Peace on Earth | My Pretty Things IG Hop

My Pretty Things’ Handmade Holidays! Who’s ready for some holiday crafting? Hop along for some holiday inspiration featuring new & old goodies now available in the shop! Giveaway Info: My Pretty Things is giving away a $25 gift card to one lucky winner!! Here’s what to do for your chance to win as you hop

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Coffee Lovers Club | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Fall Mugs For today’s card was inspired by the theme and colors. THINK: Free Mug Library – Take a Mug – Leave a Mug. I combined the following products: *This is a subscription. The kit isn’t guaranteed to drop in

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Iconic Christmas | Simon Says Stamp – Sending Cheer

Simon Says Stamp has a NEW SENDING CHEER Release! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: I also used Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock: The background pattern was stamped with Concord & 9th – Sea Glass. The images were stamped with Lawn Fawn Jet black and

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Merry Little Cookie | Mama Elephant

Today is my Mama Elephant Designer Series Day. Here’s how I was inspired: I combined the following Mama Elephant products: I snuck in some festive berries from the Twiddlers Nook – Elf Cookie Sprinkles Embellishment Mix. Here are my earlier cards: Holiday Calories Duo Holiday Joy Merry Little Cookie Fa La La Some links are

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Thankful for you | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Fall Leaves For today’s card was inspired by the theme and sketch. I combined the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: The sentiment was stamped in Pecan from the Color Fuse #3 set. The leaves have been cut from

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Mug Life | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #58

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 Spellbinders: Cardstock + Ink: I just love how this one turned out! I can’t wait to see how my teamies and the Guest designers

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September Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Cynthia O Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, October 28th. 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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Autumn Tapestry | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

The Brass & Bliss Craft Co – Autumn Tapestry Release is now in the store! SAVE 20% on the new Release! We’re doing things a bit different, there is no instagram hop. You’ll want to pop over to the Brass & Bliss blog post HERE and leave a comment for a chance to win. Here’s

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Happy National Coffee Day

Happy National Coffee Day! There’s a blog hop that starts over on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog today. One of the Super Sponsors is Brass & Bliss Craft Co: Here are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I combined for today’s project: The wool felt is from my stash. I actually made the coffee

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Curtain Call: happy valentine’s day

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my Stories of Stamps, Paper and…  Happy Super Bowl Sunday! It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! photo source: thetomkatstudio.com The LEAD of the Kissing Booth challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future Curtain Call challenge! I haven’t played with the Basic Grey Highline collection and thought

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storie di timbri, carta e: adjusted her sails

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for Curtain Call The new challenge over at Storie di timbri, carta e… (stories of stamps, paper and…) is  Bling How does that inspire you? I used blingy paper: paper:  making memories/paper reverie, teresa collins/summer stories, papertrey ink vellum  stamps:  verve/adjusted sails  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing  other:

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Paper Smooches: hello crafty friend

Hello! Happy Saturday! My crafty group is coming over.  We haven’t gotten together for awhile so I’m looking forward to seeing everyone!  I hope to remember to take photos this time! Here’s a quick card that I whipped together: I was inspired by Paper Smooches Sparks Super fun sketch! I went literal…I love the contrast

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Fusion Challenge: go. see. do.

There’s a brand new challenge up on the  Fusion Card Challenge Blog This week I decided to go with the sketch and channel my inner Tenia Nelson: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black, my favorite things steel grey, papertrey ink vellum  paper:  mme/jubilee/tangerine  stamps:  winner & walter the big, the bold and fun  ink:  stampin ‘up

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stories of stamps, paper and… : carbs, schmarbs

So I was up on the  stories of stamps, paper and…   blog I was showing my phone wallpaper and how I translated it to a card: cardstock:  stampin’ up strawberry slush/crisp cantaloupe/blushing bride/pink pirouette/ and calypso coral  stamps:  stampin’ up yippee-Skippee!  ink:  stampin ‘up white embossing powder Cardstock…I love cardstock.   I generally always seem

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CAS(E) this sketch: good stuff

good stuff Isn’t that fun? All my supplies are from the MME/Jubilee/Tangerine Collection. A big shout out to Laurel Seabrook for all of the fab goodies!!! I was inspired by CAS(E) this sketch! This past weekend we had pretty nice weather in the Pacific Northwest.  The kids and I had lunch HERE on Saturday.  Then

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Freshly Made Sketches: with sympathy

Happy Monday. There has been several losses out there…I dread making sympathy cards.  I always tend to go non-traditional: paper:  chickaniddy crafts/scrumptious  stamps:  reverse confetti/petals ‘n posies  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing  other:  reverse confetti square tag/heart to heart confetti cuts, cork The card base is the denim patterned paper by Chickaniddy Crafts.  I love

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i {heart} papers: it moose be love

Have you heard the news? i {heart} papers is closing and right now everything is 40% off  50% off {edited Jan 26}. I was able to purchase the  Lawn Fawn/Critters in the Artic  Unfortunately, the stamps are no longer available but last I looked, the coordinating lawn cuts are still in the store: Critters in

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Tag, You’re It: you are the best

click HERE for the SugarPea Designs 1st Birthday Bash Blog Hop click HERE for my cure for the monday blues card paper:  stampin’ up gold soiree, echo park dots & stripes, chickaniddy crafts goldie lox  stamps:  reverse confetti love blooms/all about you  ink:  delicata, fresh ink celery/teal  other:  craft foam, reverse confetti/tag me too &

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cure for the monday blues: shine bright

click HERE for the SugarPea Designs 1st Birthday Bash Blog Hop TGIF!!!! paper:  echo park/dots & stripes, simples stories/vintage bliss  stamps:  neat & tangled/sparkle and shine  ink:  ranger archival/jet black  other:  pebbles tape Today I’m sharing a card that was inspired by cure for the monday blues I was inspired by the colors the lighting

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