A big shout out to CASology for celebrating their 5th Anniversary! How awesome is that?! Make sure you check out their special Anniversary post, it’s the start of an amazing blog hop. There is tons of inspiration…hop, link up and maybe you’ll be a lucky winner! The Cue Card for this special challenge is Balloon:
We’re having another warm summer in the pacific northwest although as I type this post up it is overcast…I LOVE days like today. I’m definitely a fair weather girl, that’s why I’ve always loved the pacific northwest but the summers are getting warmer around here (sigh). One of the things I love about the summer
Hello and Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend! I’m up on The Heart Desires blog and I’m sharing a total of 4 cards! Here’s a sneak peek at two of them: I love quick cards and nothing makes things quicker than using a paper collection. Today I’m featuring the Doodlebug Design Cream
One of my all time favorite Hero Arts floral sets is CL949 You’re so Lovely. I combined the images with the following Distress Oxide colors: Peacock Feather • Abandoned Coral • Twisted Citron I thought I was being so careful when I used the Black Soot and my saturated paintbrush for the splatters…hmm, there were
Have you seen the latest release from Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen?! So much goodness…here’s a card featuring Mermaids Tail by Julie Ebersole: The tail has been stamped in Hero Arts Ombre Lime to Forever Green. The ‘water’ panel is Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua. My card was loosely inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!
I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today featuring a couple of the July My Monthly Add-ons! Here’s a peek at all of the Add-ons: CM193 Little Florals DI412 Little Florals Frame Cuts CM194 Summer Garden DC219 Daisy and Bugs Stamp & Cut DI410 Paper Layering Basket DI411 Butterfly Confetti Fancy Die E6253 Picnic Basket
One of my FAVorite Coffee Collections is the Stampin’ Up Coffee Cafe stamp set + Coffee Break Designer paper. They really outdid themselves with that…I super love it. This has minimal stamping, just the Hi. I fussy cut the images from one of the sheets of Designer Paper…they’re so much fun, aren’t they? I was thoroughly
So the summer is literally flying by and I have so much NBUS that it is embarrassing. I have been looking at a bunch of new Flora & Fauna that I picked up from The Heart Desires. The perfect time to whip up two ‘New Home’ cards! I did a feminine and masculine version!
Happy National Ice Cream Day! Here in the Pacific Northwest we’re having another warm summer. Although this morning is overcast, today is suppose to get to 71 degrees, perfect in my book. I think warm weather and ice cream are made for each other, don’t you agree? Any other Matcha Green Tea fans?! Oh I
Hello and Happy Saturday! I have a fun card that I literally whipped up this morning: This combines the new Reverse Confetti Under the Umbrella 6×6 paper pad with the previously released Weather it Together stamps + confetti cuts. I used panels of Baby Blue, Bumble Bee + Cloud White cardstock. The images have been stamped with
We’re on Day Three of the Spring Hop and it’s so much fun! Have you hopped? Have you linked up? Remember, to be eligible for one of the many prizes from the 50 Super Sponsors, you must link up a newly created Spring Themed project that incorporates Coffee, Tea &/or Cocoa images/elements. So super easy
We’re up to Day Two of the Spring Hop! We hope that you’ve already linked + hopped along. We have tons of link up’s daily so always check back to view the awesome inspiration! Today, we also have our Spring Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop Guestie over on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog! Make sure you
Post 3 of 3 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Spring Fling click HERE for the DeNami Designs Spring Fling Butterflies…Bears….Birds…Oh My! It’s the start of the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! The hops happen 4 times a year, following each season. This time around, we have a total of 50 Super Sponsors!
Post 2 of 3 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Spring Fling Click HERE for the Spring Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop! Welcome to the DeNami Blog/Instagram Hop (#BIGDDHop) hosted by DeNami Design! You should have come from Valerie’s blog. I’m the end of the hop! To make a complete loop your next stop is the DeNami
Click HERE for the Spring Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop! click HERE for the DeNami Designs Spring Fling Welcome to the Reverse Confetti Spring Fling Hop! I knew that I wanted to design an Easter Basket! What could be better than coffee + chocolate?! The Tagged Tote is so much fun and is such a great size to accommodate fun
This week Melissa is featuring: Verve Stamps My newest goodies from Verve arrived recently and I couldn’t wait to ink up the Coffee Helps set: This new Verve Coffee Helps stamp set and Cup for All Seasons coordinating dies are FANtastic…a must have for any crafter 🙂 I used the fun Sequin Sprinkles that I picked up
Hello! So excited to tell you that I’m a March Guest for the MFT Challenge & Inspiration – sketch features! If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know how much I love sketches! Check out this week’s sketch: Such an awesome sketch, here’s how I was inspired: I decided to combine the latest delish color
I’ve been gravitating to butterflies more and more. I absolutely adore the Reverse Confetti Butterfly Dreams set: I’m always smitten with fancy/fun fonts and sentiments so who can resist this set? I stamped it in Hero Arts Soft Pool and embossed the smaller solid ones with Hero Arts White. Yup, check out that SWEET
I was super thrilled to be the winner over at The Challenge last week! Lesley asked me to be a guest designer for this week’s challenge! Check out the gorgeous inspiration for The Challenge #64: I was thoroughly inspired by the delish colors so I decided to make them the focal point of my card
My kids will be traveling overseas for their Spring Break. My girl will be celebrating her upcoming 21st birthday abroad. I wanted to start designing a handful of Birthday gift thank you’s for the girl to send out: Have you seen the Hero Arts Hipster Animals set?! So fun and perfect for my girl.