Wish Big | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #53

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Concord & 9th: My overall color palette is I snuck in the Pretty Pink Posh – Wish Big Script | die I did a

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I am here for you | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Clothes Pins I was inspired by the sketch. My card features the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: *These products are on sale right now! All Brass & Bliss Craft Co sentiments + dies are 30% off. Today is

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April Edition | Woodblock Wednesday + Guest Designer

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Becca Yahrling Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, June 24. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a

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Happy Birthday | 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. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Best Wishes | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: April Showers May Flowers I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following Spellbinders products: The cardstock I used: The drink interior has been cut from watercolor paper and blended with these distress oxides: The olives

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Trust the Detours | Brass & Bliss Craft Co –

Here’s how I was inspired today: These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I used: I used the Martini Shaker as my vases. I have a super old swiss dot embossing folder in my stash that I used on both of the vases. I’ve been on a big kick thrifting and picking up

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Happy Trails | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out the newest release by Catherine Pooler – Trail Mix – it is now available in the shop! Check out today’s card: My card combines: *previously released I had to use my silver cardstock that I have in my stash with the Glamper Life dies, can you say Airstream? In case you

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First Coffee | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out this weeks new release by Catherine Pooler – Trail Mix – it is now available in the shop! Check out today’s card: Those Forest Friends! My card combines: *previously released I used the direct to paper technique with the new Getaway ink color. Then I die cut the Pet Specs die.

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Golden Poppies | Hero Arts

I caught the Hero Arts Golden Poppies set over on their Social Media and loved it. I finally inked it up and have so many color combo ideas. First up, here are the products I used: *on sale! We’ve been sending cards to my husband’s maternal Aunt that has cancer. She lives in a different

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Oh, Quack | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Balloons I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: *These products are on sale right now! The new Petals & Promises along with the last release – Botanical Daydreams

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enjoy today.

I love fruit stamps and images…have you seen Reverse Confetti’s pineapples aplenty cardstock:  recollections/110/white, stampin’ up basic black  stamps:  reverse confetti/pineapples aplenty  ink:  fresh ink grass/fuschia  other  reverse confetti/triple chevies, your next stamp/gold/gum drops, sewing machine I teamed them up with the triple chevies pineapples aplenty pineapples aplenty confetti cuts I was inspired by the

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need to venti?

I’m trying to spread the latte love around in my craft room.  I have a couple of coffee sets and I’m trying to make the rounds with them. This is with the MFT:  Dienamics Coffee Perk Up stamp set Steel Grey card stock Yup, I upcycled a Starbucks Sleeve! I was inspired by MFT Sketch

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the power of two…

♡two lattes♡ cardstock:  stampin’ up blushing bride/rose red, papertrey ink vellum  stamps:  stampin’ up yippee skippee  ink:  gold embossing powder  other:  stampin’ up hearts mask, create a smila/coffee to go chippies, reverse confetti/tag me confetti cut, modeling paste, pebbles gold scallop tape I need to use my Stampin’ up Goodies more and decided to combine

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Curtain Call Bouquet: sponsored by Penny Black

post two of two for today…click HERE for the Neat and Tangled/The Cut Shoppe collaboration! It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! photo source:  designlovefest.com 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

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Neat & Tangled collaboration with The Cut Shoppe

post one of two for today…click HERE for the Curtain Call Challenge. It’s an exciting week….Neat & Tangled is collaborating with The Cut Shoppe! What?  You didn’t know that I had a Cameo?!  LOL…it has collected quite a bit of dust and the wonderful Ashley Horton of The Cut Shoppe totally held my hand a

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welcome, little one.

I whipped this card up last night for a friend of mine.  She recently adopted a new pug puppy! So I wanted to make her a ‘new baby’ card: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black, papertrey ink vellum  paper:  mme/jubilee/tangerine  stamps:  reverse confetti/puppy love & fancy word coordinates ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  reverse confetti/puppy

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the essence…

One of my favorite paper collections is Basic Grey’s Persimmon.  I never tire of it and tend to hoard my paper.  I was inspired by a couple challenges: cardstock:  recollections/110/white  paper:  basic grey/persimmon stamps:  stampin’ up/love is kindness  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  stampin’ up embossing folder, martha stewart wool yarn, cork, circle punch 

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lucky me.

I love a good challenge. I’ve been wanting to play over in  the classroom I picked up a ton of the new Essentials by Ellen before we left for Japan and I’m just now getting to play with them. I knew that I wanted to use the Laurel Wreath, in gold, but of course!  Then

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SFYTT: think happy thoughts

Hello Hello! It’s Saturday and I’m hopefully going to be crafting up a storm today because I should have cleaned and organized yesterday. I have a Happy card today: paper:  pebbles cottage living  stamps:  reverse confetti/color me happy  ink:  zing black, fresh ink peach  other:  beading hemp twine, papertrey ink vellum Don’t you love the

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just looking in on you…

When we were in Japan, the kids spotted a couple sticker sets and a post card that were Alpaca themed.  (Click HERE for the differences between Alpacas and Llamas)  We tend to gravitate towards them because my cousin and her husband own several Alpacas.  That is exactly the reason why I bought Stampin’ up’s From

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