On Friday I had lunch with former co-workers. I always realize how much I miss them when we get together…it’s often quite a span of time in between meetings but we catch up without any hesitations…that’s friendship. As an added bonus to my day, I went shopping afterwards. There aren’t many local crafts stores around
Post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my So Thankful for You post. Hello & Happy Saturday! I’m up on the Chickaniddy Crafts Blog today with a Fall Inspired card! Here’s a peek: It’s a card that I made especially for my girl! She’s living on her own {with 2 roomies!} and starting
post 1 of 2 for me…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts project. By now, it shouldn’t be a surprise that I’m a Stampin’ Up Fan {again}. We have this friendly challenge among a group of us, which includes Katie, Kimberly & Tonya. This time Katie picked THIS as our challenge. Here’s a quick peek at
Autumn…it is my favorite season of the year. The Pacific Northwest has been having an unusually warm summer. Definitely not what I signed up for…I love the PNW for the mild weather we typically have. Anyways, when I design with apples, I always think of Washington State. cardstock: pti kraft other: impress felt, dcwv felt,
I love color. How about you? cardstock: PTI white, stampin’ up crushed curry/pixie pink stamps: reverse confetti all about you/so stripey/whole lotta dots ink: impress fresh ink charcoal, zing white other: lawn fawn journal die, reverse confetti tag me too die I had fun with a whole lotta Reverse Confetti. I was inspired by the
Hello! Blogging late & live! Wednesday’s…I Love Wednesday’s…it’s one of my days off. I’ve been up since 3 am cranking out cards…Pssstttt…Neat & Tangled’s September Release starts this Monday and um, you’re going to LOVE it!!!! This little card was being quite squirrely…it wouldn’t keep rockin’ while I attempted to take a photo… cardstock: PTI
I’m a happy girl when I buy new coffee stamps: cardstock: paper accents vellum, strathmore watercolor paper: pebbles homemade stamps: verve coffee/one cup ink: staz on black, fresh ink black tea, T’s watercolor tray other: hero arts gold shimmer spray, mme wood dots Actually, those coffee mugs are from a tea set. I wish you
Post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my International Design Team Announcement. cardstock: strathmore stamps: whimsy stamps/tea time additions ink: memento tuxedo other: whimsy stamps/tea time additions die set, we r memory keepers journal card, circle die, studio calico wood veneer, misc acetate A shaker card! There’s a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:
Post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge. Hello! I’m super excited to announce that I’ve been asked to join Stories of Stamps, Paper and… My first international Design Team! The designers on this team are wonderful and I hope that you’ll join in the monthly challenges!
Hello! Keepin’ it real cardstock: pti white, stampin’ up hello honey & bermuda bay stamps: stampin’ up dotty angles & hello love ink: fresh ink pool/harvest misc: freckled fawn arrow So Kimberly challenged Tonya and I to colour me! I really LOVE this color combo. I substituted coastal cabana with bermuda bay. I used Stampin’
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