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I will not be updating the blog until February 1st, so hang in there! I will be at Winter CHA from later today (1/27) until Wednesday (2/1). Here is a little sneaky peeky of something I made for the Graphic 45 Booth... Sorry, that's all I can show you of that! Here is a peek at something I made for Hampton Art Stamps, using 7Gypsies stamps and papers. This appears in the new Hampton

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I hope you all enjoyed the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy post from the other day! If you missed my tutorial, click HERE to see the first project. I promised you a tutorial for making this tag, and here you go! 1. Cut a piece of chipboard 3 x 6 inches and cover with printed paper. You could use a standard manila tag, but I like to use chipboard for projects that get a lot of handling. You may want

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For the first time.... At the Graphic 45 Winter 2012 CHA Booth: #2839... Graphic 45 is sponsoring Design Team Daily Demos! The G45 Design Team will be teaching techniques and tutorials. Here's the schedule! Sunday, January 29th: Sherry Cheever at 11AM Monday, January 30th: Jane Tregenza at 11AM and Laura Denison at 4PM Tuesday, January 31st: Gloria Stengel at 11AM Wednesday

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The entry window for the Spellbinders Paper Arts contest on this blog has ended. Thank you! Welcome to the 8th day of the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy! Spellbinders™ Paper Arts is absolutely thrilled to bring you our largest product release ever! These new collections are some of the most innovative and beautiful die cutting and embossing templates in the world! The

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Graphic 45 has announced the third collection they are releasing for Winter CHA 2012...Olde Curiosity Shoppe! To say this collection is "right up my alley" would be an understatement! I have made a few projects already using the stamps and new papers... I cannot wait to show you the projects! This one will be shown at the Hampton Art Stamps booth at CHA and revealed on my blog on February

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Time for a new challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbon! For Challenge #40, make a Valentine's Day themed project, plus ribbon. The design team had a sponsor this month, Digital Delights. I was given this cute digi image, called Angel Donita, to work with. I colored the image with Copics and added some Stickles to her wings and halo. Super cute! I used more of the We R Memory Keepers Love

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Hello Blogger peeps! I have a little announcement that I have been sitting on since before Christmas... I have been asked by Scrap n' Art Magazine to come on board as their NEW Card Sketch Artist! I am so excited. My first sketch and sample will debut in the March 2012 issue! Melita Chow, Senior Editor, contacted me before the holidays and asked if I would consider doing a guest spot for

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Welcome to the January Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop! You should be coming to me from Dawn's Blog. If not, go back to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and start the hop! You don't want to miss any of the stops! I used the January Ribbon Club Assortment for my project. This assortment is all about Valentine's Day! How can you not love pink, white, and red?! I confess that I love

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I keep telling people that I am too busy to do things with them right now...because I am working on CHA projects and other deadlines...  I get the feeling my non-crafty friends don't understand, so yesterday I took a photo of my craft desk. This is just the main desk! I did not have the heart to take a photo of the whole space. It was a disaster! Plus I had unreleased product sitting on the

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Today, Graphic 45 revealed the stamps that match the new Little Darlings paper line! I am always impressed with the stamps that Graphic 45 (via Hampton Art Stamps) comes up with to match the paper! I am so blessed to have a chance to work with the stamps early in the process, even before that paper is printed! Which also means that the samples I make for Hampton Art Stamps use older papers...but

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Graphic 45 introduced one of the new winter lines, Little Darlings, on their blog today. I have had the new stamps for a while and just got the papers the other day. People...this color palette will knock your socks off! I wish I had baby photos to scrap! I will have to dig out some old ones of my kids! Or borrow some from friends! I can also announce that I will be doing a

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Today is my Introduction Day on the Imaginarium Designs Blog! Jane picked out an adjective to describe each designer and the word she picked for me was "glorious." What I think is glorious are Imaginarium Designs Chipboard shapes! I am beyond thrilled to have a chance to work with these amazing products for 2012! If you want to join the fun, make sure to sign up at the Ning Gallery! You get a

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The Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy runs from January 12-20, 2012. Rush over to the Spellbinders Blog for details! My Reveal Day is January, 19th! Can't wait to show you my projects!

