The Alley Way Stamps Guest Designer: enjoy

I’m up on The Alley Way Stamps blog today!   It’s been so much fun guesting for them this month…..I have 2 cards up on the TAWS blog, I’m sharing one of them here on my blog: cardstock:  strathmore watercolor, stampin’ up basic black  stamps:  the alley way stamps/tri-me  ink:  ranger archival black, target  watercolor

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Curtain Call Donut Delight: make a wish

There’s still time to join us over at  Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge – Donut Delight photo source: howsweeteats.com My card today uses Chickaniddy Crafts – Twirly Girly Collection. Seriously, who doesn’t love a donut card?! Make sure you check out the Curtain Call blog for more inspiration. By the way, the Super Sponsors for the Spring

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New York Style Congrats!

cardstock:  mft steel gray, stampin’ up cherry cobbler/soft sky, strathmore watercolor stamps:  altenew sketchy cities america  ink:  ranger archival jet black  other:  spellbinders large circles, target watercolors Hello! I made this especially for my boy. Bear with me on this post. My boy, my youngest, was a super quiet and mellow baby.  Perhaps it was

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Hooray!

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my A Jillian Vance post. Just a sneak peek of my project over on the Chickaniddy Crafts Blog today.  I’d love for you to stop by and say hi!

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A Jillian Vance Design: happy birthday

post 1 of 2…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts post. I’m thrilled to be on the  A Jillian Vance Design Blog I’m trying to make more birthday cards this year.  For some reason I’m always scrambling to make them at the last minute. Pop over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my

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Neat & Tangled teamed up with Cosmo Cricket!

Did you know that this week Neat & Tangled has teamed up with Cosmo Cricket?  Cosmo Cricket has this great paper called, Just Add Watercolor.  It’s amazing paper that you literally add watercolor to reveal designs! See how the hearts appear with splashes of watercolor? You can see them a smidge better in this photo:

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The Challenge Guest Designer: thinking of you

I’m back guesting with the fabulous team over at The Challenge This week I worked with the gorgeous colors: cardstock:  recollections/white/110  paper:  carta bella  stamps:  impress  ink:  ranger/archival/black  other:  jillibean wood flag, create a smile coffee chippie, studio calico star veneer Definitely my favorite kind of card to design: coffee! Are you a coffee fan?

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Curtain Call: Sweet Thanks.

It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! photo source: howsweeteats.com The LEAD of Donut Delight will be invited as a Guest Designer in our next challenge! Seriously, who doesn’t love donuts?  I love them, and although I don’t indulge in them often, they always remind me of my girl who is a donut-a-holic. I used the following Reverse Confetti products: donut

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Fusion: fly.

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my Neat & Tangled post. There’s a new Fusion Challenge and I gotta tell you, this one is fabulous: I know, which one to pick….or perhaps combine. This week I was inspired by the photo! Patting myself on the back because I used vintage Cosmo Cricket Joy

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neat & tangled: thank you!

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for Fusion Card Challenge. I’m super excited to be up on the Neat & Tangled blog today!   I’d love for you to pop on by and say hello!

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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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