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16 years? Really?

Posted by Cathy on Dec 21, 2009 in Stampavie | 1 comment

My DH and I just celebrated our 16th anniversary. Here is the card I made him. I used the new Mo Manning Jack and Ginger clear stamp. The paper is from the Nook and Pantry 6×6 pad. Inside I wrote -” I’ll love you till our hair is gray….. Oh wait, our hair is gray.” Plus some other mushy stuff I’m sure you don’t care to...

A June Bug Thank You

Posted by Cathy on Jul 27, 2009 in Eat Cake Graphics | 1 comment

I wanted to play with my new Basic Grey June Bug paper pad – so I made a little thank you card. I used the Princess for a Day cling stamp set. The set has 3 images and one sentiment from Eat Cake Graphics in it. I colored it with Copics and cut the image out using the Label 1 Nestibilities dies. Its matted in a larger cut from the same die set. Since there were so many diamonds on the patterned paper, I decided to do the image like a diamond also. I inked the image with Scattered...

Great New Eat Cake Graphics Stamps!

Posted by Cathy on Jun 16, 2009 in Eat Cake Graphics | 4 comments

Eat Cake Graphics has released several new images – and they are all very fun (and funny!). Summer vacation is officially here. Today is the last (half) day of school for my kids. As much as I enjoy a more relaxed schedule (no more panicked rushing to make the bus), I have to admit there are times I wonder when school will start again. About half way through – sometimes I start to feel a little like this Mom here. But then I remind myself that they won’t be little...

New Greeting Farm stamps featuring Miss Anya

Posted by Cathy on Jun 13, 2009 in Copic Marker tips, The Greeting Farm | 5 comments

Nothing quite like new rubber stamps! As soon as I got the Rain, Snow, Shine Miss Anya set, I had to try it out. Greeting Farm stamps are so fun to color. They have enough detail to be interesting but still have space to color and blend. My initial plan for this card was to paper piece the coat and the umbrella – but I got carried away coloring with Copics and this is what happened. I guess I’ll have to make another card to try the paper piecing. The papers used here are...

Oh My, Oh My – so many new goodies!

Posted by Cathy on Apr 15, 2009 in Stampavie | 10 comments

Where do I start? How about with these super cute new clear stamps from Rachel Ann Miller? This one is called Hoppy Spring - and I thought it would make a cute Mother’s Day Card. I used the card sketch from Mojo Monday again. They have some very nice sketches. I also got to use my new Effervesence Border punch! I love it and have so many ideas for it (I just need 6 more hours in a day LOL!). I want to try weaving ribbon through the holes. The image is colored with Copic...