post 1 of 2…click here for my Life Starts… card Today is my last post as the October Guest Designer over at Your Next Stamp It has been so much fun designing with them! I wanted to do something a bit different (translation: non-coffee project) so I designed a wood veneer shaker: paper: carta bella/a
I made a couple altered Starbucks To Go cups for the kids’ Halloween Goodie Bag: paper: chickaniddy crafts/scrumptious other: solid orange divine twine, gold thread All the paper is from Chickaniddy Crafts Scrumptious Collection. Since my girl lives across the street from a Starbucks, I’m hoping she remembers to bring her cup with her and
I’ve been feeling super grateful these days. It could be the time of year, fall seems to bring that out in a lot of people with Thanksgiving around the corner. There’s been other things too…I carpool into work with Darin. It’s been nice for many reasons, chattin’ time, not having to pay for parking {more
Happy Sunday! I need to do Stampin’ Up Sunday’s with all the SU stuff that I’ve been slowly accumulating. I’m like a lot of crafters, I started off with Stampin’ Up around 2003’ish. I jumped in, with both feet and probably should have signed up to be a demo then but didn’t, but was
So, you all remember the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, right? Well, I found some hidden treasures in that, one of them being this Hero Arts, A Little set: Butterfly Reflections Ink gave it away as a Flash Sponsor. I stamped it on vellum and heat embossed it in Zing white. The ‘coffee’ has been
Click HERE for the Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge! Today wraps up the Neat & Tangled October Release week! What are your favorites?? The October Release is now available in the shop! Today we are featuring Very Merry + Tiny Triangles Die You’re going to love today’s sets! bag: whisker graphics plain kraft bag
Click HERE for the Neat & Tangled October New Release: Final Day Hello and Happy Friday! I’m playing with the Your Next Stamps team. Have you played along with the October challenges? You can pick one or both…click HERE for all the deets. Last time I used the sketch, today I’m using the inspirational photo:
Click HERE for the new Fusion Challenge! So, how have you been enjoying the Neat & Tangled New Release Week?! I know, right?! So many fun and fabulous new sets! Today we’re featuring: Winter Trees illustrated by Miriam! I was definitely in a watercoloring mood with this set: cardstock: strathmore stamps: neat & tangled winter
Click HERE for Day Four of the Neat & Tangled October Release Week! The new Fusion starts today! Check out the awesome inspiration/sketch: My card design is a combo of both, but I simplified the sketch: paper collection: carta bella/a perfect autumn trim: wool yarn This card is an epic fail on the postal friendly
click HERE for the Your Next Stamp After Party! We are up to Day Three of the Neat & Tangled October New Release Week! I’m on a kick to design postal friendly cards: I managed to crank out 12 cards of a similar design for today’s post! They are all postal friendly! The other day
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: Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you:
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 Summer Felt Stitch & Create Collection by Nichol Spohr: I also used these Spellbinder products: Just say yes to pink sunflowers. I did stitching on
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Pina Colada I was inspired by the theme + colors. My card features the following products: I love designing drink cards! I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired! Thanks for stopping by! Affiliate links at no extra
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 NEW Spellbinders products from the Wonderland Collection: I also used these Spellbinder products: *New this month These are the BetterPress products I used: Don’t forget about the Archival Ink
I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs…I’m a long time fan of all things nautical so I’ve been really enjoying the current papercrafting trend. Let me introduce you to the purple crab. I googled ‘crab colors’ and caught an article about a purple crab that was spotted in the Philippines. My card for today features: The
I’m so behind on my holiday stash for the year. I carved out some time to whip up this card: This card features: The photography took longer than the creative process, I took 30+ photos. The cardstock colors were getting lost in the photos. Concord & 9th cardstock: I ended up using a ton of
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: summer We welcome a new teamie, MarDi! Her work is amazing! I was inspired by the theme + colors. My card features the following products from Brass & Bliss Craft Co.: So I actually finished this project about 5:30 am
I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs…I’m a long time fan of all things nautical so I’ve been really enjoying the current papercrafting trend. Today’s card features: I googled nautical color combos and went with this one: I think this might be a new go to color combo! What has you inspired these days? Thanks for stopping
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 Hero Arts: Speaking of Hero Arts, make sure you check their SALE:
We’re back with the July Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Dragon ended on January 28th. The Year of the Snake started on January 29th and runs through February 16, 2026. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I went