Getting creative inspiration from shopping?

Any excuse is a good excuse to go shopping! Right? Today is day 6 of the awesome Kickstart Online Card Class that I am taking. Over the past couple of days, they have talked about getting inspiration from going “shopping” both inside your own craft room with supplies that you haven’t used in a while …

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Dotty for You/Art Philosophy Thank You Card

I needed to make a few thank you cards and while my Kraft cardstock, Dotty for You papers, and Cricut machine were all out on my desk, I thought I might as well use them. I came across a great sketch on Nichole Heady’s blog that I couldn’t resist using. I used Close to my …

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Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop

I thought I’d participate in Papertrey Ink’s January Blog Hop. Here is this month’s challenge… “This month, in honor of the New Year, we are challenging you to pick your favorite project from 2011 and share it with all of us. To take it a step further, you are challenged to create a second card …

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Clean & Simple Pemberley Card (Sneak Peek)

Today’s card is another I made for the Clean & Simple Card Class. The class today is called “Plainly White.” I love plain white cards and had a blast making this one using one of Close to my Heart’s brand new papers called Pemberley and a new stamp set called Card Word Puzzle. I can’t …

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“FUN” One Layer Card

Today is day two of the online Clean and Simple Card class that I am taking. Boy, the inspiration is incredible, both from the teachers and from the other students! Today’s class was titled “Perfectly Flat Cards” which are also referred to as OLC (One Layer Cards). These are my favorite, both because they are …

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Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Papertrey’s monthly blog hop is a fun one this month. Here’s the challenge: “Your challenge is to use some type of leftover Christmas wrapping, paper, bows, ribbon, tags, cancelled postage, or other leftover Christmas materials to create a project. And if you really want to challenge yourself even further, you can try to create a non-holiday card …

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