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I have really grown to love the "tall and skinny" challenge week. At first, I was rather intimated, because the space is an inch less on the width. I have found that it gives me a chance to use smaller embellishments or the opportunity to showcase one stamp from a set. 

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Since I didn't have a rounded rectangle, I chose the square corner one. We have a High School Graduation this month and this turned out just perfect for a young man. His school colors are blue and gold. Hope he likes it!

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I must admit, the sketches are getting more challenging for me. It took me awhile to figure out that I did indeed have the circle for this card. The peaceful wildflowers is a new stamp set for me and I love the way the small sentiment fit on the tiny tag! Hope my friend will love her card.

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I went to a National Scrapbooking Day event in St. Petersburg at Whim So Doodle. The make n takes were opportunities to try new techniques. We learned to use a gelli plate and make patterned paper. I loved the way mine turned out and so I used it for the top of this card. It was much less messy than the sprays and pastes and watercolors as the gelli contained it. I may try again. The flowers, leaves and other papers are from MFT and the sentiment is from Verve.

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I love the way this card turned out. I used grout gray in with the diagonal stripes stencil for the background. On a Lavender Fields embossed background, I attached a grout gray tag embellished with Modern Blooms in various colors. An overall appealing card, I think.

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Yes, it is another Christmas Card. I love using different sketches so that none of them look alike. I was at a NSD crop and picked up this stamp. What a fun way to use it.

 





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I attended a class where we made backgrounds using cardstock which had been coated with gesso. This allowed the watercolors to move without using watercolor paper. We used dye based inks direct to paper and then a baby wipe to soften  and blend. When this was dry, we used stencils to add dimension with more color and to remove some with a baby wipe. I preferred adding the color and the MFT stencils worked so well along with the MFT inks. I was really pleased with my first attempt and decided to use as background for the challenge. Since I had used a little of the tropical teal on the card, I chose it for the additional elements. I spritzed with sheer shimmer mix-ables for some glitz! I'm loving the result!