The Heart Desires featuring Doodlebug Design – Cream & Sugar

Hello and Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend!  I’m up on The Heart Desires blog and I’m sharing a total of 4 cards!  Here’s a sneak peek at two of them: I love quick cards and nothing makes things quicker than using a paper collection.  Today I’m featuring the Doodlebug Design Cream

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Hero Arts: have a beautiful day

One of my all time favorite Hero Arts floral sets is CL949 You’re so Lovely. I combined the images with the following Distress Oxide colors: Peacock Feather  •  Abandoned Coral  •  Twisted Citron  I thought I was being so careful when I used the Black Soot and my saturated paintbrush for the splatters…hmm, there were

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Let’s be mermaids!

Have you seen the latest release from Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen?!  So much goodness…here’s a card featuring Mermaids Tail by Julie Ebersole:  The tail has been stamped in Hero Arts Ombre Lime to Forever Green.  The ‘water’ panel is Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua. My card was loosely inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!

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Hero Arts: Most Beautiful Day

I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today featuring a couple of the July My Monthly Add-ons!  Here’s a peek at all of the Add-ons: CM193 Little Florals DI412 Little Florals Frame Cuts CM194 Summer Garden DC219 Daisy and Bugs Stamp & Cut DI410 Paper Layering Basket DI411 Butterfly Confetti Fancy Die E6253 Picnic Basket

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Stampin’ Up: Coffee Cafe Hi

One of my FAVorite Coffee Collections is the Stampin’ Up Coffee Cafe stamp set + Coffee Break Designer paper.  They really outdid themselves with that…I super love it. This has minimal stamping, just the Hi.  I fussy cut the images from one of the sheets of Designer Paper…they’re so much fun, aren’t they?  I was thoroughly

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The Heart Desires featuring Flora & Fauna…congratulations

So the summer is literally flying by and I have so much NBUS that it is embarrassing.  I have been looking at a bunch of new Flora & Fauna that I picked up from The Heart Desires.  The perfect time to whip up two ‘New Home’ cards! I did a feminine and masculine version!  

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Hero Arts: Sweet Birthday Wishes

Happy National Ice Cream Day!  Here in the Pacific Northwest we’re having another warm summer.  Although this morning is overcast,  today is suppose to get to 71 degrees, perfect in my book.  I think warm weather and ice cream are made for each other, don’t you agree? Any other Matcha Green Tea fans?!  Oh I

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Reverse Confetti: Rain or Shine…

Hello and Happy Saturday!  I have a fun card that I literally whipped up this morning: This combines the new Reverse Confetti Under the Umbrella 6×6 paper pad with the previously released Weather it Together stamps + confetti cuts.  I used panels of Baby Blue, Bumble Bee + Cloud White cardstock. The images have been stamped with

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Have a sweet day!

Recently Doodlebugs was having a store wide sale so I picked up some Sunny Studio Stamps, both are Washington state based companies and I love to shop local💚 Love the Perfect Popsicles set!  I was inspired by Mendi’s curved greeting…. The aqua circle is CTMH Prickly Pear collection.  I upcycled a Starbucks sleeve for the

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Reverse Confetti July Blog Hop!

Today is the day!  It is the Reverse Confetti July Release Blog Hop!  That means all the new release products that we’ve been sneak peekin’ are now available in the shop! You should have arrived here from the awesome Heather Hoffman’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Reverse Confetti

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Welcome Sweet Baby | SugarPea Designs

I’m horribly behind on baby cards, I have three that I want to design. Here’s the first one: I combined a couple stamps and dies from SugarPea Designs: Hey Summer Warm Welcome stamps + SugarCut Card Front Element Builder SugarCut Postage Stamp SugarCut Three baby cards, Three Baby Boys.  I’m generally not a fan of

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Let’s TOAST to your birthday | Ellen Hutson LLC + Lawn Fawn

[comment moderation is on due to spam issues] Did you see the collaboration set between Ellen Hutson and Lawn Fawn?  I knew that I had to order it right away [it’s out of stock now] and I’m glad I was able to snag one.  Here’s how it inspired me: I combined it with the Oliver’s

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Just Chicken In | Taylored Expressions

I’m a sucker for puns and I’ve been smitten with Taylored Expressions lately.  So when I saw their Farm Fresh Kit, I couldn’t resist!  Here’s how it inspired me: I used the Gingham Check Background Stamp on a yellow panel with Red ink.  I die cut it with the CTMH Multi Circle Windows Thin Cuts. 

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Friday with Amy | Doodlebugswa.com

Hey, Happy Friday!  I’m so excited to be up on the Doodlebugswa.com blog today.  Here’s a sneak peek of my project: Here is my supply list, some links may be affiliate at no extra cost:

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Aloha | Inspired by Challenge – Summer Fresh

Hello and Welcome to another new Inspired by Challenge!  There is also an optional sketch challenge: I was so inspired I designed two different projects: I combined the Lawn Fawn: Crazy Antics stamps + coordinating Lawn Cuts Simply Celebrate Summer stamps + coordinating Lawn Cuts The sentiment from Crazy Antics was stamped onto a white

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July Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

Today is the day!  It’s the July 2020 Reverse Confetti Release Day!  We’re celebrating with a hop!  You should have arrived here from Adelle Emery’s blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Reverse Confetti blog. There are so many fun new products in this release!  Here’s

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Hello Summer Release Blog Hop | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello and Welcome to the Honey Bee Stamps – Hello Summer Release Blog Hop – Day Two!  I’m so excited to be a part of this amazing hop.  You should have arrived here from Brenda Noelke’s blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Honey Bee Stamps

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July Countdown to Confetti Day Three | Reverse Confetti

It’s Day Three 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 July + August ‘Fetti Friends: Kara Pogreba Brenda Noelke  Candice Fisher Adelle

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July Countdown to Confetti Day Two | Reverse Confetti

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 July + August ‘Fetti Friends: Kara Pogreba Brenda Noelke  Candice Fisher Adelle

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July Countdown to Confetti Day One | Reverse Confetti

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 July + August ‘Fetti Friends: Kara Pogreba Brenda Noelke  Candice Fisher

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