Control Freaks August Tour: Holiday Catalog

  Welcome to the Control Freaks monthly blog tour! This month’s theme is Holiday catalog products.  Oh, my!  There is so much goodness in this new catalog, that I can’t wait to see what my fellow freaks have created!  If you started at the beginning of the tour, you just visited the very talented, Amy …

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Back To School

  The designers at Stylin’ Stampin’ INKSpiration are featuring Back to School cards on our blogs today.  You can check out the other designers’ amazing creations HERE.  My daughter has been in school for 2+ weeks already.  If you missed my Back-to-School scrapbook layout, you can view it HERE.  Since, I’ve been sharing Holiday catalog …

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Spreading Christmas Cheer

 I made a commitment this year: for every stamp set that I purchase, I will create and share at least 3 samples with it.  Over my time with Stampin’ UP!, I’ve bought many stamp sets that have never seen any ink.  I think it’s important to have sets that are very versatile in your craft …

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On a Roll

  I’ve been on a bit of a roll with the Twinkle Trees stamp set, so I thought I’d show you one more that is more of the traditional Bokeh technique.  It’s also a fun shaker card!   I started by sponging Pool Party, Blushing Bride, and So Saffron inks onto Whisper White card stock.  …

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Santa’s Sleigh Meets Twinkle Trees

Today’s card has so much sweet, glittery goodness that I could hardly wait to share it with you!  This card has glimmer card stock, glitter ribbon, sequins, and another Bokeh background created with the Twinkle Trees stamp set.  The layout is from this week’s Mojo Monday sketch.    I started by die-cutting the large circle …

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