We’re having another warm summer in the pacific northwest although as I type this post up it is overcast…I LOVE days like today. I’m definitely a fair weather girl, that’s why I’ve always loved the pacific northwest but the summers are getting warmer around here (sigh). One of the things I love about the summer
Hello and Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend! I’m up on The Heart Desires blog and I’m sharing a total of 4 cards! Here’s a sneak peek at two of them: I love quick cards and nothing makes things quicker than using a paper collection. Today I’m featuring the Doodlebug Design Cream
One of my all time favorite Hero Arts floral sets is CL949 You’re so Lovely. I combined the images with the following Distress Oxide colors: Peacock Feather • Abandoned Coral • Twisted Citron I thought I was being so careful when I used the Black Soot and my saturated paintbrush for the splatters…hmm, there were
Have you seen the latest release from Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen?! So much goodness…here’s a card featuring Mermaids Tail by Julie Ebersole: The tail has been stamped in Hero Arts Ombre Lime to Forever Green. The ‘water’ panel is Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua. My card was loosely inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!
I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today featuring a couple of the July My Monthly Add-ons! Here’s a peek at all of the Add-ons: CM193 Little Florals DI412 Little Florals Frame Cuts CM194 Summer Garden DC219 Daisy and Bugs Stamp & Cut DI410 Paper Layering Basket DI411 Butterfly Confetti Fancy Die E6253 Picnic Basket
One of my FAVorite Coffee Collections is the Stampin’ Up Coffee Cafe stamp set + Coffee Break Designer paper. They really outdid themselves with that…I super love it. This has minimal stamping, just the Hi. I fussy cut the images from one of the sheets of Designer Paper…they’re so much fun, aren’t they? I was thoroughly
So the summer is literally flying by and I have so much NBUS that it is embarrassing. I have been looking at a bunch of new Flora & Fauna that I picked up from The Heart Desires. The perfect time to whip up two ‘New Home’ cards! I did a feminine and masculine version!
Happy National Ice Cream Day! Here in the Pacific Northwest we’re having another warm summer. Although this morning is overcast, today is suppose to get to 71 degrees, perfect in my book. I think warm weather and ice cream are made for each other, don’t you agree? Any other Matcha Green Tea fans?! Oh I
Hello and Happy Saturday! I have a fun card that I literally whipped up this morning: This combines the new Reverse Confetti Under the Umbrella 6×6 paper pad with the previously released Weather it Together stamps + confetti cuts. I used panels of Baby Blue, Bumble Bee + Cloud White cardstock. The images have been stamped with
Recently Doodlebugs was having a store wide sale so I picked up some Sunny Studio Stamps, both are Washington state based companies and I love to shop local💚 Love the Perfect Popsicles set! I was inspired by Mendi’s curved greeting…. The aqua circle is CTMH Prickly Pear collection. I upcycled a Starbucks sleeve for the
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:
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
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
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+
New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Concord & 9th: My overall color palette is I snuck in the Pretty Pink Posh – Wish Big Script | die I did a
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Clothes Pins I was inspired by the sketch. My card features the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: *These products are on sale right now! All Brass & Bliss Craft Co sentiments + dies are 30% off. Today is
Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Becca Yahrling 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
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:
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: April Showers May Flowers I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following Spellbinders products: The cardstock I used: The drink interior has been cut from watercolor paper and blended with these distress oxides: The olives
Here’s how I was inspired today: These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I used: I used the Martini Shaker as my vases. I have a super old swiss dot embossing folder in my stash that I used on both of the vases. I’ve been on a big kick thrifting and picking up