Happy Holidays | Spellbinders

It’s Christmas in August…well actually it’s Christmas all year for me. Last month was pure chaos since my Mom was in the hospital. All is much better now, she has a brand new pacemaker. She is finally getting her energy back too. I have lots of goodies to keep me busy since I wasn’t crafty

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Fall | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

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:

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Celebrating You | Simon Says Stamp

My mom asked me to design a birthday card for her friend. I knew that I wanted to use the Simon Says Stamp – Prize Ribbon stamps + dies! I decided to look for a color combo and came up with this one that features cardstock from my stash. The sentiment has been heat embossed

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Better than a Text | Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Seashells For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I combined these Hero Arts products: I stamped the sentiment in Hero Hues Core Ink – Forever Green. The Letterpress ink is Elephant. I used the following cardstocks:

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Mower | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Other than cardstock and ink, this uses minimal supplies to design and I went with a clean and simple design. Thanks for stopping by!

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Dec 25 | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #56

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Simon Says Stamp: The antlers are from: The stenciling was done with: The cardstock is ColorWheel Poppy + Blush and the circle is PTI

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charming day | Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Bracelets For today’s card I reached for this fun set from Hero Arts via Scrapbook.com: I stamped the sentiment in Distress Oxide Broken China and lightly blended Antique Linen over the tote to give it a well-loved, grungy look. ColorWheel

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July Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Debra Davison Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, August 26. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a

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Noel | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

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:

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Catered Crop Recipe Swap: Wish for everything

I was so excited to get a shout out over on the Catered Crop – Gratitude Attitude Recipe Swap.  I’m going to be part of the Quick Fire round in the current challenge Anything Goes! After reading THIS post by Linda, I gotta get Tina Fey’s book but seriously, read her post as there are changes

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donut worry…be happy

I love living in Washington State. The one drawback is the lack of natural sunlight.  There’s a small window of prime photography time and quite frankly, I was napping during that time…LOL.  Forgive my photography, I will replace it but will be out most of today.  I couldn’t wait to play with my new Reverse

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Curtain Call: Favorite

It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! PIN CUSHION photo source: bhg.com We have a new sponsor, STAMPlorations, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Pin Cushion!  A randomly selected participant in the Pin Cushion challenge will receive a $15 gift certificate to use at  STAMPlorations, while the LEAD will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge! I used the 

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25 days of Christmas Tags: warm wishes

Hello! I’m thrilled to be participating in Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags I’m featuring products from Neat & Tangled I knew just what I wanted to do: I have a handful of these burlap bags.  They are awesome, tons of texture and versatility! I die cut the  A Lot to Say Nice and

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Whisker Graphics: 12 Days of Christmas

Hello! Today is my day up on the Whisker Graphics Blog! This is the first year that my daughter will be in her own apartment (with 2 roomies) for the holidays.  Of course, she will spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with us, but I wanted to make sure that she had plenty of fun & treats

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Paper Smooches: you + me = awesome

I’m on week 2 of my Paper Smooches Guestie gig! Here’s one of my two cards for today: Surprise, Surprise! C  O  F  F  E  E If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know that I’m a coffee-a-holic.  I love anything and everything associated with the stuff. So today’s card was

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7 years of fun.

So guess what? My blogaversary came and went a couple days ago. November 6, 2007 Wow, 7 years, already? 7    y  e  a  r    f  l  a  s  h  b  a  c  k I posted this card on November 11, 2007. Something’s don’t change much, eh?  <– coffee …and something’s do   <–

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you warm my heart.

Happy Monday! Why yes, I am having a hard time keeping up with my goodies. I picked up a bunch of stuff at My Favorite Things’ last release.  You guys probably remember my coffee card HERE.  I also bought the MFT snowflakes: cardstock:  recollections  stamps:  mft/perk up  ink:  gold embossing powder  other:  papertrey ink/vellum, mft

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stampin’ up sunday: holly jolly

The other day I posted that it was a Stampin’ Up kind of morning… I’m in a mass production mode for holiday cards.  I don’t generally like to do that but like always, I’m feeling the stress of the countdown and I want to get a majority of mine mailed out Thanksgiving Day weekend.  

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Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for Cuss like a Pirate Hello & Happy Saturday! I wanted to let you know that I’m thrilled to be part of a Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! I’m up on the Neat & Tangled blog sharing my project and tutorial for this hoop: I’d super LOVE it if

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