Happy Super Special Birthday!

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the StampNation and Giveaway post. Hello!  I’m up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today!  We’re celebrating a Super Special Birthday!  Here’s a peek at my supplies: birthday art chalkboard backdrop We’re having a party all week…You’ll want to pop over and comment to win!

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Wrap Up and Winners!

My apologies, this post should have went up earlier but life has been a smidge busy!  I wanted to announce my winners and do a recap of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  In case you haven’t seen it yet, the winners of the Super Sponsor prizes have been posted HERE.  With 34 Super Sponsors

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Curtain Call Flip Flops: hello, sweet friend.

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Verve Stamps Blog Hop! It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Flip Flops source: scrap-pygovka.blogspot.com The LEAD of this challenge will be invited to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge! Such a super fun inspiration photo, don’t you think?!  It’s been unusually warm

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Verve Stamps June 2015 Release Spotlight Hop: Get Together – Day 1

Welcome to Verve’s June 2015 Spotlight Hops!  This week the Verve Divas and a few special guests will be spotlighting 5 new sets, 2 plain janes and 4 new die sets! I’m thrilled to be hopping today and Saturday! Everything previewed this week will be available in the Verve online store on Friday, 6/19. So come hop

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SFYTT: i like you

Hello and Happy Friday Eve!   I had so much fun putting this card together!  Yum to coffee ‘n donuts! cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black  paper:  simple stories/I am  stamps:  reverse confetti/i like you/donut you know/be a barista  ink:  memento tuxedo/rich cocoa  other:  dcwv cork, pebbles scallop gold glitter tape, reverse confetti circles ‘n scallops,

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day Day Seven: sometimes the smallest things + Giveaway!

Hello!  Today is my day up on the Whisker Graphics blog!  I’m such a fan of the Whisker Graphics Middy Bitty Bags: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black  paper:  stampin’ up/typeset specialty  stamps:  lil’ inker designs/coffee talk  ink:  ranger archival/black, distress ink/picked raspberry, various fine tipped colored pens, stampin’ up white embossing powder, fresh ink/grass, sharpie

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StampNation Guest Designer: Father’s Day

Hello!  It’s week two of my Guest Designing over at StampNation! This week’s challenge is to create a masculine card, here’s a sneak peek of mine: I’d love for you to pop over to StampNation’s Challenge’s page and check out this week’s challenge HERE.

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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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