paper smooches: go to your happy place

Where is your happy place? I have many but one of my more consistent one is in the early morning hours…when the rest of the household is asleep and I’m in front of the computer or is that the computer is in front of me?  It’s how I start my morning…with, of course, a cup

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stripes & blooms

Hi ya! I have a little giftie that I put together for a friend. I love the Whisker Graphic bags, this one is White Horizontal Stripe Middy Bag: These are such multi-purpose bags…you can use them for envelopes or for goodie bags…so many other options for them too! I decided to combine it to be

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nautical happiness

So many challenges, not enough time. I’m a huge fan of all things nautical.  I love the Authentique Anchored Collection.  I teamed it up with a We R Memories Journal card. I was inspired by the paper players and I’m playing along with The Challenge #8 Have you seen the new design team?  They’re FABulous!

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vintage hi

Hello & Happy Tuesday! I love glittery goodness, do you?  I love it even better when it is glitter is ‘ready made’ like American Crafts POW Glitter Paper: cardstock:  PTI paper:  american crafts pow glitter other:  top dog dies vintage alpha die What I love about American Crafts’ glitter paper is that it is smooth,

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Foil Pinspiration

this is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the New Poppy Sketches challenge! Today is my Chickaniddy Crafts Day!   The design team is doing a Pinspiration challenge and I picked this as my inspiration: I would totally wear that tee, gray is my favorite color and my closet is chock full

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Poppy Sketches #6: this is the life

this is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts post! Hello! We’re back with a brand new Poppy Sketch with a Pop of Pattern: Our Super Sponsor is May Arts Ribbon May Arts so generously sent us product to play with and I worked with Diamond Chain Here’s how I

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let’s celebrate!

Hello and Happy Sunday! We’ve been experiencing some super fantastic weather here in the Pacific Northwest…it seems like it never extends into the weekend but it has this weekend! I have a fun layer-y card for today: papers:  fancy pants designs/memories captured  stamps:  reverse confetti label me/beautiful banners/whole lotta dots  ink:  hero arts hues/black, zing/white

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Curtain Call : Something Simple week 2

cardstock:  gmund savana, paper accents vellum  stamps:  unity  laughter, imagination, dreams ink:  hero arts hues, copic  other:  may arts twine There is still time to play with us at Curtain Call Inspiration challenge: Something Simple Our Super Sponsor is, Unity Stamp Company!  Unity provided each of us on the Curtain Call Design Team with an

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hello

Happy Thursday! I didn’t have a post scheduled for today…totally mismanaged my time over the weekend and thought that I had created a post for today and hadn’t.  Then I put together a Throwback Thursday post, highlighting June 5th posts from 2008-2013.  I got to thinking about that and didn’t like that idea anymore. Perfect

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Happy Birthday | Simon Says Stamp

I’m back with a birthday card. Did you catch my earlier Centenarian Birthday Card Request? You could be the lucky winner of a $20 Gift card: If you were following me last year, you might remember that I did a call out for Birthday cards for my former Mother-in-law’s 99th birthday. I’m doing it again

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Snowflake Soiree | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #55

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 The Greetery: These are the Catherine Pooler ink colors I used: *retired The Coaster and base are Bazzill – Marshmallow. My last card contains

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Seas & Greetings | My Pretty Things

Have you checked out the newest release from My Pretty Things – Life InDex?! There’s still time to comment over on instagram for a chance to win! I have the direct links to each hop stop HERE. I’m back with a new project, here’s how I was inspired: This card features: The colors were inspired

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My Pretty Things – Life InDex Release IG Hop

My Pretty Things’ Life InDex Release is now in-store, and it makes memory keeping easy with perfectly sized products for all papercrafters!! Forget those rolodex and boxes for specialized dies. MPT’s new line is sized to fit 4”x6” index cards for easy storage in pocket pages, index boxes, scrapbooking, albums, or even cards. There is

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Rebrand | Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp has a NEW SHINE ON Release! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: I also used Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock: This sentiment is something that resonates with me. I went through a divorce back in 2006. I had 2 young children, was

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June Edition | Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: JB Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, July 29. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a US

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