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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!

MFT Challenge & Inspiration: happy birthday

March 16, 2016 21 Comments

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

Kindness matters…thank you

March 15, 2016 19 Comments

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

The Challenge Guest Designer: There’s Always time for tea!

March 14, 2016 27 Comments

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

Hero Arts: Hipster Animals

March 13, 2016 23 Comments

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.

another cup…please.

March 12, 2016 23 Comments

There is such a fantastic community of designers over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB group. There’s been a fun monthly card swap, managed by Hetty. This is the card I made especially for my February friend: This went to Jerrie! I wanted to ink up my new Coffee Happy set by STAMPlorations: They’ve

Neat and Tangled March Release Day: Let’s Hang Out

March 11, 2016 23 Comments

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo – MFT Today’s the Day! The March Neat & Tangled New Release is now available in the shop! I wanted to whip up a shaker card so I could use some of the newest sequin mixes: Oh my goodness, I’m totally

Neat and Tangled March Release Day Four: Punchinella

March 10, 2016 37 Comments

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Camera Hello and Welcome to Day Four of the Neat & Tangled March Release! Today up on the Neat & Tangled blog: Purrfect with coordinating Nice & Neat Dies Punchinella Nice & Neat Die I’m featuring the Punchinella Nice & Neat Die: I teamed it up with Wednesday’s

Reverse Confetti: Confetti Camera

March 10, 2016 5 Comments

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Neat & Tangled March New Release Day Four Hello! I’m up on the Reverse Confetti blog for the Confetti Camera feature! I’d love for you to stop by and say hi!