Congrats | Lawn Fawn

I was totally smitten by THIS card on the Lawn Fawnatics blog.  It was my inspiration for my card: My intention was to make it an interactive design and then I went ‘old school’ and used a wobble on the back of that jumping frog.  I love the Lawn Fawn Toadally Awesome set.    I

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National Tea Day Collaboration with Honey Bee Stamps!

The Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s Design Team is so excited to be hopping with Super Sponsor Honey Bee Stamps in celebration of National Tea Day!  If you hopped here from my teamie, Laurel Seabrook then you’re right on track.  If you stumbled upon this post, make sure you start on the Honey Bee Stamps blog.   Make

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Dare 2B Artzy | Guest Designer

I’m thrilled to be guesting for Dare 2B Artzy this month! Here’s a sneak peek of my project featuring the very cute Otterly Awesome stamp set.    You’ll want to hop over to the Dare 2B Artzy blog to read about my card! I’m a fan of all things nautical.  This set is a definite

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Doggone Wonderful | My Favorite Things

I whipped this up this morning, actually when I was on a conference call (multi-tasker!). I knew I had to ink up the MFT BB Best in Show set.  On my walk yesterday I met thee cutest corgi pup!  She was so sweet!  This morning I grabbed a bunch of supplies and went to work!

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hoppy for you | Reverse Confetti

Happy Friday Eve!  I started this in the morning and then dashed out for a day full of errands.  I was able to jump back in and still capture some natural sunlight for my photography.  I do have a new studio light but haven’t figured out the glares off ‘shiny supplies’ but definitely prefer natural

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Feeling Slothy | Newton’s Nook Designs

I’ve been wanting to combine Newton’s Nook Designs Slothy Coffee + Cuppa Cactus, so here’s how I was inspired: That sloth is so cute, eh?  Love how the coordinating die cuts in the interior of the mug handle too.  I had tons of fun coloring this card.  I haven’t colored in a bit.  It makes

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Let’s do some shots | Essentials by Ellen

Last week I had the pleasure of picking up my Essentials by Ellen order from Ellen Hutson LLC.  How lucky am I that I can pick up my orders?!  Truly grateful for that and that I can chat with Ellen + the fab employees too. Today I’m featuring the new Everyday Doodles + Everyday Punnies

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Brave Fearless Strong | The Ton Stamps

Hey Happy Sunday!  I wanted to play with The Ton’s washi: Isn’t it gorgeous?  I’ve teamed it up with The New Pretty.  One of my favorite sentiment sets! The sentiment has been heat embossed with Hero Arts’ Copper. I was inspired by the Sunday Stamps sketch: Some links are affiliate at no extra cost to

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I love You and Coffee | Stampin’ Up + Lawn Fawn

Happy Friday!  I have a quick card that I put together this morning.  I haven’t recently taken an inventory of my caffeinated sets but I have a ton.  I wanted to challenge myself to use the (retired) Merry Cafe in a non-seasonal way. I’m loving the Hello Honey + Lost Lagoon combo. I decided to

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Mom | Reverse Confetti | Stock Your Stash

Have you seen the Reverse Confetti challenge, Stock Your Stash?! This is a chance to create a card to keep in your stash.  (Of course, you could send it off right away!).  Each month will bring a new theme.   There will be a new Stock Your Stash challenge posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 1st of

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Pupkin Guest Blogger | Spellbinders

Hello and Friday I was up on the Spellbinders blog. I have a bit of a sneak peek of the project: Make sure you check out the Spellbinders blog + Spellbinders Shop! I wanted to go ahead and also create a new project to share on my blog today. Here’s my Spellbinders product list: Affiliate

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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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