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I struggled to find the perfect Mother's Day card for my mom.  It was right in front of me in the catalog this year!!I just love the Apron of Love stamp set and finally noticed the sample in the catalog.  Did you see it?!  It's bright and cheery and downright LOVELY!!  So, I set to work to copy it for my mom!Here's my card -- if you look in the catalog, you'll see an almost-identical card.  I changed just a few things.  Okay, maybe more than a few!!First of all,...

All of a sudden we have 2 days left of Sale-a-bration!  Where did these 2 months go?!  In the 2nd half of Sale-a-bration the basket bundle was introduced.  What a beautiful stamp set!  I just love the detail of the basket!!  What's better than a free stamp set?!  A matching dynamic impressions embossing folder of course!!  The card below was one of the cards we made in our Spring Folds card class.  It's sort of a specialty card -- because...

Isn't this a fun card?!  My assistant and team member, Jaynee, helped me to design it (it was crunch time, about 1/2 hour before a class and I was struggling!).The Party Pandas were stamped on Whisper White cardstock and hand cut out.  The hats were colored in with markers -- I'm pretty sure that they were primarily the Brights markers, but you could substitute any color to match your designer paper.  In this case, the designer paper layered behind the Whisper White layer is...

One of the early stamp sets offered for free in Sale-a-bration this year was the Epic Celebrations stamp set.  I immediately thought this would be a great stamp set for a teenage boy.  How cool!!  These three cards are not my own -- they were all received in swaps I participated in this past January.  The first two cards both feature our new Brusho crystals.  This is another Brusho card and uses a different sentiment.  It's not obvious in the picture, but I'm...

I truly believe that the Lots of Lavender stamp set is truly my favorite stamp set.  I love the two step stamping, meaning that I could use the 2nd "blossom" image as a stamp, or the buds can be colored in with markers or any watercoloring technique.  This card was a swap that I received in January -- I love the rich fig color of the ribbon and card base.  In case you didn't realize it, the designer paper is from the Sweet Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper.  It has a...