Pinkfresh Studio: Merry & Bright

Hello!  I’m up on the Pinkfresh Studio blog with two projects!  Here’s a sneak peek of one of them but make sure you hop over to the Pinkfresh Studio blog for a full reveal and all the details!

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The Heart Desires Store & Challenge Announcement

The winners of Challenge #17 are up on The Heart Desires blog!  There is also an announcement you’ll want to read. I did want to share a couple of my favorite The Heart Desires projects that I’ve designed: A big shout out to Tonya…I’m so grateful to have been on the team.  A big high

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Reverse Confetti November SFYTT: Thanks so berry much!

Happy November!  Today is the start of a brand new month and a brand new Reverse Confetti SFYTT! So how do you generally start a card when you have a sketch?  This time around I picked the Warm Heart 6×6 paper pad first and then the stamps.  That was a bit more difficult for me….I

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Scrapbook.com + Spellbinders Collaboration: Joy & Cheer

I’m so excited to be a part of a collaboration between Scrapbook.com + Spellbinders!  Today I’m sharing a project that uses the Spellbinders – Platinum 6 – Die Cutting and Embossing Machine and Building a Snowman Shapeabilities Die by Spellbinders.  In case you missed my earlier post, check it out HERE. I gotta tell you that I love the Spellbinders –

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Hero Arts: thank you

Hello!  Happy Saturday!  Over the years I’ve definitely warmed up to purples/lavenders.  Check out this card that is filled with Hero Arts. The papers are Floral Mix Layering.  The lighter panel has been stamped with the Large Floral Background in Light Granite.  Don’t you love the look?  The Handwritten Thank You stamp is a great

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Reverse Confetti: Hello Friend

Pumpkins, love them.  Love anything pumpkin flavored too.  I have a Fall/Halloween inspired card to share for today: The Reverse Confetti Fright Night 6×6 paper pad is filled with fabulous designs.  It is one of my favorites.  For today’s card I worked with the Halloween themed papers.  Doesn’t the bat panel look fun in the

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Birthday Blog Hop for Wendy Ramlakhan

Yay!  We’re so excited to be hopping for the very awesome Wendy of SugarPea Designs.  I’m one of the newbies to the team but have been a long time fan of Wendy + SugarPea  Designs.  You should have arrived here from Amy Kolling’s blog, if not, make sure you start at the SugarPea Designs Blog! I

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Scrapbook.com + Spellbinders Collaboration: Everything is cooler with you

I’m so excited to be a part of a collaboration between Scrapbook.com + Spellbinders!  Today I’m sharing a project that uses the Spellbinders – Platinum 6 – Die Cutting and Embossing Machine and Building a Snowman Shapeabilities Die by Spellbinders. I gotta tell you that I love the Spellbinders – Platinum 6!  Why?  It’s a durable machine that also

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Hero Arts: Dream Big

I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today featuring the Seal Family.   Here’s a peek at all my supplies for today’s card:

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SugarPea Designs Mix It Up Challenge #36: Perfect Blend

Have you played along with the Mix it Up Challenge over at SugarPea Designs?!  Play with the sketch or the inspiration photo, or a bit of both!  You have all month to play along with us!   One randomly selected winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs store. However, if the winning entry features a

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Have a Happy Day | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Frogs I was inspired by the colors +theme. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products from Doodlebugswa: Evidently, I’m still in my blue era. My card was also inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics: This is always such a

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Explore the Under the Sea Collection by Waffle Flower

I’m back with another card featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: This turned out a bit brighter than I’m used to but it’s growing on me. The sentiment was stamped on the stamp color panel as the stenciling. I’m featuring: In case you missed my earlier projects: Here are my other two:

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Explore Hero Arts’ May Collections

Hero Arts has a couple new May Collections: I’m featuring products from the You’ve Got a Friend Collection: Today’s card features: I also snuck in a sentiment from an earlier release: I used a bunch of Hero Arts inks: The stenciling was done on ColorWheel cardstock: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

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Creative Shibori Card Making with Handmade Paper

Did you catch my earlier post about my Shibori Weekend with my girl? This is one of the things we worked on: My girl brought handmade cotton paper that she found at ReCreative. I dipped it into the dye vats. I couldn’t wait to use one of the panels for a card. I combined these Hero

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Shibori Weekend | Pratt Fine Arts Center

Last weekend my girl treated me to Shibori classes on Saturday + Sunday via Pratt. A big thank you to Kentaro Kojima for such a great class. The definition of Shibori: Shibori is a traditional Japanese, manual “shaped-resist” dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting, stitching, or compressing fabric to create intricate patterns. Derived from the

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Hello Duo | Waffle Flower

I’m back with a card duo featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: There are so many amazing new products! Let’s chat about the submarine card first: This card features: I snuck in an earlier released sentiment from: I stenciled the background with these Distress Oxides: My other card mixes: *previously released I

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Mint to Be | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Coffee Date with Laurel | Coffee Loving Papercrafters + Giveaway!

My teamie Laurel Seabrook and I are having a coffee date! We both used her monthly challenge: To see Laurel’s fabulous card, hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! Here’s how I was inspired: I had all kinds of ideas swirling around and then decided to go with that sweet bunny. These are the

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Friend | Alex Syberia Designs

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vases I was inspired by the sketch colors +theme. My card features the following Alex Syberia Designs products: That cork is from my stash and I love how it adds to the design. I can’t wait to see how you’re

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Under the Sea | Waffle Flower Release + Giveaway

Edited to add winner: The random winner is: @buzybunny Congrats Julia! I’m going to send you a DM! 🎉INSTAGRAM Giveaway 🎉 In celebrating the new Waffle Flower Under the Sea release, I’ve partnered with @waffleflowercrafts to give One lucky winner a $20 gift certificate to Waffleflower.com! Giveaway Rules: Open internationally, except where prohibited by law; 18+

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