Monday, December 31, 2012

2012 A Year in Review (part 2)

Hi everyone,

It is now New Years Eve, did 2012 go as quickly for you as it did for me????? I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for 2013, I hope it is a good year for each and every one of you!

Yesterday I posted part 1 of my year in review of my blog posts for 2012. Here is part two, not sure it was any easier to select my favorites as it was yesterday.

Here is the selection I came up with, if you click on the card it will take you over to the original blog post.

July 2012

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August 2012

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September 2012

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October 2012

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November 2012

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December 2012

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Well that’s it for me for 2012, thank you all for continuing to visit my blog. I will be back again in 2013! Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

2012 A Year in Review (part 1)

Well 2012 is almost over and what a year it has been.

The most exciting part of this year for me would have been the birth of my second Grandchild, Hayley.

It is always hard to select just one or two cards/projects for each month, especially when you post so many. This year I have over 480 blog posts for 2012, wow that sounds a lot when you look back like this.

This year being that it is so hard to select just one I am going to do this review in two parts, today and tomorrow and have decided to select 2 cards/projects per month.

Here is the selection I came up with, if you click on the card it will take you over to the original blog post.

January 2012

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February 2012

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March 2012

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April 2012

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May 2012

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June 2012

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Well that’s it for the first 6 months of 2012.

I will be back tomorrow with part 2 of my year in review, thanks for looking if you got this far.

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Birthday Giraffe

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Hi everyone,

I have another card today using that freebie stamp set I received when I purchased a stamping magazine recently. I loved the sweet images in the set.

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Here is the inside of my card, I used a sentiment I have had for some time.

Stamps: Giraffe – Teddy Bo & Co; Birthday Sentiment (inside) – Kaszazz
Paper: White; Blue; Market Square DP – Farmhouse Paper Company
Other: Black Ink; Twine; Button; MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flags; MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax; Copics

 

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Friday, December 28, 2012

Pretty Ballerina!

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Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing a few Ballerina notecards I created a while back but never posted to my blog. The Ballerina is a stamp from Paper Prettiespp-notecards-wm

I stamped the image onto white card and then used a circle die to cut out the image.

Stamps: Ballerina Sophia – Paper Pretties
Paper: White; Light Pink; Dark Pink; DP
Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Rhinestones

 

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

HB2U!

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Hi everyone,

It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for this week’s Wednesday Stamp Club sketch over on the MFT Stamps Member Forum of SCS. It’s another fun sketch!

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For my card this week I decided to make a birthday card for a male /boy so I got out my Die-namics Airplane Greetings Die & Stamp Set Combo …. love this die-namic and stamp combo! As you can see I used the airplane itself for the top rectangle on the sketch.

For the sentiment along the bottom I used one of the sentiments from the LJD Gift Card Greetings II stamp set. I love that HB2U sentiment in this set and will be wearing it out for sure hehe! After stamping the sentiment on my white card I used the smallest circle from the Die-namics Circle Stax 2 to cut out each of the letters and symbols.

At the top of the card I added one of the arrows from the Die-namics Lead the Way set … another favorite of mine Smile.

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Here is the inside of my card, I used the Die-namics Airplane Greetings Die & Stamp Set Combo again to create my greeting cutting off the top of the airplane so it looks like the airplane is flying off the card.
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We encourage you all to play along, and to enter your card in the weekly draw for a $15 gift voucher to the MFT Boutique. Simply follow the sketch and create a card or other paper creation. You may use any stamps and supplies that you wish. Each week, a keyword is assigned to the sketch. All you need to do to enter, is upload your card to the gallery at SCS, and enter the given keyword in the keyword box, during the upload process. After the deadline, we randomly choose a winner from that week's entries and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher. If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher! That is up to $100 per month in prizes, JUST for playing along. We hope you'll join us in 2012.

Check out the FAQ - Wednesday Stamp Club thread if you need any further info on this challenge or help on how to upload your card to the SCS gallery.

Be sure to check out Kim's Blog, she will have a full list of all the designers participating in today's challenge!

Stamps: Airplane Greetings Stamp Set – MFT Stamps
Paper: White; Red; Yellow; Blue; Summer Splash DP – My Mind’s Eye
Die-namics: Airplane Greetings; Lead the Way; Circle Stax 2 – MFT Stamps
Other: Blue Ink; MFT Stamps Wild Cherry Ink; White Ink; Red Brads; Foam Tape

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Happy Birthday To You!

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Hi everyone,

My card today uses a freebie stamp I got when I purchased a Stamp magazine. For the layout of my card I used the December SFYTT sketch challenge.

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Here is the inside of my card, I slanted the patterned paper panel to match the slanted panels on the outside of my card.

Stamps: Elephant - Teddy Bo & Co; Sentiment (inside) – Kaszazz
Paper: White; Pink; Navy; Forget Me Not DP – Kaisercraft
Other: Black Ink; MFT Die-namics Circle Stax 1 & 2; Oval Punches; Foam Tape; Copics

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