Freshly Made Sketches #31

This card has two meanings for me.  First, I think of ALL my friends who are serving in the military and are deployed for months away from their families.  Everyday I pray for their safety and safe return home.  Second, although there are tons of card challenges out there… my thoughts are always with Freshly Made Sketches.

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To make my card I turned it around and used my 2 1/2″ cirle punch through the paper and stamped my image on the Very Vanilla colored base paper.  The red ribbon adds a splash of color and brings the clean and simple card to life.  Three brads to the bottom right of the image add a cute sparkle too.

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Handmade Card Ingredients

Stamp Set:  Lean on Me (122285)
Paper:  Very Vanilla (101650), Patterns Stack – Neutrals Collection (117157)
Ink Pad:  Jet Black Stazon Pad (101406)
Ribbon: Use Real Red 5/8″ Satin Ribbon (117286)
Punches:  2 1/2″ Circle (120906)

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…and the winner of the Summer Smooches Blog Candy is…

Congratulations to Katy D. winner of the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set during the Blog Candy give-a-way that was only available during Sale-a-Bration!

Katy D. said…

To choose just one thing seems….I don’t know very very difficult! I really like the brads and if you get the brads you have to get the paper too! Good luck!  Love the purses–the 2nd is my favorite :)
ps the purses are very cool! Love

Thank you so much for playing along.  Katty D. please email me your mailing address by Fri., April 20, 2012 to claim your prize and I will put it in the mail ASAP.

Visit again soon because there is more blog candy to come.

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