A Beautiful Day

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 I'm back! I actually lost my ability to access my blogs and needed my son to get me back on track! I've continued stamping and hosting classes and so have a ton of cards I could share with you, but I'll start with one for now. 

One of my favorite stamp sets is Very Versailles and I loved playing with it and coming up with this card. I did some fussy cutting but, contrary to some of my friends, I enjoy doing that. I find it creative and relaxing.


I used the 2019-2021 In colors for this card: Pretty Peacock and Rococo Rose with all the stamping being done on Very Vanilla. 

So have a beautiful day, my friends!

 

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