sorry to say I don't know who the talented Artist is! I have been trying to go through all of the digital images I have and sort them into files according to Artists; some are obvious but others, like this one, I'm not sure of. Maybe you could help me out...if you know the Artist please let me know.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used Tim Holtz's Distressed Markers to colour with. Some pretty ribbon, die cuts, folder embossing, buttons, inked layered wooden hearts, pearls and stitching all work together to finish this card up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until next time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.ca/2015/01/challenge-60-anything-goessketch.html">Creative Moments</a> - Sketch {turned sideways}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.ca/search/label/challenges">Really Reasonable Ribbon</a> - Hearts and Ribbon</span></div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-71968379466414485412015-01-25T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-31T21:12:39.716-05:00***The Nativity<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope your Sunday is wonderful! I enjoyed the morning helping out in "Childcare" at church. It is always so much fun to hang out with the babies and toddlers. I admit that they can easily tire this grandma out but they never fail to make me smile!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyway, since faith is so very important to me, this card was an absolute delight to make. I have had this rubber stamp for some time now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(won it in a card challenge), but just hadn't had the opportunity to use it until now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After inking the image I heat embossed it with copper embossing powder. I love how this made a sort of ridge around each section that I then coloured with my Copics. Lots and lots of die cuts, gemstones, and faux snow on this easel card. Had fun trying out this new "burlap paper" I bought at Michael's. Sentiment is also another rubber stamp, from a set that I won in a different card challenge!{As you can see I love challenges, I totally recommend entering them!}.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Challenges:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.ca/">Stamping Sensations</a> - Dies and Punches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/">Craftyhazelnut's Christmas</a> - "Joy to the World"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/">Hiding In My Craft Room</a> - Any Holiday</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">My Time To Craft</a> - 2 or more People</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://suzysmarty1.blogspot.co.uk/">Completely Christmas</a> - Christmas for a Child</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.ca/">Cut It Up</a> - Embossing {Heat}</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*<a href="http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.ca/2015/01/chnc-challenge-extra-for-january-2015.html#comment-form">Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra</a> - Anything Christmas</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-54179111265006357152015-01-23T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-24T17:04:00.057-05:00Time for a change!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I came across another cute image I had coloured up earlier; this time it is by Doodle Garden!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I think I got my first Doodle Garden image as a freebie and fell in love! Then I was blessed to have a card win in a challenge and guess what the prize was; Doodle Garden images! This was one that I picked...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope you have a wonderful day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nancy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Challenges:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/">Fussy and Fancy</a> - Things with Wings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/">Left of Center Creative</a> - Layer it Up!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.ca/">Sister Act Card</a> - Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://deconstructingjen.com/deconstructed-sketch-no-184/">Deconstructed Sketch</a> - Sketch </span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-69325561987440056032015-01-21T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-21T10:47:27.630-05:00Showered In Blessings...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you can see I love colouring up Tiddly Ink images! They are so adorable...I just can't resist them! Here is my latest...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to set her behind a framed, see through window, (cut from plastic packaging), and add some falling leaves to make a "Shaker Card". Lots of die cuts including the butterflies,flowers, frame and sentiment matting. A bit of green ribbon and lace as well. Though it doesn't show up real well there is glitter on both the butterflies and flowers. Several pearls, {flower centers}, edge doodling and a computer generated sentiment finish this card up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until next time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Challenges:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/">Crafting from the Heart</a> - Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/">Crafting Your Passion</a> - Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.ca/">Crafty Boots</a> - Butterflies</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-69949105479349955412015-01-19T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-19T13:06:34.565-05:00Baked with Love<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Good Monday morning to you. Hope you had a great weekend! We had a little family get together to celebrate</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">my husband's and his dad's birthdays! Lots of fun! I also got my Christmas tree down and put away...now the house looks so dull and empty! I also got to have a bit of crafting time and made up this card...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yep!, another cute Tiddly Inks image! Like the previous ones I have had her coloured up for a bit just sitting on my desk waiting to be made into a project. I used MME papers and added these cute button embellishments, tied with a twine bow. Lots of faux stitching, {I think it's becoming a "trade mark" for me! lol}.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nancy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Challenges:</span><br />
