oh hello friend.

Happy Saturday!  I have a ton of wood mount stamps that need some serious inky love: cardstock:  gmund savanna bubinga, bazzill marshmallow  stamps:  create a smile coffee first, savvy stamps oh hello friend  ink:  ranger archival black  other:  peerless watercolors When I saw The Challenge, I knew that I wanted to use the Coffee First

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coffee + joy

So, it isn’t very often when I just craft to craft.  I instagrammed this yesterday as I put together a bunch of happy mail that was belated.  What’s that?  Yes, I do generally average 7 cards a week but I wanted this batch to be specifically coffee themed: In case you aren’t part of the

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Hero Arts + A Blog Name Hero Holiday Blog Hop!

Hello!   So excited to be hopping with the Team over on A Blog Named Hero!  You should have arrived here from my bloggie friend, Niki Garcia’s blog!  If you didn’t, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the fun which is the Hero Arts Blog! Comment to win:  Hero Arts has stashed away

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hello friend.

I’m a fan of all things fall so when I saw the Stampin’ Up Photopolymer Acorny Thank You, I knew I had to order it: cardstock:  papertrey ink kraft, stampin’ up very vanilla, recollections gold glitter  stamps:  stampin’ up acorny thank  you, mama elephant mini messages, lawn fawn gleeful gardens  other:  stampin’ up acorny thank

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a cup of cheer

Good Morning!  I’ve been wanting to ink up this Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin stamp set: cardstock:  recollections/110/white, mft cement gray  stamps:  stampin’ up july 2015 paper pumpkin  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics, hero arts gold spray other:  we r memory keepers polka ef, mft  die-namics stax rectangle, canvas corp clothes pin It’s not the set

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you warm my heart.

So, I’ve been very impatiently waiting for some natural lighting so that I could take a pic of my card.  I’ve been getting home after it is dark so I need to better in my photography schedule. cardstock:  mft cement gray, recollections gold glitter  paper:  pebbles cottage living stamps:  mft hug in a mug  ink:

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Reverse Confetti’s Crazy for Christmas: Memory Keeping

Today is Day Three of  Reverse Confetti’s First Annual Crazy for Christmas online showcase event!  Click HERE for Day One + Click HERE for Day Two!  We are going to share all kinds of fun projects with you, are you ready?! Today’s focus is on:  memory keeping I have so many project life albums…like a ton.  I need to

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers News!

Post 3 of 3 for today…click HERE for Reverse Confetti’s Crazy for Christmas click HERE for my Hero Arts Star Snowflake Stencil post We’re so thrilled to present the new Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team!   Pop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog for all the deets!

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Hero Arts: Star Snowflake Stencil

Post 2 of 3 for today…click HERE for Reverse Confetti’s Crazy for Christmas click HERE for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team Announcement! Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today! I’m using the Hero Arts Star Snowflake Stencil in my projects today. Three different cards…using the stencil in three different ways.  Pop on by the

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Reverse Confetti’s: Crazy For Christmas!

post 1of 3…click HERE for my Hero Arts post! click HERE for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team Announcement! Today is Day Two of  Reverse Confetti’s First Annual Crazy for Christmas online showcase event!  Click HERE for Day One!  We are going to share all kinds of fun projects with you, are you ready?! Today’s focus

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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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