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		<title>a &#8220;sick&#8221; teen christmas card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to make my daughter a Christmas card that would bring a smile to her face&#8230;.and sorta make me feel cool!  I invisioned a bright, wild, and busy card for Morgan.  Using Beate&#8217;s wsc107, I got to work and created this card for her:

If you have a teen around, you probably know the language [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1560&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/a-sick-teen-christmas-card/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas &amp; Give Thanks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday.  Today I have two cards to share.  I KNOW!!!!  I got to do some stamping Thursday morning.  I liked the sketch so much that I decided to make a Thanksgiving and Christmas greeting.
These cards are made for Beate&#8217;s wsc105.  Hope you can play along this weekend.

I love the elegance of this card.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1539&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/merry-christmas-give-thanks/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t go wrong with Chocolate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday.  Boy, it&#8217;s been a while since I logged on to my blog.  Glad to report that I finished my dayshift training and I&#8217;m back to my normal nightshift routine.  One of the Nurses who precepted me was soooo kind and supportive&#8230;..I had to make something for her:)  She mentioned to me that she [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1530&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/cant-go-wrong-with-chocolate-2/</link>
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		<title>Flight of the Butterfly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday stampers.  Lately, I only post on Fridays for Beate&#8217;s wsc&#8230;and today is sketch 101.   Head on over to Beate&#8217;s site and give it a try this weekend.
Like everyone else, I&#8217;ve been busy with life.  I made a major decision a couple weeks ago to leave my current nursing specialty of Cardio-Thoracic post-op.  My last day [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1523&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/flight-of-the-butterfly/</link>
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		<title>Give Thanks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday and Fall to all!  I can&#8217;t believe that today we are celebrating Beate&#8217;s wsc100!   100 fabulous sketches!  Make sure you head on over to Beate&#8217;s blog to check out todays sketch. 

Isn&#8217;t that turkey cute?  So many great things about this card.  The first is that it only took me about 30 minutes to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1515&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/give-thanks/</link>
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		<title>Scary Skeleton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday stampers.  It&#8217;s time for another one of Beate&#8217;s weekend sketch challenges.  You can see Beate&#8217;s sketch HERE if you want to play along this weekend.
For this card, I used Stampin&#8217; Up!&#8217;s Scary Skeleton stamp set.  I stamped the image in versamark on Basic Black cardstock.  Applied White Stampin&#8217; Emboss Powder.  Heat to set with Heat Tool.  Colored in with White [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1506&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/scary-skeleton/</link>
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		<title>Weekend Sketch Challenge #97</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Friday is here already!  Today I bring you something totally different.  I NEVER post scrapbook pages.  All of the pages I make end up at Stampin&#8217; Up! and I am left with nothing to share.  Things are going to change!  Can I just say that I&#8217;M IN LOVE WITH &#8220;MY DIGITAL STUDIO&#8221; by Stampin&#8217; Up!&#8230;. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1501&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/weekend-sketch-challenge-97/</link>
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		<title>Beate&#8217;s weekend sketch challenge #96</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday Stampers!!!  It is time for another one of Beate&#8217;s wsc.  You can see the sketch here and participate this weekend. 

I&#8217;ve had this oh so cute Chic Boutique stamp set for about 2 months now and haven&#8217;t used it.  I thought I&#8217;d give it a try this weekend.  I really like the images in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1492&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/beates-weekend-sketch-challenge-96/</link>
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		<title>Beate&#8217;s weekend sketch challenge #95</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh my! I&#8217;m so late with this post. With my daughter getting braces on Friday morning and back to school shopping, I had to postpone blogging for a couple days. I&#8217;m sure many of you can relate to a teen trying to prepare herself for returning to highschool.
I really like Beate&#8217;s sketch for this weekend. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1485&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/beates-weekend-sketch-challenge-95/</link>
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		<title>Lots of Bots&#8230;gotta love them!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I do love the images from Stampin&#8217; Up!&#8217;s Lots of Bots stamp set.  I think they are just too cute.   They look like they are from the movie Robots (just one of many favorite kid movies). 

Lovin&#8217; the face of this robot, but not wanting him to have an icepack on his head, I changed him up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjalbright.wordpress.com&blog=1180624&post=1473&subd=mjalbright&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/lots-of-bots-gotta-love-them/</link>
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