Create a Smile August Blog Hop: Hope your day is special

Click HERE for Curtain Call Challenge Create A Smile is a new stamp company in town – their first stamps were released in July 2014. The stamps are made of high quality photo-polymer and produced in Germany. They will for sure make you smile! These are the facts: Create A Smile is releasing two sets TOMORROW! You can find

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just waving hi.

So, I’m an impatient grasshopper. I took a bunch of pictures last night and when I was editing, I didn’t like any of them.  Today is a typical gloomy Seattle morning {Yay for the weather change, it was just too hot!} and I don’t have any natural sunlight so I went outside.  Think of it

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be you{tiful}

Evidently I’m quite smitten with neon these days. cardstock:  pti white/bazzill neon  stamps:  neat & tangled/on the edge, stampin’ up flower patch  ink:  radiant neons other: stampin’ up flower fair dies, reverse confetti tag me too confetti cut, freckled fawn enamel dots I had so much combining Neat & Tangled On the Edge with Stampin’

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Special Birthday

Playing with some new goodies: I’m using a couple of my new Reverse Confetti purchases, the sentiment is from the So Very Special set and the scallop is from the Circles ‘n Scallops Confetti Cuts set.  The circle is from Spellbinders. All that glorious patterned paper {excluding the graph paper which is vintage A Muse}

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coffee = sunny smiles.

Happy Sunday! So I’ve had this Stamps of Life set, coffee4two, with the coordinating dies for, well, awhile.  I bought it from the fabulous Niki Garcia. I had so much fun playing with them yesterday.  It always makes me feel productive when I use something highly neglected for the first time Why yes, the cup

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hello pocket.

So when I saw THIS card of Larissa’s, I was so very inspired: cardstock:  PTI  paper:  basic grey highline  stamps:  paper smooches denim & daisies/chit chat  ink:  hero art hues, gold embossing  other: italian wool, freckled fawn enamel dots I have a TRUE appreciation for her die cutting…it took me awhile to die cut that

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Curtain Call Bow Tie: hello cutie!

Happy August! paper:  fancy pants burlap & bouquets  stamps:  waffle flower bowtiful  ink:  hero arts hues  other:  fancy fants burlap & bouquets flair, waffle flower bowtiful die set, reverse confetti circles ‘n scallops  (loosely cased from SU 2014-2015 catalog pg 10 lower left hand card) It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! We have

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Case Study 202: friends.

…and I’m back with my final week of Guesting over at CASE Study! In case you missed it, I’m guesting along with Awesome Tenia Nelson!  This month’s muse is the FABulous  Shari Carroll! Here’s this week’s inspiration: Seriously, what’s not to love? Here’s how I was inspired: stamps:  stampendous friends cup, stampers anonymous background text, a muse

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neon happy birthday

Hello! This card posted on the Neat & Tangled blog earlier this month but I also wanted to share it here on my blog: cardstock:  stampin’ up  paper:  house of three, teresa collins  stamps:  neat & tangled photo booth  ink:  zing white embossing powder  other:  neat & tangled neon yellow sequins  inspired by Case Study

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I Scream, You Scream…

So, for the past 1+ month, I’ve been only posting DT projects…I’m trying to get back onto the challenge wagon: august 2014 simon says stamp kit, lawn fawn enamel dots, glossy accents, hero arts hues, pinking circle dies. I recently received my August Simon Says Stamp kit and wanted to start using the sweet summery

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Let’s Party | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Have you checked out the new Sweet Wishes Release by Brass & Bliss Craft Co.? Don’t forget about the Instagram Hop that is going on right now in celebration of the new products over on instagram! I have direct links to each hop stop HERE. Today’s project features the following products: *New Release I tucked

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Valentine Greetings | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Mittens I was inspired by the theme, colors and sketch! My card features the following products: *retired Do you see what I did with the Box of Chocolates dies? The white ‘tag’ on the cuff with the heart, that’s from

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Thanks Friend | Brass & Bliss Sweet Wishes New Release !

SWEET WISHES NEW RELEASE INSTAGRAM HOP! It’s time to celebrate the new Brass & Bliss  Sweet Wishes Release! Each stop is packed with birthday inspiration featuring cute animals, fresh florals, bold cover dies, and party-perfect projects from our Sweet Wishes Release 🎂✨  Hop Dates:January 21–24, 2026Winners announced: January 25, 2026 HOW TO ENTER Follow @brassandblisscraftco AND each Designer in the hopLike

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Regal Reflections Guest Blogger | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Monday I’m excited to be up on the Spellbinders blog. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: Make sure you check out the Spellbinders blog + Spellbinders Shop! I wanted to go ahead and also create a new project to share on my blog today. Here’s my Spellbinders product list: Other Spellbinders

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Cupcake Duo | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My cards for today features: I’ve been smitten with bright colors! I always love pink + green together! The gold metallic hearts weren’t photog’ing that great, but it is Spellbinders gold cardstock. I snuck in those sweet tiny hearts to be the sprinkles on the cupcake. They are from

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Ready to Party | Hero Arts

Hero Arts has a couple new Collections that dropped in the shop last week: This month I’ll be featuring the Packed with Love Collection. I have so many ideas and feel so inspired by this collection. Here’s how I was inspired today: I combined the following Hero Arts products: I worked with this color palette:

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Galentine | Simon Says Stamp

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Frozen Treats I was inspired by the theme, colors and sketch! My card features the following products: *retired I combined the following cardstock: The Galentine sentiment by Simon Says Stamp is such a fantastic price point, it’s a must have!

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Just Because – January Club | Spellbinders

I’m so excited to be sharing a couple projects I’ve designed for the Spellbinders January Club: I’m sharing two projects today: This month’s Press & Foil – Post Card Hello is gorgeous. I wanted to show it by itself and with it a bit stepped up. Here’s the version with just the Press & Foil

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Instagram Hop – Day 5 | Pretty Pink Posh

INSTAGRAM HOP & GIVEAWAY! Pretty Pink Posh has just launched an exciting new collection of Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day products, ranging from ladybugs, shamrocks, shaker dies, and much more! These products will elevate your projects to a whole new level of fun and creativity! Isn’t this charming? For today’s project I combined the following Pretty Pink Posh

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Always Better Together | Hero Arts

Hero Arts has a couple new Collections that dropped in the shop today: This month I’ll be featuring the Packed with Love Collection. I have so many ideas and feel so inspired by this collection. Here’s how I was inspired today: I combined the following Hero Arts products: I worked with this color palette: …but

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