Reverse Confetti May Countdown to Confetti Day One – Oh, Happy Day

It’s the start of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!   You are going to be amazed at all of the new products for this month! Please note that product links will not be active until release day/time. Reverse Confetti is celebrating their 5th Birthday Release, isn’t that awesome?! This month we welcome Carly Tee Minner + Tatiana Trafimovich as our ‘Fetti

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Reverse Confetti – Birthday Tweetings

Getting a late start this morning.  I’ve been sleeping in and crafting slowly, deadly combo when you have such a long to-do list for your day off.  Today I’m featuring the Reverse Confetti – Toucan of Friendship. Isn’t she so chic with the yellow bloom💛 I teamed the stamps up with the Pattern Play 6×6

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Berry Sweet!

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend, I did.  It always goes by so quickly, doesn’t it?  I’ve been noticing a couple things have changed in my crafting ‘habits’.  I’ve been using my copics more!  Have you noticed a slight shift in my color palette lately?  I’ve been definitely gravitating towards soft pastels: 

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Did someone say cake?!

It’s my dear friend Kimberly’s birthday today.  She’s the one standing in the back…she has the heart the size of a house.  She’s one of the kindest people I know, she’d give you her last sip of coffee or last bite of donut…I’m hungry, can you tell? I’ve known her for several years, there are

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Hero Arts: Go Wild

Hello and a big Happy Saturday!  I whipped up this card yesterday and had so much fun coloring the Hero Arts Paper Layering Pinata!  All things rainbow make me a happy crafter! I teamed up the pinata with the Papel Picado Confetti Die –> I LOVE it! The sentiment is from Birthday Hugs and Kisses.

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Coffee + Cards

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog with a new feature!  Wanna sneak peek of my project? Pop over to the blog for the full reveal and all the details!  The winners for our March/April Guestie, Ivy Wong’s Giveaways have been posted too!

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Reverse Confetti: Lucky me

Hello and Happy Thursday!  As I type this post up, it’s a beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest with the temps in the upper 70’s!  I decided to ink up the Reverse Confetti Think Pink set: I decided it needed a bold statement so I used the A Friend Like You set. I have a

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SugarPea Designs: Sending Birthday Wishes

Hello!  I’m up on the SugarPea Designs blog today playing along with the Mix It Up Challenge: I’m simply smitten with the color palette in this month’s challenge.  I used that as my inspiration for my project: I’ve already given this project to my dear friend Laura that recently celebrated her birthday.  The grey cardbase

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Pinkfresh Studio Spring Release Blog Hop!

Hello and Welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio Spring Release Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from the very awesome Elena Roussakis’ blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Pinkfresh Studio blog! New Release Promotion:  Free Party Animal stamp set with a $50 purchase using code FREEPARTYWITH50. Valid from 4/23

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Pattern Happy: Sweet Birthday

I’m up on the Pattern Happy blog today!  I had so much fun designing my card, here’s a sneak peek of my project: Cupcakes + Rainbows?!  Yes, Please!   Pop over to the Pattern Happy blog for all the details! Shopping Affiliate links at no extra charge to you:

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…the power of two.

Stripes, I love them…polkas too but I’ve been having fun making my own stripe paper border: cardstock:  stampin’ up night of navy/calypso coral, recollections/110/white  stamps:  stampin’ up yippee-skippee/gorgeous grunge  ink:  fresh ink pumpkin/navy other:  mama elephant creative cuts/tag, stampin’ up baked brown sugar twine The horizontal stripes are made by using 0.5 inch strips of

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adventure awaits!

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  I don’t generally post so late in the day but since I had been working on this card since yesterday morning, I thought I’d go ahead and post it.  I’ve been wanting to ink up my new Newton’s Nook stamps, Message in a Bottle.  Love it and the coordinating dies. cardstock:

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happy birthday

I was a busy girl the other day and managed to make several cards….although a majority of them won’t be posted until next week, I always feel so accomplished when I can be super productive. paper:  carta bella/hello again  stamps:  paper smooches/sentiment sampler, blossoming buds  ink:  hero arts hues/black, stampin’ up white embossing powder  other:

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hello.

I’ve been on an ice cream kick…both consuming and creating♡ cardstock:  hero arts mixed blush paper:  crate/poolside  other:  crate poolside ephemera pack, pebbles glitter tape. The Crate Poolside collection is new to me….I took a Kelly Purkey class at Impress on Saturday and we had the collection to work with with it…for Christmas cards….more on

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with sympathy.

Hello again.  I don’t generally post 2 cards in a day if I can help it but I decided to play along with Mojo Monday. paper:  teresa collins/memorabilia  stamps:  verve/kind words  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing powder, fresh ink charcoal A dear friend of my Mom’s recently passed away at 90 years old.  She was

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SFYTT: Here’s the Scoop!

Although the weather in the Pacific Northwest has cooled down again, I have to say that I’ve had more ice cream this summer than ever.  I mean seriously, you can never go wrong with ice cream! paper:  pink paislee/hometown summer  stamps:  reverse confetti/love & ice cream  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing powder  other:  reverse confetti/love

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Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop: be your own kind of beautiful

Hello Hello!  I love it when I can play along with the PTI monthly blog hops!  There is soooo much inspiration and fun!  Here is July’s inspiration: Truthfully, I’m not much of a butterfly girl….don’t get me wrong, I do have the Life is Beautiful set & dies….but I realized I wasn’t a butterfly girl

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it’s pasture birthday…

TGIF!!!  I have so much to do but wanted to spend some time this morning to make this fun shaker card: cardstock:  recollections/110/white, stampin’ up crumb cake  stamps:  stampin’ up/from the herd  ink:  memento tuxedo, ranger archival black, various copics  other:  reverse confetti beautiful banners confetti cuts, stampin’ up in color sequin mix No foam

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xxx happy birthday xxx

Hello!  I’m up on the Neat & Tangled blog today with a fun birthday card! I’d love for you to pop over to check it out!  Here’s a sneak peek at the Neat & Tangled products I used on today’s card:

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liquid therapy

Happy Wednesday!  We call it my first Friday, since it’s my day off (I work M/T/Th).  I’m inking  up a new coffee set! cardstock:  ranger watercolor  paper:  dear lizzy/neapolitan  stamps:  a creative journey with melissa/coffee is my liquid therapy  ink:  ranger archival black  other:  paper smooches gift tags 2, kuretake gansai tambi, may arts twine

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