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Nothing better than getting to do a little stamping at the end of a busy day. After a busy, rainy day, I got to sit at the computer and check out the challenges for today over on The Daily Dare. Everyday I go to Splitcoasters stampers and The Daily Dare. Challenges are a real source of motivation for me, and it helps me narrow down the wide range my imagination can go on its own. For this card, the sketch was already figured out for me by the Just Us Girls challenge sketch today. Then I selected some Basic Grey papers, that helped me get together the colors, and many times the papers also help in the selection of the stamps I will use. I love florals, so I reached for this great little stamp that it is part of the Cherry Blossoms set from Flourishes. So how do you get your MOJO going for you???

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Our Daily Bread Design's Shining the Light challenge this week is to case someone whose work we secretly admire.   I just love the work that Dawn Lusk does for Our Daily Bread Designs. I found this lovely card on her blog using one of the new stamps I recently purchased from ODBD. Many of her cards have inspired me to actually purchase the stamps she used. I took my photo in front of my computer screen with her lovely card in the background on the screen. I used dotted paper instead of  stripes, I diecut red paper for my diecut butterfly, and I had a different Spellbinder label. I added a seam binding bow and a heart button. Thanks, Dawn for being the enabler you are, and girl, I just love your stamping skills and you are a master at coloring. Here's my photo along side of hers:

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What a fun challenge this was! I had to do a little research and came up with the movie, The Piano,
winner of 3 Academy Awards in 1993. I remember at the end of the movie the piano sunk into the ocean. (Or I think that is what I remember.) So, the waves  represented that part I remember.  It was sad.

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I don't make long cards very often, but maybe I should. This sketch was a fun one and I loved these Basic Grey pieces of design paper from the hopscotch paper pad. I love the colors used in these design papers and used them for my background and flowers. The verse and flower stamp is from Verve, of course. I don't do a Verve challenge without using one of their stamps. That way I use them at least once a week. I love them. The leaves are a Martha Stewart punch.

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The challenge was to use black and white and a pop of one color. I love this soft sky color that I put together with some black and white design papers. This is probably the first set I ever bought from Flourishes and it continues to be an old favorite of mine. This coffee cup is so easy to paper piece and it is like making design dishes. I used newsprint to diecut my flower and used this brad for the center.
TGIF and I have the day off, and here's hoping your weekend is a delight. I have a friend who spends many Saturday mornings going out for breakfast with her husband, just the two of them. He is her best friend, so this sentiment reminded me of them and this special time they carve out for each other in their busy weeks.

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The Belli Challenge is to use hearts. I punched my hearts using this Martha Stewart punch, and then I stamped some pretty in pink hearts from an old retired set from Stampin' UP. I embossed the white paper before punching with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I added the wide pink ribbon and pearls.

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I loved the colors selected for the Color Throw Down Challenge this week - black, mambo melon, and white. I used a Sizzix embossing folder for the background white panel, stamped the daisies with tuxedo black and colored the image with my copic markers. I drew black lines behind the flowers and added a mambo melon frame. I added the ribbon as a final touch.