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Showing posts with label PerfectPaperCrafting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PerfectPaperCrafting. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

A lot of Sparkle.

 Hi All, just a quick post today as I am behind in catching up with all of you and your blogs.  I made this card for the Gecko Galz DT using the Gecko Galz Chalkboard Sentiments,
tiny 2mm rhinestones and some glitter tape.  I framed it with a refractive metallic shirt box cardboard using my Perfect ruler .  For the background I used  one of Monica's Creative backgrounds, cut on white card stock, mounted on black card stock.  For the envelope liner I made a copy with my printer of the page before I added everything else.  That's it for today, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Back to school


That's it for today, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane
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Monday, July 28, 2014

Who's the Boss?

 
 
 Hi All, this month I have the honor of guest DT on Gloria Stengel's Craft Hoarders Anonymous challenge   Gloria has a fun challenge using our hoarded items, if you're like me you should have plenty of of those!   I hope you pop over and meet Gloria and her talented design team they are such a sweet group, I am you will love them, so come join the fun. Thank you Gloria for inviting me to be a part of this.
Challenge #12 Who's the Boss?
Show some embossing on your project. You can use dry embossing or heat embossing. You can use an embossing folder or a stencil. You can emboss with embossing paste or embossing powder. You can even create something with ultra-thick embossing enamel. You probably have some sort of embossing apparatus in your hoard! Pull these embossing tools out and put them to use!
This was really fun, I cut out a stencil with my KNK Zing  using one of Monica's Creative backgrounds, (can you believe I hoard cut files too!)  I smeared on some hoarded embossing paste onto black card stock, then used some of my hoarded Recollections embossing powder with glitter in it.  Heated it up and I have this really cool background.  The image is an old one from Gecko Galz called Between the Lines.  I used my Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Rulers to get the perfect black background trim around my image.  The pearls on a roll were purchased at Christmas last year and the little black satin bow with a pearl was from My Craft store customer garage sale 1 year ago!  How funny is that, it was put in the garage sale because someone hoarded it before me and I bought it and added it to my hoard!  It really feels good to start using up some of my stash.

It would be great if you could join in at Gloria Stengel's Craft Hoarders Anonymous challenge Who's the Boss.  Great way to push yourself to use up some of that hoarded stash., (she has some awesome prizes) and have some fun while your at it too.
That's it for today, thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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Saturday, June 21, 2014

My Craft Spot giveaway day 2

 
http://mycraftspotshop.com/catalog.php?category=26 
Hi All, I am so excited to have one of my favorite stamp company's My Craft Spot, sponsor a giveaway here on my blog, and today is day 2.   In case you did not read yesterday, I will be sharing some of the cards I made with the  Birthday Wishes clear stamp set. .   All you have to do for a chance to win a free stamp set of your own is check out all the gorgeous stamp sets over at My Craft Spot, then leave me a comment and tell me which stamp set you like best (a difficult decision, I know) and you may be chosen as the winner on Monday!  I got really carried away with this set so I will be posting more cards using this versatile set tomorrow for more chances to win!  (Contest open to US residents only).
The minute I saw this set I had a ton of ideas for all the great Gecko Galz collage sheets that would work perfectly with this set!  I love the this picture, something really speaks to me here I think it must have been an advertisement from the late 60's or 70's, I remember seeing it in my youth, I guess that is why it is so fun to work it into a really fun card.  I used Birthday Wishes clear stamp set. for the fab sentiment, Gecko Galz Retro Style collage sheet for the fab ladies and their "Party Hats".  I printed the image on Staples matte photo card stock twice, fussy cut the middle hat and added some foam dots underneath for added dimension.  I trimmed the cut edges of the hat with distress ink, added some liquid pearls for the earrings and a big silk flower and some beads!  The stamped sentiment has been cut with a spellbinder die and trimmed with a coordinating Staples gel pen.  The back ground paper is the Windsor digital paper pack from Sassy Designs.  I used my Perfect Paper Crafting Mini Rulers to get the blue background trim around my image.
Be sure to stop by My Craft Spot and see all the gorgeous designs done by the talented Design Team over there, be sure to check out all the items they have like the sweet metal dies that match up with the stamps and the awesome deals on twine too.  That's it for today, please stop by tomorrow, thanks for stopping by and best wishes in the draw!   Remember you can enter all 3 days to increase your chances of winning!   ~Diane

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Stars and stripes, glitter and spice

 Hi All, I am sharing this card I made for the Gecko Galz design team using this months image from Little Miss Firecracker, this image really spoke to me.  I added some lace Stickles to the stars, I cut a few extra stars for embellishments then sprinkled with some clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter.  I mounted it to a Night of Navy blue card stock with my Perfect Rulers, then mounted that to my white card base.  For the envelope I used some tissue paper to make the matching liner.

