tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33613993076582947402024-03-14T08:58:01.952-05:00Ink It Up Stamp It Out with Cathy EdgarCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1046125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-35804117076216184702015-04-06T03:11:00.000-05:002015-04-06T03:11:20.508-05:00The Cat's have it!!! Mo's Digital PencilI love this cat's expression...so sly like most cats, and the reason I love cats and <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/good-things/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Good Things</span></a>!!! <br />
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The eyes say it all, sit and wait on top of the cheese look sweet and they will come.....<br />
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I kept the design simple because of the rather colorful cardstock I chose to showcase this feline beauty. The flower is just the right touch to accent the sentiment which comes with the image. <br />
Be sure to check out the new images at <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Store</span></a> as Mo has been coming up with lots of new ones lately, so many I can hardly keep up with my coloring. LOL.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and be sure to drop by the <a href="http://mosclubhouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Mo's Clubhouse Blog</span></a> daily to see all of the DT creations featuring a new card or altered project every single day. <br />
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Have a super creative week!!!<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-60798117182964690622015-04-02T08:00:00.000-05:002015-04-02T08:00:02.244-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil ChallengeI am using the same darling image for the <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</a> for April that I previewed on Monday...it is just so cute and thought it was worth letting you see again. <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/hey-bud/" target="_blank">Hey Bud</a>, is a darling image and so appropriate for all of your Spring creations:<br />
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The Challenges are now going to be for a duration of one month so you have plenty of time to get a project completed and entered using a Mo image. You can use the Anything Goes theme or the DT members choice which this month is Spring! <br />
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Be sure to check out the daily creations by the DT on the <a href="http://mosclubhouse.blogspot.com/2015/03/welcome-to-mos-clubhouse-blog.html?view=classic" target="_blank">Mo's Clubhouse blog </a><br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-19936635277472346112015-03-30T08:00:00.000-05:002015-04-01T23:08:00.312-05:00Darling Spring Image--Hey Bud!Monday and time for a new <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Mo</span></a> </span>creation to be posted on the Mo' Clubhouse Blog and I am using a fairly new image for Spring called <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/hey-bud/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">Hey Bud</span></a>:<br />
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I love using polka dots for Spring, they just seem to fit the season and music because I hear the birds chirping when I wake up in the morning. They have been chirping for hours but that is totally irrelevant. My kids used to think that the seeds would pop up as soon as they were planted and were amazed a couple of weeks later when they finally did pop up, but their amazement was always worth the planting :)<br />
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The image is so darn cute and easy to color I just had to color it as soon as it came out and then waited for warmer weather to show you LOL.<br />
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Be sure to stop by the <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">Challenge Blog</span></a> and enter a card for the Monthly Challenge, and be sure to check the <a href="http://mosclubhouse.blogspot.com/2015/03/welcome-to-mos-clubhouse-blog.html?view=classic" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;">Mo's Clubhouse Blog</span></a> for the DT gals daily showcase of a wonderful Mo image, some old some new , you never know what it is going to be....<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-10701605440708565892015-03-23T08:00:00.000-05:002015-03-23T08:00:00.948-05:00It's Monday and time for a new Mo's Creation!!!Just a bit of a change up today. We have a new Blog for our Mo's Digital Pencil DT creations called <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="http://mosclubhouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mo's Clubhouse</a></span> and that is where my card for today was posted. It is going to be a wonderful new blog for the DT to create the daily creations, post tutorials, and we will also have contests! Awesome huh!!! Now... Back to my creation for today, I used <a href="http://mosclubhouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Grunge Love</span></a>:<br />
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While none of my kids or grand kids are really into the Grunge style in clothing or make-up, they do love hoodies and jeans, so I colored them more "everyone's style" and added some texting terms (I hope) and phones to make it more tween- like LOL. The phone is a die I keep forgetting I have, but need to use more often with all the tween grandkids I have :). The upper sentiment says, #whatIsaid.... I thought it would show up better in the photograph even with the black lettering, but No.......'<br />
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The dp back ground paper is some I have had in my stash and thought it was appropriate for thoughtful, quiet, let your fingers do your talking, kid card I created. <br /><br />
Right now there is a Coloring Contest going on at the new Mo's Clubhouse blog so grab any <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Mo</span> </a>Spring inspired image and enter it in the contest and link on the blog. There is a special prize for this first Contest but I am not exactly sure what that prize is as of yet, stay tuned for details :)<br />
