Hello and Happy Saturday. I have a bazillion things do do and what am I doing? I’m playing with stamps and bits ‘n bobs. I managed to create 5 cards this morning, of course I’m a roll because I have to leave the house soon. Here’s my first batch: I haven’t inked up my Stampin’
Hello! I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today sharing a card that uses dies to accentuate a shape. You’ll want to pop over there for the reveal and all the details. Did you hear the news?! I’m back at Impress in Tukwila teaching a Hero Arts class! Stop by the Impress in Tukwila to
Check out the newest SugarPea Designs Mix it Up Challenge! So fun, right?! Play with the sketch or the inspiration photo, or a bit of both! You have all month to play along with us! One randomly selected winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs store. However, if the winning entry features
I’m so excited to be joining The Ton and their design team to celebrate their 3rd Anniversary! You should have arrived here from The Ton! Giveaway information: Effie is giving away a stamp set of choice to a lucky commenter. To qualify, you must leave a comment on each blog stop for the respective giveaway day
I’m so excited to be a part of the Ellen Hutson LLC/Essentials by Ellen – United We Flourish Blog Hop with Hero Arts! You should have arrived here from the Hero Arts blog! If not, you’ll want to start at the Ellen Hutson LLC – The CLASSroom blog because that is where the fun begins!
The 2018 Hero Arts Catalog is now available for your viewing HERE. You’re going to LOVE the new products available! Products begin shipping to retail stores next week and will be in the Hero Arts Online Shop on February 15. Make sure you check out the Hero Arts blog post HERE and comment for a
I was so excited when Laurel Seabrook reached out to me to find out if I would be a Guest Designer for her Inspired by Challenge! Check out this very fun photo inspiration: Here’s how I was inspired: I definitely drawn to the patterns, colors and texture! I started with the Reverse Confetti Drop Cover
Hello and Happy Saturday! I had this card completed yesterday but had to wait for some natural light to take the photos. Have you seen the latest Hero Arts January My Monthly Hero kit and additional add-ons? Oh, there are so many fun new designs! Check out Stealing My Heart: So, let’s start at the
Hello and Happy Friday!!!! I’m happy to share that the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s feature, Sponsor Solo, is back! What is that? Well, it’s when we take the time to talk about a specific Super Sponsor (a company that sponsors a Coffee Lovers Blog Hop). Today we’re featuring: Craftin Desert Divas! I’ve been eyeing some of the cute
Hello, today I’m featuring a project that was inspired by the January Reverse Confetti SFYTT: I’ve been trying to busily design winter themed cards to send out in the next couple of weeks. I sent out a ton of holiday cards but still managed to miss a ton of people. Here’s one that features the
THIS made me laugh this morning. I’m guilty of buying things and they sit…and sit…waiting for me to ink them up. I picked up a bunch of MFT goodies during the holidays and decided to do some llama masking to design a birthday card: I did a smidge of masking on the Happy Llamadays set.
I’m so excited to be part of the Love You More Previews for The Rabbit Hole Designs! Products will be available in their store on Friday, January 18th at 4 am pacific. To celebrate Day 1 of Previews, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away one Love You More Stamp Set to one lucky winner.
I’m changing gears from coffee to floral mode. Check out Reverse Confetti’s Build a Bunch: I inked up all 20 images from the set and used THIS for my color inspiration. I’m a huge fan of Rifle Paper Co designs. I originally used a midnight panel with the Diagonal Stitches Cover Panel but thought it was
Hmmm…I promise I do design things other than caffeinated projects: I combined SugarPea Designs Mugs & Kisses with Knit Wit. …Coffee + Knitting. I was inspired by the photo over on the SugarPea Designs January Mix It Up Challenge: I also incorporated the CAS(E) this sketch challenge: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:
So I woke up yesterday and knew that I wanted to design something for the current Lawn Fawnatics challenge. Evidently I was pretty motivated: Before I get to the details of the card, I wanted to say that I inked up a total of: 12 Lawn Fawn Stamp Sets 2 Lawn Fawn Stand alone dies
Have you been following all of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers collaboration events with The Rabbit Hole Designs? Previews Day One Previews Day Two Blog Hop Day One Blog Hop Day Two You should have arrived here from Cristena’s blog! If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning so that you don’t miss out on
It seems like I’m continuously trying to catch up with my purchases. I finally had a chance to ink up the MFT BB Friends at First Sip set: Whew, this card took me FOREVER to color. To think I was going to do a card duo…nope, not this time. I did have fun putting together
I’m so excited that the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s are collaborating with The Rabbit Hole Designs. Did you catch yesterday’s previews? Check it out HERE. Today we’re featuring Caffeinated Octopus and Caffeinated Unicorn. They’re available in The Rabbit Hole Designs shop now! I’m playing with the oh-so-fun Caffeinated Octopus and this is how I was inspired:
Have you seen the new monthly 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
I’m using some of my holiday purchases today. I picked up the Newton’s Nook Designs Slothy Coffee stamps + coordinating die and their new Plaid Stencil set. You can’t readily tell but that circular piece is Hero Arts Woodgrain vellum. Oh, it’s very cool. I did have to back it with white cardstock so you