So where is the glitter and spice you say?  My friend Debbie saved these awesome spice containers from her husbands clearing out spree.  I'm so happy he decided she did not need them any more, but even happier that she knew I would find a way to re-purpose them.  I packaged up the spices and passed them on to my son and his girlfriend, washed out the jars and filled them with GLITTER!  The tops are perfect for sprinkling or pouring and the nice wide mouths make them perfect for pouring the glitter back in.   I just love looking at them, I even mixed a few glitters together, I love the new blue I came up with!  Next week I will show you a card I made with the new blue glitter too.  Well that's it for  today, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane
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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Gecko Galz meets Vintage by Me

 
Hi All, I am sharing a card I made for the Gecko Galz DT Vintage by Me cross promotion featuring Vintage by Me products along with Gecko Galz products.
For this 5 x 7 card I printed the Gecko Galz Floral Symphony paper and Vintage by Me bird image (twice) on to Staples matte photo paper.  I mounted the image on to a piece of black card stock and trimmed a 1/16" edge around it with my Perfect Layers Mini Tools.  I then mounted both pieces on to a die cut frame and a doily (that I sprayed with turquoise blue Glimmer Mist).  I fussy cut the little bird and mounted him with a piece of foam on to the image.   I added a spray of pale blue and white pearls and 3 large pearls. I added the thought bubble with the words sweet sweet cut and printed on my Zing.  I printed the envelope liner on copy paper using the same Floral Symphony paper.
That's it, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

I am entering this into the 
*City Crafter Challenge Speech Bubbles
*Sentimental Sundays Shabby Chic or use a lace doily 
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Christmas card a week #11

 
 Hi All, week 11 is here and I have a mini "Shaker" card to show you this time for the challenge at My Craft Spot using another one of the stamps from My Craft Spot  Merry Christmas set.   I made the shaker on this card with a layer of gold Stickles first then 2 more layers of Stampin Up Crystal Effects, I dried between layers and when the top layer was dry yet still tacky I added some 2mm crystal gems from PizzazAPlenty to shake around and then put a piece of clear plastic on top.    I love the way the new  Perfect Layers Mini Tools and Perfect Cutting Mat made making this card so easy too, especially when making the frame for the Believe, the smaller size really helps!   The Santa image is from Free Vintage Digital Stamps  and the paper is also free from  The Coffee Shop blog.  Feels so good to have 11 cards in my Christmas card stash already, feel free to join the fun and get a head start on yours too.  That's it, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

 I am joining Marina's link party at My Perfect Life
Entering these challenges:
*My Craft Spot - Shake it On

*Crafty Hazelnuts extra challenge  
*Completely Christmas Challenge -  9 Anything goes  
*Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes 
Jingle Belles - All Bundled up 3 or more layers

See my sidebar for a link to the Perfect Paper crafting tools, use my name for an additional 5% discount.
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Christmas card a week #10

 Hi All, I made another Christmas card for the challenge to make 1 card a week so I will have them all done early!  Feels good to have 10 done and waiting already!  For this card I used the image from Gecko Galz Sweet Mommy collage along with the Solarium papers.  I have to say, these papers are becoming a real favorite of mine, I love every one in the set and I love printing them as many times as I want too!
I did a close up so you could see the one of beautiful stamps from My Craft Spot  Merry Christmas set.  My friend and DT sister Lisette (Mrs. Bees) was very generous to share her winnings from City Crafters with me, (thank you Lisette).  I chose this beautiful set of 10 stamps with the Christmas theme, I just love the fine line detail in this stamp, doesn't it look beautiful?   Other details on this 5 x 7 card, I used True Blue Stickles for the halos, and I used gold embossing powder around the frames before using my Perfect layers Mini rulers (perfect for these small cuts)  to put a 1/16th black trim edge.  I also went a little crazy with the Liquid pearls, the beading in this image really caught my eye so I wanted to accentuate it a bit.  Well that's it, thanks for stopping by and thank you for all of your encouraging comments too.  ~Diane

 I am joining Marina's link party at My Perfect Life
Crafty Hazelnuts extra challenge  
 
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Beauty in Pink and Black

Hi All, I am sharing a card I made for the Gecko Galz Design Team using some of the new paper from the Solarium paper pack and the April Colors collage sheet.   This is my usual  5 x 7 card, I printed the paper and the image on Staples matte photo paper,  framed the image with my in black card stock using my Perfect Layers Rulers. I added a digital die cut from my Zing by Krewella Kreations The envelope liner is printed on copy paper.
That's it for today, thanks for stopping by. 
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Friday, April 4, 2014