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Check out the new <a href="http://mosclubhouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Clubhouse</span> </a>Blog every day to see what each DT member has created to show you and there may be a Tutorial or a Contest thrown in along the way, so check in often as we are just getting the site started and getting everything in order. The other Blogs are still going too, the <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mosdt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dream Team blog</a>,</span> the <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a> is now monthly but going strong, <span style="font-size: large;">and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mosclub/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Belle and Bronte's Clubhouse</span> </a>on Facebook is a hopping place too and usually has some fun activity going on. Wow, so much fun <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Mo Stuffs</span>.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week.<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-22154485623355218162015-03-16T08:00:00.000-05:002015-03-16T08:00:03.860-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil Monday image share--Erin!!Monday is my day to show you an awesome <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Mo's Digital Pencil</span></a> </span>creation. Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day and Mo created this darling little Irish darling with shamrocks called <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/erin/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Erin</span></a>,</span> so I thought she would be perfect for my post today:<br />
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Isn't she just adorable. In my stash of paper, (it hasn't fallen and injured me yet,) I found this adorable embossed St. Patrick's Day paper, perfect !! Colored this little cutie with copics and sponged around the edge with a dauber sponge and SU green ink pad The paper included these little postage stamp sentiments, so I dug in my closet of supplies until I found my tote of decorative edge scissors where my postage stamp edge scissors live to cut them out. Just the look I wanted. Just to prove the adage, just because you have not used it in a year, is no reason to give something away. I rest my case !!!<br />
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Mo has been creating so many cute new images lately I have been having so much fun coloring that I have to get busy making cards now, especially now that we are sharing Mo images every week on our blogs and on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mosclub/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Bella and Bronte Clubhouse</span> </a>Facebook page.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day,<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-81397445711261415922015-03-12T08:00:00.000-05:002015-03-12T08:00:06.779-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge-- Anything Goes/ Green Yep, it's time for a new <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a> where the theme is now always Anything goes, but if you want to have a little more fun and a bit more of a challenge the DT members have added an alternate theme as well. This fortnight's theme is Green:<br />
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With a couple of tween age grandson's who love video games, <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/products/Video-Boy.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Video Boy</span></a> </span>is a perfect choice and since I colored his shirt green he fits the challenge, added bonus: <br />
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Colored with copic markers and in keeping it masculine, I added some gears and a large button. The banner was created using 3 punches, because I am too cheap to order the die that makes the heart banner :) It may take a minute or two longer but it works and hey, I am retired, I have time. Ha Ha ( I still work 16 hrs a week at my old tech support job, watch the grandkids before school and after if dad is not home yet and have one pre-schooler all day Tues-Friday) I think I had more time when I worked full-time, but it wasn't as much fun LOL.<br />
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Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and see the rest of the DT creations and the Top 3 winners from the previous Challenge along with the random drawing winner. <br />
Can't wait to see what everyone creates and the images they use, I know Mo has been so busy creating lots and lots of<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank">new images</a></span> lately and they are all awesome as always :).<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week. <br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-33085879715363300012015-03-10T12:31:00.001-05:002015-03-10T12:31:27.802-05:00Hoppy Easter, Love Valerie!!! Mo's Digital Pencil Super cute image!!Valerie is back for Spring, at <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil</span></a>, with a darling Easter outfit you just have to use to send out all your Easter greetings...See:<br />
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Isn't<a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/valerie-bu" target="_blank"> <span style="font-size: large;">Valerie Bunny</span></a> just too cute for words. Colored with copics and adorned with buttons and a Sentiment tag which is included in the file. The Valerie images are so quick to color and who can resist their sweet charm, not me :)<br />
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Be sure to check out the Bella and Bronte Clubhouse page on Facebook to see daily creations by the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge DT, have a great day. <br />
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Hugs and thanks for stopping by,<br />
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Cathy<br />
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<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-59556048271830281192015-03-02T02:16:00.000-06:002015-03-02T02:16:13.653-06:00Mo's Digital Pencil --Addicted to Coffee...no Really :)Hello Mo fans, Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Design Team gals are starting a new fun weekly showing of <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's images</span></a> rather than the bi weekly Challenge's. I have been coloring up a storm because Mo has been creating a lot of adorable new images I have to have!!! Wanna See one???<br />
