What's the Score?

It's Saturday! College Football time!

Go Gamecocks!!!!!

Project # 422 of this year

• A2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Black mat cut @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/4"
• Green mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• Blue mat cut @ 4" x 3 1/4"
• PAPER DOLL DRESS UP Fence p. 78 cut @ 1 1/2"
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS Grass p. 49 cut @ 1/4"
• Fiskars Cloud punch inked around the edges and ran through the Cuttlebug with D'vine Swirl folder
• TEDDY BEAR PARADE Football Player cut @ 3 1/2"
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "FAQ's" for sentiment stamp

CARDZ TV STAMPS
"FAQ's" 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 :) Janis

CTVS Design Team Ch# 15: Bling It Up!

Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 38: Recess... HERE

Cardz TV Stamps DT Ch#15: Bling... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#2: Photo Inspiration...  HERE

Today is the beginning of a brand new challenge for

Cardz TV Stamps Design Team Ch#15:

"BLING IT UP!"

Starts: Friday, Sept 21st @ 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thurs, Sept 27th @ 11:59 pm EST

Details: Create a card, layout or craft project  using LOTS of bling! 

Use any theme you'd like, and use any colors you'd like.

Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps of the winner's choice

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Friday, Sept 28th @ Cardz TV

So excited to show you what I made for this challenge!

Project # 411 of this year

• A2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2
• Green mat cut @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Dotted mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• Green strip cut @ 2 3/8" x 4"
• Music strip cut @ 2 1/8" x 4"
• All mats and image are inked around the edges with black ink
• Dew Drops are Royal Jewels from TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• Background and music paper from My Mind's Eye "Lost & Found" stack
• WILD CARD 2 Cricut Cartridge for Parrot p. 34 cut @ 4 1/2"
• You can't see it from this photo, but the parrot part of the card is actually a mini card that opens on the front. CUTE!
• Music notes are Hobby Lobby PUNCHES using GLITTER paper
• Humongous googlie eye from either the Dollar Store or Hobby Lobby (can't remember which)
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "Hugs & Kisses" stamp set used for sentiment

Okay, everybody sing it together....

Wild Thing!

//music//

You make my heart sing!

//music//

You make everything so GROOVY..

//music//

Wild Thing!

Come play with us! Show us your BLING IT UP card, layout, or project!

:) Janis

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Cut It Up Ch#2: Photo Inspiration

Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 38: Recess... HERE

Cardz TV Stamps DT Ch#15: Bling... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#2: Photo Inspiration...  You are HERE

Welcome to Friday! 

 Cut It Up Challenges Ch#2: Photo Inspiration

In honor of the First Day of FALL tomorrow, 
create a FALL themed project inspired by the above photo & include a DIE CUT.
Challenge Begins: Friday, Sept 21st @ 5am EST

Challenge Ends: Wednesday, Oct 3rd @ Noon EST
Prize: See challenge post for details :)

Trendy Twine and My Thoughts Exactly Stamps offering a prize bundle to the random winner

Here is my project based on the above photo for inspiration:

(I decided to grab the leaves and apple from the photo to work my project around.)

Project #397 of this year
MFPS September #3

Project #398 of this year
MFPS September #4

• A2 size Postcard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• ART PHILOSOPHY "Leaf 2" cut @ 2 1/2" 
• (CLOSE TO MY HEART CONSULTANTS:   Lucy Kelleher, CTMH USA and Darla Haverstock, CTMH Canada)
• Apple is Hobby Lobby punch
• MARK'S FINEST PAPERS AND STAMPS for Sentiment "We are happy to have you here!" from the "Welcome Poppies" stamp set.

MARK'S FINEST PAPERS AND STAMPS
"Welcome Poppies"

I thought the combination of this KEY with this SENTIMENT would be perfect for some WELCOME BASKETS I'm fixing up for a couple of my crafting friends who are visiting me in October for a Girl's Weekend. These are friends I've known for a few years through blogging, crafting, and Facebook, but have never met in person. I'm making them each a basket of goodies and putting a postcard like this in each basket. I'll be putting things like a toothbrush, travel size shampoo, coffee samples, etc in case they forget to pack something and don't want to use mine - although I'm happy to share! So now you understand the KEY and the SENTIMENT. 

I hope you guys will come on over to Cut It Up Challenges and play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by today.

The WINNER of the sample set of 2 Action Wobbles is....

KATIEO

Congrats! Please send me an email with your USA shipping address to craftyjanis at live dot com.