Christmas Card a Week #8

Hi All, week 8!  Whoo hoo, it sure feels good to have 8 Christmas cards done and ready to go!   This card was a bit hard to photograph, the card stock is a deep gray the red border is some leftover industrial plastic, it is see through and the snowflake was die cut from a gift box and it picks up every color of light in the room.  The image is from Gecko Galz Vintage Christmas digital stamps
I added some white lace Stickles to the Mistletoe Berries and red Stickles to the holly berries.  I trimmed the image in some pale blue embossing powder also.  The die cut is from Birds Cards.  I used my new Perfect Layers Mini Tools and Perfect Cutting Mat. to cut the clean red border, don't forget today is the last day of the Perfect Paper Crafting Brand Ambassador Blog hop, see details in the 2 posts below.   That's it, thanks for stopping by, and thanks for all the great comments.   ~Diane 
 I am joining Marina's link party at My Perfect Life
*Completely Christmas Challenge -  5 Anything goes
*Crafty Hazelnuts extra challenge  
*Merry Monday Challenge Mistletoe 

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

More Perfect Paper Crafting Cards

 Hi All, the Perfect Paper Crafting Brand Ambassador Blog hop continues through Friday April 4 midnight PST so here's another card I made using my new mini tools.   I love the way the new  Perfect Layers Mini Tools and Perfect Cutting Mat made making this card so easy!   That little black frame adds so much drama to the gorgeous Gecko Galz Musical Jewel It image.  I found the 2 matching  musical notes die cuts in my Make the Cut free gallery and cut them with my Zing. 
So if you haven't joined the hop yet, please do!  And if you just have to have these awesome rulers and mat right now, please use my coupon code Bove5%  for a 5% discount at the check out.
We are very lucky to have SugarPea Designs as one of our sponsors for this fun blog hop. SugarPea Designs is giving away a $25 gift certificate to their new on line store to one lucky winner. Also to celebrate our very first Perfect Paper Crafting Brand Ambassador blog hop, Perfect Paper Crafting will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to our on line store. All you have to do is visit all of the participating blogs and leave a comment on every single one. We will announce the winner Sunday, April 6. I hope you enjoy!
Wishing you all the best of luck!  ~Diane 
PS, if you use coupon code 
Bove5%   you will receive my 5% discount at checkout.
I would like to enter the challenge
(You all know how I love my matching envie liners, lol)
*Dutch Card Lovers to make a matching envelope
*A Little bit Crafty the Birds and the Bees 
(I hope it's OK that I have a blog hop here also) 


 We have two winners from our Perfect Paper Crafting Brand Ambassador blog hop. The winner of our $50 gift certificate to www.perfectpapercrafting.com is Cheryl W. from paperpanacea.blogspot.com. The winner of the $25 gift certificate to SugarPea Designs is Janice. We will email you with your prizes! Thanks to everyone who participated in our blog hop!

 
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Monday, March 31, 2014

Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Hop

 Here are a few cards I made using my Perfect Layers Mini Tools and Perfect Cutting Mat. .
www.perfectpapercrafting.com is Cheryl W. from paperpanacea.blogspot.com. The winner of the $25 gift certificate to SugarPea Designs is Janice. We will email you with your prizes! Thanks to everyone who participated in our blog hop!
 
 
 Hi All and welcome to the Perfect Paper Crafting Brand Ambassador Blog hop!  I am excited to share our newest Mini Perfect Layers rulers and Cutting Mat with you today!  The hop will be open for comments Monday March 31 starting at 9 a.m PST- Friday April 4 midnight PST.
 We thought we would do a blog hop for you to see our Brand Ambassadors artistic talents showcasing our newest products. They will show you how to use our new  Perfect Layers Mini Tools and Perfect Cutting Mat. We are very lucky to have SugarPea Designs as one of our sponsors for this fun blog hop. SugarPea Designs is giving away a $25 gift certificate to their new on line store to one lucky winner. Also to celebrate our very first Perfect Paper Crafting Brand Ambassador blog hop, Perfect Paper Crafting will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to our on line store. All you have to do is visit all of the participating blogs and leave a comment on every single one. We will announce the winner Sunday, April 6. I hope you enjoy!
Wishing you all the best of luck!  ~Diane
The blog hop is now closed.
Products  used:  Gecko Galz Between the Lines, Hip Hop Easter
                                       Egg die cut and scallop border from Birds Cards
I would like to enter my second card in the challenge at
*Fusion Card Challenge

