Hello, we’ve been enjoying warmer weather in the pacific northwest! It’s always such a treat for us but I have to admit our last couple of summers have been a smidge too warm for me. I decided to play with the Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Succulents set: I used the Coffee Cup Tag Frame
A quick Mother’s Day card: My cardstock colors: Stampin’ Up Crisp Cantaloupe + So Saffron. I combined A Nice Cuppa and an older Paper Pumpkin that had the cups/succulents. The dies are Cups + Kettles Framelits. The green watercolor wash is ala Spectrum Aqua – Bud Green. I was inspired by the TGIF Challenges: ..and Color Throwdown:
Happy Easter – Happy Spring! We’re excited to have a semi full house for dinner tonight! I have 2 cards to share with you today. I recently received a Your Next Stamp order so I couldn’t wait to ink up Coffee Chick. My green based card was inspired by YNS owner/designer Karen. It is
Happy Weekend! I have a card that has a bunch of new goodies, I finally broke into the My Favorite Things Doodled Blooms (Sold Out) Card Kit. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve embossed so much on one project. I love all the added texture…do you spy the Lined Up Dots Background? The ‘vase’ is from
Hello and Happy Friday!!!!! This is going to be a pretty fun weekend, I’m taking a class at Impress on Saturday taught by my friend Kimberly! Sunday is Easter at our house with both Grandma’s, how lucky is my girl? We’ll be missing the boy but he’ll be happily recovering from a whole week in
Sweet Stamp Shop has been releasing the CUTEST stamps this month! Did you see the new Tax Day set? Total truth, don’t you agree?! That cat is ADORABLE! I combined Tax Day with the Muggin set. I hope you check out the Sweet Stamp Shop…they just released a couple new bundles yesterday that will be
I played with the Hero Arts Coloring Layering Peacock set. Check out all that purple I used💜 I’ve been steadily warming up to purple, have you noticed that? One of my favorite ways to incorporate purple is with the use of the Ombre’ Hydrangea ink. Here’s how I used the different inks: Solid body
I’m still working on my NBUS pile, today’s card used the adorable Waffle Flower Crafts – Bear and Bird + Ellen Hutson – Essentials by Ellen – Wonky Backdrops by Julie Ebersole: Let’s start on the bottom and work our way up, shall we?! Oh my, the Wonky Backdrops is perfect with the Hero Arts Hydrangea
I’m so excited to help Sweet Stamp Shop celebrate their new release, Graduation Day! This set will release on Wednesday and is adorable and comes at a great time for me as my oldest will be graduating from the University of Washington this June! She was definitely my inspiration for my card today: Eep, how
Hello and Happy Sunday! I’m pretty excited, I’m taking the girl and we’re going to my friends house to dye Easter Eggs, LOL…it’s my first time. The kids always went over to their Grandmother’s house to do that when they were growing up. Who doesn’t know that I LOVE green? Lotsa NBUS (Never Before
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
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,
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
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:
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
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
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
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
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
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