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Continue reading →: From Drought to FloodFrom drought to flood and back again. It was an especially wet start to August for some of us in the Southeastern U.S. states. Our clay soil was saturated and this can make conditions tougher for plants than if it were a dry spell. And yet another dry spell was…
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Continue reading →: Christmas in JulyI’m continuing to create holiday cards with Concord & 9th (C9)’s Ornamental Die & Stamp Set in this week’s craft project. We made backgrounds using C9’s Deck the Halls Turnabout™ Stamp. In my first set of cards we die cut the backgrounds with the ornament die for a colorful ornament…
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Continue reading →: Summer Shots: C2After a drier than normal yet pleasant spring, the heat kicked up towards the end of June and has not wanted to relent. Heat domes, blazing UVs, hardly any rain and yet the native bed is holding its own. This is the first summer in the ground, in this location,…
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Continue reading →: Christmas in JulyFor this year’s holiday cards I’m focusing on using two stamp and die sets from Concord & 9th (C9): the Ornamental Die & Stamp Set and Deck the Halls Turnabout™ Stamp. For these cards I have started with creating colorful designs using the Deck The Halls turnabout stamp in various…
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Continue reading →: Landscapes and FramesI can’t think of anything better than a beautiful view. Art, like a painting, can provide perspective, intimacy, depth, contemplation, unraveling. But an open air landscape view is even more important to the psyche. Here is one artistic interpretation of a beautiful view. How it reminds of the tactile things…
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