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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

IN MEMORY OF DEREK MCCONNELL

**Second post for today**

My sweet friends, today’s post is in memory of one of our dear soldiers who has been called home. Yesterday, Derek McConnell was laid to rest. He was severely injured by an IED in Afghanistan 20 months ago. He had fought so hard to regain his life and was so close to going home, but on March 18th, he did not wake up.

I cannot image the pain of losing a child and my heart is heavy for his mother, Siobhan Fuller-McConnell, and his finance, Krystina Dressler, as well as their entire family. I made this card yesterday using the Mojo Monday sketch.

Somehow these beautiful Prima papers felt so calming and peaceful. The Technique Tuesday stamps stamped in a soft grey added the finishing touch.

Thank you for stopping by.

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Supplies

*Prima Flowers 6 x 6 PAPER PACK NATURE GARDEN 950194

Sheer Crosshatch Grey

color magic hearts

Greenhouse Society 10-12

Lacey Circles

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INKSPIRATIONAL WITH RUBBER STAMP TAPESTRY–SENDING YOU LOVE

Well it is the first Wednesday in April and that means it is time for Inkspirational’s Color Challenge #19 and this month the colors are Pink, Banana, and Slate!
I know you will want to see all the gorgeous creations from our DT so be sure to check out their cards at Inspirational and leave a little love. Now here is my card.

The slate looks more grey in this picture, but it really is slate. I dry embossed the base panel and used a Martha Stewart double border punch for the yellow strip. The sentiment panel is stamped with Rubber Stamp Tapestry’s Bluebonnet Bouquet set and their sentiment block stamp. The frame was cut using dies from Inspired by Stamping.

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OUR SPONSOR THIS MONTH

My wonderful friend Susan Walton is sponsoring us this month! I have been using her stamps for several years and absolutely love them. In fact, I go to her stamps for just about everything! I know you will love them too, so pop over and check out her shop!

Rubber Stamp Tapestry

One lucky winner will receive a $15.00 Gift Coupon good on stamp sets

from this generous and fabulous sponsor!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Please hop over to Inkspirational to see all of the beautiful “inkspiration” from the DT!

Quatrefoil Embossing Folder	Rose Buds	Fancy Label Dies 1	Sending You Love Block Stamp	Bluebonnet Bouquet Set
Martha Stewart Crafts Double-Edge Punch Doily Lace Trim	Mixed Color of Small Flowers	color magic hearts

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

LESS IS MORE HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hello sweet friends. I can’t wait for the weather to settle down. Yesterday it was almost 70 degrees; today, 58 is supposed to be the high. Oh well….
Let’s talk about my card that I made for the Less is More challenge.

The theme for this week is scallops. I chose the Taylored Expressions scalloped eyelet border die for this one and some beautiful paper from K&Co. The ribbon looks black in this photo but it is more brown than black in real life. The Happy Birthday is from Inspired by Stamping and the Bumbling Bee stamp is from Inkadinkado. The entire panel is attached with foam tape. Thank you so much for visiting my blog!

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