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I thought I would share a couple of cards I did over the weekend with you tonight. 

Really, I just played until I liked something, sometimes that’s just the way it goes.

I am really liking this over-embellishing thing way too much!  However, I am coming back to my common sense way of thinking and tomorrows post will reflect that.  But for now…enjoy all the baubles!

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Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Sandy

A funny thing happened on the way to work…

Posted by: inksgirl on: September 15, 2009

Not funny to my poor hubby, but I gotta say I was laughing so hard!

Jim came in and woke me up, said he might need some help.  So not a morning person, me, got up and got dressed only to peek my head outside where he was in the driveway….with 3 hoods up on 3 cars!  Yeppers, 3 dead batteries!  All at once!

Silly me, ran to get the camera, and here ya go…

3 cars, 3 dead batteries!

3 cars, 3 dead batteries!I made him laugh about it! Such a sport.

More embellished cards…

Posted by: inksgirl on: September 9, 2009

Basic Grey, Spellbinders, Prima

Basic Grey, Spellbinders, Prima

Basic Grey, Spellbinders
Basic Grey, Spellbinders
inside of card

inside of card

Basic Grey, Spellbinders, Prima

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I love these Basic Grey papers!
Basic Grey, Spellbinders, Prima

Basic Grey, Spellbinders, Prima

And one more birthday card!

Marvy punches, Prima flowers, Spellbinders

Marvy punches, Prima flowers, Spellbinders

I tried something new today…

Posted by: inksgirl on: September 8, 2009

Birthday for Pastor Deb
Birthday for Pastor Deb

I don’t usually embellish my cards this much.   I have been blog hopping and found some ideas I wanted to try.  So….I sat myself down and made 60 of these little stick pins yesterday.  Yea….I can never just TRY something, I have to dig right in!

Our pastor is a woman!  I just love it!  Her birthday is Friday, so I thought I’d try all this over-embellishing out on her.
Inside of Pastor Deb's card

Inside of Pastor Deb's card

I also enjoyed making up some of the darling little gift bags that are floating around the internet, hope you like them!
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Have a blessed day!

Posted by: inksgirl on: September 2, 2009

I forgot to tell you that Whiff of Joy is looking for additional designers!  Why not try to submit something and see what happens!  I did, and I have never done it before, but I figured, I love, love, love their stamps so much…why not?   You can do it!

I love Whiff of Joy!

I love Whiff of Joy!Composition book altered with WOJ stamp

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The composition books are so easy to do!   Cover the back, front, and inside back cover.  I then cover two or three inside pages with coordianting paper and put tabs on them.  I use a piece of acrylic f rom a toy box, or a disposable tin pan lid (carry out dinner containers, anything that is c lear. At this point you can insert your art under the plastic you are going to attach next, or wait until after you attach the plastic and embellish .  Then I attach that with four of the extra large grommets.  Cover the inside front cover, add ribbon, artwork, embellishments and wa la!   You can do it!

Posted by: inksgirl on: September 2, 2009

TAC image

TAC imageMFT image

Well so far I haven’t learned how to make my page look better.  I want to learn how, but I’m on my own!
Today’s post has more cards that I have recently finished.  I love this craft and I love teaching others that they too can be creative…
MFT image

MFT image

I am also a bargain shopper.  These days I have to be so more than ever before.  We are on a tight budget and I’m afraid my spending has had it’s day for the most part.  That’s ok, because I have a lot of resources to play with.  That’s what is so great about this particular craft!  It can be very budget friendly if you are careful!  It’s when we HAVE TO HAVE all the latest and greatest that we (I) stray away from the good old budget.  Maybe some day I’ll learn!  In the meantime, I still love the thrill of the kill in bargain shopping!

Today I am going to play with my wizard…I bought it used for $20!  I have accumulated 3 sets of the new spellbinders dies and I look forward to learning how to use them.  Maybe later I will have pics to show you.  Have a very blessed day!  You can do it!
Sandy

Another September 1st post!

Posted by: inksgirl on: September 1, 2009

Whiff of Joy image

Whiff of Joy image

I want to post some of my other work and thought it would be best to seperate it into two posts.  I have some Whiff of Joy stamps used on my cards here as well as more TAC, Verve, Cornish and of course, Daisy Doodles from Prima….love those things!

Whiff of Joy stamp, Prima flower

Whiff of Joy stamp, Prima flower

Cornish Heritage Farms stamp

Cornish Heritage Farms stamp

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TAC image
Gotta love this one!
Gotta love this one!
Another composition book
Another composition book

031Ok, so there you go!  I love making all this stuff, but I gotta say…I am accumulating too much stuff!

September 1st!!!

Posted by: inksgirl on: September 1, 2009

retired clown from TAC

retired clown from TAC

Wow, it is hard to believe it so close to Fall.  The weather here in Kansas has been amazing!  Very much unlike the August we moved here 19 years ago…yea, 110 that day!

I am including in this post some of the cards I’ve had partially made for awhile and I finally worked on them to finish them up!

I want to thank you all for coming to my blog!  It always amazes me. I am posting the TAC images in this post and will make a second post with some Whiff of Joy stamps!  Hope you  enjoy these!

retired TAC rose stems

retired TAC rose stems

Retired image TAC

Retired image TAC

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TAC image

TAC image

TAC image

TAC image

Mabelle Ramirez Ortiz image TAC

Mabelle Ramirez Ortiz image TACTAC image

Whiff of Joy!

Posted by: inksgirl on: August 29, 2009

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My favorite new stamps come from
Whiff Of Joy!  I just love these little girls and angels!  I am still learning to use the Copic markers, and these are the perfect stamps to learn with because they have so much personality!

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Someday I’ll learn how to make my blog look nicer…today, this is what you get!  I gotta make some more cards!

Posted by: inksgirl on: August 28, 2009

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I love this little altered frame!  I found it at a dollar store and bought several.  I took them with me to a weekend event and worked on altering them .   The girls loved them so much that I sold out immediately!  And do you think I can find any more of these babies….oh NO.  So when my hubby gets his tools set up to use again….guess what is at the top of MY list for him!!!

My new website is on hold until I can get all the merchandise in.   I have received the Basic Grey 6×6 pads including the NEW ones!  If anyone wants some, just leave me a comment with your email address and I’ll get right back to you.  I also have the Daisy Doodles, from Prima.  If you look at my website you can see them under embellishments.  The Daisy doodles are the flowers in the jar.  They sell for $5.   The Basic Grey is under Paper on the site and it is $6.  Check out prettiesinink.com to see what is coming!

Have a great and blessed weekend!!!

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