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Mama Elephant’s 14th Anniversary | Stampede Day 1 – IG Hop

September 15, 2026 No Comments

Mama Elephant’s new release is here! To celebrate their 14th year anniversary, MamaElephant will be giving away five $25 Gift Cards per Stampede Day to a random commenter on Mama Elephant’s Instagram, Facebook or YouTube channel in addition to their sitewide sale and free gift promotion! Make sure to check out the shop HERE. Here’s today’s Instagram Hop listing – 9/15 Stampede Day

Frosty & Festive Collection Coming Soon | Catherine Pooler

September 13, 2026 No Comments

Coming soon Catherine Pooler – Frosty & Festive Collection! Save the date, Wednesday, September 16th it is available in the shop. Check out today’s card: My card features: I masked the upper portion of an A2 watercolor panel and blended: Using the Holly & Berries layered stencils, I used these colors: Do you see the

Halloween Greetings | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

September 12, 2026 No Comments

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:

Friendship | Pinkfresh Studio

September 10, 2026 No Comments

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Maps For today’s card was inspired by the theme + sketch. I combined the following Pinkfresh Studio products: I also used the Angie Blom Digital Designs – Let’s Go Travel Backgrounds to tie in the sketch. I printed it onto

Hey Pumpkin | Pretty Pink Posh

September 8, 2026 No Comments

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Although Doodlebugswa has discontinued the design team, I have plenty of products to still create projects. Some of the products may not be available at Doodlebugswa but I have the card recipe at the bottom of the post. My card for today features the following Pretty Pink Posh products:

Gourd Time | Simon Says Stamp

September 6, 2026 No Comments

I should be playing with some new summery sets but I had to whip up this card that features the following from Simon Says Stamp: I found out that Laura Davis’ is celebrating her Mom’s upcoming 90th birthday – here’s here instagram too – on September 30th and is doing a card drive. Well, I’m

I dream of a better world | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

September 3, 2026 No Comments

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Rolling Pins For today’s card was inspired by the botanical designs and color palette. I combined the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: That sentiment cracks me up and because there isn’t a chicken on the card but flowers,

Crafty Friends | Simon Says Stamp – STAMPtember Party!

September 2, 2026 No Comments

Yay for STAMPtember! Have you checked out all the fabulous products?! Find them here over in the Simon Says Stamp shop. Today there’s a Party over on the SSS blog with a listing of all the designers that are participating. Collect the different giftie codes, make sure you note if they are FREE with purchase

Sweetness | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #57

September 1, 2026 No Comments

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 Hero Arts: Cardstock + Ink: I just love that mouse from the What’s Cookin’? set! I wish they would come out with more additions

Livin’ the Craft Life | Simon Says Stamp + STAMPtember

September 1, 2026 No Comments

Simon Says Stamp celebrates this month with STAMPtember! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: How cute are those crafty critters?! I’ll be back with more inspiration soon!

Two Paper Divas Guest Designer: June recap

June 27, 2016 14 Comments

Hello! This is my final post as the June Guestie over at Two Paper Divas! I’ve had such a fun time over there. I’m going to show you my card for today plus the other previously posted ones that were up on the Two Paper Divas blog. Many of you know that we’ve been wrapping

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Final Day!

June 24, 2016 48 Comments

Friday, already? I was able to post one card a day during the hop. I wish I could have made more projects, but there just isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done! I noticed there were several crafters that way exceeded daily postings —-> YAY! Okay, let’s get to it, eh?! I

Right at Home: Happy Mail

June 23, 2016 9 Comments

Hello, I’m up on the Right at Home blog today! I love the Happy Mail set! I used it in a clean + simple design. The circular stamp with the layered bloom makes for a great focal point. I’m always a happy crafter when I can design a postal friendly design too. Aren’t the colors

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 7

June 23, 2016 37 Comments

Can you believe that tomorrow is the final day for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog hop?! The week has flown by and I’m lovin’ the awesome gallery of inspiration! I have a pretty clean + crisp card that was inspired by my Reverse Confetti teamie, Leigh Penner. I was inspired by her design and used

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 6

June 22, 2016 44 Comments

I’m popping in speedy quick as I should be preparing lunch. I invited my Momma over and haven’t even started cooking it yet (thanks to Blue Apron for the help!). Have you linked up to the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop? Although this isn’t a blaring coffee card, I did manage to include a

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 5

June 21, 2016 46 Comments

I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today using Kelly’s Seattle set but I’m also featuring a different Seattle project using the Destination Seattle stamp, here on my blog: Even though the stamp has such modern images, I tend to go with minimal coloring and distress inking the edges. This time I cropped the image

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 4

June 20, 2016 45 Comments

Hello! We’re on Day 4 of the Summer Hop! It’s been so much fun seeing all of the great projects in the inlinkz gallery! We’re already on page 2…how many do you think the final count will be? I’m trying to keep up with the commenting AND the linking and today I actually have 2

June Guest: Two Paper Divas

June 20, 2016 5 Comments

Hello! I’m up on the Two Paper Divas blog sharing a card that uses the following fun stamp sets: Coffee On the Go Keep Calm and Drink I was also inspired by their June Sketch challenge: My card is perfect for the Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop that is still going strong! Pop over to

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 3!

June 19, 2016 45 Comments

Hello! We’re on Day 3 of the Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop! We’re also on page 2 of the linkies and at the time of this post, 208 linkies strong! Here’s a postal friend, one layer card: I’m so happy to see Clare Brennan now with Gina K Designs! Check out the We Go Together

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 2!

June 18, 2016 52 Comments

Happy Saturday! Getting a late start but wanted to make sure that I posted a card for Day 2 of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I used the Sweet Stamp Shop – Muggin’ I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches: Did you see the Sweet Stamp Shop sale code especially for Coffee Hoppers? For all