Hello, My Friend | Reverse Confetti

My card was thoroughly inspired by Tracie Pond!   I was so smitten with her card set, I decided to use the designs as a starting point for my project.  I decided to use Reverse Confetti Tall Blooms + A Friend Like You. I originally started to stamp out the blooms with various inks from the

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Tag Duo | a2zscrapbooking Guest Designer

I’m thrilled to be guesting today for the a2zscrapbooking Monthly Challenge – Anything but a Card. I designed a tag duo especially for today.  Here’s a peek at one of them: My circular tag features the Alpaca Stamp & Cut.  I loaded this one up with a bunch of images. I recently bought a top

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National Iced Tea Day Collaboration with SugarPea Designs

The Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s Design Team is so excited to be hopping with Super Sponsor SugarPea Designs in celebration of National Iced Tea Day!  If you hopped here the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog then you’re right on track.  If you stumbled upon this post, make sure you start on the SugarPea Designs Blog.   Leave comments along the way for more chances to

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Pretzels | Ink Road Stamps

If you follow me on IG, you may have seen one of my recent IG Stories that showed my latest order from the Ink Road Stamps.   Any Seinfeld fans out there?  If you’re one, you NEED the Ink Road Stamps’ Serenity Now set.  Both my daughter and I are fans and when I told her

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June 2019 Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

Hello!  Today is the 8th of the month which means it’s time for the Reverse Confetti Creative Hop!  You should have arrived here from my teamie, Heather Hoffman.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Reverse Confetti blog! I have a birthday duo to share with you today: I never

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a little hello | Badges & Banners

Hello + Happy Friday!  So I thought my day was going to be filled with driving around only to realize that will be next Friday.  How lucky am I that I get to stay home, be crafty and oh yeah, really make a dent in cleaning my craft room.   So at my last Crafty Garage

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Paper Smooches June 2019 Blog Hop + Giveaways!

Hello!  I’m so excited to be part of the Paper Smooches June 2019 Blog Hop!  They’re releasing one new stamp set and five new dies that will be available to purchase in the Paper Smooches online store at 10:00 am central on Friday, June 7th. To add extra fun to the blog hop…there are prizes!  The prize – a $30.

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work that crown | Paper Smooches

Check out this project that features three different Paper Smooches stamp sets: Courteous Cuties   |   Pineapple Crush   |  Pineapple Crush 2 The yellow narrow strips are washi. Loving that sentiment.  This is going postal to my stepdaughter.  Her birthday is this week. I was inspired by: Freshly Made Sketches Paper Smooches Photo Inspiration Challenge The

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Coffee date | Create a Smile Stamps

So, I wanted to play with the Create a Smile Stamps Coffee Collection Kit and decided to combine it with some older CAS stamps: That big rainbow mug?  It’s from their (retired) Coffee First set.  I LOVE that mug for the style and size!  The other coffee to go cup and green mug are from

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many thanks | Flora & Fauna – Reverse Confetti

A clean and crisp thank you card design.  All based around that Palm in Vase die by Flora & Fauna. I’m a certified black thumb.  It must have skipped a generation because my girl LOVES plants.   It seems a lot of her friends are the same way. I wish you could see the Wink of

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August Collection Release – Day 2 | Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s a great time to go shopping: I’m sharing three cards that I designed featuring the new Very Merry Collection: Today let’s chat about the caffeinated card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The sentiment was heat embossed

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fintastic | The Stamp Market

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: fish I was inspired by the photo, theme and colors… My card features the following products: *retired I knew exactly what stamp set I was going to use when I saw this week’s inspiration photo. The Concord & 9th cardstocks

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August Collection Release | Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s a great time to go shopping: I’m sharing four cards that I designed featuring the new Hocus Pocus Collection: Today let’s chat about the shaker card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The cardstock I used: I

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Especially for You | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: These colors are making me a happy crafter. It’s a lemon strawberry cake! Thanks for stopping by!

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oh snap | Lawn Fawn

I realized it was Monday this morning so I whipped up this card. I’ll chat a bit about the card and then let you know what inspired me. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products: *retired I was inspired by: Freshly Made Sketches Lawn Fawnatics Merry & Bright Monday The paper pad that I

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Coffee + Pickleball | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m hoping to design Brass & Bliss Craft Co projects for my blog, every other Saturday. Here’s how I was inspired today; These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today: My ink blend was inspired by the Brass & Bliss packaging! I used the Tropical Dreams 6×6

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In Honor of Sharon Klima | Spellbinders

Spellbinders is honoring Sharon Klima with Sharon’s Scissors Etched Dies: This set of six thin metal dies creates an adorable pair of scissors with heart shaped finger grips. Two sentiment strips create the tribute message “You’re Always In My Heart.” A portion of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to the American Heart Association

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desktop | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: desktop I was inspired by the desk, shelving, rainbow colors… My card features the following products: *retired I had the stamp sets gathered but needed something to put above/behind/in front of the desk. One place I tend to look if

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May the little things bring you joy | Spellbinders

Have you seen Yana’s latest release over at Spellbinders? It’s absolutely gorgeous. I’ll be sharing projects featuring her collection over the next couple of weeks. I added these previously released Spellbinders products to my card: Thanks to Color Hues Challenge for my color palette: The cardstock I used: Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for

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 Merry Moments Limited Edition Holiday Cardmaking Kit 2025 | Spellbinders

Have you heard about the Spellbinders – Merry Moments Limited Edition Holiday Cardmaking Kit 2025? It is filled with products: Your favorite holiday crafty kit is back for 2025! The Merry Moments Limited Edition Holiday Cardmaking Kit 2025 is perfect for kicking off the holiday season in one go! This incredible kit will have you creating 25 seasonal

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