<a href="http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lil Patch of Crafty Friends</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> - Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/">The Sisters of Craft</a> - Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://kitandclowder.ning.com/challenges">Kit and Clowder</a> - Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.ca/">Chocolate, Coffee and Cards</a> - No Circles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/">Jo's Scrap Shack</a> - Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.ca/">Sister Act Card Challenge</a> - Anything Goes</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-17092882109064580512015-01-17T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-24T14:37:17.143-05:00***Another Tiddly Ink's Image...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hope your weekend is off to a good start. I am looking forward to a good one! Actually every weekend, when I don't have to work is a good one, lol!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today I have card featuring another one of those cute Tiddly Ink images that I have had coloured up for some time. I think these images are simply adorable! I love just colouring them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used Copics again and this time I used blue and green papers by Authentique. Here it is...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you can see I used the Martha Stewart snowflake punch again, but this time I added some flourishes made from a die by Sweet Cuts. { I won several of these dies in a card competition and absolutely love them. They are the perfect size for card making and cut wonderfully in my Big Shot}.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Again I added lots of<strong> glitter, faux snow, stitching and doodling</strong>. No sentiment yet as I am not sure if I will be using this as a "Birthday" or "Thinking of You" card. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Challenges:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.ca/">Patties' Creations</a> - "Fun in the Snow"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://papercreatorscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">Paper Creators</a> - Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">* <a href="http://myshericrafts.blogspot.ca/">My Sheri Crafts</a> - Let It Snow!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.ca/">Di's Digis Designs</a> - Add Sparkle!</span></div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-30964822181159893382015-01-15T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-22T12:10:21.737-05:00*** An Valentine's Day Easel Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Every time I make an easel card I think, why don't I make these more often - I simply love them! It's not like they are hard; a bit more paper and a little more time consuming but the end result is so worth it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, I have had this cute Tiddly Ink image coloured up for a while now but hadn't gotten around to making her into a card. Since I had coloured her in pink I decided to make her into a Valentine;s Day card using these pretty MME papers i had. The single snowflake was made using a Martha Stewart punch. The snowflake border was made from a Tim Holtz's die. Lots of glitter and a bit of faux snow on this card. I added a trim of pink rick rack, a couple of tiny metal hearts, buttons tied with pink twine, (snowflake centers), and faux stitching/doodling. I simply typed up the sentiment using a fun font on my computer.</span></div>
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*<a href="http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">In the Pink</a> - Anything Goes {plus pink}</div>
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<a href="http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/">Moving Along With The Times</a> - Dies/Punches {Both -Snowflakes & Border Snowflakes}</div>
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<a href="http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.ca/">Crafty Gals Corner</a> - Sweetheart {add a heart somewhere - 2 metal ones}</div>
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<a href="http://thepapershelter.blogspot.ca/">The Paper Shelter</a> - Dies/ Punches {Snowflake punch & die}</div>
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<a href="http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.ca/">DigiStamps4Joy</a> - Bingo {Die/Punch//Hearts//Buttons}</div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-38834402105623822152015-01-13T10:04:00.002-05:002015-01-13T10:56:35.549-05:00A Quiet Birthday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, last Friday was my husband's birthday and I have to say it was very quiet. With all the snow we had he spend his day shoveling at school or resting in between. I wasn't feeling all that great either so we decided to postpone the celebrating to a later date. But, I did manage to get his card finished on time and here it is. The papers are by MME "cosy collection". The rubber stamp is one I have had for ages. After stamping, I cut it out with a Spellbinder's die. A simple button tied with twine and some faux stitching helped to bring it all together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(We were able to celebrate Sunday afternoon; with lunch and chocolate cheesecake with our family, so he didn't have to wait too long!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hugs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Challenges:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://joannamunster.com/2014/12/15/ibsic-89/">Inspired by Stamping</a> - Sketch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well here is my first card for 2015 and for sure it had to be a birthday card</span>! I never have enough of them on hand! This one features a cute Ppinky doll image that I coloured up with Distress Markers. I love these images! The papers are an assortment from MME and Authentique. Lots of faux stitching, several tiny gem stones and a rubber stamped sentiment all help to pull this card together.</div>
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I hope you are having a lovely day. Here in SW Ontario we are under an extreme cold warning and expecting a winter storm later this evening. Sounds pretty promising for a "Snow Day" off of school for tomorrow and this little janitor would really enjoy that! lol</div>
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<a href="http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/">Craftyhazelnut's</a> - Patterned Paper<br />
The <a href="http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/">Crafting Café</a> - Lots of layers<br />
<a href="http://stickitdown.blogspot.ca/">Stick It Down</a> - Sketch<br />
