Neat & Tangled May Release Day 3: Just Hello + die

Post 3 of 3 for today…click HERE for my A Jillian Vance Design post…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti Day 2 Hello and Welcome to Day Three of the Neat & Tangled May Release! Today we’re featuring Just Hello ● Just Hello Nice & Neat Die I had so much fun with the Just

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a party without cake…

post 1 of 3 today…click HERE for Reverse Confetti’s Countdown to Confetti Day 2…Click HERE for Neat & Tangled’s May Release Day 3  Hello! Today is my day on the A Jillian Vance Design Blog!  I’d love for you to swing by and check out my project. Here’s a peek at my supplies: celebrate cake

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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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It’s Your Day! | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: I’m smitten by that sweet mouse! This card slightly exceeds an A2 envelope. I just had to have the party hat in my card design. I have a stash of A7 envelopes just for this reason. Thanks for stopping by!

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Candy Cane Season | Hero Arts

Have you checked out the four fantastic collections that are in the Hero Arts store: I’m shakin’ things up! I’m sharing a card that I designed featuring the new Candy Cane Season Collection with a bit from the previous month’s collection , Retro Kitchen Collection: I combined: My ColorWheel cardstock colors: I prefer to not

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Hi | Spellbinders

I was playing with Spellbinders products that I have in my stash today. This is how I was inspired: I combined these products: I picked a card from the DIY Color Deck System. I was inspired to combine these ColorWheel colors: I love how this one turned out! Some links are affiliate at no extra

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Holiday Happy Mail | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #44

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! This month is the start of a couple changes to the challenge: Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Newton’s Nook: I did some heat embossing with the sentiments on black.

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Oceans of Love | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: lunch bags I was inspired by the fish patterns. My card features the following products: I used the following Distress Oxide inks: I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired! Thanks for stopping by! Affiliate links at no

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July Edition – throwback | Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner. I used random.org to pick the winner: Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, August 27th. 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 US mailing

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Spring in Kyoto – Kokeshi Happy Birthday | Spellbinders

Thank you to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me some products to play with. Here’s how I was inspired today: Today’s project features the following Spellbinders product from the Spring in Kyoto by Alex Syberia Designs: I also used these Spellbinder products: I couldn’t wait to use some of the papers in the Your

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Happy Hour | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: I ended up with a twofer. Here’s the first one: This one is a bit skinnier than a standard A2 – 3.50 x 5.50. I wanted the drinks and fruit clustered closer. I remembered that there are general drink type sentiments in the Spellbinders

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Farm Fresh | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Did you know that the new Boughs of Joy Release is 20% off and all past Christmas items are 20% – 70% off through July 31st! Just type in ‘Christmas’ in the search window! These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today: I added some chunky glitter on the Evergreen trees.

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