Curtain Call: happy valentine’s day

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my Stories of Stamps, Paper and…  Happy Super Bowl Sunday! It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! photo source: thetomkatstudio.com The LEAD of the Kissing Booth challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future Curtain Call challenge! I haven’t played with the Basic Grey Highline collection and thought

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storie di timbri, carta e: adjusted her sails

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for Curtain Call The new challenge over at Storie di timbri, carta e… (stories of stamps, paper and…) is  Bling How does that inspire you? I used blingy paper: paper:  making memories/paper reverie, teresa collins/summer stories, papertrey ink vellum  stamps:  verve/adjusted sails  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing  other:

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Paper Smooches: hello crafty friend

Hello! Happy Saturday! My crafty group is coming over.  We haven’t gotten together for awhile so I’m looking forward to seeing everyone!  I hope to remember to take photos this time! Here’s a quick card that I whipped together: I was inspired by Paper Smooches Sparks Super fun sketch! I went literal…I love the contrast

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Fusion Challenge: go. see. do.

There’s a brand new challenge up on the  Fusion Card Challenge Blog This week I decided to go with the sketch and channel my inner Tenia Nelson: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black, my favorite things steel grey, papertrey ink vellum  paper:  mme/jubilee/tangerine  stamps:  winner & walter the big, the bold and fun  ink:  stampin ‘up

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stories of stamps, paper and… : carbs, schmarbs

So I was up on the  stories of stamps, paper and…   blog I was showing my phone wallpaper and how I translated it to a card: cardstock:  stampin’ up strawberry slush/crisp cantaloupe/blushing bride/pink pirouette/ and calypso coral  stamps:  stampin’ up yippee-Skippee!  ink:  stampin ‘up white embossing powder Cardstock…I love cardstock.   I generally always seem

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CAS(E) this sketch: good stuff

good stuff Isn’t that fun? All my supplies are from the MME/Jubilee/Tangerine Collection. A big shout out to Laurel Seabrook for all of the fab goodies!!! I was inspired by CAS(E) this sketch! This past weekend we had pretty nice weather in the Pacific Northwest.  The kids and I had lunch HERE on Saturday.  Then

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Freshly Made Sketches: with sympathy

Happy Monday. There has been several losses out there…I dread making sympathy cards.  I always tend to go non-traditional: paper:  chickaniddy crafts/scrumptious  stamps:  reverse confetti/petals ‘n posies  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing  other:  reverse confetti square tag/heart to heart confetti cuts, cork The card base is the denim patterned paper by Chickaniddy Crafts.  I love

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i {heart} papers: it moose be love

Have you heard the news? i {heart} papers is closing and right now everything is 40% off  50% off {edited Jan 26}. I was able to purchase the  Lawn Fawn/Critters in the Artic  Unfortunately, the stamps are no longer available but last I looked, the coordinating lawn cuts are still in the store: Critters in

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Tag, You’re It: you are the best

click HERE for the SugarPea Designs 1st Birthday Bash Blog Hop click HERE for my cure for the monday blues card paper:  stampin’ up gold soiree, echo park dots & stripes, chickaniddy crafts goldie lox  stamps:  reverse confetti love blooms/all about you  ink:  delicata, fresh ink celery/teal  other:  craft foam, reverse confetti/tag me too &

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cure for the monday blues: shine bright

click HERE for the SugarPea Designs 1st Birthday Bash Blog Hop TGIF!!!! paper:  echo park/dots & stripes, simples stories/vintage bliss  stamps:  neat & tangled/sparkle and shine  ink:  ranger archival/jet black  other:  pebbles tape Today I’m sharing a card that was inspired by cure for the monday blues I was inspired by the colors the lighting

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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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