Reverse Confetti SFYTT: orange you glad…

Hello and Happy Wednesday! I’m back with a punny card: There’s something about fruit, love them…in real life and in crafting!  The orange has been die cut with craft foam and the leaves are felt!   I was inspired by SFYTT fresh ‘n fruity fresh ‘n fruity confetti cuts Don’t forget about the Confetti Creative

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celebrate!

I’m trying to spread the inky love on my stamps…I have a ton of stamps so today I’m featuring Altenew! cardstock:  MFT steel grey, recollections/110/white  stamps:  altenew super script & henna elements  ink:  target watercolor tray, gold embossing powder  other:  papertrey ink vellum One of my FAVorite Altenew sets is Super Script.  Today I’ve combined

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The Alley Way Guest Designer: Hey you!

This is post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Blog Hop! I’m super excited to tell you that I’m one of the guest designers over at The Alley Way Stamps! Check out my first card: It uses the Tri-Me set!  Love all the fun patterns….but on today’s set, I went with

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Confetti Creative Hop!

This is post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for my The Alley Way Guest Designer post! It’s the 8th of the month and, as you know, we hop on the 8th of every month.  Although this month is  a non-release month, we still have some fabulous Confetti Creativity to share with you!!! You should

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The Smallest Things.

Happy Saturday! I’ve been looking forward to today.  There’s a group of us taking a class (or 2) from thee Julie Ebersole today!  In addition to Tonya & Kimberly…new to the group are Amber, Chaitali, Katie and perhaps AJ!   Impress actually posted a coupon for both retail and online purchases for today!  It’s a

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CASology: enjoy

I’m always thoroughly inspired by so many paper crafters.  I know I’m not alone when I say that I’m continuously inspired by Debby Hughes…gah, such gorgeous style!  I’ve been smitten by THIS card which was my overall inspiration for today’s card. cardstock:  recollections/white/110, cherry wood veneer paper  stamps:  altenew/persian motifs, papertrey ink/warm happiness  ink:  stampin’

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Whisker Graphics: Honeycomb

Today is my Whisker Graphics Day. I had fun playing with the Honeycomb middy bitty bags! The red is perfect for Valentine’s Day, don’t you think? I love to use the middy bitty bags are a fancy envelope for my cards…I carefully folded the doily over the top of the bag.  My glittery die cut

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tag, you’re it: you are swell

I feel so thankful to be part of this paper crafting community!  I can’t remember how it came up but on FB I said that I love the stamp set in THIS kit.  Then the lovely Angie Tieman responded that she would send it to me…what the heck?!   This Angie girl rocks♡  We’ve been

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The Challenge Guest Designer: Sunny side-up

Super thrilled that Lesley asked me to join in the fun over at The Challenge for February!  I’m such a big fan of all her challenges {wink!}. Check out the new one that starts today: I managed to combine both the color and the sketch challenge! all supplies:  fancy pants design/nautical I had so much

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Discover Simon Says Stamp’s New Always There Release

Simon Says Stamp has a NEW Always There Release! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: I also used Carta Bella’s – Roll With It – 6×6. The images have been stamped with Lawn Fawn – Crunchy Leaf and colored with Zig Clean Color

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May Edition | Woodblock Wednesday + Guest Designer

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Erin Thiem Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, June 24. 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

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You are Turtley Awesome | Waffle Flower Crafts

Happy World Turtle Day! I’m celebrating with this card that features the following Waffle Flower Crafts products: I’m still in my Blue Era and loving those blue turtles! Here are my earlier projects: Under the Sea Trio Hello Duo Explore the Under the Sea Collection Monochromatic Card Design with Coffee Inspiration Some links are affiliate

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The Ultimate Coffee Cup | Not 2 Shabby

I’m so excited to be guesting for the Not 2 Shabby Ultimate Coffee Cup Die Set release that has been designed by LV Handcrafted. Let’s chat about the shaped card first: I combined these Not 2 Shabby products: The Thanks so much was cut using the coordinating The Ultimate Sentiments Universal Die. I used the

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Spring Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Have you checked out the 2026 Spring Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop yet? There are 16 stops with loads of inspiration and over $400 in prizes! Today I’m featuring Brass & Bliss Craft Co. One of the 15 Super Sponsors for this years hop! They have a couple new caffeinated products that just released. Let’s

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Coffee Date with Marisa + Giveaway!

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog with a coffee date with Marisa! Marisa suggested we both use the Spellbinders Just Add Cake Birthday Cardmaking kit. I’m so glad that she did because I hadn’t dived into my kit yet. I’m going to share a sneak peek of my card but you’ll need to

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Bee Happy | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Bumblebee I was inspired by the colors +theme. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products: My card was also inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics: My Concord & 9th color palette is: I can’t wait to see how you’re

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Unique Twilight Birthday Cards: Cupcake and Shaker Designs

Challenge: Design a Twilight themed birthday card for a female in high school This is when I say that I haven’t read the books or watched the movies. I just know it is vampires. I decided to design two cards, let’s chat about the cupcake one first: I decided to use the book cover as

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Monochromatic Card Design with Coffee Inspiration

I had an idea that I playing with in my head after I designed THIS card. I challenged myself to create a more monochromatic design with a caffeinated spin. I’m featuring: *retired I didn’t achieve full monochromatic but that’s okay. I’ve really been on a blue kick and I love how peachy corals so with

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