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-39491597639458506572015-01-05T22:02:00.002-05:002015-01-05T22:43:07.897-05:00My first post for 2015!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Had to wait until after the holidays to share with you the Christmas gift I made for my eldest daughter... a fun collage of her family using all Mo Manning digital images! This was so much fun to do even though it was a bit of a challenge to get the merging technique down. I used a free program called Paint.Net </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to do the merging. The images are coloured with Copic Markers. My daughter and her husband just finished putting up a "pallet wall" in their family room. I figured they would be putting this picture in that room so I decided to make a frame for the picture using the wood from an old pallet as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.ca/2014/12/all-crafts-challenge-decjanuary.html?showComment=1420514695060#c7201350384871865358">Craft My Life</a> - Anything Goes but no cards!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.2creativechicks.com/">2 Creative Chicks</a> - anything but a card!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://doodleartifacts.blogspot.ca/">Recycle, Re-purpose & Re-invent</a> - Recycle ( old pallet for frame)</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-77225350318956335022014-12-27T22:24:00.001-05:002014-12-27T22:41:13.478-05:00Just a note...<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Just to let you all know that I am still here. Just taking a bit of a Christmas Holiday and setting up my new laptop that Santa brought me!</span><br />
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-89998332219641566312014-12-04T07:00:00.000-05:002014-12-04T07:00:07.990-05:00My Last Post as a Meljen's Design team Member<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, it was a difficult decision but I have decided to step down from the wonderful <a href="http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/">Meljen'</a>s <a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_615339280">Design</a></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_615339280"> </a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://team./">Team.</a> <b></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>I have so enjoyed working with Melissa's adorable images over the past 2 a</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>nd a half years and all the wonderful ladies on the Team.</b> I will really miss all of you but I am hoping that our paths will continue to cross. You have all been a real inspiration and great at helping me to learn all the "computery" things you need to know to be on a Design Team</span>.<b> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Melissa, you are an amazing artist and you have such a generous heart; it truly has been a delight to work with your images and I pray that you will continue to flourish in your God given talent. Blessings to you.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My reasons for stepping down are; family, ( aging parents, in laws, children, grandkids), full time working outside the home and I'm not as young as I used to be, lol! (At least that's what my body and the mirror keep telling me; though my mind says I'm still that girl I remember in my 20's, lol). anyway i will continue to create cards and things but only at a more leisurely pace. I also hope to continue blogging and enter those great paper craft competitions! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, here is my last official Meljen's Design DT porject.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I decided to work with one of my favourite Meljen's Christmas images "Christmas Holly Fairy". You can find her<a href="http://www.meljensdesigns.com/"> right here in the shop.</a></span></div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-30168883984859601302014-11-20T08:00:00.000-05:002014-11-20T08:00:05.101-05:00Thank You!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For the past 3 years my granddaughter, Alanna, has had a "Hot Chocolate Stand" with all the proceeds going to our local Outreach for Hunger. It started out as a Grade 6 school project called "Mr. Nobody". The assignment was for each student to take home a doll that looked just like a blue, faceless gingerbread boy and bring it back to school with something attached or added to it that would identify a need in our community that the student had helped. It actually not only made the students aware of needs in our area, but showed them that, even though they were young, they could make a difference. Well, as I mentioned above, Alanna held a Hot Chocolate Stand, raised over $600 for the Outreach for Hunger and attached a soup label to Mr. Nobody. The following year she decided to do it again, simply because she wanted to, and raised over $800 for Outreach for Hunger. This past Saturday Alanna held her 3rd Hot Chocolate Stand for Outreach for Hunger and raised just over $1650 . She realizes that she couldn't do it without a lot of help from her family, friends and donations from some local businesses. She is so thankful for all of the support she receives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, all that said, today starts the <b>new challenge </b>over at <b>Meljen's Designs </b>and this <b>week's theme just happens to be Thank You! </b>So I decided to make my <b>Thank You</b> card with<b> Meljen's adorable pre-coloured image</b> <a href="http://www.meljensdesigns.com/colored-digital-stamps/">Christmas Cocoa.</a> My printer ink wasn't the beat so I did add a bit of colour with my Copic markers.</span></div>
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latter part of November. Maybe that's why I felt I just had to make a
Christmas card to share with you The only problem was I really wanted to
use Meljen's Designs cute little image <a href="http://www.meljensdesigns.com/mice-digital-stamps/">"Autumn Flower Mouse"</a>
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some pretty Christmas papers, several heat embossed wooden snowflakes,
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there you have it...my simple little thinking outside the box. Hope I
inspired you to look at things a little differently to create something
