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Rani designed such a happy Make & Take for us. Soft colors perfectly call thoughts of spring.

Supplies:
Posies (40-107) by Penny Black
Cocoa Bean Butterfly (C1714) by Memory Box
Wishes (30-103) by Penny Black
Cocoa Bean Butterfly Die (98148) by Memory Box
MatteKote Card Stock by JudiKins
Adirondack Inks: Lemonade, Lettuce and Pitch Black
Vagabond Die Cut Machine
Pearls and Green Mosaic Tiles by Mark Richards
Stipple Brush and Acrylic Blocks
Adhesive and Foam Tape

How To:
Stamp Butterfly with Lettuce ink on MatteKote. Cut out with Die in Vagabond. Stamp Posies with Lemonade on MatteKote layer. Apply Lemonade ink to the edges with a stipple brush. Ink the edges of the notecard the same way. Stamp a phrase in the lower left corner of the stamped layer with Pitch Black ink. Adhere to card front. Mount butterfly to layer with foam tape. Embellish with pearls and a mosaic tile.

A very simple yet elegant card. I love it! Our next Make & Take is Monday, April 23. We will be featuring Impression Obsession birds. Oh boy! See you then!

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Oh my what a fantastic Make & Take Rani and I designed together! Teamwork is a great thing!

Supplies:
Friendship stamp by Impression Obsession
Orchard Tree Frame and Debutante Frame Dies by Memory Box
Vagabond Machine and CuttleHug Die Cut Plate
Vines: Country Garden card stock by BoBunny
Kiwi Vintage card stock by BoBunny
Gray Denim ColorMates by WorldWin
Cloud Stencil by Inky Antics
Onyx Black VersaFine Ink
#60 Salvia Blue Marvy Matchable Ink
Stipple Brush and Glossy Accents
Glue Stick, Brayer

How To:
Die cut Debutante frame out of Vines card stock using Vagabond. Stamp Friendship on lower portion of die cut using VersaFine ink. Using cloud stencil, stipple Salvia Blue in the background. Die cut Orchard Tree Frame out of Kiwi Vintage card stock using the Vagabond and CuttleHug Die Cut Plate as the extra shim. Use small dots of Glossy Accents to adhere the Orchard Tree Frame die to the Debutante frame. Edge the gray notecard by brushing the stipple brush across the edge. Adhere the die cut to the front of the card.

Rani is working on our next Make & Take design for Monday, April 9. I hope you can join us!

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Our Make & Take on Monday, March 12 was so much fun! Rani designed a great one for us again! We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and friendship all in one card. Check it out:

Supplies:
Celtic Background, 2200J by JudiKins
Crackle Cover-a-Card, CC048 by Impression Obsession
Friendship, SFC004 by Art Gone Wild
Shamrock Blessings, CRM064 by Our Craft Lounge
Dark Fern Green Paper by Penny Black, made into A2 note card
MatteKote Card Stock by JudiKins
Olive Dot by BoBunny
Fluid Chalk Inks: Bisque and Olive Pastel by ColorBox
#1 Black Marvy Matchable Ink Pad
2mm Yellow Bling by Mark Richards
Adhesive, Brayer, Mega Mount and Acrylic Blocks

How To:
With Crackle stamp on Mega Mount, ink with Bisque Fluid Chalk and stamp on MatteKote card stock. Without reinking Crackle, stamp strip of MatteKote. Ink Celtic Background with Olive Pastel and stamp over Crackle background on larger piece of MatteKote. Adhere onto card front. Stamp phrase onto right side of Crackle strip with #1 Black Marvy Matchable ink. Stamp shamrock with Olive Pastel Fluid Chalk ink onto three 1″ circles of MatteKote. Adhere each to 1 1/4″ pinked circle of Olive Dot. Adhere phrase strip in about the center of the card then adhere three circles down the left side of the card. Embellish each shamrock with a yellow bling. Inside the card, stamp phrase with #1 Black ink and a shamrock with Olive Pastel Fluid Chalk Ink.

Rani is working on something for Spring for our next Make & Take on Monday, March 26. There’s a new Impression Obsession image in the next one and I can’t wait to see her design! See ya soon!

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Cherylynn Moser was here hosting our last Make & Take Monday and she designed a beautiful card! I just love her coloring ideas and great of adding some sunshine in our gray days.

Supplies:
Medium Caribbean Coral ColorMates
Deep Caribbean Coral ColorMates (2-5/8” x 2-7/8”)
Turquoise Cardstock by Bazzill (1/2” x 4-1/8”; 2-7/8” x 3-1/8” and 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”)
Smooth White cardstock (2-1/2” x 2-3/4”)
Island Jewel by Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue (4” x 2-1/2”)
Hibiscus Heaven by Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue (4” x 3”)
Tropical Travelogue #3 Cling Set and Acrylic Blocks
#52 Yellow Green and #104 Caribbean Blue Marvy Matchable Ink
Dusty Concord Distress Ink
Paper Flowers
Self-adhesive Gemstones
Ranger Ink Blending Tool and Foam Pad
Prismacolor Pencils: Apple Green, Orange, Canary
Gamsol and Blending Stumps
Foam Tape and Adhesive

How To:
Make an A2 notecard out of the Medium Caribbean Coral card stock. Color Hibiscus with Prismacolors and blend with Gamsol. Edge white cardstock with Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Stamp Tree with Yellow Green on White cardstock. Stamp Woman with Caribbean Blue over Tree. Stamp border on ½” x 4-1/8” turquoise cardstock with Caribbean Blue. Layer 4-1/8” x 5-3/8” blue cardstock onto folded A2 card. Layer Island Jewel onto bottom of card. Layer colored Hibiscus Heaven onto top of card. Adhere stamped turquoise strip over patterned paper. Stamp Paradise with Dusty Concord onto Island Jewel. Adhere stamped image onto Deep Caribbean Coral and Turquoise cardstock. Adhere to card with foam tape. Embellish with flower and gemstone.

Isn’t that just gorgeous!? Thank you Cherylynn for hosting the Make & Take with us. I’m sure we’ll make future excuses to have her come down and play with us!

Rani will be back for our next Make & Take on Monday, March 12. She’s working on a friendly something for St. Patrick’s Day. See you soon!

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Here it is! The final slideshow from our adventures at CHA 2012. Crafters Workshop, Stampendous and much more inspiration are here! Enjoy!