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Mama Elephant’s 14th Anniversary | Stampede Day 1 – IG Hop

September 15, 2026 No Comments

Mama Elephant’s new release is here! To celebrate their 14th year anniversary, MamaElephant will be giving away five $25 Gift Cards per Stampede Day to a random commenter on Mama Elephant’s Instagram, Facebook or YouTube channel in addition to their sitewide sale and free gift promotion! Make sure to check out the shop HERE. Here’s today’s Instagram Hop listing – 9/15 Stampede Day

Frosty & Festive Collection Coming Soon | Catherine Pooler

September 13, 2026 No Comments

Coming soon Catherine Pooler – Frosty & Festive Collection! Save the date, Wednesday, September 16th it is available in the shop. Check out today’s card: My card features: I masked the upper portion of an A2 watercolor panel and blended: Using the Holly & Berries layered stencils, I used these colors: Do you see the

Halloween Greetings | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

September 12, 2026 No Comments

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. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

Friendship | Pinkfresh Studio

September 10, 2026 No Comments

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Maps For today’s card was inspired by the theme + sketch. I combined the following Pinkfresh Studio products: I also used the Angie Blom Digital Designs – Let’s Go Travel Backgrounds to tie in the sketch. I printed it onto

Hey Pumpkin | Pretty Pink Posh

September 8, 2026 No Comments

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Although Doodlebugswa has discontinued the design team, I have plenty of products to still create projects. Some of the products may not be available at Doodlebugswa but I have the card recipe at the bottom of the post. My card for today features the following Pretty Pink Posh products:

Gourd Time | Simon Says Stamp

September 6, 2026 No Comments

I should be playing with some new summery sets but I had to whip up this card that features the following from Simon Says Stamp: I found out that Laura Davis’ is celebrating her Mom’s upcoming 90th birthday – here’s here instagram too – on September 30th and is doing a card drive. Well, I’m

I dream of a better world | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

September 3, 2026 No Comments

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Rolling Pins For today’s card was inspired by the botanical designs and color palette. I combined the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: That sentiment cracks me up and because there isn’t a chicken on the card but flowers,

Crafty Friends | Simon Says Stamp – STAMPtember Party!

September 2, 2026 No Comments

Yay for STAMPtember! Have you checked out all the fabulous products?! Find them here over in the Simon Says Stamp shop. Today there’s a Party over on the SSS blog with a listing of all the designers that are participating. Collect the different giftie codes, make sure you note if they are FREE with purchase

Sweetness | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #57

September 1, 2026 No Comments

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Hero Arts: Cardstock + Ink: I just love that mouse from the What’s Cookin’? set! I wish they would come out with more additions

Livin’ the Craft Life | Simon Says Stamp + STAMPtember

September 1, 2026 No Comments

Simon Says Stamp celebrates this month with STAMPtember! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: How cute are those crafty critters?! I’ll be back with more inspiration soon!

Reverse Confetti August SFYTT: Mahalo

August 1, 2017 10 Comments

Happy August! Today is the start of a brand new month and a brand new Reverse Confetti SFYTT! I had so much fun with this sketch! I’m featuring the Mahalo stamp set + coordinating confetti cuts! Isn’t the True Love Paper fun? I stamped the umbrella and the straw in Coral. I took a fine tip

Ellen Hutson LLC – United We Flourish – You had me at G’day!

July 30, 2017 8 Comments

I was so excited to be a Guest Designer over on the Ellen Hutson LLC – The CLASSroom blog last week. I did want to share my project here on my blog too. Introducing the adorable, G’Day Mate: Here’s a bit more information about the United We Flourish collection: Last November we began celebrating our 10th anniversary

Hero Arts: Greetings from Seattle

July 29, 2017 9 Comments

If you didn’t know it before, I live in the lovely Pacific Northwest. This has been home to me for most of my life and I do truly love it. Today I’m featuring the Hero Arts CL835 Stamp Your Own Fruit and Kelly’s Seattle: We love our apples here, my personal fav is the Fuji

Lemonade

July 28, 2017 12 Comments

So, have you seen the SugarPea Designs Pucker Up set…Oh so CUTE: I teamed it up with the Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles + Circles. Minimal copic coloring and I added a panel from the It’s a Celebration Pattern Paper Collection. My card was inspired by the SugarPea Designs Mix it Up Challenge:

Essentials by Ellen – United We Flourish – G’Day Mate!

July 27, 2017 6 Comments

I’m super excited to be guesting for Ellen Hutson LLC! This week they released a new set in collaboration of their United We Flourish collection. Introducing the adorable, G’Day Mate: Here’s a bit more information about the United We Flourish collection: Last November we began celebrating our 10th anniversary with the theme United We Flourish.

Happy Birthday!

July 26, 2017 19 Comments

A big shout out to CASology for celebrating their 5th Anniversary! How awesome is that?! Make sure you check out their special Anniversary post, it’s the start of an amazing blog hop. There is tons of inspiration…hop, link up and maybe you’ll be a lucky winner! The Cue Card for this special challenge is Balloon:

Reverse Confetti: You’re the Berry Best!

July 25, 2017 11 Comments

We’re having another warm summer in the pacific northwest although as I type this post up it is overcast…I LOVE days like today. I’m definitely a fair weather girl, that’s why I’ve always loved the pacific northwest but the summers are getting warmer around here (sigh). One of the things I love about the summer

The Heart Desires featuring Doodlebug Design – Cream & Sugar

July 24, 2017 12 Comments

Hello and Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend! I’m up on The Heart Desires blog and I’m sharing a total of 4 cards! Here’s a sneak peek at two of them: I love quick cards and nothing makes things quicker than using a paper collection. Today I’m featuring the Doodlebug Design Cream

Hero Arts: have a beautiful day

July 23, 2017 15 Comments

One of my all time favorite Hero Arts floral sets is CL949 You’re so Lovely. I combined the images with the following Distress Oxide colors: Peacock Feather • Abandoned Coral • Twisted Citron I thought I was being so careful when I used the Black Soot and my saturated paintbrush for the splatters…hmm, there were

Let’s be mermaids!

July 22, 2017 10 Comments

Have you seen the latest release from Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen?! So much goodness…here’s a card featuring Mermaids Tail by Julie Ebersole: The tail has been stamped in Hero Arts Ombre Lime to Forever Green. The ‘water’ panel is Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua. My card was loosely inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!