Lunar New Year Challenge | July 2025

We’re back with the July Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Dragon ended on January 28th. The Year of the Snake started on January 29th and runs through February 16, 2026. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I went

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Bloom | 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: Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you:

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Fun with You | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: s’mores I was inspired by the theme. My card features the following products: The Love You S’more set was released in 2014! Lawn Fawn released their S’more the Merrier in June 2021. I used my Essentials by Ellen – Summer

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June Edition | Woodblock Wednesday

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 US mailing address has three choices to pick from, they can win a $10 Gift Code to winner’s choice: If the winner is international, they will receive a $10 Gift Card

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You’re So Sweet | Doodlebugswa

 I started designing a floral project but then switched to a fruit theme.  Today’s card features: If you’ve been following me, you know that I LOVE working with fruit themes.  I added a bit of Cranberry ink to the cherries and finished off my design with some white gel pen. Thanks for stopping by!

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June Release Part 5 – Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have hit the Hero Arts store: If you’ve been following me, you know that one of my favorite themes is coffee. How fun that both of the collections have caffeinated elements. I’ve designed a load of different projects for these two releases, today I’m sharing my final two cards. This card features,

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June Release Part 4 – Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have hit the Hero Arts store: If you’ve been following me, you know that one of my favorite themes is coffee. How fun that both of the collections have caffeinated elements. I’ve designed a load of different projects for these two releases, today I’m sharing two cards. This card features, What’s Brewing:

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June Release Part 3 – Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: If you’ve been following me, you know that one of my favorite themes is coffee. How fun that both of the collections have caffeinated elements. I’ve designed a load of different projects for these two releases, today I’m sharing one card. This card features, Retro

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June Release Part 2 – Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: If you’ve been following me, you know that one of my favorite themes is coffee. How fun that both of the collections have caffeinated elements. I’ve designed a load of different projects for these two releases, today I’m sharing three cards. First up is a

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 9 – Ellen Hutson LLC

    Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Nine and the Christmas Carol is Jingle Bells with Carly Tee Minner + Guest Designer Jess McAfee. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 8 – Ellen Hutson LLC

    Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Eight and the Christmas Carol is Sleigh Ride with Emily Mydlowski + Guest Designer Franci Vignoli. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the Ellen

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December Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

It’s the 8th of the month which means it is the Reverse Confetti Creative Hop!  You should have arrived here from Dana Kirby’s blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Reverse Confetti blog. Here’s how I was inspired: I did a bit of ‘mass producing on this one’.  I wanted it to have

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 7 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Seven and I’m up on the EH blog with Guest Designer Jill D Hawkins.  My song choice is Santa Claus is coming to town! Don’t forget to leave comments

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 6 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Six and the Christmas Carol is Jingle Bells with Angela Simpson + Guest Designer Brenda Noelke. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the Ellen

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 5 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Five and the Christmas Carol is I’ll be Home for Christmas with Guest Designers Elena Roussakis + Becky Roberts. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 4 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Four and the Christmas Carol is Let it Snow with Lisa + Guest Designer Caryn. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 3 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Three and the Christmas Carol is Feliz Navidad with Therese + Guest Designer Tiffany. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 2 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Two and the song is Puppy for Hanukkah with Heather and Guest Designer Suzanna. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the

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so sorry for your loss | global design project

  Sympathy cards are always a challenge.  I designed this for a dear friend of mine who recently lost her mother.  I’m to that age where unfortunately I think this is going to be happening more often and it breaks my heart.   I’m a non-traditional maker of sympathy cards, the thought of designing a stark

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