Neat & Tangled Release Week: Day Two

Hello!  Welcome to the Neat & Tangled Release Week!   Did you miss Day one?  Remember to pop over to the Neat & Tangled blog for tons of inspiration! Today we are featuring a set called  Sunday School Songs paper:  carta bella hello again  stamps:  neat & tangled sunday school songs  ink: hero arts hues black other:

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Neat & Tangled New Release: Day One

Hello!  Welcome to the Neat & Tangled Release Week! So VERY excited since this is my first release with Neat & Tangled and let me tell you, you’re going to LOVE everything! Today we’re featuring Photobooth My first card is absolutely clean & simple: I love the look of heat embossing AND when it is

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huge thanks

2 words: Think Jaws cardstock:  neenah, vellum  stamps:  paper smooches surf and turf/briny blue  ink:  memento tuxedo, copics RV14, RV17, V09, V15, Y19, Y38, R14 & R46  other:  MME washi, Freckled Fawn washi, MME enamel dots. A big thanks to Katie Brooks for letting me borrow a couple Paper Smooches sets: Briny Blue Surf and

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Fusion: Happy Birthday

So, today is day 2 of my 2 day garage sale.  Here’s hoping that everything gets sold! Today I have a couple of cards to share, first up is a card that makes me happy: I’m trying really hard to build up a healthy birthday card stash.  One of my favorite happy colors is yellow.

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Sweet Stamp Shop: balloons

Hello!  Today’s my final post over on the Sweet Stamp Shop blog! I’d love for you to pop by and say hello! Here’s a sneak peek: See you over on the Sweet blog!

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Sweet Stamp Shop BONUS May Release: Happy!

this is post 3 of 3 for me today…click HERE for my post using Exclusive Dies from Top Dog Dies Click HERE for the new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Today’s the Day! Sweet Stamp Shop’s Bonus May Release! Happy Birthday currently on pre-order basis I used the Happy Birthday set in a super clean &

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Curtain Call Challenge: Pajama Party!

Click HERE for my post using Exclusive Dies from Top Dog Dies Check out the newest Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Pajama Party photo source:  catchmyparty.com We have a fabulous new sponsor, The Cat’s Pajamas, for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:  Pajama Party!  The LEAD of this challenge will receive a gift certificate to use at

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Exclusive Dies from Top Dog Dies: Congrats graduate

click HERE for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Hello! Here’s a super clean & simple card: cardstock:  pti paper:  authentique anchored  stamps:  winnie & walter the big the bold and you  ink:  delicata gold, gold embossing powder Have you seen all the chatter about the newest Exclusive Dies from Top Dog Dies? This uses one

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The Card Concept Guest: Given enough coffee…

This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Neat & Tangled post. Super Excited to let you know that I’m the Guestie over at the card concept Um, how perfect is the theme for me?! Love it! Here’s how I was inspired: paper:  echo park/for the record2 stamps:  stampin’ Up perfect

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grateful for you

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for a special Chickaniddy Crafts Birthday Happy Halloween!! So last Saturday my boy tells me he needs a thank you card for the next morning.  I’m a morning crafter and tend to not craft in the evening hours.  So the next morning, I whipped this together: paper:  chickaniddy

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Fall Fun

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my A. Jillian Vance Design post I’m up on the Chickaniddy Crafts blog today! I did want to share some other Chickaniddy Crafts cards here, on my blog too! These both use the Scrumptious Collection: They both have the same card bases, Strathmore watercolor paper.  They also

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A Jillian Vance Design: Baby, It’s Cold Outside

post 1 of 2…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts post. Hello! I’m super excited to share that I’m one of the November/December Guest Designers over at A Jillian Vance Designs Here’s a peek at my project: I used the Frosty Stamp Set It’s not a card…for all the deets pop over to the  A Jillian Vance

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life starts…

post 2 of 2…click here for my Your Next Stamp post. It’s no secret that Fall is my Favorite Season…love anything and everything Fall Inspired. paper:  carta bella/a perfect autumn  other:  impress felt, american crafts glitter paper, carta bella sticker/chippie, paper smooches loopy leaf die That super skinny strip of American Crafts glitter paper is

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Your Next Stamp: home made (with love)

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

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Smarty Kids.

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

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appreciate everything.

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

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Stampin’ Up Sunday: to a wonderful friend

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

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a little coffee…

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

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