paper smooches: go to your happy place

Where is your happy place? I have many but one of my more consistent one is in the early morning hours…when the rest of the household is asleep and I’m in front of the computer or is that the computer is in front of me?  It’s how I start my morning…with, of course, a cup

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stripes & blooms

Hi ya! I have a little giftie that I put together for a friend. I love the Whisker Graphic bags, this one is White Horizontal Stripe Middy Bag: These are such multi-purpose bags…you can use them for envelopes or for goodie bags…so many other options for them too! I decided to combine it to be

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nautical happiness

So many challenges, not enough time. I’m a huge fan of all things nautical.  I love the Authentique Anchored Collection.  I teamed it up with a We R Memories Journal card. I was inspired by the paper players and I’m playing along with The Challenge #8 Have you seen the new design team?  They’re FABulous!

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vintage hi

Hello & Happy Tuesday! I love glittery goodness, do you?  I love it even better when it is glitter is ‘ready made’ like American Crafts POW Glitter Paper: cardstock:  PTI paper:  american crafts pow glitter other:  top dog dies vintage alpha die What I love about American Crafts’ glitter paper is that it is smooth,

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Foil Pinspiration

this is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the New Poppy Sketches challenge! Today is my Chickaniddy Crafts Day!   The design team is doing a Pinspiration challenge and I picked this as my inspiration: I would totally wear that tee, gray is my favorite color and my closet is chock full

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Poppy Sketches #6: this is the life

this is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts post! Hello! We’re back with a brand new Poppy Sketch with a Pop of Pattern: Our Super Sponsor is May Arts Ribbon May Arts so generously sent us product to play with and I worked with Diamond Chain Here’s how I

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let’s celebrate!

Hello and Happy Sunday! We’ve been experiencing some super fantastic weather here in the Pacific Northwest…it seems like it never extends into the weekend but it has this weekend! I have a fun layer-y card for today: papers:  fancy pants designs/memories captured  stamps:  reverse confetti label me/beautiful banners/whole lotta dots  ink:  hero arts hues/black, zing/white

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Curtain Call : Something Simple week 2

cardstock:  gmund savana, paper accents vellum  stamps:  unity  laughter, imagination, dreams ink:  hero arts hues, copic  other:  may arts twine There is still time to play with us at Curtain Call Inspiration challenge: Something Simple Our Super Sponsor is, Unity Stamp Company!  Unity provided each of us on the Curtain Call Design Team with an

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hello

Happy Thursday! I didn’t have a post scheduled for today…totally mismanaged my time over the weekend and thought that I had created a post for today and hadn’t.  Then I put together a Throwback Thursday post, highlighting June 5th posts from 2008-2013.  I got to thinking about that and didn’t like that idea anymore. Perfect

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Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge: happiness is brewin’

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:

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Neat & Tangled October New Release Day Four: Winter Trees

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

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Fusion: Give Thanks

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

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Neat & Tangled October New Release Day Three: Warm Wishes

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

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Your Next Stamp October After Party: I ♡ U

Click HERE for the Neat & Tangled October Release:  Day Three Whew, wasn’t the Your Next Stamp Blog Hop amazing?!  There was so much inspiration!!!! Today is the After-Party Festivities! I’m featuring the new Scribbled Alpha set on this card…both on my background panel and in the Mason jar: Can you believe that I was

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Neat & Tangled October New Release Day Two: Little Santa Girl

Hello and Welcome to Day Two of the Neat & Tangled Release Week! Today we are featuring Little Santa Girl In my first project, I teamed her up with yesterday’s Falling Flakes: cardstock:  pti bag:  whisker graphics  stamps:  neat & tangled little santa girl/falling flakes  ink:  various copics, hero arts hues, zing white Isn’t she

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thanks a latte

click HERE for the Neat & Tangled October Release:  Day one So, in case you didn’t know…I love all things coffee.  I gravitate to all the fun coffee themed crafty stuff and love anything coffee oriented on Pinterest.  I WISH I had the luxury of spending oodles of time on Pinterest, but honestly, there just

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crafty fun.

This is what yesterday morning looked like: There are several of us that get together on a monthly basis and yesterday these girls came to play: Kate●Katie●Kimberly●Laura●Lisa●Tonya Katie’s sweet girl joined in the fun too! Last time the girls were over, they went left with homework.  Each girl took a Martha Stewart test tube to

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