NOTICE TO WINNERS:

If you are a prize winner, and you do not claim your prize within one week of winning, the prize will then be put back in the pot for a new drawing at a later date. Claim your prize by emailing Janis @ craftyjanis at live dot com.

:) Janis

PDE Ch# 38: RECESS

Welcome to Friday! I have 3 challenge posts going live today. Be sure and check them out. 

Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 38: Recess... You are HERE

Cardz TV Stamps DT Ch#15: Bling... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#2: Photo Inspiration... HERE (will post live at 5am)

Don't you just love Fridays? Today is the start of a brand new challenge at

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Question: 

What was your favorite thing to play at School RECESS?

Ch# 38: RECESS

Create any type of project with a PLAY theme.

(jumping rope, bike riding, chasing butterflies or frogs, swing sets, slides, hopscotch, kickball.... anything you PLAYED as a kid)

I used to love RECESS! We played chase, jumped rope, freeze tag, kick ball, all sorts of things. Here is my creation for this challenge. I made another tag. For all of the challenges at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges this year, I'm making Elegant Edges tags and then putting them all together with a binding ring for a mini book. I always answer the question each week on the back of the tag after decorating the front with the assigned theme. At the end of the year, I'll have a 52 page mini book!

Project # 399 of this year

• ELEGANT EDGES Tag base "Swirl 2" p. 39 cut @ 4 1/2" using Oblong and Shadow features
• Fiskars GRASS punch
• Peachy Keen PK-754 Critter Faces Set A medium
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS cut @ 4"; Outfit, hair and jump rope p. 31
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "Brew HaHa" stamp set for sentiment

I thought that "the daily GRIND" was so funny with this. She's working HARD to play every day. LOL

Come play with us! Make any type of project with a PLAY theme. You can enter below or at the Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges blog. Have fun! Can't wait to see what you come up with. :) Janis

Smile!

I had hoped to show you some sneak peeks of the new Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps' new stamp sets being released this month, but the mailman is not looking out for me, and my stamps have still not arrived. 

However, I am on the Sr. DT for MFPS, and we are have a blog hop next week Tuesday through Friday showcasing one of the new stamps sets for September each of those days. If my stamps do not arrive tomorrow, I will just be showing you the photo of the new stamp set each day without a project. You can still hop along and see the projects my DT sisters have created with these new sets! I know you are going to like what you see. These sets look so fun and perfect for this time of year!

So.... since I don't have a MFPS sneak peek project to show you today, I thought I'd just mess around and create a crazy card using my Cricut E2 and the Cricut Craft Room.

Project # 417 of this year

• 5" x 7" card base
• Black mat cut @ 4 7/8" x 6 7/8"
• Pink mat cut @ 4 3/4" x 6 3/4"
• Hobby Lobby's "Persnickety" paper pack for all pattern papers
• ELEGANT EDGES "Bird 1" p. 36 cut @ 4" with Shadow feature
• PAPER DOLL DRESS UP Fence p. 78 cut @ 1 1/2"
• GROOVY TIMES Smile p. 43 cut @ 3 1/2"
• Smile adhered with an ACTION WOBBLE from TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• Twine also from  TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• Flower and Butterfly stickers from Mrs. Grossman's
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "Encouraging Thoughts" for "Smile!" sentiment stamp

Action Wobble in Action!

Have a great day, everyone! Be sure and stop back by tomorrow. I have 3 posts going live (2 at midnight tonight, and 1 at 5am) and there will be BLOG CANDY afloat!  Plus I'll announce another Winner on one of the posts. I could probably tell you which one.... but, nah.... you'll have to find it. :)

Smiles :) Janis

What Was I Thinking?.... and a WINNER!

Hi! One very simple card to show you tonight and the winner of the blog candy from this week to announce too.

Project # 416 of this year

• A2 size card 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• Black mat cut @ 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
• Green mat cut @ 5 1/4" x 4" (from Hobby Lobby "Persnickey" paper pack)
• ELEGANT EDGES "Butterfly 2" with Oblong & Shadow features p. 51 cut @ 2"
• CREATE A CRITTER Elephant p. 55 cut @ 2"
• PEACHY KEEN STAMPS Critter Set A Medium (white gel pen used to enhance eyes)
• EVERYDAY POP-UP CARDS Circus Train Car page 66 cut @ 4 1/2" with Shadow feature
• Dew Drops are Royal Jewels from TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• Twine is also from  TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "FAQs" for sentiment stamp

CARDZ TV STAMPS "FAQs" 

I know it's kind of simple... no grass... no sun or clouds... but hey, I love it. :)

And now.... for the winner of the pack of 4 Action Wobbles (sponsored by TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe)....

