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You guys all know how much I like shopping at Eclectic Paperie. Well, they are having a sale until tomorrow night at midnight. Everything 15% off. So what are you waiting for. Head on over to pick out some goodies!

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If you aren’t on their mailing list yet, you might want to join! That way you don’t have to worry about scatterbrained Beate forgetting to share coupons.

P.S.: I asked Joy and Daisy for permission before sharing the coupon.

Happy 4th of July!

I made a card for today’s sketch challenge on SCS.

I still had the Fun & Fast Notes out from yesterday’s card and thought I show off my second favorite stamp of this set. (Yes….I am rather sloppy about cleaning up my work space. LOL)

The sketch called for a rectangular card and I made one. I am still grinning from ear to ear, because I haven’t made a regular shaped card in what feels like forever!

The card base is Chocolate Chip (no surprise there). I layered a piece of So Saffron and a piece of Certainly Celery Prints designer paper over it. Then I added some faux Stitches with my trusted All in a Row stamp set on the edges of the paper.

The image is stamped in Brown Stazon on  Shimmery White cardstock. I added a little grass and ground and colored it in with Aqua Painter and Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose and Bashful Blue classic inks.

Those little darling flowers were punched out with the Three for You punch. The Brads are from the Rich Regal and Soft Subtles brad pack.

Random Org picked #20:

Tammy Fite Says: June 30th, 2007 at 11:44 pm eEntry #20.
I had a hard time with this sketch! I’m still not happy with my card, but here it is anyway!! www.stampwithtammy.typepad.com

Thanks for these challenges!! I love them!

Thank you all for trying out this sketch. You created amazing samples. Tammy, email me and I will get your triangle eyelets out to you tomorrow.

 Hugs and smiles and Happy 4th of July!!!

I made this box a little while ago for Julia Salva’s downline meeting. I wish I could have gone, but it was last weekend and I didn’t feel up to flying again after just coming back from a trip. Plus I didn’t know if Rick wouldn’t have to work. With his new job it’s hard to plan anything that I don’t take my kids with.

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Cheryl Sims sent me this beautiful heat and dry embossed Doodle This card. You can find more of her artwork at her blog Cheryl Stamps and Scraps.

Thank you so much Cheryl (and sorry for putting the wrong link on the watermark of your card. Very sorry!)