Day One | Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Today is the start of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Link up a caffeinated project for a chance to win. All the details are over on the blog. Here’s how I was inspired today: Alex Syberia is one of our newest Super Sponsors! Today’s card features: I took the sweet images from the Cozy Tea

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Knitting Together | Concord & 9th

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Wool & Denim For today’s card was inspired by the theme + colors. I’m featuring the following products: The Concord & 9th inks + cardstock I used: The center sentiments were heat embossed with Altenew white embossing powder. The tags

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Joy For You | Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp has a NEW JOY FOR YOU Release! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: I also used Spellbinders: I kept with a classic black, white + red color palette. I love playing with the Key Fob Tags. I added the black

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Merry Mayhem Trio | Spellbinders

Thanks to Spellbinders for sending me the Merry Mayhem stamp + die bundle. I managed to whip up three cards. Seasonally Tired My first card features these Spellbinders products: The Spellbinders ColorWheel cardstocks I combined: I’m Fine Do you see a trend in a theme here? I couldn’t help using the Merry Mug with those

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Felt Christmas Tree Card | Spellbinders

I’m up on the Spellbinders blog with a card tutorial featuring the new Felt Festive Trees. The Spellbinders products I used: Hop over to my post for all the details. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Tis the Season | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #59

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 Catherine Pooler: The Catherine Pooler Inks: I’m notorious for buying pretty things and not using them like this gorgeous ribbon: Yes, I’ve been loving

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Big Sister | Lawn Fawn

For those that celebrate, Happy Halloween. Today’s card was made especially for our friends’ 2 year old granddaughter who became a Big Sister a couple weeks ago. I’m featuring the following Lawn Fawn products: *retired I snuck in a sun from the Pretty Pink Posh – Get Well Mug Additions. Some of the things that

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Happy Holidays | Simon Says Stamp

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Ghosts For today’s card was inspired by the sketch. I’m featuring the following Simon Says Stamp products: The Concord & 9th inks I used: The sentiment was heat embossed in gold on black cardstock. The A2 base is Sweet Pea.

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October Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Valerie Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, November 25th. 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 US

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Reverse Confetti SFYTT: let’s weather it together

Click HERE for my Special Post:  SugarPea Designs Guest  Click HERE for the Hero Arts Fabulous Flowers Challenge Happy February!  New month, New SFYTT: Yes, I love this sketch!  You’ll probably be seeing this quite often, here’s my inspiration for today: weather it together cardstock:  ranger watercolor paper:  fancy pants design wish seasons stamps:  reverse confetti weather

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Guest Blogger: Valentine’s – Series Part 2

I’m back with my Impress Guest Blogger – Valentine’s Day Series!  Today I’m sharing a feminine and masculine card.  Let’s get started with the girlie one: How cute is that Savvy Stamps polar bear with mug?  Mine is a hybrid brown polar version 🙂  I couldn’t resist adding pink cheeks and matching mittens.  She’s enjoying

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warm hugs

Happy Friday Eve! I made this one especially for the boy: When he left NYC in mid-December it was in the upper 60’s.  Luckily he missed the snow by one day (he went back to NYC on Sunday) but still has to deal with piles of the stuff, soggy feet and empty shelves at the

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merry and bright

So I literally whipped this up this morning… I have tons of stuff to do but I just wanted to use that Savvy Stamps Vintage Truck.  I teamed it up with the Impress Large Snowglobe.  I managed to make it a shaker…do you see my early morning sewing?  Don’t try this at home!  I used

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it’s your birthday!

Monkey Business… I was totally inspired by my bloggie buddie, Erin’s tag over at Tag, You’re it! I was inspired by: the clouds main image in the lower right hand corner (I don’t own any camper stamps, gasp!) blue ribbon I’m getting back into ribbon and the awesome Diana Larson sent me this awesome Tropical

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Neat & Tangled: So Good To See You

Happy Monday!  I’m up on the Neat & Tangled blog this morning! Want a sneak peek at the set I used?  It is the new So Good To See You: Have you heard about the You’re so Neat program?  Pop over to the Neat & Tangled blog for more deets!

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sending you a cup of cheer.

I recently picked up another Christmas 6×6, Fancy Pants Designs:  Wish Seasons.  Oh my, it’s up there with Basic Grey’s Juniper Berry♡ All the paper is from the Wish Seasons collection….sigh, I adore red and aqua.  Doesn’t that little heart floral remind you of Rifle Paper Co?!  Gotta love the MFT Hot Cocoa Cups teamed

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Hero Arts: you are my happy

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner!  Here’s a fun ‘lil card that I wanted to share with you: I stamped the background by using a sentiment from the new You are my Happy set that is in the 2016 Valentine’s Collection.  I used the Floral Heart stamp & cut and stamped another sentiment from

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Neat and Tangled January Release Day!

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my Impress Guest Designer post! Today is the day!  The Neat & Tangled January Release is available in the store!  We hope that you’ve enjoyed all the sneak peeks this week!  Which are your favs?!  I know, I love it all too!!! I made a card that

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Guest Blogger: Valentine’s Series – Part 1

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Neat & Tangled January Release Super excited to announce that I’m a guest blogger over at Impress for the next couple of Friday’s!  If you’ve been following me here on my blog or FB, you know that I’m a HUGE fan of Impress and all that

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