papertrey ink July 2014 hop: reason to smile.

Click HERE for CAS-ual Friday Challenge 134, the last one for 2014 & a Give-a-way! It’s that time again, the Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop! Check out the inspiration photo: So, I should start by saying that I love that red/white gingham…a lot.  I even started cutting strips of cardstock to do some paper weaving

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Case Study #201: hello

Click HERE for Chickaniddy Crafts. …and I’m back with Week 4 Guesting over at CASE Study! In case you missed it, I’m guesting along with Awesome Tenia Nelson!  This month’s muse is the FABulous  Shari Carroll! Here’s this week’s inspiration: Oh boy, what a great design, eh? Here’s how I was inspired: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  neat &

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hippo birdie to danny♥

Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled Blog HopClick HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Curtain Call Happy Tuesday! paper:  carta bella hello again  stamps:  lawn fawn/year four  ink:  stazon black, various distress markers  other:  lawn fawn speech bubble border, lawn fawn year four lawn cuts Sadly, this is the first time I’ve inked up that cute Lawn Fawn Year

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Poppy Sketches #9: life is good

Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled blog hop Click HERE for Curtain Call Hello & Happy Monday! It’s Poppy Sketches day on my blog!!  This is the final challenge for this term.   Where has the time gone? Okay, let’s get to the challenge, shall we? Our Super Sponsor is Jane’s Doodles I’m a super BIG Fan of

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Curtain Call Anything Goes Reminder: lemonade

Click HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled Blog Hop cardstock:  pti  stamps:  lemon/impress, jar/savvy, reverse confetti fresh ‘n fruity sentiment ink:  hero arts hues, fresh ink mint/lemonade, copics, other:  pinkfresh gold/coral alpha made into straw Don’t you love that Reverse Confetti sentiment? There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration

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Neat & Tangled + Pinkfresh Studio = ♡♡♡

Click HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Curtain Call Hello and Welcome to the Neat & Tangled/Pinkfresh Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from April Joy’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop with is the Pinkfresh Blog! Giveaway: A prize pack containing $20 in product from

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a little something…

and I’m back…. It’s been 4 weeks since I last posted ‘for fun’.  All the other posts since then have been Design Team projects.  I’m back today with a ‘just for fun’ project and some chit chat. First up, my project: Excuse my photos as I’m trying to maneuver a different DSLR than I usually

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Neat & Tangled Final Day of July Release: for you

Click HERE for CASE Study #200! Yay!   Today is the final day of the Neat & Tangled Release Week!  Today we are featuring the Punchinella stamp & Punchinella. All the new sets and accessories are available in the shop!  Here’s a peek at the entire release: Gifts for You Sailmates A Long Time Ago

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Case Study 200: orange you glad

Click HERE for the Final Day of the Neat & Tangled July Release …and I’m back with Week 3 Guesting over at CASE Study! In case you missed it, I’m guesting along with Awesome Tenia Nelson!  This month’s muse is the FABulous  Shari Carroll! How awesome that this is the 200th challenge!  So thrilled to be a

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July Release | Hero Arts

Four fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s Christmas in July! I’m sharing two cards that I designed featuring the new Candy Cane Season Collection: Let’s chat about the shaker card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The stamping was done with these inks: I

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North Pole Friends | 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 North Pole Friends Collection by Simon Hurley: I also used these Spellbinder products: Such a fun holiday set! Love the added glasses. Some links are

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12 Year Celebration IG Hop | Newton’s Nook Designs

Please note that this hop is on Instagram. I have the direct links to each stop below. Welcome to the Newton’s Nook Designs 12 Year Celebration Instagram Hop! Join us for a birthday party to celebrate 12 years of Newton’s Nook Designs! Each designer listed below has created a project featuring their NEW birthday products

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Find the Sweet | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: emoji’s I was inspired by the theme + sketch. My card features the following products: *retired I used the following Concord & 9th cardstocks: I used a bit of Fossilized Amber – Distress Oxide on the lemons. I can’t wait

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Take Note Collection | 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 products from the Take Note Collection: I also used these Spellbinder products: These are the BetterPress products I used: Don’t forget about the Archival Ink Stamp Cleaner |

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Spill the Tea | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Do you see what I did? Rather than having oranges, they are having pink grapefruits. Thanks for stopping by!

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Wonderland | 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 products from the Wonderland Collection: I also used these Spellbinder products: My card was inspired by the Color Throwdown Challenge: I’m also teaming this up for my Merry

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Flamazing | Miss Ink Stamps

Hey Happy Sunday! Last week was a busy week for me with the grandpup. This week is catch up. Today I’m sharing a Miss Ink Stamps project, here’s how I was inspired: My card features these Miss Ink Stamps products: The images were stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush

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