new, maybe even something for the current challenge going on over at Meljen's Designs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hugs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-76233647612580877602014-11-06T08:00:00.000-05:002014-11-06T08:00:05.803-05:00Time for a new challenge...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My, how time flies! Here we are already finishing up the first week of November! The holidays will be upon us before we know it! I've been getting ready for Christmas for a while now because our family started doing a Pinterest Christmas exchange. We simply make gifts for each other from the things we have pinned. Last year was the first time we did this and I was kind of at a loss and everyone ended up with a gift card inside a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">hand made gift</span> card holder! {I did find the pattern for the holder on Pinterest!}. This year I am a bit more "Pin Savvy", so the gifts will be more suited to the different members of my family. It's actually quite fun, you might want to give it a try!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All that aside, it is also time for<a href="http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/"> a new challenge over at Meljen's Designs</a> and this week we would love to see your projects using these Autumn Bright Colors:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Remember you don't have to use a Meljen's image,{though there is a bonus if you}. Melissa does have a lot of cute freebies in the shop if you'd like to check them out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I worked with this fun image <a href="http://www.meljensdesigns.com/autumn-candy-apple/">Autumn Candy Apple </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Since I used lots of DPs on this card, I decided to for go the embellishments. I think it turned out nice without them. The image was coloured with pencil crayons. I also ink distressed all the edges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope you get a chance to make an entry for<a href="http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/"> this week's challenge.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">hugs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nancy</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-21619304415831746632014-10-27T13:43:00.000-04:002014-11-13T09:55:09.779-05:00*** Dream Big ***<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, I've been working a bit more with those Distress Markers and here is what I came up with:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Again I chose to colour another of Mo Manning's adorable images. Isn't she the cutest little pilot you've ever seen! Lots of pink on this card, with a couple of lace accents, as well as an antique button, pearls and a bow. I also took the time to do some real stitching on this card as well. The sentiment I simply typed up on my computer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a great week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hugs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Challenges:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.ca/">Crafty Calender</a> - Bingo ( pink/sentiment/buttons)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">My Time To Craft</a> - Hobbies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://papercreatorscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/">Paper Creator's Crafts</a> - Pink or Blue with Buttons</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">*<a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.ca/"> Mo's Digital Pencil</a> - Pearls and Lace</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/">A Creative Romance</a> - Pink</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/">Alphabet Challenge</a> - "S" Stitching</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">*<a href="http://aagwat.blogspot.co.uk/">Anything Goes With A Twist</a> - Touch Of Pink</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.ca/">Brown Sugar</a> - Anything Goes</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-49178465922433521602014-10-23T08:00:00.000-04:002014-10-23T08:00:01.008-04:00Trick or Treat<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Are you busy getting ready for the little Trick or Treaters that will be knocking on your door next week. Well, even though I don't really go for the whole Halloween thing, I do fix up a few bags for our grandkids and 3 little neighbour girls. So since this week's challenge over at Meljen's Designs is "Trick or Treat" I decided to make "tags" as my DT project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used the following fun Meljen's images: Bad Spell; Cute Little Candy Corn; Franken Kitty; Top Hat Pumpkin and Whacky Hat Cat. These are all available right here in the shop. Here are my tags...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I quickly coloured up these images with Copic Markers. I used a couple of fun frame die cuts backed with bright Halloween colours to mount the images on. I plan on attaching them to these cute Halloween cello bags that I bought at Michael's, once I fill them with candy. ( still waiting for the candy to go on sale!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hope you will take time to play along with us over at Meljen's Designs this week. Remember you do not have to use a Meljen's image, but Melissa has some really cute freebies in the shop and there is always the weekend freebie she gives away as well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hugs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy</span></div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-13054324112100038402014-10-20T13:40:00.000-04:002014-10-22T22:01:23.298-04:00A bit of practice with Distress Markers<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope your week has started off well. It is cold and wet here in SW Ontario, but that's OK since I wanted to just do some baking away. It is my eldest grandson's birthday today and since Braden doesn't like cake I decided to make him some Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies for his after school snack...always good with a glass of cold milk! Yum!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, another good thing to do on a cold, wet day is practice your colouring! So here is another of my attempts with the Water Colour Distress Markers, on loan from my daughter, Jasmine</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This time I worked with a Mo Manning image that I bought a few years back. I actually thought I had lost it (due to a computer crash), but thank goodness my husband told me to back up my files onto an external hard drive, because there she was- safe & sound!</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here take a peek at the end result:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to work with shades of purple simply because I found them the easiest to blend with and I wanted to finally use this mauve DP that I have had for forever! {You know, one of those papers you just love so much you can't bear to cut it</span>!}.