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Anyone who knows me knows that I am pretty much addicted to coffee, good coffee, Starbucks or good strong name brand coffee, drank by the pot, not cup :) I don't have a coffee pot in my house I have a coffee station, a Bunn pot and a Keurig. What can I say!!! <br />
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This awesome image, called <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/coffee/" target="_blank">Coffee</a>,</span> was right up my alley and it comes with two wonderful sentiments, one of which I used for the top sentiment and the second I made up to suit me and my hatred for mornings. Check it out and I know you will love and use this image many times for your friends you love a latte! <br />
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Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mosclub/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Facebook Belle and Bronte Clubhouse</span></a> page daily for a new image from a Mo's Digital Pencil DT member. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day. Gotta go get a Hazel nut coffee refill<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-46591682723578758972015-02-26T08:00:00.000-06:002015-02-26T08:00:00.571-06:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--AnimalsTime for a new <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a>. The theme is always Anything Goes with an alternate theme of your favorite Animal. I chose the beautiful <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/going-north/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Going North</span></a>.<br />
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The image is beautiful on its own, but I wanted to create a scene with the gorgeous and phenomenal Northern Lights but it took me a bit to figure out how to create them :) I colored the image with copics. Used Adirondack acrylic paint dauber white to create the snow, and then glued glitter to create the glistening snow. Then airbrushed the sky masking around the image and trees. I didn't want to mess up my sky and have to redo my image, which I had spend a lot of time coloring. I airbrushed a blank piece of cs and used the paint pen I thought would work for the aurora. I ran several lines of paint and while it was wet I used my finger to brush in an upward motion to blend the white paint from the line upward. I kept painting the line and blending until I got the aurora I wanted working in small sections. After I was happy with the sample cs, I moved to my image and worked the same technique until I had completed the entire sky. If you wanted to make a colored aurora you could use colored paint pens but I only had white, which I like for this particular image.<br />
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Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and see what animals the rest of the DT chose, there are some really awesome creations as always. Grab an image from<a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mo's store</span></a> and play along in the challenge. <br />
Congratulations to the Top 3 winners and the Random winner this week. We have had so many wonderful entries in the Challenges and so fun to see them all. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week. <br />
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Cathy<br />
<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-86565646352787024482015-02-12T08:00:00.000-06:002015-02-12T08:00:04.628-06:00Mo's Digital Pencil ChallengeBrrr....Cold again here in Omaha, but it warms my heart to get to create a new Mo's creation for a new <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a>. The theme is Anything Goes with the optional theme of Boy's will be Boys. I created an altered notebook for my Grandson's 5th Birthday:<br />
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I used the darling, <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">My <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/my-tamborine/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Tamborine</span></a></span>, image for my little notebook. Kids just love to have little notebooks they can write in when they are learning to write so thought Gage would think this was pretty special.<br />
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Colored with copics and the embellishments are little wood letters and the number 5, for his birthday year we are celebrating. I do not have a silhouette so the image was cut by hand :)<br />
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It was so much fun to have so many entries for the Challenge this fortnight. Always so much fun to look at all of the darling Mo images all colored up so cute. Grab a <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo image</span></a> and play along for a chance to win a Mo's gift certificate, one is given away for every 25 entries. Plus we have the Top 3 entries. <br />
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Be sure to stop by the other DT members blogs and see what awesome creations they have for you to see and stay tuned for some exciting changes coming in the next few weeks :) <br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week :)<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-90296915256260824762015-02-02T23:44:00.000-06:002015-02-02T23:44:02.149-06:00Challenge Winner at Kit and Clowder!!!Who Me!! I was just a little excited, not because I was the best colorist in the contest, because I am not that nieve or conceited, but close. I colored a darling <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ppinkydollsart" target="_blank">Ppinky</a> image for the favorite Color combo challenge at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitandclowder/" target="_blank">Kit and Clowder</a> this month, actually I colored 3 and Alyce chose this image as the winner for the Encouragement award:<br />
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I had worked hard on the hair, eyes, body and wings and in my true nature over did the wings, and in my opinion ruined them, by accenting the lower wings with a way too dark line of maroonish ( technical color term LOL ) in a totally non-Alyce flicking motion :) Before I decided it was way too dark and uggly I had highlighted it with Atyou clear glitter pen and then there was no removing or blending out the color. Sooooooooooooo what to do....<br />
