To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop

image source We’re celebrating World Bee Day, to support bees and raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. For more information, please check out the World Bee Day Organization. A Big Thank You to Milka Gubo for organizing this event. You should have arrived here from Milka’s Blog. If you get

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Coolest | Concord & 9th

The kids + I have a weekly scheduled FT call. Last night I had them chime in on these cards and I absolutely love the color palette. This duo features the Concord & 9th – Sweet Summer. I started off with a couple Sprout panels that I used my blending brush with the coordinating ink

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Cow-a-ling | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #8 – Reminder

We’re back with a reminder about the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #8 theme: Cute Critters! Our sponsor is Trinity Stamps.  For all the details about the challenge and the prize, please check out THIS post. Here’s how I was inspired: I combined the following Trinity Stamps products: Christmas Cowlers Seasonal Sweetheart Crafty Post bundle Oh Christmas Tree – Clay Tree

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Kris Lauren Meets Big & Bold Reveal | August Colorado Craft Company

I’m excited to be a part of the Colorado Craft Company – Kris Lauren Meets Big & Bold Reveal for August 2022!  You should have arrived here from Adam Karle’s, if not, start at the Colorado Craft Company Blog. Leave a comment on all participating designer posts for a chance to win!  Each designer below will be doing a

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Pilates | Catherine Pooler Designs

I picked up the Pie Day set from Ellen Hutson LLC and couldn’t wait to put together an idea I’ve had perking. The sentiment is computer generated. Leave me a comment with your email and I’d be happy to send it your way. Here is my supply list: Pie Day Dies Fall Calls for Lattes

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Flashback Summer of Stamping 2021

I’ve been loving seeing last year’s Summer of Stamping collaboration projects over on the Ellen Hutson LLC Instagram account. I thought it would be a great time to share this one that combines several Essentials by Ellen sets: Summer of Stamping 2021 – Soak It Up by Avery Elle Bear Ware 2 Bear Ware 4

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July 2022 Favorites

Lawn Fawn’s High Five Kit My son’s 25th Birthday Catherine Pooler Designs Guest Ambassador My first official post with Pawsome Stamps Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge – July Sponsor – Twiddler’s Nook Ellen Hutson LLC Guest Designer Mama Elephant + Essentials by Ellen Exclusive set – Ice Cream Stand My girl and I went to Mike’s

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San Juan Islands

Yesterday we flew to Roche Harbor. We had a delicious breakfast at Lime Kiln Cafe. Yup, that’s my steak & eggs, it was delicious and I have 1/2 of it leftover. They make fresh donuts there. I feel so grateful to be able to reap the hubby’s hobby of aviation. The San Juan Islands are

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August Creative Hop – Reverse Confetti

Edited to Add Winner – scroll to bottom of the post. Hello and welcome of the Reverse Confetti August Creative Hop! You should have arrived here from the awesome April’s blog. If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Reverse Confetti blog.  I’m super excited to reveal my NEW blog! I

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Sending Warm Thoughts | Catherine Pooler

The Catherine Pooler – Stay Cozy Collection is now available in the shop! I decided to shake things up a bit today: My card features: *previously released I decided to make a bit of a shaker design with the gorgeous Whistler sequin mix. I stamped the Brrr! background in Aquatini onto a panel that I

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Sweater Weather | Simon Says Stamp

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Candy For today’s card was inspired by the sketch and colors. I’m featuring the following product: This new set was sitting on my desk and I couldn’t wait to ink it up. The Concord & 9th cardstocks I used: The

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Stay Cozy set | Catherine Pooler Release Day

The Catherine Pooler – Stay Cozy Collection is now available in the shop! I decided to put together a card set featuring some of the new products: My cards features: *previously released I started with a basic design and progressively added more. Let’s chat about the Winter Greetings card: A pretty basic design, really letting

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Sip Sip Hooray | Catherine Pooler

Coming soon Catherine Pooler – Stay Cozy Collection! Save the date, Wednesday, October 21 is the day it is available in the shop. Check out today’s card: My card features: *previously released The Catherine Pooler inks I used: Do you spy the smidge of glitter on the whip? The sentiment was stamped in Aquatini. The

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Mushroom Bouquet | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello, I’m back with a card duo that I designed for my Mom. My daughter gave her two bags of matsutake – japanese mushrooms that she received from a coworker. I knew that I had to whip up some card using the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: This is the first one that

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Hey Pumpkin | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Pumpkins For today’s card was inspired by the theme. I combined the following products: Keeping things real, I actually started with a design that was based on pumpkins and the color palette. I started pulling things from my stash and

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Merry & Bright | Simon Says Stamp

Have you checked out Simon Says Stamp’s NEW SENDING CHEER Release?! There are so many amazing products! I’m back with another card featuring the fabulous: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: I also used Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock: My overall design was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches that expires in less than 2

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Fancy Scandi | My Pretty Things Blog Hop

My Pretty Things is celebrating the magic of the holiday season by sharing handmade papercrafts created with joy and love. From thoughtful cards to festive tags, each creation is a little reminder that the most meaningful gifts come straight from the heart. So cozy up with a cup of hot tea, hop along with us for

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A Note of Thanks | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. It’s a bit of a sneak peek for a new release that is dropping next week! These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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