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Can you stand to see another mini album? I made this one for Graphic 45 back in September, but with one thing and another it's just now being shown. I had this Kaisercraft album in my stash for ages and finally pulled it out and used it! I love An ABC Primer papers and had such fun making this album. I love the different shapes of the album and how they stack onto each other. This is a fun

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I want to share another altered tray with you. This tray has story...so grab a coffee and sit back! I went to CKU San Diego in October. One of the projects was an altered printers tray. The class went something like this: each teacher came in and gave instructions to a few "holes" of the tray. It was a bit disorganized and some teachers had no time to go over their part of the project. Also,

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I've got a fantastic mini album to show you today! You all know my first love is card making, but a close second is making mini albums. I love making them and I love teaching others how to make them. Here is a fun one using Graphic 45 Le Cirque and Transatlantique papers. I used a mini from Pinecone Press, with a few elements of my own thrown in. You know I cannot use anything the way it's

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Happy New Year, blog buddies! I hope you have an amazing and blessed year in 2012! I'm excited for what the new year will bring! After having such highs and lows in 2010 and 2011, I am ready for JUST highs! To kick things off, my husband and I are planning a huge trip to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary...an Alaskan tour and cruise! We are beyond excited about that! Let's ring in the new

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It's already 2012 in Australia, home of Imaginarium Designs! And they've announced the NEW 2012 Team... Announcing our New Design Team for 2012 I am so excited about the wonderful year we have planned for you. We had an overwhelming response to our Design Team call and I would once again like to thank everyone who entered. We have chosen 20 creative Ladies from all over the world who want

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I thought maybe some of you would be needing a decorating idea for New Year's Eve...so how about this project? I  created this ensemble for Spellbinders™ for use in THIS VIDEO. I love the black and cream papers and the amazing Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities® pennants. I used both the Nested Pennants and the Nested Lacey Pennants. If you use the Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™ Die Cutting

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Hop on over to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and check out the fabbie SALE they are having! Check out these coupon codes! The codes are good now through midnight EST on Wednesday 12/28. (Sale code is not valid on prior orders, ribbon club subscriptions, ribbon club gift subscriptions, or special order items).Order subtotals from $.01 to $39.99 SAVE 10% using code HOLIDAY10.Order

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Graphic 45 and Petaloo are teaming up for a super fun blog swap from December 26-30th! Join us for a spectacular week of inspiration and prizes! The Graphic 45 and Petaloo design teams will be creating the most glorious calendars that combine our elegant crafting products! Just in time for the new year! Plus there are chances to win an amazing Graphic 45 and Petaloo prize pack! This is going to

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! To all of my Readers and Visitors, have the merriest of Christmases. I hope that you have the Peace of the Risen Lord. As our family celebrates our Savior during this time of year, I pray for those of you who are hurting, lost, or struggling. May you know the love of Christ and may you find comfort in His arms. If you already have the Joy of Christ, then do

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Welcome to the last part of my Graphic 45 inspired December Daily project! Thanks for joining me! Last Thursday we created pages for days 11 through 21 for our December Daily Journal. Let's keep going today and create the last 10 pages for December 22nd through December 31st! Thank you for taking this journey with me for the last four weeks! I hope you had as much fun making your December

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How about some Christmas cards? I have not made mine yet this year. Well, I have about 20 made, but I normally make between 60 and 100. (I know, I know!)  I made these beauties with Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium papers?! Do you love this paper? I know I do. The colors are so rich. And the Vintage images are fantastic! I made some wrinkle ribbon, which is another fun project. I like to make a

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Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #38 is ANYTHING GOES, PLUS RIBBON. That's an easy one! Here is my card. Another Christmas pretty! I used some new stamps and papers. I tend to buy all of this stuff, then it gets lost in my stash and next thing I know, the season is over! So I pulled this out and tried to use a bit of it before it's "last year's stock"! I love the adorable little stamp.

