Hero Arts: Spreading Cheer

I’m such a fan of non-traditional colors for the holidays, how about you?! One of my fall back color combos is pink + green.  Such a happy combo, don’t you think?  I used Kelly Purkey’s Clearly Kelly S’No Problem.  Love the mix of snowflakes and sentiments!  The inks are Lime Green + Ultra Pink.  The

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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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Debut Day 1 | Evelin T Designs

Today is the start of the Debuts for the new June 2020 Release for Evelin T Designs.  You are going to LOVE all the new sets.  Today we’re featuring: Under The Sea:  Narwhal Floral Surprise Let’s start with the Under The Sea: Narwhal card: I love all things nautical so adore this sweet narwhal set. 

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June Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

Today is the day!  The June 2020 Reverse Confetti Release is now available and we’re celebrating with a hop!  You should have arrived here from the fantastic Kay Miller’s blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop, which is the Reverse Confetti Blog. Let’s chat about the release for a

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May | June Countdown to Confetti Day Three | Reverse Confetti

It’s Day Three, the final day of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!   You are going to be amazed at all of 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 May | June ‘Fetti Friends: Anika

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May | June Countdown to Confetti Day Two | Reverse Confetti

It’s Day Two of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!   You are going to be amazed at all of 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 May | June ‘Fetti Friends: Anika Lerche Becky Roberts

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May | June Countdown to Confetti Day One | Reverse Confetti

It’s Day One of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!   You are going to be amazed at all of 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 May | June ‘Fetti Friends: Anika Lerche Becky Roberts

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Stand for Something | Inspired by Challenge – Colorful Kicks

Hello and Welcome to another new Inspired By Challenge!  There is also an optional sketch challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: Although you might not readily notice, I combined the photo inspiration with the sketch challenge.  This actually turned out quite differently from what I had originally planned. I was going to use the MFT

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Hello, dear Friend | Reverse Confetti

I’m so excited to be up on the Reverse Confetti blog with my teamie, Tricia Barber.  We’re playing along with the June Stock Your Stash Challenge:  Hello | Just Because Here’s a bit of a sneak peek of my project: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Friday with Amy | Doodlebugswa.com

Hey, Happy Friday!  Today is the final day of the 2020 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  I’m up on Doodlebugswa.com blog today and they are one of the 73 Super Sponsors that we have for this hop.  Here’s a sneak peek of my project: For the full reveal, check it out on the

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Coffee Capital | Inspired by Challenge – All the Details

Hello and Welcome to another new Inspired By Challenge!  There is also an optional sketch challenge: I’m also linking up to the 2020 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Here’s how I was inspired, do you see how I interpreted each of the windows? I combined two different Super Sponsors from the Coffee Lovers

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