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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24 Carrot Friend | Trinity Stamps

I recently received the Trinity Stamps – Slimline Series:  Rainbow Builder Die Set.  I knew that I had to put it together this morning, this is how I was inspired: I teamed it up with the super fun, Dir-TEA Bunny Set.  Remember to pick up the coordinating die set because it cuts the bunny’s arms

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Celebrate | Inspired by Challenge – Summer Please

Hello and Welcome to another new Inspired by Challenge!  There is also an optional sketch challenge: I was so inspired and combined them both together! I combined the Catherine Pooler Party Fans stamps and coordinating dies.  I also added the Celebrate Block Word die with a big of altering. The Catherine Pooler Inks It’s a

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Coffee all day | Evelin T Designs

I’m so excited to be up on the Evelin T Designs blog today.  I have a fun card that I can’t wait for you to see. Here’s a bit of a sneak: Here’s my supplies listing, some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Happy Birthday | Avery Elle

I picked up the Avery Elle Llamazing set at Ellen Hutson LLC’s during their last sale.   I have so many other projects I should have been working on this morning but it’s okay, you gotta whip up some ‘just because’ cards too! I picked up that Flora & Fauna Rainbow die during one of their

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Birthday Celebration Release | Trinity Stamps

I’m super excited to be party of Trinity Stamps‘ Instagram Birthday Celebration Release Hop!  Join us for fun, inspiration and prizes!  The festivities starts on the Trinity Stamps Instagram! Here’s a peek at my projects, I had so much fun designing them especially for today! There are also TWO Freebies when you spend $50 +

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Friday with Amy | Doodlebugswa.com

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

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Stay Cool | Inspired by Challenge – Cool Treats

Hello and Welcome to another new Inspired by Challenge!  There is also an optional sketch challenge: I just knew what I was going to use for this challenge, the Concord & 9th Cool Treats Turnabout Stamp Set.  They currently have it on sale through the end of the month! I was able to capture the

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