Happy International Tea Day

Today in celebration of International Tea Day, I’m sharing a caffeinated design! This might look a bit familiar, I basically cased myself from an earlier design HERE. I’m featuring: Are you a tea fan? I am! I love black teas. In case you don’t follow me on FB or IG, I shared this yesterday for

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Super Star | Lawn Fawn

I’m finishing up the week with my final project using the Mini May Release. A big THANK YOU to Lawn Fawn for sending me some goodies. I’m super grateful for this opportunity! Here’s how I was inspired: This project…I made this card over a couple different times. First up, here are the Lawn Fawn products

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Thanks | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… I had a request for a thank you card. I used the following products from Doodlebugswa: The die cut Hibiscus pieces were colored with the following distress oxides: Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65.

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Happy Bee-Day | Lawn Fawn

I’m back sharing another project featuring the Mini May Release. A big shout out to my friends at Lawn Fawn for sending me some of their new goodies! My previous projects were either copic or mostly diecutting HERE and HERE. Today I’m sharing a project that uses Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and some

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Wassa-Bee | Lawn Fawn

Hi all, I’m super grateful to let you know that Lawn Fawn reached out to me and hooked me up with some of their new release that dropped in their store TODAY. This is my second project, here’s the link to my first. I decided to use the new Pop – Up Bee in the

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Lawn Fawn | Guest Designer

A big thank you to the folks at Lawn Fawn for sending me some goodies from the release that dropped today! Over the next couple of days I’ll be sharing several projects. Here’s my first one that features the new Just Plane Awesome set: If you’ve been following me you know that I love airplanes

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Cheer Up Buttercup | Catherine Pooler

Today is the day! The Catherine Pooler NEW – Cotton Candy ink is now available! I wanted to design a project that shows the new ink, here’s how I was inspired: I did a bit of ink blending: I combined the following Catherine Pooler products: Make sure you check out the shop for the new

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Happy Birthday | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… I had a request for another thank you card. I used the following products from Doodlebugswa: The streamers really pack a punch! I thought that the sentiment in black would be too much of a contrast so I went with white but backed it with gold glitter. There

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Sip Sip Hooray | Ink Blot Shop

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek of my project that I’m sharing: For all the details, please hop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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for the record…

Hello & Happy Monday! The weekend flew by since I was busy with the garage sale.   I have a clean & simple card to share with you today: cardstock:  mft/steel grey, cherry wood veneer  stamps:  neat & tangled/for the record  ink:  fresh ink/charcoal  other:  misc project life card, corner chomper I have some very

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Two Paper Divas Guest Designer: You always pop up…

Good Morning! I’m so excited to let you know that I’m guesting for Two Paper Divas Make sure you check out their BLOG and their STORE! I had so much fun inking up Just Poppin’ By This set reminds me of the retro 50’s, dontcha think? I combined it with the always fun Cosmo Cricket,

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Hello latte!

Hello & Happy Saturday! I’m going into day 2 of my crafty garage sale!  Cross your fingers that I sell everything:) Surprise, Surprise…I have a coffee card to share: cardstock:  recollections/black, misc gold glitter paper  stamps:  precious remembrance/coffee love  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing powder, hero arts dauber  other:  studio calico wood veneer I even

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Curtain Call Totally Tassel: Sponsored by Newton’s Nook

paper:  teresa Collins  stamps:  newton’s nook/winged wishes  ink:  ranger/archival/black  other:  reverse confetti tassel confetti cuts, gold tissue paper, stampin’ up gold sequin trim, recollections clothespin, bella creations library card, gold thread It’s time for a New Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Totally Tassel photo source: maggieholmesdesigns.com We have a wonderful returning sponsor, Newton’s Nook, for the Curtain Call Inspiration:

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Whisker Graphics: It’s been oolong

Hello! Today is my  Whisker Graphics day.  I wanted to share a fun packaging idea using the Whisker Graphics Middy Glassine Bags: I love that the glassine is sheer.  It makes for fun “peek-a-boo” packaging, don’t you think?  I filled this up with a large project life card, a journaling pen & of course, the visible colored

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latte

A girl can never have too much coffee…that goes for the liquid form and any coffee related crafting supplies! This card uses 3 new supplies, can you spot them? cardstock:   papertrey ink kraft  paper:  studio calico  stamps:  create a smile/coffee first  ink:  ranger/archival/black  other:  cherry wood veneer paper, create a smile heart chippies, stamplorations latte

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you add color to my life.

purple I don’t use it much in my designs but I love my Martha chunky wool yarn so I was happy to incorporate the lavender color into my card: cardstock:  recollections/110/white  paper:  studio calico  stamps:  paper smooches hot concoctions/blossoming buds/I heart art  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  paper smooches notebook basic die, Martha wool

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Reverse Confetti May SFYTT: Let your Faith

     Hello and Happy Monday!   The weekend always seems to fly by, doesn’t it?  I can’t believe we’re approaching Mid-May already!   Have you seen the awesome May SFYTT?       I was totally inspired by the sketch and gathered the My Minds Eye/Market Street/Ashbury Heights collection.  I love it for the

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happy mother’s day!!!

        Hello and Happy Mother’s Day to all the Momma’s, Aunties, Grandmother’s, Sister’s…..I received an awesome bouquet from my sweet girl:     She even picked up a bouquet for her grandmother, my Momma.  So SWEET.  I feel so lucky and blessed to have my 2 kids!     I have a

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hello.

Happy Saturday!  Today is suppose to be a glorious day in the Pacific Northwest.  Tonya & I are headed into Seattle and we’re eventually meeting up with Kate at the Starbucks Roastery. I posted this sneak peek over on FB yesterday. Which then became this: cardstock:  stampin’ up hello honey, strathmore watercolor  stamps:  essentials by

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