papertrey ink July 2014 hop: reason to smile.

Click HERE for CAS-ual Friday Challenge 134, the last one for 2014 & a Give-a-way! It’s that time again, the Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop! Check out the inspiration photo: So, I should start by saying that I love that red/white gingham…a lot.  I even started cutting strips of cardstock to do some paper weaving

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Case Study #201: hello

Click HERE for Chickaniddy Crafts. …and I’m back with Week 4 Guesting over at CASE Study! In case you missed it, I’m guesting along with Awesome Tenia Nelson!  This month’s muse is the FABulous  Shari Carroll! Here’s this week’s inspiration: Oh boy, what a great design, eh? Here’s how I was inspired: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  neat &

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hippo birdie to danny♥

Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled Blog HopClick HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Curtain Call Happy Tuesday! paper:  carta bella hello again  stamps:  lawn fawn/year four  ink:  stazon black, various distress markers  other:  lawn fawn speech bubble border, lawn fawn year four lawn cuts Sadly, this is the first time I’ve inked up that cute Lawn Fawn Year

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Poppy Sketches #9: life is good

Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled blog hop Click HERE for Curtain Call Hello & Happy Monday! It’s Poppy Sketches day on my blog!!  This is the final challenge for this term.   Where has the time gone? Okay, let’s get to the challenge, shall we? Our Super Sponsor is Jane’s Doodles I’m a super BIG Fan of

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Curtain Call Anything Goes Reminder: lemonade

Click HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled Blog Hop cardstock:  pti  stamps:  lemon/impress, jar/savvy, reverse confetti fresh ‘n fruity sentiment ink:  hero arts hues, fresh ink mint/lemonade, copics, other:  pinkfresh gold/coral alpha made into straw Don’t you love that Reverse Confetti sentiment? There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration

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Neat & Tangled + Pinkfresh Studio = ♡♡♡

Click HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Curtain Call Hello and Welcome to the Neat & Tangled/Pinkfresh Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from April Joy’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop with is the Pinkfresh Blog! Giveaway: A prize pack containing $20 in product from

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a little something…

and I’m back…. It’s been 4 weeks since I last posted ‘for fun’.  All the other posts since then have been Design Team projects.  I’m back today with a ‘just for fun’ project and some chit chat. First up, my project: Excuse my photos as I’m trying to maneuver a different DSLR than I usually

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Neat & Tangled Final Day of July Release: for you

Click HERE for CASE Study #200! Yay!   Today is the final day of the Neat & Tangled Release Week!  Today we are featuring the Punchinella stamp & Punchinella. All the new sets and accessories are available in the shop!  Here’s a peek at the entire release: Gifts for You Sailmates A Long Time Ago

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Case Study 200: orange you glad

Click HERE for the Final Day of the Neat & Tangled July Release …and I’m back with Week 3 Guesting over at CASE Study! In case you missed it, I’m guesting along with Awesome Tenia Nelson!  This month’s muse is the FABulous  Shari Carroll! How awesome that this is the 200th challenge!  So thrilled to be a

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Thank You | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Do you remember this photo? I share this design last week: This is what I came up for this week: I love to add gold glitter to my designs. I feel like it steps it up a smidge, makes it fancier. These butterflies are

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National Coffee Day | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Happy National Coffee Day! We’re celebrating with an Insta-Hop that starts over on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters IG! This is how I was inspired for today’s festivities: Brass & Bliss Craft Co is one of 18 Super Sponsors that are joining in the fun! Each hop stop has a prize. My card features: The Coffee

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Hello There | Altenew Ambassador + Sale Code!

Thanks to my friends at Altenew for sending me a box of goodies! Check out how it inspired me: My card features: I used the Fine Woodgrain on kraft cardstock with dark brown ink. It was a bit too much for the look I was going for so I used the Fine Woodgrain with Bisque

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September Release | Miss Ink Stamps

Today is the Miss Ink Stamps release! There are so many amazing new products in the shop, make sure you check it out. My card for today features:▪ It’s All Relative – stamps▪ Latte Love | stencil▪ Brewtiful | stamps I love this set! We have several scientists in the family including my girl, my

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Happy Halloween | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

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: All New release items are 20% off now through September 30, Plus all past Halloween Stamps, Dies,

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Sneak Peek Day 2 | Miss Ink Stamps

Today is Day 2 of Sneaks and Giveaways for the upcoming Miss Ink Stamps release! This release is packed full of cute animals and magic, plus a re-stock of two of our most-requested stamps. In addition to the 2 daily gift card giveaways on @missinkstamps IG giveaway posts, there’s also a prize package worth over $50 for one lucky

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Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights | Tiny Helpers

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlight Day for the Tiny Helpers set! Here’s a card that I designed especially for today: I combined: I LOVE how the holiday scene turned out! In case you missed my earlier card from the instagram hop: This card features: Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Thanks my friend | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Do you remember this photo? This is one of the cards that I made. I love how it turned out and plan to make several more using the same design and colors. Thanks for stopping by!

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Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights | Joy to the World

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlight Day for the Joy to the World set! Here’s a card that I designed especially for today: I combined: I LOVE how the subsentiment from the Joy to the World sets fits perfectly for my card theme. In case you missed my earlier card from the instagram hop:

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Mama Elephant | Guest Designer

I’m doing a bit of catch up….These are the projects I shared for Mama Elephant’s Birthday IG Hop: Mama Elephant’s new release is here! To celebrate their 13th year anniversary, MamaElephant is giving away a total of five $25 gift cards to random commenters on our Instagram Stampede posts, Facebook, and YouTube introduction videos. I’m shaking this

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