my friend

sigh…too many toys, not enough time. These adorable stamps have been waiting to be inked up! paper:  studio calico  stamps:  avery elle red & goldie ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  spellbinders circle die Red & Goldie Pure cuteness by JJ Bolton and her boy. How can you resist those images? I was inspired by

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May Inspiration Baking & Sewing: thanks a latte

This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Poppy Sketches post. Super Excited and Honored to be a guestie over on Mariana’s blog. She’s invited me to take part in her May Inspiration challenge: Baking & Sewing I was inspired by the photo & the colors: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black/so

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Poppy Sketches #5: hello

This is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for Mariana’s May Inspiration Baking & Sewing challenge. Hello and Happy Monday! Yay for the long holiday weekend! We’re back with a new challenge over at Poppy Sketches Our Super Sponsor is The Cutting Cafe I played with the fun Polaroid set! Here’s how I

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Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop: happy birthday

It’s that time, the monthly blog hop for Papertrey Ink! Who can resist Aqua & Melon? My goal with these hops to to ink up a set that I haven’t played with yet, today is Sweet Speech I definitely have a love/hate thing with solid images…it’s hard to capture the image when you use a

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time to celebrate!

 This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts project. Hello, post number two for me today.  Evidently I thought today was the 25th when I was scheduling my blog posts earlier this week…more on that in a bit. I generally don’t like to post multiple times in one day

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Chickaniddy Crafts Focus on Shapes: Circles

Today is my Chickaniddy Crafts day!  Our assignment was to focus on shapes: Supplies:  Papers (DN140S01; CN14SP00; TG14OS08) Mini Sticker Sentiments (TG14EB05) This card has several layers of goodness but what I started with is a 4.25 x 5.5 inch panel of the glorious gold foil, Goldie Lox.   I randomly laid circle dies on the

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Avocado Arts: Oh Boy!

TGIF! Yay for long holiday weekends! I’m sharing the last of my Avocado Arts cards I designed for the May Release. This skinny card has the ‘staches heat embossed in brown and the card is finished off with an Elle’s Studio die cut: Next up is another skinny card that has been heat embossed with

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Neat & Tangled New Release: Final Day

This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Top Dog Dies post. Today is Neat & Tangled’s Final Release Day! You’re going to love today’s featured set Clouds paper:  fancy pants designs memories captured  stamps:  neat & tangled clouds  ink:  fresh ink navy  other:  fancy pants design tag, neat & tangled

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Neat & Tangled New Release: Day Three

Whew!  We’re on Day Three of Neat & Tangled’s New Release!  How are you liking the new designs?!  Aren’t they fabulous?!  Click HERE for Day One and HERE for Day Two. Today we’re featuring So Very Blessed paper:  carta bella hello again, strathmore watercolor  stamps:  neat & tangled so very blessed  ink:  hero arts hues

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It’s PSL time!

post 1 of 2…click here for my Curtain Call post For a lot of coffee drinkers, Fall is the PSL season P  u  m  p  k  i  n    S  p  i  c  e    L  a  t  t  e  cardstock:  papertrey ink   paper:  chickaniddy crafts/scrumptious  stamps:  lawn fawn/love you a latte/harold’s abcs  other:

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Fusion: A little chocolate…

post 2 of 2 for today…click here for my Snowman Shaker Card! The new Fusion Card Challenge has posted! Isn’t it fun?!!! This week I decided to focus on the photo inspiration: cardstock:  papertrey ink  stamps:  hero arts/a litte ink:  staz on black, watercolors other:  stampin’ up embossing folder & twine I love the Hero

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A Jillian Vance Design: in the meadow…

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Fusion Challenge Hello! I’m up on the A Jillian Vance Design Blog today! I’m featuring this shaker card! I was inspired by CAS(E) this sketch! Curious to find out what the shaker contains? Pop over to the A Jillian Vance Design Blog!

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Paper Smooches Guest Designer: ❅❅there’s snow one like you❅❅

I really can’t believe that I’m the  Paper Smooches Guest Designer! After the sheer excitement slowly subsided, I started to mildly panic.  Um, have you seen the designers and guest designers for Paper Smooches?!!!!  Gah, talk about talent…thinking outside the box and a whole load of clever ideas…. So here we go, I channeled…well, me.

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thankful for you

I needed a couple thank you cards…   I decided to work with the Fancy Pants Designs, True Friend collection. There’s something about the color yellow, so fresh, fun & happy! cardstock:  papertrey ink/kraft  paper:  fancy pants design/true friend  stamps:  reverse confetti/forever fall  ink:  zing/white  other:  confetti cuts/love note, paper accents/vellum, fancy pants designs/burlap &

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enjoy the adventure ahead…

I’m playing with some new Stampin’ Up goodies: The Stampin’ Up Four Feathers Bundle is so much fun.  In today’s card, I used the dies.  I masked them and smooshed them into my embossing pad and covered them with Gold Embossing Powder.  I love that look, don’t you? To bring even more gold into my

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given enough coffee…

In trying to keep up with a Stampin’ Up Sunday, here’s my weekly Coffee card: cardstock:  pti  paper:  basic grey/persimmon  stamps:  stampin’ up/perfect blend  ink:  hero arts hues, zing white  other:  paper accents/vellum, circle/pinking circles dies I used the Stampin’ Up set Perfect Blend A sweet 3 piece set with a great sketchy cup. I

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Stories of stamps, paper and… ★★Christmas is Coming★★

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the new Curtain Call Challenge! We have a new challenge over at Storie di timbri, carta e… (Stories of stamps, paper and…) ★★Christmas is Coming★★ For this challenge we will have Valentina‘s Creations as our sponsor!!!  The prize is a digital kit that the winner will choose in her shop!!! I did some quick stamping/embossing for a clean and crisp

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Curtain Call: Boho Bright

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Stories of Stamps, Paper and…new challenge! It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! photo credit:  chezboheme.com We have a new sponsor, Verve Stamps, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Boho Bright!  A randomly selected participant in the Boho Bright challenge will receive a $30 gift certificate to use at  Verve

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Chickaniddy Crafts: A Very Special Birthday

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for Paper Smooches Sparks Today, we at Chickaniddy Crafts have a super special post! We’re celebrating Heidi Sonboul’s Birthday today!!!! Heidi is the creative genius behind Chickaniddy Crafts! I used the Scrumptious Collection and made a card that makes me think of Heidi ★★Super Fun★★ paper:  chickaniddy crafts/scrumptious/nutmeg,

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