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Last week we created pages for days 1 through 10 for our Graphic 45 inspired December Daily Journal. Let's keep going today and create 10 more pages! We have two more weeks (counting today) to make this one-of-a-kind mini album! Visit my blog each week for step-by-step directions, according to the following schedule. If you missed week one, see the post for December 1st, gathering your

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Graphic 45 and May Arts are teaming up for a super fun blog hop December 12th - 16th! There will be tons of inspiration, fabulous prizes, incredible crafts and so much more! Behold the magic that happens when Graphic 45 vintage-inspired papers and embellishments join forces with gorgeous May Arts ribbons! The design teams are going all out to bring you the most enchanting crafts! You'll

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Welcome to the December Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop! You should be coming to me from Dawn's Blog. If not, go back to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and start the hop! (It's fun, trust me!) I used the December Ribbon Club Assortment for my project. This assortment is all white and is stunning in person! Some of the ribbon has sparkle, plus there is lace and ric rac in the set! I

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Welcome to Day Eleven of Really Reasonable Food Week! (Ok, so a week is only 7 days...it's holiday food...get with the program!) Today is my day to share my recipe and my packaging project! There is a tutorial for making my treat box, so keep reading! I have a recipe to share. This is a recipe that my oldest son brought home from preschool about 16 years ago and we make it every year for

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I have a few Christmas projects to show you. These were all made for Spellbinders™. If you want more details about the specific supply lists or the links to each product used, visit the Idea Gallery. Make sure you read all the way down, because one of these projects also has a tutorial attached to it! First is this 12x12 layout of my kids. The photo was taken in 2009, which is a Christmas

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December Daily Part 2: Creating Journal Pages for Days 1-10 Last week we got started collecting our supplies and binding materials for our Graphic 45 inspired December Daily Journal. By now you should have your shopped your stash, picked up a few new goodies, and decorated your cover! If you missed Part 1, click the link in the right side bar, or click HERE. It's time to make some pages

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Happy Wednesday, Blogger peeps! It's been a rough few days here, with my 11 year old driving me bananas, my husband out of the country, and the cold weather. Yes, highs of 50s and lows of 30s is cold for San Diego! I'm writing this post in response to a few questions I've had from folks recently - about design teams. Specifically about the Spellbinders Design Team Contest. A few ladies have

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I took a class at Paper Tales on Saturday, and made this cute advent calendar!  Connie was a fun instructor and I came home with a delightful project! I cannot remember the last time I enjoyed a class this much! I am very hard to please when it comes to classes and rarely take a class.  What can I say? I always think I can do it all by myself and don't need to take any stinkin' classes! {grin}! I

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Welcome to another Graphic 45 Tutorial! Christmas is fast approaching and with it the need to complete some quick and easy gift card holders! This pretty holder is easy to make and very festive. It's the perfect way to give a gift card or a monetary gift for the holidays. I combined Fashionista and Christmas Emporium papers for my project. I like to use papers that are not traditionally

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Edited to add: Maria has been in touch and her prize will go out to her this week! I've moved this portion of the post so that my December Daily post can have it's own spotlight! Remember to check back December 8th for Part 2! How about we start off with a BANG! The winner of my MEGA BLOG CANDY PRIZE is....... Maria said... Gorgeous tag holder, Gloria!! Gosh, my favorite thing about

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Yesterday was the day for Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #37, but I had a big post yesterday, so I held off posting the challenge until today! (If you are looking for my December Daily, click HERE.) Now, for the challenge...make a project using Silver and Gold, plus Ribbon. You'd think that a ribbon store would not have to say, plus ribbon, but...then again... {grin} Here is my card. Sorry

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Edited to add: blog candy winner announcement has been moved to HERE. Welcome to December! My blog will be filled with goodness this month - projects, blog hops, and all sorts of crafty goodness! Now, for what you've been waiting for....my Graphic 45 inspired December Daily! Part 1: Let's Get Started! Each year many crafters create a "December daily" journal. Some of us want a journal with

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Less than two days are left to enter my Blog Candy Prize give-away! I'll draw the winner on December 1st! Plus my 4-part December project will kick off at the same time! Don't miss it!

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I finally had the chance to alter one of the Graphic 45 metal film canisters. These tins are the perfect size to hold cookies, fudge, or other Christmas treats! I removed the round mini album that comes inside the tin. I am not big fan of round mini albums, but I am sure I'll find a use for that guy in the future! {grin} I cut my paper in a large circle and attached it to the top of the lid.

