Season’s Greetings | My Pretty Things

It’s been a bit since I’ve shared a project that featured My Pretty Things: I was inspired by the recent Freshly Made Sketches – sketch by my friend Donna Mikasa! I combined the following cardstocks: The sentiment was stamped in Concord & 9th – Honeysuckle. I did trim down the bow a bit. Affiliate links

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Pumpkin Spice | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. It’s a bit of a sneak peek for a new release that is dropping next week! These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Fa La La | Mama Elephant

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Long Holiday. Here’s how I was inspired: I combined the following Mama Elephant products: Here are my earlier cards: Holiday Calories Duo Holiday Joy Merry Little Cookie I can’t wait to see how the other designers were inspired! Some links are affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Hocus Pocus | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Coffee Mugs For today’s card was inspired by the colors and coffee theme. I combined the following Pretty Pink Posh products: The sentiment is by Riley & Company – Hocus Pocus. I put a couple drops of Catherine Pooler –

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Merry Little Cookie | Mama Elephant

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Holiday Calories. My card is a simple design using that sweet set along with Baking Spirits Bright. I’ve been smitten with this color combo and added washi again to my card. You might not readily tell but the cookie sheet has been stamped onto Concord & 9th’s Dove

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Happy Fall | Spellbinders

I managed to whip up two cards yesterday, here’s the first one. I’ll share the other one later this week. This one features: *from Spellbinders Event. The plaid paper is from my stash. I designed this as a ‘quick’ thank you for my bonus daughter. She embroidered a cardigan for me for my birthday and

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Holiday Joy | Mama Elephant

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Baking Spirits Bright. My card is a simple design using that sweet sentiment set along with the Placemat Set – Creative Cuts. The base panel is actually made with strips of washi tape. Here are my earlier cards that feature the Baking Spirits Bright set: I can’t wait

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Warm Wishes | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out the Catherine Pooler – Frosty & Festive release yet? It’s packed with goodness. Here’s how I was inspired today: I’ve combined: *previously released I’m loving that cover plate! I combined these inks: The Light Up the Tree cover plate has been cut from gold glitter cardstock. The sentiment has been ink

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Afternoon Calm | Altenew

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Acorns For today’s card was inspired by the colors and fall theme. I combined the following Altenew products: The distress oxides I used: The cardstock I used: I can’t wait to see how you’re inspired! Thanks for stopping by! Some

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Frosty & Festive Collection Release Day | Catherine Pooler

It’s here, the Catherine Pooler – Frosty & Festive Collection is now available in the shop! Check out today’s card: Today’s card features: The trees have been stamped with the following Catherine Pooler inks: The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold. In case you missed my earlier card: It features: I masked the upper

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New York, New York…

make sure you check out my FOR SALE post. So yesterday I posted THESE thank you cards that were going to originally be my boy’s graduation thank you card design.  Then the girl said, don’t you have a New York stamp?  Heck yeah: I love all shades of gray…in clothing, decor and crafting!  The cardstock is mystery

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thanks & merci

make sure you check out my FOR SALE post. If you follow me on FB or IG, you would have probably seen this yesterday.  So Saturday, I had the pleasure of taking 2 classes from thee awesome Julie Ebersole!  After purchasing a bunch of new goodies from Impress, I knew I wanted to experiment with color.  One

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curtain call flip flops: let’s chill.

There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!   You have until June 25th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project! So much fun, eh?!  I was inspired by the water and the summer time theme!  BTW, Happy First Day of Summer! source: scrap-pygovka.blogspot.com So, I’ve had the We

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For Sale!

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Verve June Post Release blog Hop All items come from a non-smoking/no pet household All items to be shipped USPS Priority not included in price. Paypal only US Friends only at this time Papertrey ink Coin Purse Die $15 Papertrey Ink Green Thumb $15 Papertrey Ink

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Verve Stamps June 2015 Post-Release Spotlight Hop: Final Day!

It’s the final day of the June 2015 Verve Spotlight Hops! All of the stamps and dies you’ve seen this week are available in the Verve online store now! Sit back and relax for one last inspirational stroll as our sneaky Verve spotlight lands on Diva’s choice today. And to cap off this release, we’re giving away the

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Neat & Tangled / Freckled Fawn Collaboration Day 5

We’re so thrilled to be collaborating with the AWESOME team over at Freckled Fawn.  Make sure you check out their blog for inspiration and a chance to win.  I’m THRILLED to be sharing the Neat & Tangled blog with my friend Taheerah!  Make sure you pop over there to see her Super CUTE project….and comment

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Fusion: chocolate & coffee

We’re back with a new Fusion Card Challenge, check it out: PROCEDURES:1. Play with just the sketch challenge.2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge.3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post.5. Please read the other considerations on the Our Rules Page before playing along. Aren’t the colors simply

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StampNation Guest Designer + Giveaway!

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my A Jillian Vance Design post…comment to win! Hello!  I’m into week 3 of Guest Designer over at StampNation!   There’s so much inspiration and fun over there, if you haven’t joined, you should today!   Here’s a sneak peek of my card for today’s Challenge: Guess

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Happy Super Special Birthday!

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the StampNation and Giveaway post. Hello!  I’m up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today!  We’re celebrating a Super Special Birthday!  Here’s a peek at my supplies: birthday art chalkboard backdrop We’re having a party all week…You’ll want to pop over and comment to win!

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Wrap Up and Winners!

My apologies, this post should have went up earlier but life has been a smidge busy!  I wanted to announce my winners and do a recap of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  In case you haven’t seen it yet, the winners of the Super Sponsor prizes have been posted HERE.  With 34 Super Sponsors

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