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A Fun Splashy Card and Two Freebies !

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I recently made a fun card for a friend of mine venturing back to school.  So the card ia a pun, Lots of colors and cheerful: My coloring style is nothing fancy - I have lots of yummy things to play with and  I do just that - play!  If you are interested in learning and or enhancingyouru coloring skills, check out Kit and Clowder FB group - they have lots of free lessons, pay for lessons and tons of inspiration!  Today They are even having an Advent Giveaway!  For this card Alcohol marker on Heavenly White #120 , I also used the same paper for the base.  This stamp is an oldie in my stash and Since it was unmounted I have no idea who makes it - it is a background stamp.  I stamped and heat embossed two images, colored and fussy cut by hand. Paper Temptress  also has a wonderful sale on their site this week. As promised  freebies:

Winter Tags

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I love making tags and ATC's.  There are so many ways these can be made and so many ways they can be used! Today I used several of my Gecko Galz images to create a Christmas and a Winter tag. All you need is a little bit of paper and a little bit of bling and lace bits - perfect for Stash Busting! My Christmas Tag:  I cut a piece of Paper Temptress Jelly Bean Green f or my tag  base and printed my tag images on  Heavenly White 80 # Christmas card toppers  Heat embossed it with white powder and white ink -  and the added a 3" width of vintage lace To hold the glue dow I used " Best Glue Ever "  this is great stuff for fabric adhesion!  I fussy cut the medallion image from the collage sheet and added crystal effects.  One thing so nice about using quality digitals you can size things to suit your project! I then added sequins and glitter and gold foil: For my Winter Tag, I used a standard office tag for my base  and

A Masculine Card Using Digitals from Gecko Galz Plus a freebie!

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I've created a masculine birthday card today for my oldest son.  Roy is an engineer for Boeing, maybe I should have done aircraft but I thought he would appreciate something nautical! Here is my card: I used the set from Gecko Galz;   Lets Get Digital Collage Set  The inside top of the card I printed the collage sheets in black and white and then in color.  With the two sheets printed I will be able to make about 5 cards or a stack of ATC's! I've included a freebie for you today too! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! Ginny M

A Journaling Jump Start and a Freebie

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My daughter Lissa and I have decided to start Journaling a personal study of the Book of Proverbs. I love doing Bible Journaling, and have worked it into my study life, I will be sharing that with you here more often as I am using it as an outreach and teaching tool.  For this study of proverbs I wanted to journal but not in an artful way.  For years my sister Robin and I have been reading the chapter of Proverbs that corresponds with the day of the month.  I just somehow never grows old!  I wanted to start doing this with Lis too.  So this is the plan I have come up with, it is very simple! I purchased a weekly planner at Barnes and Nobel - this is a great time of the year to do this! I created a label for it This is a coloring planner - I'm not planning on coloring it - this type of coloring is very time consuming for me.  I purchased this one because I love the color and feel of the paper and the weekly /daily slots suited what I want to do.  There are so

Christian Card Makers Sketch Challenge and a Freebie! Stash Buster

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Over on my Facebook Group, I am hosting a sketch challenge on Mondays.  I have been running this challenge for about a year, with time off for busy summer months and other life events.  This will be our first challenge since July and I am happy to be back at it! Here is the Sketch : I have one little twist with this weeks challenge, use Washi!  if you don't have any then create a strip of pretty paper or ribbon. Here is my card: I have a lot of layers on this card, I used one 6x6 sheet of paper from the G45 pad that was in my stash called Botanica. I used Best Glue Ever to keep it together I mounted the layers on  Solar White Classic Column  T he SWCC is part of a wonderful Christmas package on sale at Paper Temptress. See how smoothly this adhesive layers! This beautiful stamp is from Our Daily Bread Designs.  This verse is a wonderful all-purpose verse for card making I thought I would put up  a pretty design element for

I Am Back! And a Freebie

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I'm back - I've spent the last six weeks in Fort Walton Beach Florida and this is why: Welcome to the world Aiden Isaiah Aiden was born on 11/21/2017 at 8lbs and 21 inches and I think is the sweetest baby ever! I stayed to help get ready and help out after the birth. Aiden's family is doing great too!  I had the great privilege of attending the birth and helped "catch the baby".  It is something I will never forget and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life!    4 days old.  I'm missing this sweet family, but very happy to be back home and my life returning to normal! Tomorow a sketch challenge! Thanks for stopping by! Ginny M AKA Nonnie  A freebie for you!

A Fun Day and A Lot of Cards Made

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I recently went to a Stamping get together that I found through Split Coast Stampers.  I have made some great friends with this group and I'm really thankful to have this creative outlet! One of my swaps was for a "No Vendor Required" swap.  which means I can pick the vendor and supplies.  Naturally one of my picks was Magenta! for these 16 cards, I used to Magenta Stamps.  Here is the card and if you'd like to read on I go into more process detail. I stamped out and colored  my images This one I stamped and cut the area I wanted to use for the flower, I colored with alcohol marker and glitter brush pens I did these in a production style mannor Stamped and cut my background papers, assembled and added to card bases For the small bird, I added a lot of glossy accents to each one to give it a tile appearance. I really enjoyed making these cards for the swap, there was just so much room for color play with t