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For seven days celebrate the Feast to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete. ~ Deuteronomy 16:15 Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Blogger friends. May your blessings be ten-fold and may you know that the author of all is Christ Jesus, who died so

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Well, the day has arrived! I've been promising you some fancy, fantastic, and fabulous blog candy when I reached 500 Followers! Well, today is the day! I have a 12x12x2 "pizza box" stuffed with goodies! Check it out! I receive a lot of stuff as part of my design work. I get far more than I can ever use. Since some of the companies I design for are partners, I sometimes I get doubles and

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Good morning, Blogger peeps! I am sure fall is in the air for most of you. Even here in southern California we've had some fall weather! We are gearing up for Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas season. To celebrate the fall, I have a Graphic 45 project to show you. I found a 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 square of chipboard in my stash and decided to make a wall hanging out of it. It's amazing what you can

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The Graphic 45 Altered Art Boxes are wonderful to work with. The possibilities for decorating the boxes are ENDLESS! I used the 5x8 Kraftboard Altered Art Box to create a memory box. I removed the matching accordion mini album (which I can use for another project) and turned this art box into the perfect storage box for letters, memorabilia, jewelry, and more. Art Box size when closed: 5.25

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The Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #36 is - Clean and Simple Christmas. My long-time readers know that simple is not really my thing! But I managed it! Have a peek! I only used two patterned papers! That's as simple as it gets for me! I used ribbons from the November Ribbon Club. I placed the Diamond Satin in shell gray around the top of the sentiment block, then tied a bow with

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Join Spellbinders™ Paper Arts and Crafters Home as we celebrate a Fall Sneak Peek! Spellbinders and participating stores in the Crafters Home Buying Group are excited to introduce three new die template sets sold exclusively through Crafters Home stores through January! You’ll have to wait until February to find these die template designs in non-member stores. These new dies are in stock!

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Welcome! This is my very first Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop as part of the Special Events  Design Team! I hope you enjoy the hop! You should be coming to me from Dawn's Blog. If not, go back to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and start the hop! (It's fun, trust me!) I used the November Ribbon Club Assortment for my project. You get approx. 10-15 yards of lovely ribbon in each

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I have a sketch for you today! And it's a layout sketch! Don't faint! For you card makers, you can probably make a card instead. {grin} I created this sketch, then adapted it for a masculine layout by replacing the flowers with gears, clocks, and other metal embellishments. I created my layout using Graphic 45 Transatlantique papers. Transatlantique is an older line, but I love the blues and

Gloria Stengelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11504444723158684722noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074689.post-61478623281367426282011-11-09T15:00:00.000-08:002011-11-09T15:00:00.981-08:00

The lucky winner of my Christmas tag and prize pack is: voyager said... Wow! How beautiful! Your Gift Card Tag is awesome!!! Thanks for the tutorial, too. I love Graphic 45 products!! Please contact me with your mailing information so that I can get your prize in the mail.

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One of my Graphic 45 Teamies, Jane Tregenza, also has a company called Imaginarium Designs. She sells the most amazing and intricate chipboard shapes! Well, Imaginarium Designs is having a design team call right now. Anyone interested is asked to create a blog post showing 10 of their favorite projects using chipboard! I adore Jane (who I got to meet last January) and I love her products. I

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The response to my altered envelope and tag from yesterday's Handmade Holidays Blog Hop post was so AMAZING that I thought...why not give the project away to one lucky winner?! (If you missed the Hop, scroll down to read all about it and see my tutorial.) I will draw a winner from the comments on either the Blog Hop Post or this post. You will win my altered envelope and tag (minus the itunes

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Calling all crafters! We've gathered designers from some of our favorite manufacturers to show you ways to create something from the heart this holiday season. This 3-day Hop includes over 60 stops with inspiration brimming from every corner. Explore all thoughtful and frugal handmade gifts you could make for the holidays, all in one place on this Hop! To sweeten to Hop, we re offering a

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Graphic 45 introduced their new fall line, Tropical Travelogue last week! The Design Team will be getting paper soon, but I got my hands on the stamps already! The Hampton Art sales team asked me to make some samples for them so they could to show off the stamps and the NEW Clearsnap Decades inks! Are those stamps beautiful or what?! Graphic 45 has teamed up with Clearsnap Colorbox

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A few of my projects made the newest Spellbinders Video! Can you spot these lovelies? For more details, check the Spellbinders Idea Gallery, and search on my name!

