sweet summer treats!

Here in the Pacific Northwest we have been having an usually warm summer.  Quite frankly, I’m spoiled by our milder temperatures and know that I could never survive the seasons that the east coast and the south has. If I was about 30 years younger, I’d have mass quantities of ice cream to help me

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Chickaniddy: August

I wanted to share my August Chickaniddy projects on my blog. My first project assignment was Back to School This card that reminds me of a fancier note that you’d pass to your school crush: Supplies:  Date Night Paper (DN14OS08, DN14OS07)  Date Night Stickers (DN14EB02)  Enamel Hearts (DN14EB07) All the papers are from the Date

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good coffee…great friends.

Today I’m super excited to spend time with some crafty friends (Kate & Kimberly)!  I’m crossing my fingers that I actually get some crafting done…and perhaps start on my holiday cards! So here’s today’s card: cardstock:  neenah, stampin’ up lost lagoon  paper:  stampin’ up  stamps:  taylored expressions/joe to go  ink:  hero arts hues, sharpie pen

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calypso thanks.

thanks. paper:  stampin’ up calypso coral celebration add on kit  stamps:  paper smooches sentiment sampler  ink:  fresh ink charcoal  other:  stampin’ up banner dies, doily Isn’t that ‘thanks’ perfect?  I love that font from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler. I’ve been smitten with:  3 x 5.5 inch cards coral gold grey banners How lucky am I

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Curtain Call Tropical Trip Reminder: Keep Calm

paper:  authentique/anchored  other:  solid red divine twine, studio calico veneer, reverse confetti/confetti cuts/office edges, crop-a-dile There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Tropical Trip!  You have until August 25th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project! I was inspired by the colors of the photo and translated a

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Create a Smile Guestie: peace

post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for Chickaniddy Crafts. Hello! Happy Wednesday! This is my 3rd week as a Guest Designer over at create a smile I knew I wanted to play with the Jungle Fever set, specifically the Star Gazer Lily image: cardstock:  pti, strathmore watercolor, paper accents vellum  stamps:  create a

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hello.

I’m no tag’nista like Erin but love the look of them AND bonus points that they are typically less time consuming than cards: cardstock:  chickaniddy crafts goldie lox paper:  chickaniddy crafts date night/spiffy tags/together is better  other:  technique tuesday hello die, chickaniddy crafts date night illustration stickers, bright white twine divine twine, whisker graphics kraft

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congratulations!

So happy when Beverly Brown contacted me about a Surprise Bridal Party linky event she was coordinating for Ren-Yi.    I met Ren-Yi through the bloggie world and was on the Little Tangles Design Team.   I actually had the opportunity to meet up with Ren-Yi the first time the kids & I visited NYC.

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SugarPea Designs 2nd Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

Hello Hello!  I’m so excited to help celebrate SugarPea Designs 2nd Birthday Bash!  Here’s the full listing of all the hoppers:  SugarPea Designers SugarPea Designs Blog Lesley Croghan Anita Madden Jenny Peterson Tracy Valure Simonne Clay Stacey Schafer Wendy McGaffey Vera Yates Isha Gupta Chaitali Narla Brianna Loeffelbein Kerin Sylvester Amy Rohl Lori Tecler Dana

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Neat and Tangled: lumberjack hello

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Hero Arts Lasting Hearts Blog Hop! Hello, I’m up on the Neat & Tangled blog today!   Check out my supplies: Pop over to the Neat & Tangled blog to check out my project!

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Lasting Hearts Blog Hop: I am here for you

post 1 of 2 for today….click HERE for my Neat & Tangled post. Hello and Welcome to the Lasting Hearts Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from my newest Hero Arts teamie, May Sukyong Park!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Hero Arts Blog. Lasting Hearts was started by Kimberly Saldaña,

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My Favorite Things Challenge Guest Designer: Sorry I Squawked

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, I know, fun eh?! I actually whipped up 2 different cards, here’s the first one: I

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Reverse Confetti March SFYTT: Your Friendship

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the winner of my Caring for the Cox Family blog hop winner! Hello and Happy March!  Today is the start of the Reverse Confetti March SFYTT: I had so much fun playing with this month’s sketch: Why yes, I do love pattern paper!  Even though this has many panels

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Caring for the Cox Family blog hop winner!

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti SFYTT On Feb 4th I was part of the Caring for the Cox Family Blog Hop. I was on vacation, so I left the commenting and card drive open through 2/27 but also had to wait to have our mail delivered since it was

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Hero Arts: Leap Day Sale!

post 3 of 3 for today…click HERE for my SugarPea Designs Guest post. click HERE for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo I wanted to share this on my blog in case you don’t see it on Facebook or Instagram.  Hero Arts is having a sale, today only!

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo: Mama Elephant

post 2 of 3 for today…click HERE for my SugarPea Designs Guest post. click HERE for the Hero Arts Leap Day Sale Happy Leap Day!  Make sure you check out the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog for today’s Sponsor Solo feature! This week Melissa is featuring: Mama Elephant! Here’s how I was inspired: I knew I was going

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SugarPea Designs Guest Designer: espresso

post 1 of 3 today…click HERE for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo click HERE for the Hero Arts Leap Day Sale Hello and Happy Leap Day!  Today wraps up my month as a Guest Designer for SugarPea Designs!  I’ve had so much fun designing with their awesome products.  Let’s get to my card, shall

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Hero Arts: Thinking of You

Hello and Happy Sunday!   Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card.  I’ve been loving the Midnight paper collection by Hero Arts so I started with that as my base.  Have you seen the new Celebrate Tag Stamp & Cut by Lia?   It really is a multi-purpose tag.  Loss is a horrible thing and you

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