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Paper Crafts Magazine and Papertrey Ink Challenges

Today’s post is a hefty one, with two cards for two different challenges. First up is the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge. This week’s challenge is to emboss only a portion of a card. I took this challenge and ran with it! Yesterday, I posted about my recent love…
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For the Love of Thickers

I am loving Thickers right now! Usually, I am a simple sentiment kind of girl when it comes to card making. I prefer, short, clean sentiments that don’t take up a ton of space on the card. Bu then I found Thickers. I’d seen them before but never paid any…
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Embellish Magazine Color Trends Challenge – Music

Click to view challenge I am quickly becoming addicted to the Embellish Magazine Color Trend Challenges! Ashley Newell manages to select color combinations and themes that are wonderfully paired, but still a challenge to work with – and I love a challenge! As soon as I saw this week’s challenge,…
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A Bright Hello

Still time to add your project to the Reject Blog Hop! I plan to repost the Hop when the Paper Crafts Go-To-Sketches issue hits newstands, giving us rejects another chance to share our creativity! I’ve added a toolbar below the blog header, making it super easy to navigate your way…
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Distressed Edges Card

Click below to head over to the   Reject Blog Hop!   There is still time to participate – or just take a look at all the wonderful projects that didn’t make it into the Paper Crafts Magazine Go-To-Sketches issue! Would you like there to be Reject Blog Hops in…
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Make It Monday Challenge – Fun Foam

  Question  (said in my best Dwight Schrute voice): When was the last time you made an emergency trip to Michael’s for Fun Foam?   A. What’s fun foam? B. Why would I ever go to Michael’s? C. Never D. Yesterday. After you got off work…in hopes of finding the…
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Totally Hues Challenge #2

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a card I made for the Totally Hues Challenge #2. I accidentally happened upon this challenge during some of my daily blog-stalking. (I call it blog stalking because once I find one that I like – I get obsessed and check it all the…
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Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop

  Today marks one month since I started my blog and I am still going strong!   Today is also my second entry into the monthly Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. The Blog Hop is a chance to visit others’s blogs and be inspired by their creations.  The theme for this…
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Embellish Magazine Color Challenge

Today’s post is short. Just want to share my contribution to the Embellish Magazine Color Trends Challenge.  This challenge was exactly that – a challenge!  The colors are not ones that I typically go for but I was up for it! I did my best with it and I’m pretty…
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Glitter & Scor-Tape

I have a love-hate relationship with glitter.   My boyfriend, Andrew, has a hate-hate relationship with glitter. Let me explain:   I love using glitter for obvious reasons. A little sparkle goes a long way for any craft project. Glitter does create a mess and is hard to clean up…
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Time for Tea Candle and Card

Have you ever come up with an idea that you thought was so genius – only to have your pride deflated when you found out that it’s already been thought of by someone else?! Well, that’s exactly what happened to me when I came up with the project that I…
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Colorful Cards

About 6 months ago, I found new life in the hobby of papercrafting. I stumbled upon the joy of card making after I needed to make a card for a friend’s wedding. Who knew there were so many techniques and approaches to card making!?   Today’s post is all about…
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About Amber

Hey, I’m Amber Kemp-Gerstel - the crafty brain behind Damask Love, where creativity, color, and a little chaos come together. I’m a suburban mom of two, known for turning up the volume on everyday DIYs and showing up like your colorful, crafty BFF. Over the years, I’ve gone from psychologist to full-time content creator, TV host, and brand partner, with appearances on Making It, Today, and HGTV. When I’m not making stuff or on set, I’m chasing around my two boys, Markus and Maxwell, and laughing my way through the mess.