....the winner is....

Marilyn from WHO 'DATE SCRAPPER

Congrats!! Please email me at craftyjanis at live dot com with your USA mailing address.

I'll be doing another Blog Candy give away soon, so check back!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Smiles :) Janis

NOTICE TO WINNERS: If you are a prize winner, and you do not claim your prize within one week of winning, the prize will  go back in the pot to be re-drawn at a later date.

Got Candy? Blog Candy!

Project # 409 of this year

Have you had your Tuesday Tickle yet? Go tickle somebody until they giggle. :)

• A2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Black mat cut @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Red mat cut @ 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
• Blue mat cut @ 3 3/4" x 5"
• Curtain pattern paper cut @ 3 5/8" x 4 7/8"
• Twine from Studio G (Walmart)
• Tiny buttons from Hobby Lobby.
• Gingham ribbon from Michael's
• Ticket is actually from a 12"x12" piece of paper that was nothing but rows of different colored tickets. I love the way they all look worn.
• TRICK OR TREAT (Lite) cart Clown cut @ 4 1/4"
• Cardz TV Stamps "More Spooky Sayings" for sentiment stamp

Cardz TV Stamps
"More Spooky Sayings" 

See you guys tomorrow! Wait... one more thing... who wants a chance to win some blog candy?

Did you see HSN last week and the Action Wobble segment?

Lots of those projects were made by my friends over at The Scrapbooking Queen and the Action Wobble Challenge Blogs. Cool, huh?

See the HSN Action Wobble Video HERE

You know you want some more Action Wobbles to put your Halloween projects on... or any project. Just leave me a comment below and have a USA shipping address. I'll draw a winner later this week for a pack of 4 Action Wobbles (sponsored by The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Castle Shoppe)!

Get Your Wobble On!

:) Janis

PPT Ch# 84 PUNCHES + a Sentiment

PAUSE DREAM ENJOY CHALLENGES DESIGN TEAM CALL... HERE
Comment Numbering Code... HERE

Did you know that Paper Playtime has challenges every other Monday?

1st Monday of the month our current THEME + DIE CUT or PUNCH

3rd Monday of the month our current THEME + a SENTIMENT

5th Monday of the month - it's always ANYTHING GOES

Current challenge is:
Ch # 84
Theme: PUNCHES
+ SENTIMENT

Sponsor this challenge is...

The Robin's Nest
One winner chosen by random.org will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to their store!

Here's my project for this challenge:

Project #393 of this year

• A2 size card 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• All background papers are from Hobby Lobby's CHEEKEE MONKEY paper stack
• CREATE A CRITTER Monkey p. 46 cut @ 3 1/2"
• DOODLECHARMS Sun p. 96 cut @ 1 1/2"
• Journal and Bracket punch used for sentiment matting
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "Critter Captions" for sentiment
• Leaves are stickers from Mrs. Grossman's

Come play with us! You can enter the challenge here or over at Paper Playtime. :) Janis

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PDE Ch# 37: YELLOW & RED

PAUSE DREAM ENJOY CHALLENGES DESIGN TEAM CALL... HERE

Happy Friday! Don't you just love Fridays? Today is the start of a brand new challenge at
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Question: 
What does the word "SCHOOL" make you think of? Yellow School Buses? Red Apples?

Ch #37: Yellow & Red

Create any type of project 
using YELLOWS and REDS .

Our Sponsor this challenge is

SquiggleFly http://www.squigglefly.com/ 

Prize is any 3 digi images from their store!

Here is my YELLOW & RED project...

Project # 395 of this year
MFPS September #2

• Tag base if cut from ELEGANT EDGES "Swirl 2" p. 39 cut @ 4 1/2" Oblong & shadow features
• Grass is from a Fiskar's punch
• Dew Drops from TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• "Hello" stamp from Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps "Tree Greetings" stamp set
• Ribbon is from a friend :)
• Tree cut @ 3 1/2" from ART PHILOSOPHY Cricut Cart. Contact Lucy for USA Close To My Heart shopping and Darla for Canada Close To My Heart shopping to get your ART PHILOSOPHY  cart. :)   

Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps
"Tree Greetings" 

Come play with us! I want to see your YELLOW & RED creations! :) Janis

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Teddy Bear Parade Fun (Cricut Lite)

Cricut Cardz Ch# 116 "Create Feature"... HERE
CTVS DT Ch#14 "Happy Holiday~Pick One"... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#1 "Anything Goes"... HERE

Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 36 "Music"... HERE

So... What's up with you today?

