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Late night stamping for the Dads :)

Posted on June 4, 2014June 4, 2014by Lisa

Just in case you didn’t already know, Father’s Day is next Sunday! (Thanks LysaQ!) I stayed up late to get some cards made for our Dads, stat. Luckily I had the inspiration in hand — my iphone case: I’d been meaning to try and make a card like this for a while now. Oh and […]

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It’s gonna be alright.

Posted on April 24, 2012July 12, 2012by Lisa

Hi you guys! I know I haven’t posted much lately, but I’ve had a bunch going on with my knee (not happy stuff) and then I was on vacation for a week (yay!). I feel like I’m finally crawling out from a deep deep hole. But, every little thing really is gonna be alright! And I’m […]

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Studio Calico Please Note Collection!

Posted on February 3, 2012February 5, 2012by Lisa

Hi! Here’s another card I made it for the Studio Calico booth at CHA! Can’t tell you how much I love the new Please Note stamp set from Studio Calico! And the 6×6″ paper pack? Oh yeah, love it too. As soon as I saw the label paper I knew I had to chop them up […]

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Booth Butterflies!

Posted on February 2, 2012February 2, 2012by Lisa

Hey you guys! Thanks so much for all your kind comments about the knee yesterday — made me feel so happy! And so glad that it’s getting better, really missed all of you! Now as promised, here’s the first of several cards that I made for  Studio Calico to use in their booth at CHA […]

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A card for my “deer” Dad!

Posted on December 19, 2011December 15, 2011by Lisa

Hello my “deers”! How are you this fine Monday? Do you have snow? Sure wish that we did, but that’s pretty rare here in Texas. So I have to make do with stamping some instead, like this snowy pocket card I made for my Dad! (Dad, if you are reading this, no peeking!) (And just […]

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Pass the stamp video!

Posted on December 14, 2011by Lisa

Hey you guys! Join me, Shari, Sally, and Jennifer over on the Hero Arts blog today as we pass this stamp around in a video. Was so much fun, and I really do love this stamp! (And I hope you can’t tell in the video, but I have had the worst cold. It’s finally going […]

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