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I debated about just junking the whole thing, but I don't remember ever doing that with any image, they may have 52 layers of color but they will be fixed LOL. Then decided that I could use strips of thin paper to "hide" the side marker and leave just a narrower bit showing. In real life it actually looks better than when photographed which accentuates all faults. The end result was that I was pleased enough to post the image at the last minute and Alyce said to enter it which I did and wahlaah, Winner Winner Chicken Dinner :)<br />
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The moral of the story is to never give up and just throw it away after you have worked so hard on something, find a way to fix it, no one but you knows that you really messed up unless you tell them, we really are our own worst critics and after all ....coloring is my therapy and I am so happy to be back creating again after last year. <br />
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In case you are wondering I am taking the <a href="http://kitandclowder.ning.com/" target="_blank">Hair and Skin, and Clothing classes</a> here to improve my coloring techniques and because I can....Alyce is awesome. The classes are wonderful and although I still kind of put my own spin on things ( go figure) like go lighter to darker and and I will never be a flickin flicker no matter how much I practice, but I try, I can see a noticable difference in my DT work and all of my coloring. Seeing light source and shadows has never been a problem for me but I tend to always source from one direction, so trying to use the classes to broaden my horizens. They are reasonably priced and there is no time limit to finish. <br />
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Well, to say the least I was excited to have be in the Top 3 for this challenge and get to be a Guest Designer for the next Challenge, I will make the time :)<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and sharing my excitement and have a wonderful creative week :)<br />
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Cathy<br />
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<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-45272324260525645422015-01-22T08:00:00.000-06:002015-01-22T08:00:05.431-06:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--WarmTime for a new <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a> and the theme this two weeks is brought to you by Daria, and is Warm. I chose one of the, <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/set-of-3-stamps-valerie-in-winter/" target="_blank">Valerie in Winter</a>,</span> </span>images which are just too cute: <br />
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Love these darling little Valerie gals, they are so small and adorable, and Mo is creating them for a lot of the seasons now . I added a few embellishments cut with my Cricut to add to the Winter Warm theme.<br />
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Be sure to drop by the Challenge Blog and see the rest of the DT members creations and leave them a little love and see what they creating to keep you warm :) Grab a <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo image</span></a> or two and play along. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week :)<br />
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Cathy<br />
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<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-15699852481087749912015-01-08T08:00:00.000-06:002015-01-08T08:00:06.864-06:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Anything Goes!!Happy New Year to everyone and welcome to a new <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a>!! The theme for this 2 week Challenge will be Anything Goes,one of my favorite and I chose <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/ragged-kelly/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Ragged Kelly</span></a>:<br />
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I love all of the Ragged images and just had to have and color Kelly for a Thank You card since I didn't get back in the swing of creating until after the New Year. Long Story, New Year!!!<br />
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For each Challenge a random winner is chosen and also the top three cards are chosen. Be sure to stop by the <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/" target="_blank">Mo's Store</a> </span>and grab some of the new images she has created to play along. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week :)<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-30040537794845674352014-10-09T22:17:00.002-05:002014-10-09T22:17:53.629-05:00Tribute to Amanda--Several weeks ago, the <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil</span></a> world was stunned by the sudden loss of a wonderful one of our own, a fellow DT member Amanda Reed. Mo created the following adorable image as a way for us to show our love to Amanda and her family and her love for cats and use the purchase price of the image as a donation to an Animal Shelter in Amanda's town. <br />
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The image, <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/amanda/">Amanda</a>,</span> is adorable and I know that Amanda smiled down a little when my card was done, Here is a little cutie just for you Amanda dear:<br />
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I think the sentiment says pretty much everything, the memories of all of the fun challenges we shared will live on forever and she will be watching over the remaining challenges smiling at the Mo images she loved so much.<br />
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The only change to our normal Challenge format is that this fortnight you<span style="font-size: large;"> must </span>use the <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/">Amanda</a> </span>image available for 1.00 and there will be a random drawing for a 5 dollar gift card.<br />
