Hello, My Friend | Reverse Confetti

My card was thoroughly inspired by Tracie Pond!   I was so smitten with her card set, I decided to use the designs as a starting point for my project.  I decided to use Reverse Confetti Tall Blooms + A Friend Like You. I originally started to stamp out the blooms with various inks from the

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Tag Duo | a2zscrapbooking Guest Designer

I’m thrilled to be guesting today for the a2zscrapbooking Monthly Challenge – Anything but a Card. I designed a tag duo especially for today.  Here’s a peek at one of them: My circular tag features the Alpaca Stamp & Cut.  I loaded this one up with a bunch of images. I recently bought a top

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National Iced Tea Day Collaboration with SugarPea Designs

The Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s Design Team is so excited to be hopping with Super Sponsor SugarPea Designs in celebration of National Iced Tea Day!  If you hopped here the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog then you’re right on track.  If you stumbled upon this post, make sure you start on the SugarPea Designs Blog.   Leave comments along the way for more chances to

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Pretzels | Ink Road Stamps

If you follow me on IG, you may have seen one of my recent IG Stories that showed my latest order from the Ink Road Stamps.   Any Seinfeld fans out there?  If you’re one, you NEED the Ink Road Stamps’ Serenity Now set.  Both my daughter and I are fans and when I told her

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June 2019 Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

Hello!  Today is the 8th of the month which means it’s time for the Reverse Confetti Creative Hop!  You should have arrived here from my teamie, Heather Hoffman.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Reverse Confetti blog! I have a birthday duo to share with you today: I never

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a little hello | Badges & Banners

Hello + Happy Friday!  So I thought my day was going to be filled with driving around only to realize that will be next Friday.  How lucky am I that I get to stay home, be crafty and oh yeah, really make a dent in cleaning my craft room.   So at my last Crafty Garage

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Paper Smooches June 2019 Blog Hop + Giveaways!

Hello!  I’m so excited to be part of the Paper Smooches June 2019 Blog Hop!  They’re releasing one new stamp set and five new dies that will be available to purchase in the Paper Smooches online store at 10:00 am central on Friday, June 7th. To add extra fun to the blog hop…there are prizes!  The prize – a $30.

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work that crown | Paper Smooches

Check out this project that features three different Paper Smooches stamp sets: Courteous Cuties   |   Pineapple Crush   |  Pineapple Crush 2 The yellow narrow strips are washi. Loving that sentiment.  This is going postal to my stepdaughter.  Her birthday is this week. I was inspired by: Freshly Made Sketches Paper Smooches Photo Inspiration Challenge The

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Coffee date | Create a Smile Stamps

So, I wanted to play with the Create a Smile Stamps Coffee Collection Kit and decided to combine it with some older CAS stamps: That big rainbow mug?  It’s from their (retired) Coffee First set.  I LOVE that mug for the style and size!  The other coffee to go cup and green mug are from

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many thanks | Flora & Fauna – Reverse Confetti

A clean and crisp thank you card design.  All based around that Palm in Vase die by Flora & Fauna. I’m a certified black thumb.  It must have skipped a generation because my girl LOVES plants.   It seems a lot of her friends are the same way. I wish you could see the Wink of

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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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September Collection Release | Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: I’ll be featuring new projects that showcase the I Pick You Collection. Here’s my first card: These are the products I used: I decided to go clean and simple. The image has been stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush

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