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You can tell Halloween is over, because all the stores have their Christmas displays up! Lucky for me because I needed a few items for a "photo shoot" which is to be finished before Saturday! If you want to get started on your Christmas crafts, come and join JustRite for a Christmas Linky Party November 2nd - 8th! To join in the fun read all of the rules at the Christmas linky party blog

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The new Just Steampunk! magazine came out from Scott Publications. Not only do I have four projects in this issue, but my layout of my husband's grandmother made the cover! I'm so happy I keep pinching myself! The Graphic 45 Design Team (past and present) is well represented! Way to go girls!

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All this week Graphic 45 is teaming up with Core'dinations for a fun blog hop. By visiting both the Graphic 45 Blog and the Core'dinations Blog you'll see some astounding crafts that combine the elegance of Graphic 45 with the the beauty and versatility of Core'diantions products. It's an unbeatable mix of inspiration! There are four fabulous prizes  up for grabs this week - two from G45 and 

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Graphic 45 is having a fun Thanksgiving Card Challenge! Read all about it on the Graphic 45 Blog! I created a card to get you started! I used papers from Steampunk Debutante, Renaissance Faire, and Domestic Goddess - all in lovely fall shades! I searched through my stash and found this fabbie flower and some feathers to add to my card. Such fun to shop in Gloria's Scrapbook Emporium!  {

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I'm back safe and sound from CKU Reunion, San Diego! (That's NOT the big announcement!) I will have highlights and photos from the event later this week. Once I get my act together and my bags unpacked. I only had to drive 25 minutes, but the baggage that came home with me is mind boggling! The BIG ANNOUNCEMENT......drum roll..... I have been selected to be on the Really Reasonable Ribbon

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Hey bloggers. I am heading out to CKU San Diego in a little while. I will be back on Sunday or Monday with some peeks of the projects I make at the event! If you are attending CKU, find me and say hi to me! I look just like the photo on the sidebar. That photo was taken in April, making me easy to spot! It's not like I put up my high school graduation photo or one where I'm 60 lbs thinner! {grin}

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(This is my second post for today. If you are looking for the CPC Sketch, scroll down!) It's all about the purple! I am not big into Halloween, but I like vintage images and old fashioned things, so I'm drawn to the Magic of Oz and Hallowe'en in Wonderland papers from Graphic 45, especially the purples! I created this "folding screen" project for the Graphic 45 Blog. Super fun! To create

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Hello and good morning! I told you a few weeks ago that I was stepping down from Christian Paper Crafts, and that's still true. However, I had already made a sketch and sample for next month, so they decided to give it to you as a BONUS for today! Lucky you! Make sure you link up your project to the CPC Blog! I made a pocket card sketch, which is fun if you have a gift card or book mark or

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Graphic 45 has introduced a new line - Tropical Travelogue! This collection will be perfect for tropical vacation scrapbook pages! If you love botanical prints, check this out! Later this week I will show you a sneaky peaky of the new Tropical Travelogue stamp sets! I've had a chance to play with those already...and wow! (I normally get the stamps about a month prior to getting the paper

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Back in August I was asked to create a fall ensemble for Spellbinders™. This is what I made for them. You can see it in the Gallery also. I created a napkin holder, gift box, and name tag. Windy, one of my teammates, also created an ensemble, which you can see HERE. Spellbinders combined our ideas to create this ad! (I spotted it on the back cover of the November 2011 issue of CardMaker.)

