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I created this card for a swap I did with Friends I teach with. As a demonstrator I love sharing what I do with others as a teacher I love to see what others create. I will post some of the cards that were swapped next week. Supplies Stamps - Stem silhouettes, Party Punch Paper - Soft sky, Whisper white, Chocolate chip, Wintergreen DS paper Ink - Soft sky, Always artichoke Stampin write marker, Blue Bayou Accessories - Corner punch, tab punch, glitter glue, Martha Stewart ribbon Instructions Start by cutting chocolate chip card stock 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 and 3 1/4 X 2 1/4 Cur a piece of Soft sky 4 X 5 1/4 Cut a piece of Whisper White 3 X 2. Using a corner punch cut all corners of all papers except large chocolate chip. Ink flower stamp with soft sky. Using a stampin write marker in always artichoke color over stem and huff on stamp to re-wet the soft sky before stamping.Cut a 2 X 4 section of wintergreen designer series paper. Punch a hole towards the right side . Using Martha Stewart rib...

I teach art at a local high school. I work with a wonderful art teacher named Michelle. She made these lovely cards using designer series paper in Winter green and rose red. I love her combination of patterns. It is so great to have another art teacher to bounce ideas off of! Thanks for sharing Michelle.

This is last month's design winner in my monthly Techniques class Janice Lafferty. Her card was a take off of my Cherise card several weeks ago. I love the blue background and her ribbon choice. Congratulation Janice, enjoy your Gift certificate and thanks for sharing. Thanks for looking Virginia

I just got my build a brad set and have been enjoying using it I created this page much the same way I created the tree pages below using two sheets of river rock to create an inset for the scrap booking. Before I adhered the river rock to the always artichoke I used the pine bough stamp from Peaceful wishes set to create texture all over the the back ground using Always artichoke ink. Then using the same color ink I create the tree effect all over the edges of the river rock. I then stamped the ornaments from Hung up on the holidays set using purely pomegranate ink. Last thing was to adhere ribbon and medallion Close up of Medallion I created the medallion by stamping medallions from Baroque Motifs set on river rock paper in always artichoke and purely pomegranate ink I then punched them out and stacked them using stampin dimensional and the build a brad set. I love how you can create a coordinating accessory with the brad! Thanks for looking Virginia

Friday last week was my oldest sons Birthday. He has always been my free spirit, so I thought it would be appropriate to create this card. This card took quite a few steps but it was not that hard to do. Supplies Stamps -Wanted, Stem Silhouettes, Art of Life, Sanded Ink - Chocolate chip, Marigold morning, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Crisp Paper - Chocolate chip, River rock Accessories - twine, Build a brad, Scallop punch, 1 3/8 Punch, 1/4 Punch Medallion I stamped on River Rock card stock the medallion from the wanted set in Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie ink. Punch one with the scallop punch and the other with the 1 3/8 punch. Stamp one of the smaller medallions in Cranberry crisp and punch out with the 1/4 inch punch. Using a Build a brad assemble. Punch a hole in middle size medallion attach brad to it. using a stampin Dimensional adhere medallion to larger medallion. Card- Cut a six by six piece of chocolate chip card stock and stamp with sanded background stamp and chocolate chip i...

This is a card is a remake of an earlier post. As always when I show a card to a group of stampers someone in the group finds a better way to make the card. This is what happened last week when I showed the card that was in several posts ago. I just kept reworking the layout and I ended up liking this lay out much better than original thanks to Paula and others. New instructions are below . I started with blue bayou, whisper white and river rock card stock. I used the corner punch to deckle each corner. I then stamped my design using Stamp pad in Blue bayou. Distress the edges with blue bayou ink. Using the the party punch set stamp and tab punch stamp and cut out tab. Adhere to card and adhere the whole thing to card. Make a ribbon and use mini dots to create the rippled effect! Thanks for looking Virginia

These are the two choices for this month's scrap booking pages. We spent the afternoon working on them and we had a wonderful time. Supplies Paper -Designer series paper blue bayou/ cerise, Whisper white/ very vanilla. Scraps of Blue Bayou/Real red Ink - Blue Bayou/ Real red Stamps - Punch pals/peaceful wishes Accessories - Punches scallops, 1 3/8, 3/4, glitter glue Project starts with a sheet of designer series paper in either color. I figured out today if you take a sheet of 11X 8.5 sheet of a white paper and center it towards the top of a 12x12 sheet of paper, you have a wonderful surface to scrapbook on. It is ideally suited and it centers with a half inch on either side. I took a second sheet of white and ripped it in half to create the appearance of snow and in addition it makes a great area for journaling. Before adhering everything I take scraps of coordinating designer series paper and create trees by cutting the paper in assorted triangles. Adhere everything to the b...