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Congratulations on the New House

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Helloooo.... I made a card for a friend of mine that wanted to say thank you to a client who had recently purchased a house for their family. I  had actually never made a card with that theme so I was stoked to try something new out. I started out with drawing a simple house shape and then cut it out using an exact-o knife. Then I proceeded to add a map patterned paper that i've had for a while behind it. happy i finally hot the chance to use it. I really dig the way it came out. Then I used a few Heidi Swapp accents, stitching lines that I made with a white gelly ink pen, and black lines done with a Pilot precise V5 pen. Finishing things off with the simple sentiment " Congratulations on your new home".  On the Inside I added the little houses and with Versa mark ink and white embossing powder by Ranger. I added the same white stitching lines along the edge of the inside personalized sentiment. I also decorated the envelope with some simple strips of paper t

Organizing a party... HELP!!

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Hello Everyone,  Woah... It's been a minute since my last blog post but I promise I will be making more of an effort to share what's going on. Today I really wanted to share a tool that I created to help organize just about any party or get together.  My family is BIG and there  is always a birthday coming up or some sort of celebration. This being the case, we often throw parties. Different themes, & sizes  utilizing as many Pintrest ideas as we can possibly squeeze in. Really. A lot. Its always so much fun and a great bonding experience with my sister. We learn a lot of cool tips, meet cool vendors and get to try out a whole bunch of fun craft and food ideas. The best part being the result of having a cool, fun, and unique get together with our loved ones.  Through the process I have come to realize that if you organize and plan ahead, things become so much easier. What a concept, hu? hehehe.  So, in order to help us out with such problems I have created a Party