I have spent the past few days cutting out Teddy Bears from the new Cricut Lite Cartridge, "Teddy Bear Parade". 

See all my little bear pieces all nicely turned into stickers using my Xyron?

I love my Xyron!

Do you have any idea how many bears this is?

49! I'm going to be busy!

I have really enjoyed using the Cricut Craft Room with my new E2 machine. Wow. It's so nice to have such control on the cuts. I love that I can maneuver the pieces to cut around on the mat with such precision. Below is a screen shot of some of the pieces I cut on a 12"x12" black cardstock. I decided to cut all the black pieces at one time to save paper. This is awesome! 

 Have you guys seen or already purchased this cartridge? If you haven't seen it yet, or still debating whether you should get it or not... Here's some enabling photos taken from the Cricut.com site.

Digital Trifold... HERE

I'm having a TEDDY BEAR PARADE BLOG HOP the first Saturday in November. It will start right here on my blog and hop along to 10 more of my friends. There will be LOTS of blog candy and the Grand Prize is going to be the Teddy Bear Parade Lite Cartridge to one lucky winner! Don't worry. I'll remind you again closer to the time of the hop.

That's it for now. I'm off to piece together some more bears. These are so much fun! I can't wait to get them all together and start making projects with them.

Have a BEARY fun day!

:) Janis

Creepy... Cricut Cardz Ch#116

PAUSE DREAM ENJOY CHALLENGES DESIGN TEAM CALL... HERE

CTVS DT Ch#14 "Happy Holiday~Pick One"... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#1 "Anything Goes"... HERE

Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 36 "Music"... HERE

Happy Wednesday! 

Today begins a brand new challenge over at Cardz TV... it's time for Cricut Cardz Ch#116.  

CCC # 116:  "CREATURE FEATURE"

Make a card for Halloween 

using the CARD FEATURE from any Cricut cartridge,

and using any colors you'd like.

Ch Begins: Wed, Sept 12th @ 12:01 am EST
Ch Ends: Tues, Sept 25th @ Noon EST
Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps
Winner Announced Wed, Sept 26th @ Cardz TV

Here is my Halloween "card feature" card...

Project #386 of this year
CLOSED

PARTIALLY OPEN

OPENED FULLY

• MINI MONSTERS Fence using Card Feature p. 72. I told the E2 to cut the card with the FIT TO PAGE feature using 8 1/2" x 11" white cardstock.
• Card closed measures 3 1/2" x 4"
• Gold mats cut @ 3 3/8" x 3 7/8" (3 times for 3 panels)
• Plaid mats cut @ 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" (3 times for 3 panels)
• Plaid mat inked around the edges with Colorbox beige ink
• White cardstock from Walmart (office section)
• Gold cardstock from Walmart (scrapbook section)
• MINI MONSTERS Tree p. 73 cut @ 4" (Cut twice. One full tree used to adhere to fence. One tree cut in 1/2 vertically and used each half on 2 of the inside panels.)
• Spider and Bat sticker from Recollections.
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "More Spooky Sayings" used for both sentiments "Creepy" and "the Witching hour".

CARDZ TV STAMPS
"More Spooky Sayings" 

Come play with us! It's Chilling Fun! :) Janis
Submit your project below or at the Cardz TV blog.
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FUNshine

PAUSE DREAM ENJOY CHALLENGES DESIGN TEAM CALL... HERE


CTVS DT Ch#14 "Happy Holiday~Pick One"... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#1 "Anything Goes"... HERE
Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 36 "Music"... HERE

Monday, Monday.... 

I was playing around with my E2 and the Cricut Craft Room last week. I love that they have different carts available to use for FREE each week. That's fun. I made some of the CREATE A CRITTER 2 cuts they had up for the SNEAK PEEK. This cart is on my wish list!

Project # 403 of this year

• CREATE A CRITTER 2 Lion cut @ 3 1/2"
• Grass and Clouds are from a Fiskars punch
• Background bow paper from Recollections
• Clouds embossed with D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "A Day At The Beach" for sentiment stamp
• Clouds inked around the edges - 1 with blue and 1 with pink
• Sentiment inked around the edges with black
• Lion inked around the edges with tan

CARDZ TV STAMPS
"A Day At The Beach" 

Who is ready for some Blog Candy? Check back this week for a post about that! Woo-Hoo!

:) Janis

Red & White Challenge @ Speedy & Friends

PAUSE DREAM ENJOY CHALLENGES DESIGN TEAM CALL... HERE 
CTVS DT Ch#14 "Happy Holiday~Pick One"... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#1 "Anything Goes"... HERE
Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 36 "Music"... HERE

Good morning! Have you seen the current Speedy & Friends challenge?

