A cup of thanks | Pretty Pink Posh

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Kitchen Display I was inspired by the colors + theme. My card features the following Pretty Pink Posh products: The card base is Spellbinders ColorWheel Alabaster. The photos don’t really show the true copic colors: The cake is strawberry matcha.

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Discover Simon Says Stamp’s New Always There Release

Simon Says Stamp has a NEW Always There Release! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: I also used Carta Bella’s – Roll With It – 6×6. The images have been stamped with Lawn Fawn – Crunchy Leaf and colored with Zig Clean Color

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May Edition | Woodblock Wednesday + Guest Designer

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Erin Thiem 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

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You are Turtley Awesome | Waffle Flower Crafts

Happy World Turtle Day! I’m celebrating with this card that features the following Waffle Flower Crafts products: I’m still in my Blue Era and loving those blue turtles! Here are my earlier projects: Under the Sea Trio Hello Duo Explore the Under the Sea Collection Monochromatic Card Design with Coffee Inspiration Some links are affiliate

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The Ultimate Coffee Cup | Not 2 Shabby

I’m so excited to be guesting for the Not 2 Shabby Ultimate Coffee Cup Die Set release that has been designed by LV Handcrafted. Let’s chat about the shaped card first: I combined these Not 2 Shabby products: The Thanks so much was cut using the coordinating The Ultimate Sentiments Universal Die. I used the

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Spring Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Have you checked out the 2026 Spring Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop yet? There are 16 stops with loads of inspiration and over $400 in prizes! Today I’m featuring Brass & Bliss Craft Co. One of the 15 Super Sponsors for this years hop! They have a couple new caffeinated products that just released. Let’s

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Coffee Date with Marisa + Giveaway!

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog with a coffee date with Marisa! Marisa suggested we both use the Spellbinders Just Add Cake Birthday Cardmaking kit. I’m so glad that she did because I hadn’t dived into my kit yet. I’m going to share a sneak peek of my card but you’ll need to

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Bee Happy | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Bumblebee I was inspired by the colors +theme. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products: My card was also inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics: My Concord & 9th color palette is: I can’t wait to see how you’re

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Unique Twilight Birthday Cards: Cupcake and Shaker Designs

Challenge: Design a Twilight themed birthday card for a female in high school This is when I say that I haven’t read the books or watched the movies. I just know it is vampires. I decided to design two cards, let’s chat about the cupcake one first: I decided to use the book cover as

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Reverse Confetti January 2022 Release | Day Two

It’s day two of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!  You’re going to LOVE all the new products for this month.  Please note that new product links will not be active until release day/time. We’re so happy to have the following designers for our January + February ‘Fetti Friends: Kellianne Wilson Maria Russell Melissa Phillips Today we’re

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Reverse Confetti January 2022 Release | Day One

It’s day one of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!  You’re going to LOVE all the new products for this month.  Please note that new product links will not be active until release day/time. We’re so happy to have the following designers for our January + February ‘Fetti Friends: Kellianne Wilson Maria Russell Melissa Phillips Today we’re

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You’re Awesome | Lawn Fawn

When I saw the Lawn Fawn – Cerealsly Awesome, I knew that had to get that set, plus a couple others.  I’m generally not a Valentine’s Day girl but this year the change in themes has been especially refreshing.  I managed to design 2 sets of 2 cards: This is my first set.  The overall

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You Warm My Heart | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #1

  Happy New Year!  I’m so excited to announce a brand new card challenge… Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Today is the kickoff to a great year of challenges, inspiration and prizes!  Every month there will be a sponsor and this month is Reverse Confetti! For all the details about the challenge, please visit the challenge

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Happy New Year | Essentials by Ellen

  Sadly this will be the third year in a row that I won’t be hostessing a small New Year’s Day gathering.  This year it is because of the snow. To get me in the New Year’s spirit, I decided to ink up the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen Wasabi set. I combined

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Let’s Celebrate | Reverse Confetti – SALE!

  Hey, did you see that Reverse Confetti is having 20% off their entire store? Today’s card was made especially for my hubby’s Great Aunt who is turning 100 years old next week!  How amazing is that?! This card was based on THIS design that caught my eye.  My design is 3.75 x 5.50 inches.

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Make a Wish! Waffle Flower

  I decided to play along with Waffle Flower’s Week 3 Challenge: I combined Waffle Flower’s: Nesting Coffee Cups Star Wish Panel Die Poinsettia Panel Die Snowflake Background Stencil Nesting Stitched Circles Tiny Terrarium The Blue + White challenge is a good one for me.  I don’t tend to gravitate to blues.  I stenciled the

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Boba Birthday | Mama Elephant

I’m back with another custom birthday card, this time for a Boba lover!  My boy told me it was one of his bestie’s birthday last week and when I started to ask him what kind of card I could send her, he said boba. Let’s start with the card base.  I found these at Target

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it’s your birthday | Lawn Fawn

  Although I’ve been a long time fan of Lawn Fawn, it has been in the last couple of years that I’ve been consistently buying their products.  I just recently added the Woodland Critter Huggers + Woodland Critter Huggers – Winter Add-On to my collection.  I picked them both up from Doodlebugswa.com.  A designer that

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Avo Happy New Year | Essentials by Ellen + SALE

I’m officially done with designing 2021 holiday cards.  70 cards went to the post office yesterday.  Today’s card is not originally how my design started. I started off with a completely different design but didn’t like it so I started this card.  Here’s the ‘funny’ thing, it started off as an A2 [4.25 x 5.5]. 

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