Happy Holidays | Spellbinders

It’s Christmas in August…well actually it’s Christmas all year for me. Last month was pure chaos since my Mom was in the hospital. All is much better now, she has a brand new pacemaker. She is finally getting her energy back too. I have lots of goodies to keep me busy since I wasn’t crafty

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Fall | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

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:

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Celebrating You | Simon Says Stamp

My mom asked me to design a birthday card for her friend. I knew that I wanted to use the Simon Says Stamp – Prize Ribbon stamps + dies! I decided to look for a color combo and came up with this one that features cardstock from my stash. The sentiment has been heat embossed

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Better than a Text | Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Seashells For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I combined these Hero Arts products: I stamped the sentiment in Hero Hues Core Ink – Forever Green. The Letterpress ink is Elephant. I used the following cardstocks:

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Mower | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Other than cardstock and ink, this uses minimal supplies to design and I went with a clean and simple design. Thanks for stopping by!

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Dec 25 | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #56

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 Simon Says Stamp: The antlers are from: The stenciling was done with: The cardstock is ColorWheel Poppy + Blush and the circle is PTI

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charming day | Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Bracelets For today’s card I reached for this fun set from Hero Arts via Scrapbook.com: I stamped the sentiment in Distress Oxide Broken China and lightly blended Antique Linen over the tote to give it a well-loved, grungy look. ColorWheel

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July Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Debra Davison Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, August 26. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a

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Noel | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

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:

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Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s Sponsor Solo Verve Stamps: Good Cheer

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

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MFT Challenge & Inspiration: happy birthday

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

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Kindness matters…thank you

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

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

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

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Hero Arts: Hipster Animals

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.  

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another cup…please.

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

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

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

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Sponsor Solo: My Favorite Things

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Neat and Tangled Release Day! This week Melissa is featuring: My Favorite Things I combined a couple of sets/dienamics: I’ve been wanting to ink up the new BB Strike up the Band stamp set…sooo cute.  I think it looks pretty sweet on the Dienamics LLD Coffee

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Neat and Tangled March Release Day Four: Punchinella

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

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Reverse Confetti: Confetti Camera

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!

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