September Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Cynthia O Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, October 28th. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a

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Autumn Tapestry | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

The Brass & Bliss Craft Co – Autumn Tapestry Release is now in the store! SAVE 20% on the new Release! We’re doing things a bit different, there is no instagram hop. You’ll want to pop over to the Brass & Bliss blog post HERE and leave a comment for a chance to win. Here’s

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Happy National Coffee Day

Happy National Coffee Day! There’s a blog hop that starts over on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog today. One of the Super Sponsors is Brass & Bliss Craft Co: Here are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I combined for today’s project: The wool felt is from my stash. I actually made the coffee

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Season’s Greetings | My Pretty Things

It’s been a bit since I’ve shared a project that featured My Pretty Things: I was inspired by the recent Freshly Made Sketches – sketch by my friend Donna Mikasa! I combined the following cardstocks: The sentiment was stamped in Concord & 9th – Honeysuckle. I did trim down the bow a bit. Affiliate links

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Pumpkin Spice | 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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Fa La La | Mama Elephant

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Long Holiday. Here’s how I was inspired: I combined the following Mama Elephant products: Here are my earlier cards: Holiday Calories Duo Holiday Joy Merry Little Cookie I can’t wait to see how the other designers were inspired! Some links are affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Hocus Pocus | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Coffee Mugs For today’s card was inspired by the colors and coffee theme. I combined the following Pretty Pink Posh products: The sentiment is by Riley & Company – Hocus Pocus. I put a couple drops of Catherine Pooler –

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Merry Little Cookie | Mama Elephant

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Holiday Calories. My card is a simple design using that sweet set along with Baking Spirits Bright. I’ve been smitten with this color combo and added washi again to my card. You might not readily tell but the cookie sheet has been stamped onto Concord & 9th’s Dove

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Happy Fall | Spellbinders

I managed to whip up two cards yesterday, here’s the first one. I’ll share the other one later this week. This one features: *from Spellbinders Event. The plaid paper is from my stash. I designed this as a ‘quick’ thank you for my bonus daughter. She embroidered a cardigan for me for my birthday and

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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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hoppy for you | Reverse Confetti

Happy Friday Eve!  I started this in the morning and then dashed out for a day full of errands.  I was able to jump back in and still capture some natural sunlight for my photography.  I do have a new studio light but haven’t figured out the glares off ‘shiny supplies’ but definitely prefer natural

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Feeling Slothy | Newton’s Nook Designs

I’ve been wanting to combine Newton’s Nook Designs Slothy Coffee + Cuppa Cactus, so here’s how I was inspired: That sloth is so cute, eh?  Love how the coordinating die cuts in the interior of the mug handle too.  I had tons of fun coloring this card.  I haven’t colored in a bit.  It makes

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Let’s do some shots | Essentials by Ellen

Last week I had the pleasure of picking up my Essentials by Ellen order from Ellen Hutson LLC.  How lucky am I that I can pick up my orders?!  Truly grateful for that and that I can chat with Ellen + the fab employees too. Today I’m featuring the new Everyday Doodles + Everyday Punnies

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Brave Fearless Strong | The Ton Stamps

Hey Happy Sunday!  I wanted to play with The Ton’s washi: Isn’t it gorgeous?  I’ve teamed it up with The New Pretty.  One of my favorite sentiment sets! The sentiment has been heat embossed with Hero Arts’ Copper. I was inspired by the Sunday Stamps sketch: Some links are affiliate at no extra cost to

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I love You and Coffee | Stampin’ Up + Lawn Fawn

Happy Friday!  I have a quick card that I put together this morning.  I haven’t recently taken an inventory of my caffeinated sets but I have a ton.  I wanted to challenge myself to use the (retired) Merry Cafe in a non-seasonal way. I’m loving the Hello Honey + Lost Lagoon combo. I decided to

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Mom | Reverse Confetti | Stock Your Stash

Have you seen the Reverse Confetti challenge, Stock Your Stash?! This is a chance to create a card to keep in your stash.  (Of course, you could send it off right away!).  Each month will bring a new theme.   There will be a new Stock Your Stash challenge posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 1st of

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