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Archive for October, 2008

Flourishes Friday - Double Wreath

Becca Feeken on Oct 31st 2008

 
This card again shows the circular embossing technique using a  Cuttlebug folder . . . look familiar?  This was actually the first circle I cut, but since the pattern was a little more subtle in the foil, I set the sample aside and made another earlier week.  Coming back around to this beautiful foil, I […]

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Video Tutorial - Tie a Simple Bow with Doublesided Ribbon

Becca Feeken on Oct 30th 2008

Okay, I may be getting used to this video stuff now.  I spent the day running errands and the entire evening baking goodies for my family.  Two quiches and one pineapple upside down cake later I sat down to decide what to post for Thursday.  It was so much easier for me to make a […]

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A Rescued Birthday Card

Becca Feeken on Oct 29th 2008

I just love this sketch.  It’s this weeks Sketch For You To Try from Jen del Muro over at I{Heart}2Stamp.  This poor card languished on my desk needing something more, alas I rescued it from a  possible trip to the trash can and was able to rework so things so that I could post it.  […]

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A New Technique to Share - Cuttlebug Circular Embossing Tutorial

Becca Feeken on Oct 27th 2008

How many of you purchased those small Cuttlebug embossing folders and then were disappointed that their use was limited?  Yeah, me too.  It seems that you couldn’t really bite in far enough to get the image where you wanted it and some of them have an orientation that limits their use as well.  I’ve been […]

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He Will Bring Us Goodness

Becca Feeken on Oct 26th 2008

 
This is a sneak peak of the one of the images from the Joy to the World set that will be released on November 1st for Our Daily Bread Designs.  Be sure to check out the other Design Team Sneak Peeks this week.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs - Joy to the World
Paper:  The Paper Company, […]

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Blog Candy

Becca Feeken on Oct 25th 2008

This totally slipped past me but I did not get an email from the first persons name that was pulled, so I’ve pulled another name for the Blog Candy being offered by Our Daily Bread Designs.

And, the winner is . . .

Donna, please email me with your snail mail address and note which set you […]

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Flourishes Poinsettia Paperweights and Card Set

Becca Feeken on Oct 24th 2008

 
Last week when I was making the Poinsettia card, I was toying with some votive candle holders on my desk and thought how wonderful it would be to make a set of paperweights.  The small poinsettia in the Flourishes Poinsettia and Boxwood set was perfect for my plan.  I thought it would be nice to […]

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My Glory

Becca Feeken on Oct 23rd 2008

 
I have a card to share with you today that is one of the older Our Daily Bread Designs sets; this particular set is the Cross of Christ set.  I love this set and because of the variety of stamps and verses, it’s easily become one of my go to sets when I need a […]

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Let Us Adore Him

Becca Feeken on Oct 21st 2008

 

I was able to play another Sketch Challenge.  This one is SCS Sketch Challenge 199 and it fit nicely for this larger image.  The set I used for the challenge is We Three Kings, one of the newly released sets from Our Daily Bread Designs   Now that I’ve made a couple of cards with the […]

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You are Missed - Our Daily Bread Designs

Becca Feeken on Oct 20th 2008

 

I love Jen del Muro’s Sketch For You To Try and this week I got to play, yay!!  The image that I used is a new one from Our Daily Bread Designs - Flourished Christian Symbols.  Its from one of the five newly released sets put out by Our Daily Bread Designs and this particular […]

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I’m Singing the Feedblitz Blues

Becca Feeken on Oct 19th 2008

Hi Everybody, no card today but I wanted to let you know that today I spent a little bit of time trying to figure out what happened at Feedblitz.   I had about 650 email subscribers at the beginning of the week and today it was down to about 530, another 50 - 60 were being […]

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Our Daily Bread Designs - Blog Candy Winner

Becca Feeken on Oct 18th 2008

Thanks to all who left comments for the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog candy.  I was away from home all day, but I’m back now and as promised I went to random.org to generate a number for the winner!!

 
And The Winner is. . .

Glenda J, please email me with your mailing information along with […]

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I am a Survivor

Becca Feeken on Oct 17th 2008

 
I made this card to send off for a dear friend that recently sent out a plea for help.   I hope she is reading so that she can see the card I’ll be sending to her mother. She has just been diagnosed with cancer and I wanted to find something boldy optimistic.   I will definitely […]

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Flourishes Christmas Poinsettia

Becca Feeken on Oct 16th 2008

 
T
Nothing like a poinsettia to get you in the Christmas mood!  This is one of the Flourishes new releases, Poinsettia and Boxwood.  There are 10 images in the set including a large and small poinsettia and leaves.  It’s such an elegant image and the possibilities are endless.
I wanted to make a pink and white poinsettia.  […]

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ODBD - Your Path - SC198

Becca Feeken on Oct 15th 2008

What a wonderful sketch offered for the SCS Sketch Challenge, SC198.  I had embossed round vellum piece laying on my craft table and once I saw the weekly sketch, I knew it would be perfect to use.  I’ve chosen a sentiment from the Footprints In the Sand set offered by Our Daily Bread Designs.  

This card […]

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