To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop!

Hello and Welcome to the:  To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop!  I’m so excited to have been invited to take part in this hop to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products.  We are also supporting the initiation of the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association.  May 20th is

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source of super powers.

Okay, I know that I’m not the only one but I tend to hoard cute crafting supplies like the Doodlebug Designs – Cream & Sugar.  So I hope to focus on that collection whenever I can over the next several weeks.  Here’s a super clean + crisp one: Isn’t that sentiment perfect?!  It’s by STAMPlorations,

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You’re Sweet!

Pineapples, I love them and can’t get enough of them.  My friend Kimberly Wiener gifted me a bunch of the Paper Smooches Pineapple collection…how sweet is she?!!!!!  Here’s how it inspired me: Those glasses are so much fun with that adorable pineapple!  The embossing folder is from Stampin’ Up but it doesn’t look like they

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Hero Arts: Mahalo!

I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today with a fun nautical card.  I’ve been having so much fun with the new Summer Collection! Here are just a few of my favorites: Hero Arts CM165 Color Layering Sea Turtle Hero Arts DI390 Color Layering Sea Turtle Frame Cuts Hero Arts CM162 Color Layering Blue Whale

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Francophile: Bonjour!

I’m a relatively new francophile: We’re excited to plan a trip to Paris because the boy will be over there this fall for a Study Abroad program.  How lucky am I that Donna Mikasa supports my addiction by sending me some sweet goodies.  Here’s how I was inspired by them: Eep!  The My Favorite Things

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2017 Hero Arts Summer Catalog Blog Hop

Hello!!!  The Hero Arts Summer Catalog Products are now in the Hero Arts online store!  We are celebrating with a hop!  You should have arrived here from my awesome teamie May Park’s blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Hero Arts  Blog! Hero Arts will be giving away three

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May Guest Designer: Color Throwdown – Just Because

I’m so excited to be a May Guest Designer for Color Throwdown!  I’m a huge fan of their challenge!  Check out this week’s inspiration: If you’ve been following me for any amount of time you’ll know that green is my favorite color!  I had so much fun with this one! I love to use non-traditional colors

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Reverse Confetti: enjoy the ride!

Have you seen the latest release by Reverse Confetti?!  There are soooo many great new stamps, confetti cuts and colors!  I managed to combine a couple new goodies on this card: I started off with a Mist card panel.  I cut the Hello & Thanks Label on a panel of Cloud White.  I adhered the

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Another Birthday?

You know, I’ve been working hard to build up a stash of Birthday cards so I’m not whipping one up at the last minute.  Well, I ended up whipping this one up yesterday morning: Llamas/Alpacas…LOVE them.  The MFT Llama Love is so fun with the cute llamas and great puns.  I love the MFT Subtle

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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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