Happy 100th Birthday | Simon Says Stamp

Yesterday was my former Mother -in-Law’s 100th birthday! If you’ve been following me, you might know that I’ve been having a card drive for this awesome centenarian. It closes on August 31st, meaning the cards need to be mailed on or before that date. More details in a smidge, let’s chat about the card first.

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Dear Santa Postage Style | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Seashells For today’s card was inspired by the sketch. I combined these Spellbinders products: I also squeezed in the sentiment from the previously released: Let’s chat about the new Dear Santa Collection → SO CUTE. Good grief, the possibilities are

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Happy Holidays | Spellbinders

It’s Christmas in August…well actually it’s Christmas all year for me. Last month was pure chaos since my Mom was in the hospital. All is much better now, she has a brand new pacemaker. She is finally getting her energy back too. I have lots of goodies to keep me busy since I wasn’t crafty

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Fall | 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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Celebrating You | Simon Says Stamp

My mom asked me to design a birthday card for her friend. I knew that I wanted to use the Simon Says Stamp – Prize Ribbon stamps + dies! I decided to look for a color combo and came up with this one that features cardstock from my stash. The sentiment has been heat embossed

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Better than a Text | Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Seashells For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I combined these Hero Arts products: I stamped the sentiment in Hero Hues Core Ink – Forever Green. The Letterpress ink is Elephant. I used the following cardstocks:

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Mower | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Other than cardstock and ink, this uses minimal supplies to design and I went with a clean and simple design. Thanks for stopping by!

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Dec 25 | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #56

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Simon Says Stamp: The antlers are from: The stenciling was done with: The cardstock is ColorWheel Poppy + Blush and the circle is PTI

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charming day | Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Bracelets For today’s card I reached for this fun set from Hero Arts via Scrapbook.com: I stamped the sentiment in Distress Oxide Broken China and lightly blended Antique Linen over the tote to give it a well-loved, grungy look. ColorWheel

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Happy Mail | Reverse Confetti

  I’m so excited to be up on the  Reverse Confetti blog today.  I’m sharing a project that is a bit different for me: If you’ve been following me for a bit, you know that I’m generally clean + crisp.  I don’t do mixed media/grungy very often but THIS card had me inspired.   For more

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Dive into Fun | MFT Stamps

  I haven’t played along with the MFT Sketch Challenge in a while so I combined Best Fins + the Happy Trails 6×6. The copics I used: YR0000 | YR01 YG00 | YG23 BG13 | BG15 I ink blended the following Distress Oxides on the stitched circle: Shabby Shutters Peacock Feathers Faded Jeans Here’s the

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Hero Art + Reverse Confetti Collaboration Hop

  Reverse Confetti is collaborating with Hero Arts!  We’re super excited to be hopping with them with a super special stamp set: Hero Arts is celebrating 45 years and counting. To honor our beloved industry, we have teamed up with some of our favorite friends, and have together released co-branded designs focused on friendship, giving,

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Latte Warm Wishes | ETC Papers

  ETC Papers send me some of their EVO Synthetic paper to play with.  Here’s how I was inspired: This was perfect as I had all the alcohol ink supplies and just never played around with them.  The EVO Paper is perfect for it.  I did a smaller piece and used it as a background

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I Like Naps & You | Taylored Expressions

A couple of weeks ago I picked up the Taylored Expressions Little Critters Mini Slim Bundle.  The bundle is no longer available but the pieces are sold separately.    You might not be able to tell, but the peach cardstock was also stamped with the Taylored Expressions Gingham Check Background.  The contrast in the Crisp

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Happy Lunar New Year | Catherine Pooler Designs

  Hello and Happy Lunar New Year!  I picked up some things from Ellen Hutson yesterday including this cute Catherine Pooler Designs – Hey There Dumpling set.  I couldn’t wait to ink it up and combined it with the new Daily Grind paper collection. The dumpling stamp kills me.  I inked up a couple of

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Hip Crew | Catherine Pooler Designs

  Did you hear about Catherine Pooler Designs’ latest release?  It’s called ‘For Your Crew’ and has several different collections, my favorite is Hip Crew!  My friends at CP set me the Mug Shots stamps + coordinating dies: I decided to start with a slimline design.  I did the direct to paper with Mint To

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February Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

  Hello and Welcome to the Reverse Confetti February Creative Hop!  You should have arrived here from Candice Fisher’s blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Reverse Confetti blog. I put together a gift set that features those cute critters from Love is in the Air.   The card combines

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