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I Won!!

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I won a great prize over at  Scrapin'Jeni's   This was for her Ha Ha give away.  I was really surprised I won!!  Jeni is a CTMH consultant / Manage and has a great blog full of tips and tricks for card making and scrap booking.  I have never used a CTMH product before and I am looking forward to making a card with my new stamps and trying them out!!  I love how CTMH has created a awesome storage system for their products - that I have seen! Here is my sweet prize!  How nice is this?? Thank you Jeni!! Thank you for stopping by! Ginny M

Gate fold with a Twist Card and a freebie

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Hopefully this is the last cad I will be making after a dead line!  I only belong two three swap groups, good thing because this summer I've had a difficult time keeping up!  This card was for a "Gatefold with a Twist" card.   You can go here to watch the tutorial by my friend Jen Evers:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duVoFPtXwsg I have never made one of these cards and probably never will again.  That is one of the good things  about swaps and challenges, you try things you normally wouldn't and it helps you grow in your art! This card basically has two viewing areas, the top with a gate fold: which opens to this: which then flips up to the second viewing area: The base size of the card is 5.5x4.25 but because of the dimension it is quite thick. I used the Authentique paper pad called Legacy, I really like this paper, great colors and intresting designs!!  I will leave the sentiment here for you  and for your card making: I did this in the Papyrus font Thanks for s

Keeping things Sharp

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I do a whole lot of cutting in my studio, I cut for papers my cards, I cut 12x18 into sheets for bulk sales, paper for kits, paper for others sellers, paper for DT projects, online sales .  For really big bulk projects I take it to a print shop and have them cut it.    I really miss using the GIANT cutter from the letterpress shop I worked in last summer! I use a stack cutter for the small bulk projects. I have two guillotine cutters, a 12x12 Genesis trimmer and baby 6x6 Genesis like trimmer.  Keeping everything sharp is a challenge.  All of these machines have blades that will last decades as long as you take care of them.  For the guillotine cutters and the stack, the blades are removable, the Genesis trimmers have geared rotary blades which run about 40.00 each to replace. To keep everything sharp I decided to look to for a sharpening stone that I could work with instead of taking things apart and bringing them to the place where they do this. I Looked on eBay for a sharpening stone

WORD ART WEDNESDAY challenge# 198 Spectrum Noir Lesson Three, Using "Essentials".

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It's Word Art Wednesday and time for Challenge # 198 Anything Goes!  I so enjoy working for this blog, so many wonderful women  make this blog happen, week after week!  Designed to keep the creative juices flowing by bring a fresh Scripture Verse every week, a devotion, examples to inspire and if that weren't enough Prizes!! It's like PERFECT!! This weeks verse by Karen Murray is :                                        I picked a mushroom image to illustrate this verse.                                                                           Why- because they are just one of those things Like God that are  there.                             They aren't planted, they just appear when you least expect it and they remain, silently waiting. I like this image so much I created a kit using it to continue teaching Spectrum Noir Coloring! The kit contains the works for 4 of these beautiful cards! The cards for the kits do not contain the bible verse, if you would like me to p

Quick Nautical card and a freebie

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I needed a Quick  Nautical card for a swap I was late on - oops! Anyway, I wanted it to be fun and not just another ship  card. So I used one of my digital stamps: you can right click and save I reversed the Image and added a sentiment I printed two of the images in order to give it dimension Colored with my Spectrum Noir markers  and had this card done in about 10 minutes A6 size on textured card base This made my husband smile. Don't we all feel this way?? Thanks for stopping by! Ginny M

Back home and a freebie

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We've been traveling this weekend, off to lake placid for a beautiful wedding!   My Sweet Niece  married a wonderful guy this Saturday  and we celebrated with family and friends for the weekend. In the middle of all of this fun I took a few minutes  to think about this scripture, I am so thankful for  the loving Kindness of God and the paths He chooses for us! I made this card today for a friends Birthday and I am  giving you the image to help you with your card making. I printed min on a natural white paper and then gave it black outlines I hope you like this and can use it! Thanks for stopping by! Ginny M

New Papers!!

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                     I have  new papers in!  Perfect timing for your holiday card making!! This is a wonderful paper I discover in my Printing/letterpress world - perfect for Alcohol markers and Colored Pencils  100# Brilliant White $5.00 per pack and 2.50 shipping Premium Card Base Cardstocks with envelopes Neenah Textured 100# Baronial style emvelope Also in Ivory  Christmas colors up next!!

Word Art Wednesday # 197

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It is Word Art Wednesday Challenge # 197 !   If you entered last week don't forget to check back to see if you won! Every week we have a great bible verse digitized by the Talented and oh so hard working Karen Murray .  Karen has gifted us with 197 bible verses, all at no cost!  Check out her link, she has some really beautiful things that would make wonderful gifts for yourself and for friends and family!  Karen Letchworth is our Blog Director/Administrator and works tirelessly to make this good work happen.  I am very thankful for both of these talented Godly ladies, they have made my life better and helped me share the word in a way I had never dreamed! Our verse this week personally ministered to me  Right now I'm in the middle of a whole bunch of things.  One of them getting my cottage business 'Maxam Made Studio' up and running full swing.  There are so many components to this highly competitive business it is making me a little dizzy.  I am trying to sell quality