2019 Spring | Summer Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop!

Today is the day!  It’s the start of the 2019 Spring Summer Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop!   My hope is to have a bunch of cards for the hop but the administrative piece of the hop always ends up winning out on my time.  So for now, I hope to at least have one project a

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Creative Fuel | Reverse Confetti

Hello and Happy Friday Eve!  I have a clean + crisp card design to share with you today. I wanted to add ‘more’ to the pink panel but decided to keep it as is so that the Reverse Confetti Just Brew It image would pop! Love how the confetti cut also cuts the interior of

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National Bubble Tea Collaboration with Trinity Stamps!

The Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s Design Team is so excited to be hopping with Super Sponsor Trinity Stamps in celebration of National Bubble Tea Day!  If you hopped here from my teamie, Dana Warren then you’re right on track.  If you stumbled upon this post, make sure you start on the Trinity Stamps blog.   Leave comments along the way for more chances to

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No Otter Friend Like You | Dare 2B Artzy

I’m excited to be back again with another project using the Otterly Awesome stamp set.  I’m wrapping up my Guesting for Dare 2B Artzy.  My first project used the male otter so I wanted to feature the female one today.  Here’s a sneak peek: Please pop over to the Dare 2B Artzy blog for all

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This little piggy | Hello Bluebird

So I should know better than to quickly craft.  I whipped up this sweet card using the Hello Bluebird, Autumn Gatherings + Pig Day stamp sets: Those guys are so much fun, aren’t they? Love the Grassy Knoll dies! So I was originally inspired by the Just Us Girls color challenge: I may have forgotten

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For Someone Special | Reverse Confetti

I love pattern paper, how about you?  Today I’m featuring the Reverse Confetti Paper Bliss 6×6 with the Banner in Bloom stamp set. A clean + simple design.  I really wanted to have the pattern strip as part of the focal point because it’s one of my favorite patterns. I even worked on the interior,

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Congrats | Lawn Fawn

I was totally smitten by THIS card on the Lawn Fawnatics blog.  It was my inspiration for my card: My intention was to make it an interactive design and then I went ‘old school’ and used a wobble on the back of that jumping frog.  I love the Lawn Fawn Toadally Awesome set.    I

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National Tea Day Collaboration with Honey Bee Stamps!

The Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s Design Team is so excited to be hopping with Super Sponsor Honey Bee Stamps in celebration of National Tea Day!  If you hopped here from my teamie, Laurel Seabrook then you’re right on track.  If you stumbled upon this post, make sure you start on the Honey Bee Stamps blog.   Make

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Dare 2B Artzy | Guest Designer

I’m thrilled to be guesting for Dare 2B Artzy this month! Here’s a sneak peek of my project featuring the very cute Otterly Awesome stamp set.    You’ll want to hop over to the Dare 2B Artzy blog to read about my card! I’m a fan of all things nautical.  This set is a definite

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Doggone Wonderful | My Favorite Things

I whipped this up this morning, actually when I was on a conference call (multi-tasker!). I knew I had to ink up the MFT BB Best in Show set.  On my walk yesterday I met thee cutest corgi pup!  She was so sweet!  This morning I grabbed a bunch of supplies and went to work!

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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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