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Have a wonderful creative week and thanks for stopping by.<br />
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Cathy<br />
<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-14307058670968118392014-09-25T08:00:00.000-05:002014-09-25T08:00:03.017-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Clean and Simple--Really ME????!!?Thursday is <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Day</span></a> every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the Month and this week the hostess is Kim, who chose the theme CAS. Here is my rendition of CAS which is not always so simple for me, I do layers, and I do embellishments, so a single layer besides the base cs is a struggle but here you go:<br />
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The Challenge Blog is getting a little lonely as there have not been as many entries as in the beginning. Maybe everyone is getting kids started in school and adjusting to the new schedules and kids activities so if you have time we love to have you join us and grab a<a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/"> <span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Mo image</span></a> and enter it for a chance to win a chance at the Top 3 badge and also a random drawing for a 5 dollar gift card for each 25 entries each challenge. Even I have time to make a card for the challenge every two weeks :)<br />
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Cathy<br />
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<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-57630805042421655962014-09-12T02:11:00.001-05:002014-09-12T02:11:55.547-05:00Creative Inspiration Challenge cardMy DT buddy, Tracy, is the guest designer for <a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/">Creative Inspiration Challenge Blog</a> right now and she made a darling card and it inspired me to create a card for one of my many Mo images I have colored lately. I am always in the mood to color but sometimes I like to do something new and different, thanks Tracy :)<br />
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I really wanted to color this little <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/amanita/">darling</a> Mo's digital Pencil image in neutral colors so she may look dull to some of you but she looks very natural to me. <br />
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I love the leather flower but I thought it fit the theme of this outdoorsy image, maybe a little heavy but I tried to keep the rest of the card light and I think the polka dots keep it young and happy. Work with me here :)<br />
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Thanks for the new and different Challenge Tracy, I have bookmarked it, hopefully I will find time to play often. I appreciate a good sketch challenge, less brain strain for me :)<br />
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<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-52857329170689549602014-09-11T08:00:00.000-05:002014-09-11T08:00:02.104-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil--FallAre you ready for Fall in your neck of the woods? In Nebraska, it is getting cooler and a little too early for my liking....I prefer summer and warmer temps, but no one asked me if I was ready :( But I am ready for Tracy's wonderful challenge this week at <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a>, which is Fall because Mo created two new <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/valerie-in-autumn/"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Valerie</span></a> images and I LOVE Valerie:<br />
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Aren't they just adorable? You get both images in the purchase, I love two for one images especially when they are so darn cute. <br />
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Be sure to grab a image from the <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Store</span></a> and play along in the Challenge for a chance to win a 5 dollar gift certificate for each 25 entries in the challenge. While you are checking things out be sure to check out the DT members cards and their choices for the Fall Inspiration.<br />
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While you are checking out Mo's sites be sure to check out Belle and Bronte's Clubhouse where you can chat with Mo, DT members, and all of the members, ask questions, show what you are working on, show off your projects and see Mo's newest images as they are created....doesn't get much better than that.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-82341124021804951782014-09-06T23:34:00.002-05:002014-09-06T23:34:54.225-05:00:Puppy in Boot/ Aurora WingsI think I made the deadline for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.327514767418219&type=1">Puppy in Boot Contest</a> if not I got a cute card made, never a bad thing. When <a href="http://www.aurorawings.com/digital-stamps-shop.html">Aurora Wings</a> reached 1500 members Mitzi gave this darling image and offered a Contest which ends tomorrow. Here is my card:<br />
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As with ALL of the Aurora Wings images I had so much fun coloring this darling image. I usually go for the more intricate detailed images but also love every image I have ever seen that Mitzi has created. They are not all my personal style but all are a wonderful art project to color. Thanks for what you do Mitzi.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraWings">Mitzi's Etsy store</a> and just try to buy only one image...like the tootsie roll owl you can't do it...<br />
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Have a wonderful creative day.<br />
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Cathy<br />
<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-12756096658411151832014-08-28T08:00:00.000-05:002014-08-28T08:00:05.290-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Back to SchoolCan you believe it has been two weeks already and time for a new <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a>? The theme for this two weeks is Back to School, brought to you by my super talented DT member Tracy and I chose <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/tom-sawyer/"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Tom Sawyer</span></a>:<br />