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Spellbinders™ Paper Arts has just announced their design team contest for 2012-2013! Remember, anyone can enter! It's open world-wide! The deadline for round one is December 9, 2011. So get busy making something! Best wishes to all who apply! Have you seen the Spellbinder Guest Designers making "waves" on the Blog? Sherry Cheever was up on Thursday! Check out her fabbie project and video

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Graphic 45 has the most incredible art boxes that can be altered. Each box comes with a mini album inside, also perfect for altering! There are three sizes: 5x5 and 5x8 kraftboard, and a round metal film canister album. For my project I chose the 5x5 album. The box is bare allowing you to add paint, paper, ink, or whatever you desire! I chose the Graphic 45 An ABC Primer paper collection for

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This is my second post for today, so scroll down to see another fabbie Halloween card. For this post I have a Graphic 45 card for you! I used The Magic of Oz to create this a sweet Dorothy card. I saw a funny quote the other day on a friend's Printerest wall..."The Wizard of Oz is just a story about two women fighting over a pair of shoes." Made me laugh! This card is all about the baskets that

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I have not had time to participate in any extra challenges in months! When I saw the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #34, I knew I wanted to play! Halloween is in the fall, right?! I made this cutie card just for the challenge, mostly to use the FANTASTIC shimmer satin ribbon and baker's twine I got at the RRR store! Love me some purple! I colored these cuter than all get out stamps with

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Welcome to our TWO-day event!   You should be joining me from Wendy Chang's blog, if not then head to the beginning at the Unity Stamp Co. Blog. With all the blog-swaps that are happening out there lately, I can't think of one more exciting than when the amazing women of SPELLBINDERS™ get together with the rock stars of UNITY STAMP COMPANY! We can't wait to show you a special line of

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I've been working the past 6 months or so on getting published in print magazines. I had cards in the Hampton Art Stamps Summer Supplement Catalog, but have not been accepted by a print magazine in a long time. Well...ta da! I have four cards in this issue of Just Cards! This is Volume 23, Fall 2011. It's a start! I hope you check it out. My cards are on pages 29, 32, 51, 60. I really hope to

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I have a layout to share with you today. I made this for the Spellbinders™ Idea Gallery. My goal was to somehow use the Retro Mod Clocks templates. I had some photos of my husband and me that I wanted to scrapbook, and the "time flies" idea just stuck with me! This is Matt and me on our wedding day September 5, 1987 and on our anniversary trip to London, September 2007. Twenty years passed in a

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For those of us who have kids, I'd guess we've been back into the school routine for a while. Mine have been back for almost 9 weeks. We homeschool, so I am in the thick of trying to get things finished so I can do our 9-week grade reports! To celebrate our first 9-weeks I am showing an ensemble made for the Spellbinders™ Idea Gallery. I created a 12x12 page layout, a card, and a notepad in the

Gloria Stengelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11504444723158684722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074689.post-83785574413325359882011-10-13T05:00:00.000-07:002011-10-13T05:00:14.352-07:00

The Christian Paper Crafts October Design Team Delights Gallery opens on October 15th for all Super Sisters and King’s Daughters members. It’s filled each month with projects created by the design team and special guests. You won’t be able to see these projects anywhere else…not on blogs, in galleries, or anywhere! They are exclusive to the Design Team Delights Gallery, so join us today and don’t

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Good morning, Blogger peeps! I am here with a sad heart today. This is my very last CPC Sketch Tuesday! Due to a design team contractual conflict, I'll be stepping down from the CPC team. I have loved being part of this amazing message board for the past 2+ years. I have met so many lovely Christian women and had a blast getting to know them. I wish the rest of the DT many blessings! Here is

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My amazing daughter turns sweet sixteen today! She is smart, talented, and beautiful. I cannot believe how fast the time has flown! It seems like yesterday she was running around in footie pjs, carrying her blankie. Now, she's running around in flip-flops, carrying the car keys! She is our beautiful girl. She's beautiful inside and out, and we adore her!   Below is a photo of Laura with

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Would the winners of my post HERE, please step forward and claim your prize! You have until Monday, 10/10 at 8am PT to claim your prize or it goes back into the prize bin! Note: I do not hunt down prize winners. If there is an email in your blog comment, I will email you. If not, it's up to you to contact me. I used to spend a lot of time tracking down blog winners. I no longer do that. If you

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Good morning Blogger buddies! I have a Halloween project to show you today, and a few links for you to follow. It always makes my day when I see my work pop up somewhere. I feel like Sally Field...they like me, they really like me! My kids have always loved to go Trick-or-Treating. While we do not "celebrate" Halloween, we often visit the pumpkin patch and take part in other fun fall traditions.

