paper smooches: go to your happy place

Where is your happy place? I have many but one of my more consistent one is in the early morning hours…when the rest of the household is asleep and I’m in front of the computer or is that the computer is in front of me?  It’s how I start my morning…with, of course, a cup

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stripes & blooms

Hi ya! I have a little giftie that I put together for a friend. I love the Whisker Graphic bags, this one is White Horizontal Stripe Middy Bag: These are such multi-purpose bags…you can use them for envelopes or for goodie bags…so many other options for them too! I decided to combine it to be

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nautical happiness

So many challenges, not enough time. I’m a huge fan of all things nautical.  I love the Authentique Anchored Collection.  I teamed it up with a We R Memories Journal card. I was inspired by the paper players and I’m playing along with The Challenge #8 Have you seen the new design team?  They’re FABulous!

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vintage hi

Hello & Happy Tuesday! I love glittery goodness, do you?  I love it even better when it is glitter is ‘ready made’ like American Crafts POW Glitter Paper: cardstock:  PTI paper:  american crafts pow glitter other:  top dog dies vintage alpha die What I love about American Crafts’ glitter paper is that it is smooth,

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Foil Pinspiration

this is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the New Poppy Sketches challenge! Today is my Chickaniddy Crafts Day!   The design team is doing a Pinspiration challenge and I picked this as my inspiration: I would totally wear that tee, gray is my favorite color and my closet is chock full

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Poppy Sketches #6: this is the life

this is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts post! Hello! We’re back with a brand new Poppy Sketch with a Pop of Pattern: Our Super Sponsor is May Arts Ribbon May Arts so generously sent us product to play with and I worked with Diamond Chain Here’s how I

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let’s celebrate!

Hello and Happy Sunday! We’ve been experiencing some super fantastic weather here in the Pacific Northwest…it seems like it never extends into the weekend but it has this weekend! I have a fun layer-y card for today: papers:  fancy pants designs/memories captured  stamps:  reverse confetti label me/beautiful banners/whole lotta dots  ink:  hero arts hues/black, zing/white

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Curtain Call : Something Simple week 2

cardstock:  gmund savana, paper accents vellum  stamps:  unity  laughter, imagination, dreams ink:  hero arts hues, copic  other:  may arts twine There is still time to play with us at Curtain Call Inspiration challenge: Something Simple Our Super Sponsor is, Unity Stamp Company!  Unity provided each of us on the Curtain Call Design Team with an

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hello

Happy Thursday! I didn’t have a post scheduled for today…totally mismanaged my time over the weekend and thought that I had created a post for today and hadn’t.  Then I put together a Throwback Thursday post, highlighting June 5th posts from 2008-2013.  I got to thinking about that and didn’t like that idea anymore. Perfect

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Happy Holidays

This card is a mash up of products. It started with the tree stamp. I picked up a whole box of woodblock stamps yesterday and I love them all! Here are the products I used for this card: I’m linking up to my self challenge: The trees were stamped with an embossing pad and heat

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For You – 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 Large Die Hummingbirds Delight is gorgeous. Let’s take a look at the For You card first: The flowers are from the Large die of the month. They’ve been cut from the following

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Hip Hip Hooray | 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:

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Winter Knits Duo | Concord & 9th

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Winter Knits I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following products: For the Bundle Up card I used the following inks + cardstock: For the Stay Cozy Card, I ink blended the following Distress Oxides

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Heart to Heart | Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp has a NEW Heart to Heart Release! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with the: Oh my cute, the Sweet Friendship set is filled with cuteness. I added these previously released Simon Says Stamp products The cardstock is Spellbinders ColorWheel – Fern. The pattern paper is Lawn Fawn –

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You are Loved | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: The ink for the sentiment is Concord & 9th – Watermelon that coordinates with the colored cardstock. I had to add the matte gold cardstock as a fun detail. Thanks for stopping by!

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You’re the sweetest | Pretty Pink Posh

I’m so excited to be a January Guest Designer for Pretty Pink Posh! It is release day and I made this project especially for today. This features the following Pretty Pink Posh products: *previously released product Thanks so much for stopping by! Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Love You Duo | Pink & Main

Thank you to my friends at Pink & Main for sending me some of their new caffeinated products. I had to pick up the new Donut collection. Here is how I was inspired: I was inspired by the current Color Hues Challenge: These are the Pink & Main products I combined today: Do you see

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Snowman Party | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Snowman Party I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following products: I love the bit of aging on the whip with Distress Oxide Tea Dye. I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired!

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