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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Lilly's of the Valley


 Hi All, today I am sharing a card I made for the Gecko Galz design team using this lovely Lilly's of the Valley image from the Pretty Petals Collection.  This has always been one of my favorite flowers, my grandmother grew them in her garden off the porch, I can remember sitting on the glider smelling their sweet scent.  This was a rather simple card to make, I just printed the image on Staples photo paper along with the background paper from It's Not Easy Being Green.  I used my Perfect Layers Rulers to trim a 1/16th frame around the image, distressed the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink, mounted it to a sheet of white card stock that had also been distressed, then mounted that to the background print.  The envelope is lined in the same matching paper printed on to copy paper.  I had the embellishment in my stash for a long time, and decided it would be a great finish to this card.  Well that's it for today, hope you are all enjoying some Spring like weather wherever you are, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

I am entering this into 
*A Creative Romance challenge - Spring Flowers
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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Christmas Card a Week #5

Hi All, I found another fun Christmas Card challenge called Merry Monday Christmas challenge  through my friend Leanne, so I made this card to fit the theme of  Chocolate Brown, Green, Gold and White or Cream!   It took me a bit to find the right image but I finally found this one from  Magic Moonlight, it was a free image I saved a long time ago.  I tried gold flock on the little birdies, but I like the Stickles Gold Glitter better.  I used Stampin Up Chocolate Brown for the 1/8th and 1/16th frames I cut with my Perfect Layers Rulers.  The green envelope and background paper are from Gecko Galz Grandmothers House papers.  This is my 5th card for my Christmas card stash, I am really happy I am accomplishing 2 of my goals for this year, to enter more challenges and to get my Christmas cards done before November.  Well, that's it for today, thanks for stopping by.   ~Diane
I would love for you to join me at these Christmas card Challenge/ Link Ups.
I am joining Marina's link party at My Perfect Life
  12 months of Christmas link up at Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

*Merry Monday Christmas challenge Chocolate Brown, Green, Gold and White or Cream 
*Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge 167 - Spread your Wings
*Completely Christmas Challenge -  2 Anything goes 
*Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - Patterned paper
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Pretty in Pink at Tag Tuesday

Hi All, I was off a week and made next weeks tag for today, but I finally did get today's tag done!  I don't know why I struggle so with tags, but I am getting more comfortable making them so that really makes me happy. The prompt this week is Pretty in Pink and this is one of my favorite pink images.   I made this tag with a die cut from Krewella, on my Zing.  I somehow sized this wrong so the bottom 1/2 did not make it on to the cutting area, but no worries, I actually think it works better for a tag like this.   I used an image from Gecko Galz Pixie Magic and their Solerium paper.  
I used my Perfect Layers Rulers to trim a 1/16th frame in brown around the image then plopped a beautiful pink rose on it and that it!  Be sure to stop by Tag Tuesday and see what all the talented folks over there are up to.
 Thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Gecko Galz Easter Challenge

Hi All,  For this months Gecko Galz customer contest we are asking you to create an Easter inspired paper crafted project. Show us your Easter designs. The only rule is you must include one product from Gecko Galz, can be one of the free products, stamps, collage image paper the limits are endless to your imagination.  And what will the winner get?  A Jodi Lee gift pack plus a $25 shopping Spree
from Gecko Galz.  Just email a picture of your project by March 31st to
geckogalz2014@gmail.comor go to our blog site and enter your link!  And On April 1st we will announce our winner 
For this 5 x 7 card I chose Gecko Galz Its not Easy Being Green paper pack filled with lush green 
colored papers (this one is one of my favorites), along with the image from My Little Chickadee.  I printed the image twice on matte photo paper, fussy cut the ribbons and flowers, added a little foam 
 underneath to give it a decoupaged look, then  I added yellow flock to the chicks.  I mounted that on 
to a piece of bright yellow card stock, used my Perfect Layers Rulers to cut a 1/16 frame around it.  I printed the Its not easy being Green in 5 x7 for the card front on matte photo paper and mounted the image to it.  I then trimmed around the yellow border with some Yellow Stickles.  I printed the matching envelope liner in a 4 x 6 size on regular copy paper and trimmed it with pretty scissors and glued the top to an envelope.
 That's it for today, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Springtime Gem of a sale!