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It's blog hop central around here! I have another blog hop for you this week. This time it's a fabbie hop between Graphic45 and Scrapbook Adhesives. The folks at Scrapbook adhesives treated the Graphic 45 team to a whole pile of fantastic goodies to play with! Here is what I made. I used larged chipboard birds and the Christmas Emporium collection to create a banner that says: PEACE. Each

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I have two winners to announce today! The winner of my World Card Making Day prize and the winner of my Graphic 45 Trick or Treat Blog Hop prize! I have a collection of goodies: from Graphic 45, Want2Scrap, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, May Arts, Core'dinations, and more! Both winners will receive a goodie bag!  Congratulations to: Bart said... I wish I made half as many cards as you do.

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Good morning Blogger buddies and crafting peeps! It is once again World Card Making Day! You will see prizes and contests all over the 'Net today! I am doing my part and showing you some NEW cards, plus I will be giving out a prize! I will draw a Random Winner from all of the Comments to this post - and the  winner will receive small prize package from me! So, just "say howdy" for your chance

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In honor of the Halloween Rejuvenation Challenge the designers at Graphic 45 are going to "treat" you to a fun design team blog hop all this week! Each day you'll see a sneak peek of a fantastic Graphic 45 trick-or-treat bag designed by the design team members. Make sure you hop along each day, September 26-30! Today you will visit: Melanie Forbes Gloria Stengel  -  YOU ARE HERE! Edited

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Welcome to the Spellbinders™ and Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock® Blog Swap! This week Spellbinders™ has teamed up with Core’dinations Color Core Cardstock® to showcase the wonderful ways the products work together! Stop by each Designer Blog and leave a comment to enter to win! We will randomly draw winners at the end of the week from all the comments posted on the designers blogs.

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I hope it's a lovely fall day where you are! Here on the southern California coast, it's what passes for fall. It's foggy and 65 degrees. It may burn off by this afternoon and be a lovely day, but right now...not so much! To get us all in the mood, I have a Fall Ensemble that I created for the Spellbinders™ Gallery.  These projects were also seen at Summer CHA in Chicago. I created a 12x12

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Today I have the pleasure of being the Really Reasonable Ribbon Guest Designer! I've had a chance to do some work for Bonnie in the past, and it's always a pleasure. Besides, who doesn't love AMAZING ribbon at wonderful prices?! Check out the Website to see what I mean! I created four projects for my guest spot. I will show you two here on my blog, and two on the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog.

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Each month I create a selection of projects for Spellbinders™ to use in their advertising, on their website, for videos, and so forth. I never know when or where my artwork will show up! It's always fun to see how they chose to use what I make! One of my NEW cards can be seen in the Spellbinders Idea Gallery! I just created this as part of my August artwork using some new stamps! Gotta love new

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Two of my Christmas cards are featured on the Graphic45 Blog today. These are both from the Hampton Art Summer CHA booth and appear in the Hampton Art Summer Supplement Catalog! Graphic45 and Hampton Art Stamps have teamed up to make stamps that match the Graphic45 Collections. The new Christmas Emporium Collection stamps are such beautiful stamps that I know you will enjoy them as much as I do!

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It is my pleasure to do a special post today in honor of Diane's Birthday! I've met Diane a few times in relation to my work as a Design Team Member for Graphic45 - and she is the most gracious, loveliest person I've met in the business. She's sweet, cultured, and never has a bad word to say about anyone. She treats her staff and the DT like precious gems! When Diane speaks to the team, she is

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The Christian Paper Crafts September Design Team Delights Gallery opens on September 15th for all Super Sisters and King’s Daughters members. It’s filled each month with projects created by the design team and special guests. You won’t be able to see these projects anywhere else…not on blogs, in galleries, or anywhere! They are exclusive to the Design Team Delights Gallery, so join us today and

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I want to thank all of you who hopped on by during the Want to Make it Fabulous Blog Hop with Spellbinders™,  JustRite® Stampers, and Want2Scrap™! I loved seeing so many of you come and "hang out" with me! These two lucky winners were randomly drawn to receive a Spellbinders™ die template valued at $25.00! Amanda H, who commented on Becca Feeken's Blog and PJ, who commented on Windy

