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Night & Day Flowers

Posted on May 10, 2014May 10, 2014by Lisa

Hello hello and happy weekend! I’ll be back sharing my Mother’s Day cards tomorrow — because my MIL reads my blog and she might see ha! —  but today I wanted to share some cards I made with the very versatile Night and Day Flowers set from Hero Arts. Just love this set so much! […]

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Watercolor background technique — with daubers!

Posted on May 1, 2014May 10, 2014by Lisa

I’m over on the Hero Arts blog today with a nifty watercolor background technique that uses daubers! Here’s a little peek: BTW, I love how the Soft Granite ink resists the Chalkboard black, too! And that BasicGrey Astronomy Background? Yeah I can’t get enough. And the new Hello Sunshine Daisies and Shoot for the Moon […]

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Poppy coloring technique + discount code + giveaway!

Posted on April 26, 2014April 26, 2014by Lisa

Hi there! Hope you’re having a great weekend! Me? I’m honored to be guesting at A2Z Scrapbooking as they launch their brand new blog! A2Z Scrapbooking has been a premier Hero Arts retailer for a long time now, and was founded an effort to raise funds for Celiac and Behcets awareness. So you can see why I was so honored when […]

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Hero Arts Soft Vanilla Ink Technique!

Posted on April 23, 2014April 22, 2014by Lisa

Hey hello! I’m on the Hero Arts blog today, sharing a nifty technique using Soft Vanilla ink. It’s just like magic! Here’s a look at the card, using the new Star Background Fancy die from the just-released Starry Nights catalog: I just stamped the BasicGrey Astronomy Background on cream letterpress paper using the Soft Vanilla […]

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Shadow ink + watercolor technique.

Posted on March 13, 2014March 13, 2014by Lisa

Hello hello! Hope your week is going well! I’ve got a fun watercolor technique to share with you today — it’s over on the Hero Arts blog but I’m so excited about it that I’m sharing it here too! It all relies on the magic of Hero Arts soft shadow inks. These inks are really […]

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When Skies Are Grey…

Posted on March 4, 2014March 4, 2014by Lisa

What do you do when you have a rainy day? Around these parts we get rain so infrequently that it makes me feel all happy — like it’s a celebration. I like to curl up and read a good book, take a nap — or even better, stamp. So when I spied the chipboard cloud sticker […]

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I'm so glad you're here! I'm Lisa Spangler, prairie girl living in the big city of Austin, TX. In case you were wondering, sideoats is the state grass of Texas and to me it's just as beautiful as any flower. Hope you'll stay awhile and visit often. More about me.

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