 Hi All, great news today to go along with this Gecko Galz DT piece.  In celebration of our third annual retreat we are having a one day buy one get one sale for all our friends and followers. Just go to the Gecko Galz Site and for every product you buy you get another absolutely FREE!
 If you look closely at the image you can see her looking into a hand mirror, so I thought this would be a great idea for a Birthday card for one of my girlfriends.   For this 5 x 7 card I chose the image from Springtime Gems, I printed it on matte photo paper then glued it to a piece of Stampin Up dark purple card stock, I trimmed a 1/16 border of purple with my Perfect Layers Ruler.  I used the free die cut of the rose pattern from Birdscards in green for the card and in purple for the envelope liner.  I added a piece of purple behind the green die cut.  The ribbon and lace trims were then attached, then I added my image and border on top with some foam tape.
 
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Gecko Galz wants to see your Valentine!

Hi All, there is still time to join the Gecko Galz Valentines Contest, you have until January 31st, and there are some great prizes.  This is one of my Gecko Galz  design team cards I made for the challenge.   I used the image from Gecko Galz Valentine Wishes along with the Bingo sheet from from Gecko Galz Bits and Pieces.  I printed them both on matte/matte photo paper from Staples.  Ribbon is from Stampin Up, red hearts are from my stash and I used Stickles Crystal on the rose.  For the envelope liner I used Basic Grey True Love papers
 Instructions:  I printed the Bingo sheet twice and fussy cut the rose out of the second sheet.  I printed the Valentines Wishes image and mounted it onto a piece of brown card stock,  I used my Perfect Layers Rulers to trim a 3/16th border, then mounted that on to the Bingo sheet. I added the red ribbon and red hearts and then mounted the whole sheet on to a white 5 x 7 folded card.  I trimmed the edges of the rose with Stickles, then placed a piece of dimensional foam underneath it.  For the envelope liner I printed a 4 x 6 image of the Basic Grey True Love papers and used a fancy edge scissor to trim it on the top edge.  I put it in position inside the envelope and then fold the crease, once it is folded I use a little little white glue to hold it in place.
Well that's it, thanks for stopping by and thanks for looking.  ~Diane

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Chubby Little Winter Birds

Hi All, here's another card I made for the Gecko Galz DT using the Winters Garden set for both the image and paper.  I love it when we get a paper image included in the collage sheet set!
Here are the products I used.   Gecko Galz Winters Garden collage set, Starburst jewels from
Pizzazz Aplenty and dimensional foam.
Directions: I printed the blue leaf background on matte matte photo paper and glued it to my 5 x 7 card base.  Then I printed the bird image twice, fussy cut just the birds from 1 image and used the dimensional foam to pop them up, I also glued the birds down on the left side only.  I mounted the bird image to a piece of black card stock, I used my
Perfect Layers Rulers to trim a 3/16th border, then mounted that to the leaf paper.  I glued the 3 acrylic sunburst gems on to the side.  For the envelope liner, I printed the image on regular copy paper 4x6, cut the outside edge with fancy scissors and glued the top into the inside of the envelope.

And don't forget this month at Gecko Galz we are having our bi-Annual buy one get one sale.  Buy any product and get a second of equal or lesser value FREE! Just place your order as usual then send an email to us at geckogalz@yahoo.com with a list of your free products. Now is the perfect time to stock up!
Well, that's it for today, thanks for looking.  ~Diane
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Yes you can can!


 
Hi All, hope you are keeping comfortable and enjoying the weather where you are.  
I made this card with one of the Gecko Galz images from the Individual collage sheet Showtime.
My friend asked me to make a special card for a friend of hers that is going through a tough time with cancer, this image really spoke to me in hopes of inspiring strength, yes you can can (for those of you not old enough to remember, this looks like one of the girls that did a dance called the Can Can, lol).  I also used some Stampin Up card stock, embossed the lavender sheet and placed the 1/16 trimmed edge with my Perfect Layers Rulers,  love how it trims it up perfectly!
I did a close up to show the Stickles Frosted Lace I used.  When I bought it I had hoped it would be a bit more opaque, so I was a bit disappointed at the time.  I decided to give it a shot on the lace ruffle of the dress and I just love the effect, it really gives it a lacy feel, my camera makes it look sparkly, but it is not, just a real nice ruffled lace look.
I can't forget the envelope liner, I used Gecko Galz Pocket Full of Posies Paper Pack for this, I really love the vintage feel to it.  Speaking of Gecko Galz, be sure to stop by the store, Leanne is offering her bi annual  buy 1 get one (of equal or lesser value) free sale, it's a great time to stock up!
Well that's it for today, thanks for stopping by.  ~Diane 

I am entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge
Anything goes, and stop by to see the amazing work from their DT too! 
 
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