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Anyone want to win a fantastic prize?! Well, read on, my friends, read on! Graphic45 is pleased to announce a Halloween Rejuvenation Challenge! Fall and Halloween are definitely on the way and we thought it would be fun to have an altered art challenge that's inspired by this colorful season. We're asking you to take an old object and bring it back to life with Graphic45 products! We've all got

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Do YOU want to make it fabulous?! Want2Scrap™, Spellbinders™ Paper Arts, and JustRite® Stampers Designers have teamed up to bring you an amazing four day Blog Hop Event Sept 6 -9, filled with fabulous designs that are sure to inspire all!! Each day we will be sharing a link list with you for the featured designers! Today is the LAST day, so make sure to hop! To make it easy, all the designers'

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Happy Tuesday, Blogger peeps! I hope all of you had a nice Labor Day Weekend. We had a relaxing few days, celebrating my husband's 45th birthday and our 24th wedding anniversary. Since we started school a few weeks ago, we are back into the thick of things today. In keeping with the school theme, let's do a tutorial. This is my first Copic tutorial, and it's not that great, but we all have to

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Here is another CropStop sketch for you! I confess that looking at this sketch with fresh eyes...I'm not a fan! But, I drew it, I m making you use it, so I'd better be able to use it as well, right?! Here is my card. I started with this pretty basket of apples, an image from JustRite. I colored the image with Copics. I love fall and fall colors and images. I wish I could "do fall" all year

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Today is Sketch Tuesday at Christian Paper Crafts. It's still hard to believe that we only do a sketch every 6 weeks! I'm so used to doing them every week! Here is the sketch: I like lots of layers so that I can use up my printed papers! Ok, "use up" is never going to happen! It's my fantasy, let me live it! Here is my card. Another summer-time themed card. I used Cosmo Cricket papers again.

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Some of you folks may be winding down your summer fun and getting ready to start school. Some of your children may have already started, like mine. Some of you may still have summer temperatures. For us the hottest months are yet to come as here on the coast we normally get our hottest weather in the fall, when the winds blow from the desert rather than from the water. No matter what phase of

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Y'all know how I love me a sketch, right? Well, I was blog surfing the other day, and found myself at the Cosmo Cricket Blog. And you further know that I really like their papers, so...imagine my joy when I saw they had a sketch contest going! You have to make a card to match this sketch, which is by Debbie Olson, whose work I love! Anyway, you are supposed to make a card, post it to your blog,

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Edited to add....Jonah turned ELEVEN. Everyone is reading it as ONE and calling him a "little one" and he is NOT little at all. He's almost as tall as me! hee hee Hello, peeps! I wanted to get this posted earlier in the day, but it's my son Jonah's 11th birthday and I've been busy. I have two prizes to give away, so let's get to it! The winner of the 365 Cards Vintage Week prize (see below,

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The winner of the Graphic45 and Want2Scrap Blog Hop prize has NOT contacted me and I cannot find a way to contact her. If you are out there BARBARA, please get in touch with me before the end of the day (8/23) or tomorrow I will pick a new winner. See the original post HERE! I will also be picking the 365 Cards Vintage Week winner tomorrow! Stay tuned...

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Vintage Week is wrapping up at 365 Cards! I am so happy Pam asked me to sponsor this week! I've missed playing along with the gals (and guys) at the 365 Challenge Blog! There are not enough hours in the day right now, and I do miss playing in challenges and chatting with my cyber peeps! At any rate, I finished the week! Here are the last three cards! For Day 170, which was Vintage Plus Blue: I

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One of my favorite crafty things to buy is ribbon. After paper and stamps, I probably buy ribbon the most often. I have a huge stash, but am always buying more! Buying ribbon locally can get expensive, so I've done some research into online sites for feeding my habit. One of my favorite online places to buy ribbon is Really Reasonable Ribbon.  Not only are the prices...really reasonable, but

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Well, I have made 4 out of 5 cards so far for the 365 Cards Vintage Week! I still have to do yesterday's, which was Vintage Plus Blue. As soon as Pam told me about the challenges, I knew what to make for today's challenge! I am in love with this pink and gray paper from Authentique called Uncommon. I snagged a 6x6 pad at my LSS when it first came in. (I know, it's not Graphic45, but it's pretty

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