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How can you not think of Tom Sawyer for Back to School if you lived in my day, as my kids used to say, the dark ages, gotta love kids :) as it was a classic that we read in grade school and I enjoyed it enough along with Huckleberry Finn to make me want to read more books. The rest is history LOL.<br />
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I colored this darling image with copics and used a fence SVG file which I sponged to look likek peeling paint. I can just see Tom putting down the paint bucket and grabbing the fishing pole with Aunt Polly hollering out the door to not be late for dinner :)<br />
Be sure to grab a Mo's image and play along in the challenge, for every 25 entries there is a chance to win a 5 dollar gift certificate to the <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil shop</span></a> and there are new images and lots of old ones to choose from, so can't wait to see what you color up :)<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful colorific time.<br />
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<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-33282861358055420562014-08-14T08:00:00.000-05:002014-08-14T08:00:04.885-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Girl's BirthdayWhere does the time go, it is already time for a new <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/">Mo's Digital Pencil challenge</a>, </span>and although we had an extra week in July, we are ready with our Girl's Birthday Challenge for you for the next two weeks. I chose the adorable, <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/baby-fairy-bee/"><span style="font-size: large;">Baby Fairy Bee</span></a>:<br />
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I love the hexagon die cut, which is actually a SVG free file I found online, with this adorable image, reminds me of honeycomb...work with me here :) Because the theme is Girl's Birthday I added the Happy "B" ee Day sentiment. A few buttons and a little lace and I think it is an adorable for any sweet girl card :)<br />
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Be sure to join us by entering your challenge card using <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil</span></a> image linked to the challenge blog and you might win a 5 dollar gift certificate given for every 25 entries in a random drawing for each challenge.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week. Be sure to join us at Bella and Bronte's Clubhouse where you can chat and show off your creations too :)<br />
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Cathy<br />
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<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-21770378165128952152014-08-08T01:41:00.001-05:002014-08-08T01:41:46.089-05:00Sprite Challenge at Aurora WingsI found an awesome site with whimsical digital images I love to color a few months ago and try to join in their challenges when I can. One of the current challenges they are having right now is using their darling Sprite images and Mitzi was kind enough to give us a free Sunflower image to play along....thanks so much.<br />
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Here is what I created for the Aurora Wings Sprite challenge:<br />
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I really like sunflowers and especially enjoy coloring them so this was a win win for me :)<br />
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If you get a chance grab the image and play along, the challenge goes for the month of August. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative day.<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-41716964168963944232014-07-24T08:00:00.000-05:002014-07-24T08:00:02.997-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Things with WingsThursday is time for a new <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</a> and my sweet DT sistah Anja chose the theme Things with Wings. Oh, the possibilities.... with all of the wonderful Mo images, what to choose?!? I chose <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/fairy-sleepy/">Fairy Sleepy</a> because she is so sweet:<br />
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This sweet image was colored with copic markers and although I may have gotten a little bright with the colors on the wings I think she is dreaming in Technicolor with sweet vibrant dreams of all of the beautiful things she has seen today. She is dreaming so hard that fairy dust is escaping from her fingers LOL. Maybe I am dreaming in technicolor :)</div>
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-86727275906949288272014-07-10T08:00:00.000-05:002014-07-10T08:00:09.319-05:00Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge--Boy Birthday!Hello it's Thursday and so it's a new <a href="http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge</span></a>. I am so excited because I have been gone for a LONG time and it feels so good to be back and I have a card to show you with a totally cool image called <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/wiz/"><span style="font-size: large;">Wiz</span></a>:<br />
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I love anything a little whimsical or with a touch of fantasy and Wiz certainly fits the category. I colored him in slightly non-traditional wizard colors to be a little different, who me?!? I had this awesome Tim Holtz washi tape with the periodic table symbols on it and thought it would be perfect for this card. I also added a Tim Holtz Destiny disc to the polka dot ribbon knot at the top of the page. Added the wizards castle and window with vines cut with my cricut I thought symbolized the period too. It is truly Magic, just like the young man I created the birthday card for. <br />
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I absolutely love the image and can spend hours coloring it, It can be used for so many different occasions or it can even be framed which I did with a blue one I did first :). <br />
