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I am retired and loving it. I have a wonderful husband of 55 years. We have 3 awesome children, 7 fabulous grandchildren and 8 incredibly precious great-grandchildren. I enjoy reading, walking, biking, card making, tatting, X stitching and quilling. My winters in Minnesota are spent mostly indoors while in the summer my husband and I spend quality time on our Harley enjoying the beautiful scenery in our area. I hate to cook, love anything sweet and have mixed feelings about exercising.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Great tip!

My friend Barb gave me the greatest tip ever!  She said she buys white pearls and colors them with markers to match her card.  How smart is that!  It works too!!!!!!  This is my first (of many) cards using her technique.  I colored white pearls with an orange sharpie. Yippee!!!!!! (Okay, so it doesn’t take much to get me excited)…….Thanks Barb!
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7 comments:

  1. Barbara ColbertFebruary 29, 2012 at 12:10 PM

    You are MOST welcome!!! AND you thought I had a LOT of money!!! HA!!!! This is adorable card by the way...great coloring!!!! AND the pearls are a perfect match!

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  2. CourtneyFebruary 29, 2012 at 6:55 PM

    That Barb is a smart lady. The pearls look great! You can't even tell they're colored. :)

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  3. Ina GFebruary 29, 2012 at 10:37 PM

    Just a gorgeous card Joan as is all your work. Beautiful colours. Hope it won't be long till spring is in your neck of the woods. Autumn officially starts here today.

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  4. Nana GriffinMarch 23, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    That is a great tip. I love pearls.
    Love your card and was wondering what die that tag is. Also did you cut the top of the light green layer only scallop or is it over layed on it, it looks like one layer. Good job!

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    1. JoanMarch 23, 2012 at 7:21 AM

      Thanks for commenting on my card. The tag is called a Grommett Tag, it is by Spellbinders.
      The green scalloped piece is cut and glued to the edge of the horizontal strip, it is not all one piece.

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  5. Nana GriffinMarch 23, 2012 at 8:01 AM

    Thanks so very much for your fast reply. I have some of the tag dies from spellbinders but not that one! You did a wonderful job on that scallop part making it look one piece. Again thanks for answering and love your work.

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    1. JoanMarch 23, 2012 at 8:21 AM

      You're welcome.

      If you are interested in seeing more of my cards the majority are on STV
      http://stamptv.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=13nzy2w114n2n

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