you are one of a kind

Before we know it, it’ll be November.  I’m trying to get in a Holiday State of Mind: So I picked up the Teresa Collins’ Something Wonderful 6×6 at Impress for 40% off.  It’s an awesome collection of papers!  I combined it with Paper Smooches’ Fresh Snow.  Something that I always forget to do is heat

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give thanks.

This is post 2 of 2…click HERE for my Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge If you know me, you know that I love a good challenge.  I don’t know what I would do without all the various challenge blogs out there.  It’s definitely overwhelming trying to keep up with everything.  Personally, I think challenges

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Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge: coffee and a good book

this is post 1 of 2…click HERE for my give thanks post Howdy! I’m having fun with the Your Next Stamp Design Team this month! Today, we’re playing along in the Fun Friday Challenge! You can play along using the sketch: or the Inspirational Photo: For all the challenge details, please check the YNS Challenge

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Fusion: You are my sunshine

post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Grateful post. Hello! Today is the start of a new Fusion Card Challenge: Super fun, right?! Today, I used the photo as my inspiration: cardbase:  michael’s  journal cards:  simple stories/a charmed life  other:  doodlebug enamel dots, canvas corp clothespin I used pieces from the Simple

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grateful.

post 1 of 2 for me today…Click HERE for my Fusion post. So, on Tuesday night I went to my last High School Open house.  It’s kind of weird to think of it that way.  My boy is a Senior this year. Wow.  This is the boy that wrote on his face with marker, gave

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Thankful

Hello!   Today is my day up on the Chickaniddy Crafts Blog! My assignment was to create a thankful card, and I had a ton of fun! Here’s a sneak peek: I’d love for you to pop over to the Chickaniddy Blog and say Hi!

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Curtain Call Smooch: You’re Lovely.

There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Smooch!  You have until October 10th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project! Our Super Sponsor is Paper Smooches I was super lucky to be able to play with Paper Smooches’ Blossoming Buds: This is definitely my favorite Paper Smooches Floral set.

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holiday cheer

So on World Card Making Day I had some crafty girls come over to help me celebrate! Lisa shared Sam E. Snowman with us and I had a ball with him: cardstock:  pti, michael’s card base  other:  a jillian vance/sam e. snowman,  paper smooches sentiment, memory box texture disperse Gah, look at his sweet face!

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oh yes, you did!

So, who has a card making hangover? LOL Lotsa fun yesterday, hope you were able to get crafty for World Card Making Day! Today, Darin & I are hoping to get out on a flight.  I always love to go to Friday Harbor, but we’ll see where we end up! It’s no secret that I

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sending you a latte thanks.

Happy World Card Making Day!!! So, today is my wrap up for my National Coffee Week.  I’ve had so much fun featuring some of my favorite coffee stamps.  Truthfully, the week barely made a dent in my coffee inventory.  I have several more coffee stamp sets on my wish list after the spectacular Coffee Lovers

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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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