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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Pupkin Guest Blogger | Spellbinders

Hello and Friday I was up on the Spellbinders blog. I have a bit of a sneak peek of the project: Make sure you check out the Spellbinders blog + Spellbinders Shop! I wanted to go ahead and also create a new project to share on my blog today. Here’s my Spellbinders product list: Affiliate

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August Collection Release – Day 2 | Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s a great time to go shopping: I’m sharing three cards that I designed featuring the new Very Merry Collection: Today let’s chat about the caffeinated card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The sentiment was heat embossed

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fintastic | The Stamp Market

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: fish I was inspired by the photo, theme and colors… My card features the following products: *retired I knew exactly what stamp set I was going to use when I saw this week’s inspiration photo. The Concord & 9th cardstocks

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August Collection Release | Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s a great time to go shopping: I’m sharing four cards that I designed featuring the new Hocus Pocus Collection: Today let’s chat about the shaker card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The cardstock I used: I

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Especially for You | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: These colors are making me a happy crafter. It’s a lemon strawberry cake! Thanks for stopping by!

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oh snap | Lawn Fawn

I realized it was Monday this morning so I whipped up this card. I’ll chat a bit about the card and then let you know what inspired me. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products: *retired I was inspired by: Freshly Made Sketches Lawn Fawnatics Merry & Bright Monday The paper pad that I

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Coffee + Pickleball | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m hoping to design Brass & Bliss Craft Co projects for my blog, every other Saturday. Here’s how I was inspired today; These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today: My ink blend was inspired by the Brass & Bliss packaging! I used the Tropical Dreams 6×6

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In Honor of Sharon Klima | Spellbinders

Spellbinders is honoring Sharon Klima with Sharon’s Scissors Etched Dies: This set of six thin metal dies creates an adorable pair of scissors with heart shaped finger grips. Two sentiment strips create the tribute message “You’re Always In My Heart.” A portion of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to the American Heart Association

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desktop | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: desktop I was inspired by the desk, shelving, rainbow colors… My card features the following products: *retired I had the stamp sets gathered but needed something to put above/behind/in front of the desk. One place I tend to look if

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May the little things bring you joy | Spellbinders

Have you seen Yana’s latest release over at Spellbinders? It’s absolutely gorgeous. I’ll be sharing projects featuring her collection over the next couple of weeks. I added these previously released Spellbinders products to my card: Thanks to Color Hues Challenge for my color palette: The cardstock I used: Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for

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