Nordic Dancing Gnome ~ Poppystamps

It's my turn to post over at the Poppystamps today.

Come see why this gnome is dancing over at the Poppystamps blog.

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Fun With Shapes ~ Double D Challenge

Hello crafty friends ~ It's hard to believe that summer is nearing its end.  The flowers in the gardens are blooming their last blooms, getting ready to rest for the winter.  But here I digress.  It's Wednesday, so that means Double D Challenge has a new challenge for you, and this one will get your creative wheels turning, as the theme is "SHAPES".

I admit to being stumped by this challenge at first.  Finally I started browsing Pinterest and found a card using flags that were rectangle in shape.  I have some of those!!

In fact, how many shapes do you see on this card?  Triangles, circles, ovals, rectangles and stars.

Crisis averted.  I love how this card came out and I hope you'll find some creative inspiration using this wonderful mood board that Darlene put together.

Here's the prize you could win when you play along:

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this fun challenge over at Double D Challenge.  It's always a joy looking at your cards in the line up.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gnome Home ~ Poppystamps

Hey friends.  I've got a cute Norwegian style card up over at the Poppystamps blog today.  

Visit the Poppystamps blog for products and details.

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Apple Of My Eye ~ Double D Challenges

It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means it's time for Double D Challenges to start a new challenge.

The theme for this challenges is "Harvest", so anything that has to do with a fall harvest is going to give you a chance to win.

Apples are harvested in the fall so I brought out some older Spellbinders dies and made these three cards to send to my great little nieces and nephews.

I was also able to use up more printed paper so that's a win!

Here's the inspiration board:

And here's the prize you could win when you play along:

I hope you'll pop by the Double D Challenge blog to see more inspiration from my amazing team mates and join in on the fun!

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Guest Designing for A Cut Above

Good morning friends~  My dear friend Vicki Robertson started a new challenge blog, A Cut Above, on July 1st and I couldn't be more inspired and excited to see a challenge that focuses on die cuts.   

If you know me at all, you know that I love working with die cuts!

I am honored to be joining her this month as a guest designer, and since August is known for the dog days of summer I thought a relaxing beach card would be perfect for this month as the theme is "Anything Goes".

I pulled out several of my favorite beachy, summertime sets to make this clean and simple card.

All of these dies come from my years of designing for Dies R Us and they're most likely all retired now, but their timeless design make them "keepers" in my book.

Amy Design Picket Fence

Marianne Design Beach Chair

Elizabeth Craft Design Sand Castle

Elizabeth Craft Design Octopus

Elizabeth Craft Design Seaweed

I know Vicki would be so appreciative if you visited her new challenge blog, A Cut Above, become a follower and support her by playing along.  She is giving away a gift card to A Cherry On Top to the winner, which will be randomly drawn from all the participants.  

Thanks for stopping by!