Out and About Collection x2 | Spellbinders

Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me a couple of the Out and About Collection sets to play with. I’ve combined them with these Spellbinders sets: This one combines: My other card This one features: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Wishing you Joy | Spellbinders

Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me a couple of the Home for the Holidays Collection sets to play with. I decided to design a Christmas in August project that combines the following products: I love using non-traditional colors for the holidays. I’m in love with this pastel look, what do you think?

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Cozy Christmas | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #32

New month means a brand new challenge and sponsor over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! We’re excited to announce that Twiddler’s Nook is the sponsor for the month of August: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: The team is featuring the theme of

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Lunar New Year Challenge | August 2024

We’re back with the July Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Rabbit ended on February 9th. The Year of the Dragon started on February 10, 2024 and runs through January 28, 2025. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I

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Secret Santa | Spellbinders

Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me the Home for the Holidays – St Nick Etched Dies to play with. I decided to design a Christmas in July project that combines the following products: I couldn’t resist the hot pink tree! The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold on a black cardstock

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Coffee Date | Coffee Loving Papercrafters

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog for the Coffee Date feature! My date is my friend, Chris Franco with Stampin’ Up! You’ll want to pop over there to read about the giveaways! Today we’re both featuring the Stampin’ Up Latte Love! I had so much fun mixing up the Latte Love Bundle –

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Oh so Merry in July | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I had that black Spellbinders mug floating around on my desktop so today’s project was started with that piece. I love it when I see projects that have pops of black, that was my inspiration. You know how much I

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Friend | Hero Arts

This month the Stay Crafty Challenge at a Blog Named Hero is: Color My World. You could color in a background, or a focal image, you could use pencils, markers, ink blending, any and every way you want to add color, we want to see it! Here’s how I was inspired: Today I’m featuring the

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Coolest Day Ever | Lawn Fawn + SALES

…SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATED SALES… Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: My project combines the following products: These are the distress oxides I used: We can’t wait to see how you’re inspired!

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Autumn | Concord & 9th

Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: I’m featuring the following products by Concord & 9th: My cardstock that I used: The sentiment has been stamped in Concord & 9th – Wheat I’m

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Grateful | Catherine Pooler Release Day

Today is the day…the Catherine Pooler – Winter on Main Street is now available in the shop! I designed this especially for today: I had so much fun with the new products! I combined some previously released products and inks to my project too. Here’s what I’m featuring today: *previously released I’m loving this non-traditional

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October Edition + Guest Designer | Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to add the winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Yay Greta! Please note the the next Woodblock Wednesday is: I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a US mailing address will win this brand new

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Capy Holiday Duo | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: For ease of creating, I used the same layout for both cards and changed up the color palette. The Little Capybara Agenda images are perfect for the Lawn Fawn Snow Globe Scenes! Each of the snow globe interiors has a

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Sending Smiles | Reverse Confetti

I absolutely LOVE it when I’m inspired by a challenge. Have you checked out the current Color Hues Challenge? It was Julie from their DT that inspired me with her project HERE. Honestly I have loads of stamps and dies so I probably tend to stick with the same sets or manufacturers. When I spotted

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Ho Ho Ho ala Gnome Style | Miss Ink Stamps

It’s Sunday and my day up on the Miss Ink Stamps blog. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: The pattern paper is retired by Chickniddy Crafts. The embellishment is by Heidi Swapp. Hop over to the Miss Ink Stamps blog for all the details. Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to

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Winter on Main Street – more sneaks | Catherine Pooler

Catherine Pooler has a new collection, Winter on Main Street! Did you miss the YouTube Live for the gorgeous new Metallic Collection? Check out the replay HERE. It’s totally worth the watch, Catherine and Erika show off the inks and answer a ton of questions. I have some sneaks of the inks from my earlier

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Spooktacular | Ellen Hutson LLC

Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: I’m featuring the following products by Ellen Hutson LLC: My Distress Oxide combo by #KristinasOxideCombos The sentiments have been stamped in Concord & 9th – Parsley

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Winter on Main Street | Catherine Pooler

Catherine Pooler has a new collection that is sneaking starting today! Make sure you check out their YouTube Live today at noon eastern. I’m sneaking some peeks at their new Metallic Ink release: I combined the new inks with the previously released Evergreen Woods stamp + die. The first two layers of the trees have

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Favorite Go To Tool

A couple days ago I had this as a giveaway over on instagram. I asked what your favorite go to tool was and wanted to share the results: The total number of comments was 122, here’s how it broke down: The rest are 1% or 2% unless otherwise noted: Pretty interesting, right? I’ve linked up

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