Hero Arts: you’re a dahl!

Hello and Happy Monday!  Did you have a good weekend?  I did, but it does always seem to fly by so quickly, doesn’t it?  Today I’m sharing a card using the Hero Arts Hero Florals Dahlia Stamps & Cut: The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on black paper. I teamed up the bloom

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To Bee or Not To Bee Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hello and Welcome to the:  To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop!  I’m so excited to have been invited to take part again in this hop to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products.  May 20th is declared World Bee Day by the United Nations (UN). You

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Heffy Doodle: Wheely Great Day

So during the last Ellen Hutson LLC Sale, I promised myself that I didn’t ‘need’ any other new sets.  I have a basket full of things that haven’t been inked up.  I ended up popping this cute Heffy Doodle, Hello Squeakheart set in my cart: Okay, those ‘lil guys are adorable, aren’t they?!  They have

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SugarPea Designs: May Sweet2Repeat Blog Hop!

Hello!  Hello!   It’s the Sweet2Repeat Blog Hop!  Now that so many of you have the SugarPea Designs Spring Product Release, we’re hopping to inspire you! Would you like to WIN a $20 gift certificate to spend on some SugarPea Designs of your own?  Please visit with each of our design team members and leave a comment for your chance

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Reverse Confetti: How old?

Snarky birthday card?  Yes, Please. I was chuckling as I designed this card.  More about the sentiment in a smidge.  I’ll start with the Reverse Confetti Lime Green panel.  It’s been stamped with Whole Lotta Dots in Parakeet.  The sweet scallop is Iced Aqua with the Double Edge Scallop Border Confetti Cuts. The cake from

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Hero Arts: Life

I’m so excited to be on the Hero Arts blog today!  Here’s a sneak peek of my project:  For all the details, please visit me over on the Hero Arts blog! Affiliate shopping links at no extra cost to you:

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Hero Arts Summer Release Blog Hop + Giveaway!

PLEASE note that my Hero Arts Season of Wonder Hop post can be found HERE. Hello and Welcome to the Hero Arts 2018 Summer 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!  You should

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Hero Arts: Butterflies Two Ways

So this weekend, on my to-do list was to design a graduation card, that one card became two: While I was cleaning up I came across the Hero Arts DC134 Butterflies Stamp & Cut.  I thought that would be pretty to use for a female grad card and then teamed it up with DC149 Congrats

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Everyday Hero

Hello and Happy Mother’s Day.  I’ll chat more about that at the end of my post, let’s start with my project: I thought today was perfect to post a card that features the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen – Leading Ladies – Everyday Hero Lady by Brandi.  She’s been stamped with Lawn Fawn

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Fancy Pants Designs: Friend

I’m so excited to be up on the Fancy Pants Designs blog sharing a couple of projects featuring the fun Poolside collection.  Here’s a sneak peek of one of my projects, you’ll want to pop over to my post to see the full reveal and get all the details. Affiliate shopping links at no extra

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#beastmode Blog Hop

Graphic courtesy of Kristina Werner   It’s the #beastmode blog hop for Jen of Reverse Confetti!  What’s #beastmode?  Read on: “Jen was diagnosed with breast cancer toward the end of last year. She’s been dealt a pretty bad hand as far as the treatment for her type of aggressive cancer, but the prognosis is good. This year

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Hero Arts February Awesome Add-ons: Girl Power!

I’m up on the Hero Arts Blog today with my teamie, Libby!  Before you go, I do have a set of cards that I designed especially for my blog today. Have you seen the Awesome Add-ons this month?!  Today I’m playing with the Nesting Clouds Infinity Dies: I’m a true fan of felt and couldn’t

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Reverse Confetti February Blog Hop: Valentine’s

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  Today is the 8th which means the Reverse Confetti Crew is hopping!  I have a couple special Valentine’s that I made especially for my kids.  I bought some Trader Joe’s Candy Coated Chocolate Drops and started creating. First up is the set for my girl.  She’s a coffee-a-holic, donut-a-holic + ice cream-a-holic

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Love to go

The other day I posted this on FB/IG.  I’m not much into mass production which for me is anything more than 1 of a similar design.  This Unity Stamp Co, Love to Go image is so fun to watercolor! Here’s how they turned out: All the paper is from Doodlebug Design, Kitten Smitten. I was

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No Coffee – No Talkee

My little tag took a lot longer than it should have.  I’ve been battling a good (meaning bad) cold.  I’m guessing it was from traveling, I tend to get sick after commercial flights.  I’ve been averaging close to 18 hours of sleep a day….crazy, eh?  Especially for those of you that know that I generally

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Happy Birthday Kate: You Deserve to be Celebrated!

I consider myself super fortunate to be part of an awesome crafty group.  We try to get together monthly and we love to celebrate birthdays!  Today we are celebrating Kate!  This girl ROCKS the paper goodness, have you seen her work?!  It is consistently BEAUTIFUL.   You should have arrived here from the happy hostess,

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The Heart Desires Challenge #9: Hello Sunshine

Thanks to everyone that joined us for Challenge #8!  The gallery is full of beautiful projects!  We’re unveiling Challenge #9 today: Challenges will run from the first Wednesday to the last day of each month. Enter up to 3 times and combine with no more than 5 challenges, including ours. Include the inspiration pic as

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Reverse Confetti February SFYTT: xoxo

Happy February!  If you’ve been following me for any amount of time you know how much I adore green.  So with this month’s Reverse Confetti SFYTT I decided to use green as the dominant color palette for my card design.  I’m a big fan of using non-traditional colors for ‘holidays’. The All Heart Cover Panel

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