Your Own Drum | My Favorite Things

How was your holiday weekend?  Mine was great, lots to eat and lots of running around.  Today is the start of my normal week after being off from work since last Tuesday.  I have two projects to share with you today, here’s the first one featuring MFT – (retired) Strike up the band: Those guys

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Fa La La La La La | Reverse Confetti

For my American friends, are you enjoying the holiday weekend?  I sure am!  Here’s another holiday design to add to my stack.  Hopefully a majority of them will be going postal in the next week or so.  This card features Reverse Confetti products. My card was inspired by my teamie Amy Rohl, THIS project caught

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You’re a Winner | Lawn Fawn

I designed this especially for the kids’ 11 year old cousin.  He’s the youngest one in the bunch and well, it’s been a while since I’ve had a 11 year old, like 10+ years.  Lawn Fawn to the rescue!  I thought the You’re Claw-some set would be perfect for him.  It’s a fun shaped card

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Christmas Coffee Trio | Lil’ Inker Designs

So this is what happens when I start cleaning my craft room.  I found 1 sheet of this reversible (vintage) The Girls’ Paperie – Tinsel & Twig.  It was literally torn but instead of finishing up my cleaning job, I started a card trio. There’s something about kraft, red + black.  Honestly, anything caffeinated is

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Thankful | Echo Park Paper

To all my friends celebrating, Happy Thanksgiving!  I thought I’d squeeze in another Fall Themed card in honor of today. The Echo Park Paper – Celebrate Autumn is so much fun.  Look at those cute woodland creatures. I layered 2 panels of paper from the same collection and loaded it up with stickers!  Super postal

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Cozy Wishes | SugarPea Designs

Happy Wednesday!  Amy Kolling inspired this card: My girl has taken up knitting this year and has really created some gorgeous projects.  I’m thrilled that she’s taken it up so quickly…scarves, hats, socks, sweaters…oh my. I used the Knitwit stamps + SugarCuts.  The scalloped panel is from the Card Front Element Builder.  I used basic

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Warm Wishes | Avery Elle

I’m back again with another project that was inspired by Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags!   This one was inspired by Day 17 – Avery Elle. I started off with the retired Avery Elle Circle Tag Die. I combined: Party Pals  |  Dear Santa  |  Polar Pals Those cute Party Pals make me smile.  The

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A Bushel and a Peck | My Favorite Things

The MFT BB Harvest Mouse set is so cute.  I stamped and cut out all the images and colored them up with copic markers. Loving this color trio with a pop of red, what do you think?  Those guys crack me up…they’re so busy. I made this especially for my boy and then forgot to

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Warm Winter Greetings | Pretty Pink Posh

Have you been following Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags?   It’s such a great way to dive into your crafty supplies and ink up some sets!   I was inspired by Day 12 – Pretty Pink Posh. Any guesses which tag inspired me? I inked up the Christmas Friends set.  The sentiment is from the

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Hero Arts: Just a note

Hello and Happy Friday!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today but before you pop over there I did have another card to share here on my blog.  I made this card for a class I taught at Impress Cards + Crafts.  It features the House Stamp & Cut set. I used a sentiment from

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Exciting News: Pattern Happy Design Team!

I’m super excited to announce that I am joining the very fun Pattern Happy Design Team!  I am truly grateful to be designing with: Carly Tee Minner Laurel Seabrook Kristine Davidson Kat Benjamin Khristina Sorge Pattern Happy designs products that will make you happy!  Kim and Ryan Sable, the original founders of KI Memories are

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Spellbinders: Never Too Old

The wonderful folks at Spellbinders sent me the Die D-Lites Gears Etched Dies: Here’s how I was inspired: If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know that I tend to be a clean + crisp kind of gal.  Those gears were calling to be on a project that is grungy….don’t you agree?  The gears have been inked up

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Pinkfresh Studio Technique Talk Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio Technique Talk Blog Hop!  Each project will feature a stamping technique, I can’t wait to hop around!  You should have arrived here from the awesome Elena Roussakis’ blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Pinkfresh Blog. There will be four Lucky Winners! 

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Spellbinders: Oceans of Joy

The wonderful folks at Spellbinders sent me the Die D-Lites Fishing Trip Etched Dies: Here’s how I was inspired: I combined them with the Nestabilities Standard Circles SM Etched Dies.  The fish have Distress Oxide inks that have been smooshed.  I backed them with black cardstock to define their shapes a bit. The sentiment is

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Reverse Confetti: You’re Fabulous

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I’m sharing a card that was inspired by my Reverse Confetti teamie Melissa: I inked up the Something Wonderful blooms with Zig Clean Color Markers on watercolor paper.    I layered two Pierced Round Top Layers.  The bottom panel had the blooms inked up with Stone.  A happy accident was that

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Hero Arts: Enjoy the Day

Hello and Happy Saturday!  We hope that you’ve been enjoying the Hero Arts 2018 Catalog Blog Hop!  Remember to leave comments along the way for a chance to win! Today I’m sharing a card that was designed with: Alphabet Soup + Make a Fountain I quickly watercolored some coffee in each of the mugs.  The latte

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SugarPea Designs Winter Product Release – Day Five + Release Day!

Welcome to Release Day!  This week we have been celebrating the new SugarPea Designs Winter Product Release!  The goodies will be available TONIGHT at  6 pm eastern!!! Place an order* of $60 or more (excluding discounts and shipping) and you will receive SugarCut – Hello FREE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!! *This Sweet Incentive promotion begins Friday, February 16th at 6PM EST. This promotion will not be

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Hero Arts 2018 Catalog Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the SugarPea Designs Winter Product Release Day Four Hello and Welcome to the Hero Arts 2018 Catalog Blog Hop!  The new products have been shipping to retailers for a few weeks now but today is the day that everything is available in the Hero Arts Online Store! 

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