<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I used 6 different dies on this card, some bling, pearls, an antique gold button and a metal heart! The pretty ribbon flowers, satin edged ribbon, {bow}, and the crocheted lace are all from good old Walmart. I distressed most of the edges with my little heart shaped distressing tool and ink. Lots of machine stitching on this card as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am really pleased with how this turned out. Those distress markers are getting more and more appealing every day! {I sure hope Santa reads blogs, lol!}.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blessings & hugs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Challenges:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.ca/">Card Mania</a> - Buttons</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.ca/p/challenge.html">Craft-Dee BowZ</a> - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Cutie Pie</a> - Purple + Cute</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.ca/">One Stitch At A Time</a> - Anything Goes With A Butterfly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.ca/">That Craft Place</a> - Girls - No Pink</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.ca/">Southern Girls</a> - Words</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-83062361995598660302014-10-18T13:38:00.001-04:002014-10-31T13:53:45.575-04:00*** A Cute Little Fox by Polka Doodle!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How's your weekend going - great I hope! Mine is kind of quiet, not feeling so well - gallbladder, I think. So to take my mind off of pain I decided to work on a card. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I had coloured this image earlier in the week, using distress markers, that I borrowed from my daughter, Jasmine. {Thanks Jazz. I think I'm going to ask Santa for some!} I inked all the edges to give them a bit of distressing of their own. The DP is from my Treasure Box. Used a sentiment embossing folder on the card stock and a pretty die to make the frame. Brads are by MME. Lots of real stitching on this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, that's it for now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hugs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Challenges:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.ca/">Allsorts </a>- Embossing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/">Hiding In My Craft Room</a> - Embossing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://stamplorations.blogspot.ca/">STAMPlorations</a> - Stamp & Embossing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/october-challenge-animals.html">Bunny Zoe's</a> - Animals</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">*<a href="http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.ca/">Sketch N Stash</a> - Sketch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.ca/">Quirky Crafts</a> - Frame It</span></div>
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nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-68966499149342459202014-10-17T08:00:00.000-04:002014-10-17T09:30:40.764-04:00Braden's Birthday Card.<div style="text-align: center;">
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morning! Today is my turn for DT inspiration over at Meljen's Designs and I have a birthday card I made for my grandson,
Braden, who will be turning 11 years old on Monday, to share with you. If you ask Braden
what he would like to eat, {morning , noon, or night}, he will tell you
he would like a "Cheeseburger!" It's his favourite. So for his card I
knew I just had to use Melissa's "Big Burger" image. <a href="http://www.meljensdesigns.com/big-burger/">You can find it right here in the shop.</a></span></div>
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borrowed some "Distress Ink Water Colour Markers", from my daughter, Jasmine,
to colour this image up. This was my very first time trying them and I
think with a bit of practice I could get to really like working with
them. I'm a "Copic Girl", but I love the soft look of water colour and
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started out to make this a CAS card with lots of white space. but I
just couldn't leave that big white space alone, lol. So I added a pocket
with an inserted tag, {that will probably hold a gift card for a much
desired cheeseburger!}. The DPs, ribbon and button are all from my
stash. I used my Dymo Punch to make the sentiment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks for stopping by to check out my post. Don't forget about the Meljen's Designs'<a href="http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/"> weekly challenge which is a </a><a href="http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/">sketch </a>, and keep an eye out for a freebie this weekend from Melissa as well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hugs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nancy</span></div>
nancyparker55http://www.blogger.com/profile/10630483793606171379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343824889925055407.post-19316784466132930102014-10-09T08:00:00.000-04:002014-10-11T17:15:35.234-04:00Time for a new challenge....<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well here we are at Thursday again and that means it's time for a new challenge over at Meljen's Designs</span>! This week's theme is "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend!"; we want to see lots of "shiny" on your projects!. Remember you don't have to use a Meljen's image but the prize is better if you do!</div>
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Here is my Easel card...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I know that this weekend here in Canada is Thanksgiving, but when I think of shiny & bright I think</span> of Christmas, so I went with a Christmas card! The image is a cropped Santa Baby Diva and you can find her<a href="http://www.meljensdesigns.com/darling-divas-digital-stamps/"> right here.</a></div>
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Lots of die cut leaves, that I also embossed, on this card and I used gem stones and glitter to brighten it up. </div>
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I do hope you will play along this week. You can enter your card<a href="http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/"> right here.</a></div>
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hugs,</div>
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Nancy<br />
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Challenges:<br />
<a href="http://craftylittlefairieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Crafty Little Fairies</a> - Use 1 DP<br />
<a href="http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.ca/">Milk Coffee</a> - Lots of Layers<br />
<a href="http://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.ca/">Southern Girls</a> - Girly/Shabby Chic {Girly}</div>
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