Speedy Fox & Friends Ch#124: 

Make a card with RED & WHITE

Project #404 of this year
MFPS Sept #6

• A2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Red mat cut @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Patter paper cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps "Tree Greetings" for Tree stamp and colored with chalk
• Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps "North American Woods" for sentiment stamp
• ELEGANT EDGES "Heart 1" for image matting p. 26 cut @ 4 1/2" using Oblong & Shadow

Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps
"Tree Greetings" 

Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps
"North American Woods" 

Have a good day!

:) Janis

One HIP Chick!

PAUSE DREAM ENJOY CHALLENGES DESIGN TEAM CALL... HERE


CTVS DT Ch#14 "Happy Holiday~Pick One"... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#1 "Anything Goes"... HERE
Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 36 "Music"... HERE

Good Sunday morning to you!

Easy peasy card to show you today...

Project #402 of this year

• A2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Burgundy mat cut @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Stripe mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• Background papers from Hobby Lobby "FARM FRESH"
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "Critter Captions" for stamped sentiment
• COUNTRY LIFE Hen p. 43 cut @ 2 1/2"

CARDZ TV STAMPS
"Critter Captions" 

Entered at:



Thanks for stopping by!

:) Janis

What are friends for?

PAUSE DREAM ENJOY CHALLENGES DESIGN TEAM CALL... HERE

CTVS DT Ch#14 "Happy Holiday~Pick One"... HERE

Cut It Up Ch#1 "Anything Goes"... HERE
Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 36 "Music"... HERE

Happy Saturday!

Weekends are fantastic, aren't they?

Especially when it's COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON!

Go Gamecocks! Woo-Hoo!

My husband wrote a site called
http://foosballpicks.com/
You can register (it's FREE) and pick the teams you think will win.
Then compare how well you picked winning teams with the others.
It's fun. Be sure to pick all the teams or the ones you skip will be counted wrong.
Go check it out!

Here is a PIRATE card I wanted to share with you today....

Project #401 of this year

• A2 size card 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Black mat cut @ 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
• Sand, water, and clouds all cut @ 4" wide and the heights were just eyeballed. All of these papers are from scraps. Probably either a Recollections all season pack or a Hobby Lobby pack.
• PAPER DOLL DRESS UP Pirate p. 44 cut @ 4". Ship also p. 44 cut @ 2 1/2".
• Peachy Keen Simple Sallies PK-531 for Face using 1" stamp
• Sentiment matting is actually a ticket from a roll of tickets I bought at Walmart. I don't think this roll is ever going to run out. LOL
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "FAQ's" for sentiment stamp

CARDZ TV STAMPS
"FAQ's" 

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day. Oh, and Go Gamecocks!!

:) Janis

PDE Ch# 36 MUSIC

PAUSE DREAM ENJOY CHALLENGES DESIGN TEAM CALL... HERE

CTVS DT Ch#14 "Happy Holiday~Pick One"... HERE
Cut It Up Ch#1 "Anything Goes"... HERE
Pause Dream Enjoy Ch# 36 "Music"... You are HERE


Happy Friday! Don't you just love Fridays? Today is the start of a brand new challenge at
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Question: 

Do you play an instrument or wish you did?

Ch #36: 

Create any type of project 
featuring MUSIC.

Our Sponsor this challenge is

Heather Ellis with a prize of any 3 digital items to one lucky winner!

I try to play the piano. I really enjoy it. When I was little I took lessons for a little while to learn the basics. I never was able to go beyond that. So I know where the notes are on the keyboard when reading music, but I can't play anything beyond a beginner. Still, I enjoy it. It's fun. 

Here is my MUSIC project I created for this challenge and all the details on it:

Project #394 of this year
MFPS September #1

• TAG base from ELEGANT EDGES p. 39 cut @ 4 1/2" with Shadow feature. Tag then cut again 2 more times using my E2 along with the CRICUT CRAFT ROOM. 
• MUSIC paper from Hobby Lobby's "Harper's Boutique".
• PAISLEY Bee p. 25 cut @ 3 1/2"
• Flower Center on Bee is a Dew Drop from the "Mardi Gras" collection from The Robin's Nest
• Music note is PUNCH from Hobby Lobby
• Gingham bow was frayed a little for a little different look
• MARK'S FINEST PAPERS AND STAMPS "Tree Greetings" stamp set for "HI" sentiment stamp

MARK'S FINEST PAPERS AND STAMPS
"Tree Greetings" 

Come play with us creating some MUSIC projects @ Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

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