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Hi, I’m Traci Gardner, known in most of my work circles as Tengrrl. I have been making cards and other papercrafts…

Front of a Christmas card with strips of vintage holiday washi tape diagonally across the front
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Eclipse Tree Card

I’m subtitling this card “The Too-Busy, Not-Enough-Contrast, Eclipse-Experiment Card.” The background is diagonal pieces of Simple Stories Washi Tape. I then…

Three cards, featuring birds on a snowy background
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Simple Winter Birds Cards

The background on these cards is made from a sheet of the Nests of Winter DSP, cut into card-front size. The…

Detail of the card, showing the glittery effect on the snow
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Pine Trees Peace & Joy Card

I need to add feedback to the student projects that have come in during Thanksgiving break, so I made another card…

Front of Christmas greeting card showing two small light blue birds with white breasts on boughs of pine and branches with red berries
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Birds and Berries Card

The background on this card is made from ¼-inch strips of Nests of Winter DSP, glued down across the card to…

Front of a red greeting card, showing a snowy background with a red and white Santa gnome with presents at his feet.
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Triangle Santa Gnome

I was playing around with triangle shapes because of the Christmas Tree cards featured in the Oh So Merry Online Card…

A greeting card that focuses on Santa's belt buckle on a his red suit
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Santa’s Belt for FMS663

  Here’s a quick card using the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #663 layout (the design is shown in the image above…

Goldenrod-colored greeting card showing black-eyed Susans and bumblebees with the sentiment, Such happy news.
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Recycled Simon Says Stamp Card

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is serendipitous for me. I was cleaning up the desk and found a stash of…

Blue card featuring alternating shades of blue as waves in the foreground and a brown sailboat with white sails. The sentiment is Let your dreams set sail.
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Paper Crafting Blog Hop: Let’s Set Sail Bundle

Welcome to our Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring talented Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe including…

Front of a blue greeting card with a heart focal point in the lower right and blue flowers stamped on the upper two-thirds of the card. The sentiment reads, Sending happy thoughts, on the front and the sentiment, for a feeling better kind of day, on the inside.
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Beautifully Happy Fun Fold Card

This blue greeting card features light blue patterned paper. The floral images are stamped directly on the graph-style paper. The band…

Simple birthday card with layers of white cardstock and a floral focal image, mounted on a soft green background
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Paper Crafting Blog Hop: Queen Bee Birthday Card

Welcome to our Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring talented Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe including…

Card with stripes of purple paper showing darker purple leaves, with the sentiment, Oops. So Sorry.
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Amazing Phrasing Apology Card

Greeting card featuring stripes of light purple paper with dark purple leaves. The card includes the sentiment, “Oops! So Sorry.” Created…

Greeting card showing 15 different patterns of paper, laid out like quilt squares, with the sentiment, Sending Happy Thoughts
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Paper Crafting Blog Hop: Sale-A-Bration Card

Welcome to our Paper Crafting Blog Hop featuring talented Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Fellow demonstrators from all over the globe including…