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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Reverse Confetti Crazy for Christmas: Lil’ Gifties

post 1 of 2…click HERE for The Hearts Desire Challenge #6 For the next couple of days, the Reverse Confetti team will be sharing tons of Christmas projects!  I’m fully in the Christmas mood, how about you?!  Today we’re sharing ideas using the fun Reverse Confetti Lil’ Gifties!  I decided to work hard on inexpensive gifties, so to

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Neat and Tangled: Happier Than…

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Crazy for Christmas – Treat Tubes I’m sharing a fun card over on the Neat and Tangled blog today!  Here’s a sneak peek of it: Pop over to the Neat and Tangled blog for the full reveal, including the interior and all the details!

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Reverse Confetti Crazy for Christmas – Treat Tubes

post 1 of 2…click HERE for my Neat & Tangled Happier Than project For the next couple of days, the Reverse Confetti team will be sharing tons of Christmas projects!  I’m fully in the Christmas mood, how about you?!  Today we’re sharing ideas using the fun Reverse Confetti Treat Tubes!  I’m a big fan of

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25 Days of Christmas Tags :: Neat and Tangled

I’m thrilled to be part of Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags Event.  Today features Neat & Tangled: For all of the details of this mega event, read the details HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: I had so much fun designing this tag…let’s start from the bottom and work our way up!  My

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You make the world a better place…

I’ve been so busy with Design Team work that so many of my other supplies are horribly neglected.  I decided to work on inking up and using the things that I have…and I have a lot.  I recently adopted the Stampin’ Up Starburst Sayings.  I knew that they would ink  up wonderfully and the dies

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Neat and Tangled November Release!

Today is the day…the Neat & Tangled November Release is now available in the store!  Before you rush over to purchase your favorites, I did want to share a card that I made especially for today that features the May Your Holidays Be stamps and coordinating Nice & Neat dies: I did a bit of

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Neat and Tangled November Release Day Four: Happier than

Hello and Welcome to Day One of the Neat & Tangled November Release! Today up on the Neat & Tangled blog is: May Your Holidays Be (stamps + nice & neat die) Happier Than (stamps) Today I’m featuring the Happier Than stamp set: It’s chock full of all kinds of fun quotes….I had to go with the corgi one.

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Neat and Tangled November Release Day Three: Merry

post 2 of 2 for today….click HERE for my Hero Arts:  ho ho ho Hello and Welcome to Day Three of the Neat & Tangled November Release! Today up on the Neat & Tangled blog is: Merry & Bright Ornament stamp  Star Cover Plate and Stencil  Today I have two projects to share with you, the first one combines the

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Hero Arts: ho ho ho

post 1 of 2 for today….click HERE for my Neat & Tangled November Release Day Three Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today but I also made a card especially for my blog today!  So I’m partially in Holiday mode….how about you?!  Hero Arts has a Holiday Cardmaking Challenge: So here is how I was

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