Monthly Archives: August 2009

It’s Monday again

August 31, 2009
Thank You Kindly

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  Whoa—what happened to the weekend?!  Today’s card is about punches with a minimal emphasis on stamping. SU!’s Sahara Sand is the card’s base color with the accent colors being Kiwi Kiss (retired—sob!) and Basic Gray.  I used my retired Urban Oasis DSP for the card’s focal point.  OK, I was feeling lazy!  The Modern label [...]

It’s Summer and I’m doing Christmas Cards

August 30, 2009

 MOJO101

I had a blast using Verve’s Ornamental Christmas stamp set in creating today’s 5×5-inch square card.  The stamp set has so many options for dressing up (or not) your stamped ornament. The set also includes a great set of holiday sentiments to use on your crafting project. 

Another dip in the stash day for me.  I used retired SU! Christmas paper that color coordinates with Certainly Celery, Artichoke, and Soft Sky (retired).  The ornament outline and sentiment were stamped with Always Artichoke ink and the ornament decor with Soft Sky ink (retired). 

My Christmas card was created based on Verve’s Mojo Monday 101 sketch challenge.

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I have some yard work that’s calling out to me except my body says a nap is more important.  What do you bet that the nap happens before the yard work?!

Stamp on and with Aloha!  Aloha Jan

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My first Blog Candy!

August 29, 2009

Spellbinders Labels - Blog CandyWow!  I have over 15,000 hits and 30 readers!!!  dancegirl2That is so unbelievable fantastic (and touching!) to me so let us celebrate with my very first blog candy:  Spellbinders Nestabilities – Label Two.  Yum!!! 

How do you win the blog candy?  OK—fairly simple. 

1. Leave a comment on my blog with a link (or somehow point me in the right direction) to a favorite card sample or 3D project of yours.

2. You’ll get another chance at winning if you post on your blog about my blog candy.

I’ll used Random.Org to select the lucky winner on Sunday, September 6th. 

As always,

Stamp on and with Aloha!   Aloha Jan

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