This week Melissa is featuring: Verve Stamps My newest goodies from Verve arrived recently and I couldn’t wait to ink up the Coffee Helps set: This new Verve Coffee Helps stamp set and Cup for All Seasons coordinating dies are FANtastic…a must have for any crafter 🙂 I used the fun Sequin Sprinkles that I picked up
Hello! So excited to tell you that I’m a March Guest for the MFT Challenge & Inspiration – sketch features! If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know how much I love sketches! Check out this week’s sketch: Such an awesome sketch, here’s how I was inspired: I decided to combine the latest delish color
I’ve been gravitating to butterflies more and more. I absolutely adore the Reverse Confetti Butterfly Dreams set: I’m always smitten with fancy/fun fonts and sentiments so who can resist this set? I stamped it in Hero Arts Soft Pool and embossed the smaller solid ones with Hero Arts White. Yup, check out that SWEET
I was super thrilled to be the winner over at The Challenge last week! Lesley asked me to be a guest designer for this week’s challenge! Check out the gorgeous inspiration for The Challenge #64: I was thoroughly inspired by the delish colors so I decided to make them the focal point of my card
My kids will be traveling overseas for their Spring Break. My girl will be celebrating her upcoming 21st birthday abroad. I wanted to start designing a handful of Birthday gift thank you’s for the girl to send out: Have you seen the Hero Arts Hipster Animals set?! So fun and perfect for my girl.
There is such a fantastic community of designers over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB group. There’s been a fun monthly card swap, managed by Hetty. This is the card I made especially for my February friend: This went to Jerrie! I wanted to ink up my new Coffee Happy set by STAMPlorations: They’ve
Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo – MFT Today’s the Day! The March Neat & Tangled New Release is now available in the shop! I wanted to whip up a shaker card so I could use some of the newest sequin mixes: Oh my goodness, I’m totally
Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Neat and Tangled Release Day! This week Melissa is featuring: My Favorite Things I combined a couple of sets/dienamics: I’ve been wanting to ink up the new BB Strike up the Band stamp set…sooo cute. I think it looks pretty sweet on the Dienamics LLD Coffee
Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Camera Hello and Welcome to Day Four of the Neat & Tangled March Release! Today up on the Neat & Tangled blog: Purrfect with coordinating Nice & Neat Dies Punchinella Nice & Neat Die I’m featuring the Punchinella Nice & Neat Die: I teamed it up with Wednesday’s
Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Neat & Tangled March New Release Day Four Hello! I’m up on the Reverse Confetti blog for the Confetti Camera feature! I’d love for you to stop by and say hi!
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