Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop | Day 2

It’s Day Two of the Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop! I have another project to share that I’m also linking up to the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge: When I spotted the Holly die in the set I was using, I knew that I had to use the set: This features the follow products

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2023 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Edited to add winner drawn using random.org: Big congrats Debi! I’ll send you an email. Thank you to everyone that played along and a big Thank You to Super Sponsor Chris Franco with Close to My Heart! Today is the day, it’s the start of the Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Make sure

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Fall | Honey Bee Stamps

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 Honey Bee Stamps: My cardstock that I used: The sentiment has been stamped in Concord & 9th – Mushroom Tomorrow

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Christmas Cheer | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #23

New month means a brand new challenge and sponsor over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! One random picked card that links up will receive a $15 Gift Code to the 2023 Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Sponsor of their choice! You’ll find the list to pick from HERE. For all the details about the challenge,

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Merry | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: Oh my cute, those capybaras kill me! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65.

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Autumn Theme Week | Pretty Pink Posh

Welcome to Day 2 of the Pretty Pink Posh Autumn Theme Week! I’m so excited to be a guest designer today! No surprises that I designed a coffee themed project: This project features: I’m a big fan of the Winter Mug and the entire collection of additions. I love all the various pieces that are

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Thank you so very much | Unity Stamp Co

I’ve been gravitating towards blooms lately. I picked up this gorgeous floral set over at Unity Stamp Co: The floral panel has been stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and their blender pen. I set up the sewing machine to do a bit of wonky stitching, more for

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Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Look Back

I should be working on so many other things but this morning I decided to do a look back on all my Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop project posts.  This is how it looks, oldest 2014 to newest 2022 – top to bottom, left to right: I’m doing a giveaway over on the

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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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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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