CASE Study 198 July Guestie: hey!

Hello! I’m so very thrilled to let you know that I’m a July guest designer for  CASE Study! I’m actually 1 of 2 guest designers & I can tell you that the other guestie is definitely awesome…Tenia Nelson!   Make sure you pop over to the CASE Study blog for all the deets! Here’s the

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Curtain Call Inspiration: Celebrate!

Happy July & Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends (from one Canadian to another)!!! cardstock:  pti  stamps:  neat & tangled photo booth  ink:  hero hues other:  top dog dies darby doily & tags dies set/mini tags, srm stickers, divine twine black, gold thread Super Excited for the newest Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge  photo source: ohhappyday.com

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Happy Birthday Triangles

Hello! I was up on the Neat & Tangled blog earlier this and wanted to share my card here on my blog: The ivory panel is Strathmore Watercolor paper that I heat embossed the Neat & Tangled Diamonds with Zing White embossing powder.  I loaded up the panel with water and tapped the end of

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neat & tangled + scrapbook adhesives by 3L

post 2 of 2 for me today….click here for the new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge! Neat & Tangled has joined together with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L for a blog hop!  Make sure you pop over to: Neat & Tangled Blog Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L PRIZES:  2 prize packs each containing a selection of Neat and Tangled’s

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CFC133 Summer Hearts: domo arigato

post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the Neat & Tangled/Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L hop! We’re back with a new challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays! CFC133:  summer lovin’ CFC133: June 27- July 18 Theme: Hearts in summer colors Remember to incorporate the theme AND a Clean and Simple Design! In addition to getting

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Poppy Sketches #7: thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Hello! We’re back with a new challenge over at Poppy Sketches Our super sponsor is Pretty Pink Posh I played with Pretty Pink Posh’s Sweetheart Mix & Gold Heart Confetti I’ve been enjoying making shaker cards with glassine envelopes: paper:  dear lizzy/5th & frolick other:  pretty pink posh sweetheart/gold heart sequins, pti happy die, studio

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live the life

I’m not quite sure why it’s taken me so long to pick up the Amy Tangerine/Plus one paper pad.  It’s calling my name…the colors…the graphics…everything.    I contrasted the boldness of the colors from the Plus One collection with some watercoloring with distress markers {another Julie Ebersole technique and purchase}.  Don’t you love that mason

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Foil

Hello!  I’m sharing a project that focuses on Foil.  My assignment was to also capture the Men in my life.  I decided to design a project that is inspired by Darin.  Supplies:  Paper (CN14SPO01, DN14OS10, DB14OS01) Over a year ago, Darin started to build an airplane.  What was on his bucket list has become a

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birthday wishes!

Yay for Friday! Actually Thursday’s are my Friday’s but that doesn’t mean I don’t love Friday’s! Here’s my card for today: cardstock:  pti  paper:  carta bella ahoy there  stamps:  reverse confetti label me/sweet thing ink:  hero arts hues/black other:  reverse confetti/confetti cuts/petals ‘n posies, mme enamel dots, lifestyle crafts embossing folder I’ve been seeing a

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just for fun

A just for fun card, that seldom happens on this blog. One of my newest Technique Tuesday sets Chickadees I’ve been seeing this cutie pie set around and had to join in the fun. Watercoloring seems to be my coloring method these days.  I just love the whimsical look it gives a card…the splotchier the

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Reverse Confetti SFYTT: You’re out of this world

Post 2 of 2…click HERE for the Your Next Stamp May Release Blog Hop! Happy May!  Today is the unveiling of the Reverse Confetti May SFYTT: I used it in a landscape style to accommodate my design idea.   I’m absolutely smitten with the new Insta-Frame Confetti Cut!  I teamed it up with the My World

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Your Next Stamp: May New Release Blog Hop

Post 1 of 2…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti SFYTT Today is the day, the Your Next Stamp May Release is now available for purchase!  You’re going to love this release, it’s filled with so much fun!!!!!  You should have arrived here from Sue’s Blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which

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Guest Designer: 12 Kits of Occasions

Post 2 of 2 for the day….click HERE for my Your Next Stamp Guestie post I’m thrilled to be a Guest Designer for The 12 Kits of Occasions!  The April kit, hostess –Tracey McNeely, designed the Crazy for Coffee kit.  How appropriate, eh?!  Thank you Tracey for asking me to share in the fun of

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Your Next Stamp: Guest Designer

post 1 of 2…click HERE for the 12 Kits of Occasions Hello!  So happy to be guesting for Your Next Stamp for their exciting May Release! I’m featuring the new Little Notes stamp set and coordinating dies! Aren’t you loving the clipboard?!  Check out how the die is a 3 hole punch too!  I’ve always

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Happy Birthday Kimberly

Big Birthday Wishes to Kimberly!!!!  She is the super star of our crafty group, she’s our Make ‘n Take Queen!  This girl is chock full of talent and has a gigantic heart of gold.  She loves color and is a great colorista.  I love color and love to watercolor.  My card took a completely different

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Hero Arts: Happy Birthday

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for DeNami Design Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today!  I wanted to share 2 cards using the same stamp set..I’m sharing one here and you’ll have to pop over to the Hero Arts blog to see my other card! I’m featuring the Make a Wish

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DeNami Design: I need…

this is post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my Hero Arts post. Hello!  Today wraps up my guesting for DeNami Design!   For my final project I knew I wanted to do a coffee themed design: Isn’t the Cafe Clear Set so cute?  I did some quick masking and colored everything with my

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Sprinkled with lots of fun!

Nothing says birthday like donuts with sprinkles! I haven’t playing the Reverse Confetti’s Donut You Know in a while…mostly because I ‘misplaced’ the frosting die for the donut.  I tend to happily craft in a frenzy and when I ‘clean up’…I evidently tend to put dies into the wrong sleeve.  Well, I recently found that

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Happy Birthday Laura!

There’s a group of us celebrating our sweet crafty friend, Laura!  We met at a Julie Ebersole’s class at Impress.   I arrived a bit later than the other girls at the table and we stamped and chatted during the 2 classes.  All during class, I assumed Laura was Kimberly or Tonya’s friend…haha…nope.  We instantly

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Hero Arts: Dream Big

Hello!  Happy Friday!  I have a fun card to share today!  I’ve been lovin’ the Hero Arts Color Layering sets.  Today, I’m sharing the Color Layering Goldfish. I was so excited to combine the Goldfish with the Terrarium from the Stamp Your Own Succulents set.  I had to mask a smidge of his tail off

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