happy blooming birthday

Back to work…I’ve had the last 6 days off! Here’s a clean & graphic card: The bloom & sentiment are from the Stampin’ Up Flower Patch set.  It’s photopolymer and has coordinating dies.  Have I mentioned my new love for Stampin’ Up?   I stamped the bloom with Distress Ink/Crushed Olive and then used a

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Curtain Call Lovely Leaves: So Very Blessed

Please click HERE for my Virginia’s View Challenge post. Please click HERE for my Creative Blog Hop post. It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! I was inspired by: the colors leaves = fall = thankful Did you know that Neat & Tangled is now selling “Nice and Neat Dies“?!!! I used the A

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The Creative Blog Hop

Please click HERE for my Virginia’s View Challenge post. Please click HERE for my Curtain Call Lovely Leaves post. By now you have likely heard of The Creative Blog Hop and today I am here to share my story with you. Michele Ferguson (I Card Everyone) tagged me last week in her blog post HERE. I

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Virginia’s View Challenge #7: …and away we go…

Please click HERE for my Creative Blog Hop post. Please click HERE for my Curtain Call Lovely Leaves post. So excited to be a Guest Designer for Virginia’s View Challenge #7 Pattern Paper I love pattern AND color….always have and always will. I wanted to feature 2 cards that use paper from the same collection,

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☀☀ walking on sunshine ☀☀

Following in the lovely Chrissy Larson’s footsteps, I had Walking on Sunshine on my mind while making this project: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  recollections ikat background, butterfly reflections ink/head in the clouds/over the rainbow  ink:  hero arts hues, a muse/blackberry, hero arts dauber/butter cup  other:  paper accents vellum, whisker graphics black horizontal stripe middy bag, pebbles

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so sweet of you.

Here’s today’s card: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  stampin’ up/hello there    ink:  hero arts hues  fresh ink refills/tangerine/pumpkin & lemonade  other:  label from stampin’ up calypso coral celebration add on kit, embossing paste, memory box stencil We have a friendly challenge toss, so to speak.  Kimberly, Tonya and I have been challenging each other to use our Stampin’

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Crafty News!

        I’m super thrilled to announce that I’m continuing on the   2014 -2015 Chickaniddy Crafts Team   I’m super grateful for the opportunity to play with Heidi’s new collections! Make sure you stop by the Chickaniddy Crafts blog to see the NEW Design Team!  I’m looking forward to working with the

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cool priority mail

Here’s a quick card I whipped together while crafting with Kate & Kimberly last weekend: I was smart to pack my neglected Simon Says Stamp kits…I didn’t have to spend time picking out cardstock and pattern paper! All supplies are from the July kit! This fits perfectly with CAS●ology Letter and this week over on the

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Create a Smile Guestie: sending sunshine

This is my last week of guesting at create a smile This card is up on the Create a Smile blog today! This is such a clean & simple card.  I love the mix of the card base, which is a Fabriano teamed up with silver glitter paper.  The contrast between the italian paper and

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sweet summer treats!

Here in the Pacific Northwest we have been having an usually warm summer.  Quite frankly, I’m spoiled by our milder temperatures and know that I could never survive the seasons that the east coast and the south has. If I was about 30 years younger, I’d have mass quantities of ice cream to help me

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winner of birthday blog hop!

Thanks to everyone that hopped with us for Kimberly’s Birthday! The winner of the Butterfly Reflections Ink $15 Gift Certificate is…. Shelly Kurth!!!!! Shelly, I’ve messaged you! So yesterday was {inter}National Scrapbook Day…did you play along in challenges, do some shopping or craft up a storm?  I had some crafty girls over and we made

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Curtain Call – Travel On: Smile

It’s time for a New Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: The LEAD of this challenge will be invited to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge! I was inspired by the camera: cardstock:  recollections/black paper:  amy tangerine  other:  the cut shoppe/candid camera, lawn fawn/speech bubble border Although it’s an older sketch, I was also inspired

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happy birthday kimberly!!

source I consider myself a lucky girl.   I have had the wonderful opportunity to make some great in-real-life crafty friends.  One of them is Kimberly.  I can’t remember how I stumbled onto Kimberly’s blog but the minute I did, I was absolutely smitten with her style & work.  Today is Kimberly’s birthday and there

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coffee & a whole lot of love.

Hello and Happy Monday! I’m sharing some A Jillian Vance Design projects that posted in March. My first card uses the Coffee & Jesus stamp set which I combined with the  True Love stamp set I love the addition of the chunky wool yarn…it makes the card ‘cozy’, dontcha think? My next card uses the

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eat cake & more.

Hello and Happy Saturday! I haven’t posted my Chickaniddy Crafts cards over here in awhile so I’m doing a bit of catch up! The first 2 cards are March projects. This one was to focus on the chevron trend: It made things super fun (& easy) to use the Reverse Confetti Triple Chevies Confetti Cuts!

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Fusion Card Challenge: oh happy day!

Hello and welcome to Fusion Card Challenge! Check out the fun new inspiration photo and sketch: I was inspired by the photo: cardstock:  strathmore watercolor paper  stamps:  essentials by ellen/bold blooms  ink:  ranger/archival/black  other:  queen & co stars, stampin’ up label thinlets I’ve been inspired by all the watercolor stripes I have been spotting out

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A Jillian Vance Design: Sew Special

Hello! I’m up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog with a fun card! Here’s a peek at my supplies: grandma’s garden quilt block die sew special Pop on by the blog for a look at my card!

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curtain call bouquet reminder: woodland friends

There’s still time to join us over at Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge – Bouquet We have a new sponsor, Penny Black, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Bouquet!  A randomly selected participant in the Bouquet challenge will have their choice of a Penny Black gift certificate, while the LEAD will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge! I used the adorable 

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