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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SugarPea Designs Winter Product Release – Day Four!

This week we are celebrating the new SugarPea Designs Winter Product Release!  The goodies will be available at 6 pm eastern Friday, February 16th!  Please note that product links will not be active until release day/time. Today the team is featuring: Garden Topiary stamp set + coordinating SugarCut I went clean + simple with this one: I adore pairing

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SugarPea Designs Winter Product Release – Day Three!

This week we are celebrating the new SugarPea Designs Winter Product Release!  The goodies will be available at 6 pm eastern Friday, February 16th!  Please note that product links will not be active until release day/time. Today the team is featuring: Otterly Adorable stamp set + coordinating SugarCuts Large Striped CoverPlate Definitely one of my favorites from this

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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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Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® : Celebrations

I’m up on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® blog today!  I’m so excited to share a couple projects using Gilding Flakes.  Here’s a peek at my supplies: Pop on over to the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® blog to check out the full reveal!

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Guest Designer: a2zscrapbooking monthly challenge

I’m so excited to be guesting for a2zscrapbooking today!  If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know that I’m continuing to build up my 2017 Holiday card collection so I decided to whip up another one: The Hero Arts Origami Happy Holidays set was what I decided to feature.  So many fun images to

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Coffee & Friends

I finally had time to play with my Simon Says Stamp – Coffee, Tea & Cocoa February (Sold Out) kit.  It literally had my name written all over it but it arrived when I was at CHA.  Those Doodlebug Shape Sprinkles are soooooo CUTE.  I want to hoard them but forced myself to use them.

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Friends keep your Heart Warm.

Happy Chinese New Year!  I wanted to design a card to celebrate the New Year but what I was thinking wasn’t working so here’s what I have instead!   I’m playing along with both the MFT Color Challenge: …and the Sketch Challenge: I combined the MFT LLD Hug in a Mug stamp set along with

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Hero Arts: Enjoy your day!

So, I’m still trying to get back into the groove of things after my whirlwind trip to Phoenix for the Winter CHA/Creativation Show.  I was super honored to be representing Hero Arts and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L! More on the show in a smidge, let’s get to my project that I’m sharing today, here are

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