Hero Arts: Mahalo!

I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today with a fun nautical card.  I’ve been having so much fun with the new Summer Collection! Here are just a few of my favorites: Hero Arts CM165 Color Layering Sea Turtle Hero Arts DI390 Color Layering Sea Turtle Frame Cuts Hero Arts CM162 Color Layering Blue Whale

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Francophile: Bonjour!

I’m a relatively new francophile: We’re excited to plan a trip to Paris because the boy will be over there this fall for a Study Abroad program.  How lucky am I that Donna Mikasa supports my addiction by sending me some sweet goodies.  Here’s how I was inspired by them: Eep!  The My Favorite Things

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2017 Hero Arts Summer Catalog Blog Hop

Hello!!!  The Hero Arts Summer Catalog Products are now in the Hero Arts online store!  We are celebrating with a hop!  You should have arrived here from my awesome teamie May Park’s blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Hero Arts  Blog! Hero Arts will be giving away three

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May Guest Designer: Color Throwdown – Just Because

I’m so excited to be a May Guest Designer for Color Throwdown!  I’m a huge fan of their challenge!  Check out this week’s inspiration: If you’ve been following me for any amount of time you’ll know that green is my favorite color!  I had so much fun with this one! I love to use non-traditional colors

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Reverse Confetti: enjoy the ride!

Have you seen the latest release by Reverse Confetti?!  There are soooo many great new stamps, confetti cuts and colors!  I managed to combine a couple new goodies on this card: I started off with a Mist card panel.  I cut the Hello & Thanks Label on a panel of Cloud White.  I adhered the

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Another Birthday?

You know, I’ve been working hard to build up a stash of Birthday cards so I’m not whipping one up at the last minute.  Well, I ended up whipping this one up yesterday morning: Llamas/Alpacas…LOVE them.  The MFT Llama Love is so fun with the cute llamas and great puns.  I love the MFT Subtle

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a • muse | studio May Guest Designer: Always believe in yourself

I’m back up on the a • muse | studio blog with 2 cards.  I’m sneak peekin’ one of them here: I teamed up the new You Are My Sunshine set with the previously released Be Yourself.  The sentiments/fonts in the You Are My Sunshine are absolutely perfect.  There are so many to pick from, gotta love that!

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Happy Birthday: Make a wish or two

I finally broke into some awesome Stampin’ Up colors:  Emerald Envy + Flirty Flamingo: I combined it with Stampin’ Up Crushed Curry and their Hearth & Home Thinlets.  The computer monitor and Happy Birthday Sentiment are from Mama Elephant: Blogging Buddies + Mini Messages.  The Make a Wish is by MFT, More Essential Sentiments. Do you spy

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May Guest Designer: Color Throwdown – Happy Freakin’ Birthday

I’m so excited to be a May Guest Designer for Color Throwdown!  I’m a huge fan of their challenge!  Check out this week’s inspiration: Gorgeous, eh?!  I’d totally do my living room in that color palette!  Here’s how I was inspired: That heart panel is from an Amy Tangerine ‘best of’ 8.5 x 11 paper pack

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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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