friends keep your heart warm

Psssstttt….are you on Instagram?  There’s a fun hop that is happening, right now!  You’ll want to check it out!  There are excellent prizes up for grabs! Here’s a peek at my project: cardstock:  stampin’ up crumb cake  paper:  carta bella fall blessings  stamps:  mft LLD hug in a mug  ink:  fresh ink/chocolate  other:  mft LLD

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Hero Arts: Spreading Cheer

I’m such a fan of non-traditional colors for the holidays, how about you?! One of my fall back color combos is pink + green.  Such a happy combo, don’t you think?  I used Kelly Purkey’s Clearly Kelly S’No Problem.  Love the mix of snowflakes and sentiments!  The inks are Lime Green + Ultra Pink.  The

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oh hello friend.

Happy Saturday!  I have a ton of wood mount stamps that need some serious inky love: cardstock:  gmund savanna bubinga, bazzill marshmallow  stamps:  create a smile coffee first, savvy stamps oh hello friend  ink:  ranger archival black  other:  peerless watercolors When I saw The Challenge, I knew that I wanted to use the Coffee First

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coffee + joy

So, it isn’t very often when I just craft to craft.  I instagrammed this yesterday as I put together a bunch of happy mail that was belated.  What’s that?  Yes, I do generally average 7 cards a week but I wanted this batch to be specifically coffee themed: In case you aren’t part of the

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Hero Arts + A Blog Name Hero Holiday Blog Hop!

Hello!   So excited to be hopping with the Team over on A Blog Named Hero!  You should have arrived here from my bloggie friend, Niki Garcia’s blog!  If you didn’t, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the fun which is the Hero Arts Blog! Comment to win:  Hero Arts has stashed away

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hello friend.

I’m a fan of all things fall so when I saw the Stampin’ Up Photopolymer Acorny Thank You, I knew I had to order it: cardstock:  papertrey ink kraft, stampin’ up very vanilla, recollections gold glitter  stamps:  stampin’ up acorny thank  you, mama elephant mini messages, lawn fawn gleeful gardens  other:  stampin’ up acorny thank

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a cup of cheer

Good Morning!  I’ve been wanting to ink up this Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin stamp set: cardstock:  recollections/110/white, mft cement gray  stamps:  stampin’ up july 2015 paper pumpkin  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics, hero arts gold spray other:  we r memory keepers polka ef, mft  die-namics stax rectangle, canvas corp clothes pin It’s not the set

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you warm my heart.

So, I’ve been very impatiently waiting for some natural lighting so that I could take a pic of my card.  I’ve been getting home after it is dark so I need to better in my photography schedule. cardstock:  mft cement gray, recollections gold glitter  paper:  pebbles cottage living stamps:  mft hug in a mug  ink:

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Reverse Confetti’s Crazy for Christmas: Memory Keeping

Today is Day Three of  Reverse Confetti’s First Annual Crazy for Christmas online showcase event!  Click HERE for Day One + Click HERE for Day Two!  We are going to share all kinds of fun projects with you, are you ready?! Today’s focus is on:  memory keeping I have so many project life albums…like a ton.  I need to

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers News!

Post 3 of 3 for today…click HERE for Reverse Confetti’s Crazy for Christmas click HERE for my Hero Arts Star Snowflake Stencil post We’re so thrilled to present the new Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team!   Pop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog for all the deets!

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Spellbinders: Coffee

My friends at Spellbinders sent me some goodies by designer Sharon Sowell. Her new collection is AMAZING.  I combined the Shapeabilities Coffee Brewing Etched Dies Cuppa Coffee, Cuppa Tea Collection by Sharyn Sowell and Die D-Lites But First Coffee Etched Dies Cuppa Coffee, Cuppa Tea Collection by Sharyn Sowell. The sentiment has been cut from a Starbucks coffee

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers | Happy Thoughts featuring Graciellie Design

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog today!  Here’s a sneak peek of my project: I’m featuring Graciellie Design’s Happiness digital stamp set.  It’s currently on sale in her shop along with her other single stamps + paper sets.  I was inspired by the current Fab Friday sketch: Make sure

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Reverse Confetti | a happy hello

Happy Friday Eve!  I can’t believe that tomorrow is the last day of August?!  I’m popping in here to share a project that features products by Reverse Confetti. I combined Tall Blooms with the Basket confetti cuts.  Love the Cue the Confetti 6×6 paper pads.  Aren’t the colors gorgeous?  My palette was determined by the

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Rubeena’s Crafting Anniversary Blog Hop DAY TWO

Welcome to Rubeena’s Crafting Anniversary 2-Day Blog Hop! This hop is epic with more than 70 guests and over $1,000 in sponsored prizes! Not only are we celebrating four years since Rubeena first discovered cardmaking but also crafting in general. This industry is made up of wonderful individuals who are creative, inspirational, kind, and incredibly

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers | Stay Strong

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog today with a project that features the Graciellie Design – Stay Strong Digital Stamp set.  Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: Rainbow Coffee Goodness ✔︎ I’m in love with the Rainbow Deco Foil!  Pop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog for all the details and

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Fancy Pants Designs | You Remind Me Of…

I was up on the Fancy Pants Designs blog the other day with a trio of cards.  Here’s a sneak peek of one of them: The new Magnolia Moments collection is absolutely gorgeous.  The sentiment is from a stamp set from my stash. Make sure you check out my other cards HERE.

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Graciellie Design + Coffee Loving Cardmakers | Stay Strong

We are so excited to be collaborating with Graciellie Design!  Did you see their newest coffee set, Stay Strong?!  Make sure you check out the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog for all the details and leave comments along the way for a chance to win! I couldn’t wait to play with the images, check out my

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Reverse Confetti | A note of thanks

I’ll be designing thank you cards over the next couple of weeks, more on that in a smidge.  Check out this project I designed with Reverse Confetti’s Class Act stamps + coordinating confetti cuts. My color palette is: Brick  |  Bumblebee  |  RC Aqua  |  Iced Aqua I don’t know if you can tell but

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Hero Arts | Season of Wonder Release Blog Hop

Although the Hero Arts Winter release has been available at your favorite retailer, today marks the day that it is available in the Hero Arts Store!  They’re celebrating with a blog hop and I’m thrilled to hop along with them! You should have arrived here from Clare Prezzia’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start

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Color Throwdown: Featured Stamper | Guest Designer

I was so excited to be the Color Throwdown Featured Stamper HERE.   I’m a guest designer for this week’s challenge: The colors are simply PERFECT for me!  Two shades of green with aqua?!!!  Here’s how I was inspired: I had sooo much fun designing this card!  I’ve had a couple Lil’ Inker Designs goodies that

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