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Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has created for their Boys Birthdays, I know they are awesome, because I peeked LOL. Mo has also been working on tons of new images so be sure to drop by the <a href="http://www.mosdigitalpencil.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">store</span></a> and grab them and I know you will browse through and find some other images you can't live without, I always do. Play in the challenge for a change to win a gift certificate, which are given randomly for each 25 entries in the challenge. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative week :)<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-46774115547650755802014-07-08T01:00:00.000-05:002014-07-08T01:00:09.352-05:00How to make Paper Flowers with no Die CutsI love to make paper flowers, all kinds and all sizes. I usually use my Cricut machine but I know a lot of people don't have the machine and or die cuts to make the flowers and it is really easy to make them by hand too. Let me show you how. Please be for-warned this tutorial has 11 photos to show you each step :)<br />
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First of all you are going to need a minimum of a piece of card stock. A pair of decorative edge scissors (optional), tweezers or quilling pen, clear glue, paint brush ( optional). <br />
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This is a piece of cs I cut to 3X3 for my medium sized flower.<br />
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Using my regular scissors I cut a spiral in a uniform width ending in the center as shown. <br />
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Using my decorative scissors I trim the outside edge of the spiral from the outer edge to the center. this will be the outer edge of the flower petal you will see. You can sponge it with color if you want at this point. <br />
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Because I wanted to soften the edge a little I used the bulb end of the paint brush to rub in a circular motion to gently break down the paper a bit and the edge of the flower may roll a little depending on how hard you press. I used a rubber embossing mat under the flower to help with the pressure. <br />
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The tools needed to roll the flowers are either a long needle nose tweezers ( these are from my serger sewing machine) or a quilling pen. A regular tweezer will work as well, but this is what I have :). You can also roll them by hand too, just remember to keep the roll tight.<br />
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You will start rolling from the end you cut to a point and this will be your flower center so try to keep it rolled fairly neatly, yeah don't look too closely at mine huh .It does not matter which way you roll, over or under, unless you have a front and back to your paper. <br />
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As you are rolling the flower you will keep the tweezer or quill pen tight in the center and roll around it keeping the flower as tight as you can around the base without tearing the cs, It will be narrower at the bottom than the top due to the spiral design. If the tweezer or pen comes out, you probably won't be able to put it back in, just roll it back up the best you can and continue, keeping it as tight as you can by hand. <br />
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This is what your rolled flower will look like after you remove the pen or tweezer before you have done any shaping, which you do by releasing the spiral a little and unwinding it from the center using your fingers, practice will teach you the easiest way to do this. You can always rewind it if it spirals out of control, don't ask me how I know. <br />
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This is the bottom of the flower that you will glue the spiral flower to so remember when you are cutting your original cut this is what you want to leave in the center. <br />
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This is what the bottom of the spirals will look when you get it all wound up and ready to attach to the base . I use a clear quick drying glue Aileens Clear Gel Tacky Glue making sure I spread a decent layer over all of the spiral layers or they will be loose and not stay firmly rolled. when dry. Once I have glued the spirals I lay it flat on the base circle and make sure I have it in a nice flower shape, hold it at top and bottom in the center to dry for a few minutes and then set it aside for a few hours to dry completely.<br />
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The flowers here are pretty much the same, the top two are both 3 inch squares, the one on the left I made a larger spiral to have fewer layers which will make it a taller flower as well. The one on the bottom is a 2.5 inch flower. You do everything the same just in a smaller square. <br />
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If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. I love to make my own flowers and very seldom buy them, not just am I too cheap, I always run out late at night.<br />
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I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial on how to make your own flowers without having to have any fancy stuffs. I would love to see some flowers you have made using this tutorial :)<br />
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Have a wonderful creative day.<br />
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CathyCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359214060058335612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361399307658294740.post-48270669379317789062014-06-27T13:39:00.000-05:002014-06-27T13:39:55.280-05:00I'm Back Hi Everyone, I'm back from a very long absence. Today I have a name frame to show you that was a special request from a work friend to give to a co-worker who just lost her dear fur baby, Tucker:<br />
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Not much coloring on this, mostly cricut die-cuts but I wanted to show you what I wanted to say hi and say I am back and will be posting on a more regular basis now. <br />
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The frame is something that I make a lot of, usually for baby showers, or Wedding gifts, but this was rather special too and LaShon thinks it will be just the right remembrance. <br />
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Have a wonderful creative day...see you later with some more crafty stuff....<br />
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