Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo: Mama Elephant

post 2 of 3 for today…click HERE for my SugarPea Designs Guest post. click HERE for the Hero Arts Leap Day Sale Happy Leap Day!  Make sure you check out the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog for today’s Sponsor Solo feature! This week Melissa is featuring: Mama Elephant! Here’s how I was inspired: I knew I was going

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SugarPea Designs Guest Designer: espresso

post 1 of 3 today…click HERE for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo click HERE for the Hero Arts Leap Day Sale Hello and Happy Leap Day!  Today wraps up my month as a Guest Designer for SugarPea Designs!  I’ve had so much fun designing with their awesome products.  Let’s get to my card, shall

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Hero Arts: Thinking of You

Hello and Happy Sunday!   Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card.  I’ve been loving the Midnight paper collection by Hero Arts so I started with that as my base.  Have you seen the new Celebrate Tag Stamp & Cut by Lia?   It really is a multi-purpose tag.  Loss is a horrible thing and you

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Jessica’s 2K Followers Instagram Hop and Giveaway!!

If you follow me on IG, you may have already seen this but you definitely don’t want to miss out on all the fun! Super thrilled that Jessica asked me to join in on the fun!  Check out this gorgeous color palette we could work with when designing a card for the IG hop:  Although

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo: Lil’ Inker Designs

Have you been following the new feature over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog, Sponsor Solo?   This week, your hostess Melissa is featuring: Lil’ Inker Designs I combined the Coffee Talk stamp set with the Pointelle Cover up Die and the Stitched Envelope Liner Die. It seems to be tropical days over here on my

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SugarPea Designs Guest Designer: Coffee

Hello!  I’m back as a Guest Designer over at the SugarPea Designs blog!  If you’ve been following me for a bit, you know I love my coffee.  I always love to fall back on Coffee Card designs….add pineapples and I’m a happy crafter: A timesaving tip?  I’ve been buying A2 card bases….sssssshhhhhh…I know, lazy eh?

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Hero Arts: Sweetest Wishes

Happy Saturday!  I’m having fun with a couple of Hero Arts stamp sets by Lia Griffith.  Just say YES to Pink Pineapples♡ I used the Enjoy Fruit and Cheers Messages by Lia Yup, lovin’ the new Intense Black: Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Enjoy Fruit by Lia Griffith Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Cheers Messages by Lia

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Reverse Confetti: thanks, my friend.

Happy Friday!!!!!  Here’s a very postal friendly card…no bumps: I really wanted to throw on some enamel dots but decided to leave it ultra CAS.  Aren’t you loving the Reverse Confetti February release?  I used the Garden Bunch + A Friend Like You stamp sets. My card was inspired by the current Freshly Made Sketches:

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Winnie & Walter: Belated 2nd Birthday Bash!

post 2 of 2…click HERE for my Hero Arts post. Hello!  I’m up on the Winnie & Walter Blog as a Guestie for their Belated 2nd Birthday Bash!  I’m sharing two cards over but sneak peekin’ one of them on my blog: I was inspired by Heather’s Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenge: Gold + Watercoloring

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Hero Arts: Handwritten Thank You

post 1 of 2..click HERE for the Winnie & Walter Belated Birthday Bash! Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today sharing a card using the following products: Stop on by and check it out! Hero Arts Wood Block Stamp, Handwritten Thank You Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Color Layering For You Flowers

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coffee + you | Evelin T Designs

I’m super excited to be up on the Evelin T Designs blog today!  Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: Meet me over on the Evelin T Designs blog for the full reveal and all the details!

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Friday with Amy | Doodlebugswa.com

Happy Friday!  I’m up on the Doodlebugswa.com blog today.  I’m sharing a card that features Mama Elephant.  Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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What’s the Scoop | Inspired by Challenge – Sweet on You

Today starts a new Inspired by Challenge and it’s SWEET!.  There’s also an optional sketch challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: I’m a fruitarian and couldn’t believe that I didn’t have more sets with cherries!  I did find this [retired] MFT Stamps, Sweet on You set.   I teamed it up with their Crosshatch Polka.  It’s

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Life Happens | Reverse Confetti

I’m so excited to be up on the Reverse Confetti blog today.  Here’s a sneak peek of just some my projects.  Pop over to the Reverse Confetti blog for the full reveal and all the details. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Gnome One | MFT Stamps

I recently received an order from Doodlebugswa.com and couldn’t wait to dive in.  The newest MFT release is so adorable, check out the BB Hanging With My Gnomies: I’m LOVING the Woodgrain Whimsy 6×6 too!  Here are the copics I used: R20 Y04 | Y08 YR01 | YR02 YG01 | YG03 G02 BG13 | BG15

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Have a phonomenal day | Avery Elle

I love seeing all the beautiful Mother’s Day cards being posted on FB + IG.  Do you notice they are generally floral designs?  Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE flowers, both real ones and crafty ones.  If you took a glance at my IG feed though, I don’t gravitate towards them.  Most of my card

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Friday with Amy | Doodlebugswa.com

Hey, happy Friday!  I’m up on the Doodlebugswa.com blog today.  I’m sharing a card that features Sunny Studio Stamps.  Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Birthday Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

Today is the Reverse Confetti May Birthday Creative Hop!  Every 8th of the month is the day we get together and hop.  There isn’t a normal new release this month, it has been pushed out to June but you’re going to love it.  More information on the Reverse Confetti blog. This month we have three

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You call it Coffee | CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

So I recently received my latest order from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.  I’ve always love their sentiments…check out the Stay Strong set: I’ve teamed it up with their Coffee Cup Fri-Dies.  When designing this card I realized that I never copic color on colored cardstock.  I colored in the word coffee with BG13.  I held my

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Walk your own path | MFT

Last night I was able to pull together a card.  Here’s how I was inspired: I haven’t used the MFT All Star High Top Die-namics + Be Original stamp set in awhile.  I decided to go white with pops of Orange Zest! Hands down, the most difficult part of the design….threading the ‘shoe laces’.  OY. 

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