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Hi everyone! Boy, are the days ever flying by! We're probably at peak foliage color here in New England right now, but it will be interesting to see how much color ... how many leaves ... are left on the trees, after the Nor'Easter leaves town later today! The weather reminds me of many a trick-or-treatin' night here in northern Massachusetts -- wind howling, rain coming down, wet leaves on the road. I can't believe winter is right around the corner!! Stop this wild ride ... I'm not ready for...

This week's Blogger Challenge was a sketch challenge. I had a card I needed to make so I adapted my sketch challenge to fit my needs. Pictured below, you will see the sketch. The beauty of a sketch is that you can be as "free" or as "fitted" as you'd like. It's basically a "jumping-off" point that you can adapt to fit a stamp set's image or a need that you have, especially if you just don't know where to start! Above is the October sketch that I used, and you can see the card below that. Do...

Announcing the Next UStamp Dawn & Friends!! Event …Get a Jump on Your Jingle…Holiday Papercrafting 2010!! Early Bird Registration is now open…Don’t Miss Out!! Opening Day is Friday,Nov 12th EST!!I am so very excited to share with you that the next UStamp with Dawn & Friends event will be all about celebrating the Holidays -- Christmas/New Years/Winter.The good news is that I've been chosen to be a guest Designer for this online papercrafting event! I can't wait to share my projects!...

Happy World Card-Making Day! I hope everyone is able to sneak away to stamp for even a moment to celebrate this wonderful pasttime! I know there are several people that are celebrating with very worthwhile, charitable events today. My upline, Marilyn, is hosting a stamping workshop with several other demonstrators across Massachusetts to benefit the Making Strides Foundation, which is a Breast Cancer Awareness foundation (since it is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month!). If you wish to donate,...

I had a few moments today to participate in this week's Blogger's Challenge -- it's been a little while since I've shared anything so I thought it was time to show you the card I made!I used the Lovely as a Tree stamp set. With Black Staz-On ink, I stamped on some vellum paper, then colored the image with markers. I then flipped my image over to give it the softer, water-colored look. In order to give it a little more color, I mounted the vellum on a square of Pear Pizazz card stock, then...