life.

I’m a challenge-a-holic and they help me get through my stash.  Here’s a great example, I picked up the 12×12 pad of Pebbles Cottage Living and haven’t used it until I designed this card: cardstock:  bazzill/ash  paper:  pebbles’/cottage living  stamps:  verve/words of wisdom  ink:  ranger/archival/black The 12×12 papers are great to fussy cut blooms &

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…the power of two.

Stripes, I love them…polkas too but I’ve been having fun making my own stripe paper border: cardstock:  stampin’ up night of navy/calypso coral, recollections/110/white  stamps:  stampin’ up yippee-skippee/gorgeous grunge  ink:  fresh ink pumpkin/navy other:  mama elephant creative cuts/tag, stampin’ up baked brown sugar twine The horizontal stripes are made by using 0.5 inch strips of

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adventure awaits!

Hello and Happy Wednesday!  I don’t generally post so late in the day but since I had been working on this card since yesterday morning, I thought I’d go ahead and post it.  I’ve been wanting to ink up my new Newton’s Nook stamps, Message in a Bottle.  Love it and the coordinating dies. cardstock:

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happy birthday

I was a busy girl the other day and managed to make several cards….although a majority of them won’t be posted until next week, I always feel so accomplished when I can be super productive. paper:  carta bella/hello again  stamps:  paper smooches/sentiment sampler, blossoming buds  ink:  hero arts hues/black, stampin’ up white embossing powder  other:

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hello.

I’ve been on an ice cream kick…both consuming and creating♡ cardstock:  hero arts mixed blush paper:  crate/poolside  other:  crate poolside ephemera pack, pebbles glitter tape. The Crate Poolside collection is new to me….I took a Kelly Purkey class at Impress on Saturday and we had the collection to work with with it…for Christmas cards….more on

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with sympathy.

Hello again.  I don’t generally post 2 cards in a day if I can help it but I decided to play along with Mojo Monday. paper:  teresa collins/memorabilia  stamps:  verve/kind words  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing powder, fresh ink charcoal A dear friend of my Mom’s recently passed away at 90 years old.  She was

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SFYTT: Here’s the Scoop!

Although the weather in the Pacific Northwest has cooled down again, I have to say that I’ve had more ice cream this summer than ever.  I mean seriously, you can never go wrong with ice cream! paper:  pink paislee/hometown summer  stamps:  reverse confetti/love & ice cream  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing powder  other:  reverse confetti/love

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Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop: be your own kind of beautiful

Hello Hello!  I love it when I can play along with the PTI monthly blog hops!  There is soooo much inspiration and fun!  Here is July’s inspiration: Truthfully, I’m not much of a butterfly girl….don’t get me wrong, I do have the Life is Beautiful set & dies….but I realized I wasn’t a butterfly girl

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it’s pasture birthday…

TGIF!!!  I have so much to do but wanted to spend some time this morning to make this fun shaker card: cardstock:  recollections/110/white, stampin’ up crumb cake  stamps:  stampin’ up/from the herd  ink:  memento tuxedo, ranger archival black, various copics  other:  reverse confetti beautiful banners confetti cuts, stampin’ up in color sequin mix No foam

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xxx happy birthday xxx

Hello!  I’m up on the Neat & Tangled blog today with a fun birthday card! I’d love for you to pop over to check it out!  Here’s a sneak peek at the Neat & Tangled products I used on today’s card:

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A note of thanks | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out the Catherine Pooler – Studio Classics? They are celebrating 10 years and have a new Studio Classics collection. This card features the Flutters & Thanks Bundle: The Vine Perfection Background was stamped in Seafoam on white cardstock. Then Seafoam ink was gently blended on top of the stamping. I used the

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July Release – Day Two | Hero Arts

Four fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s Christmas in July! I’m sharing two new cards that I designed featuring the new Candy Cane Season Collection: Let’s chat about the this card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The stamping was done with these inks:

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July Release | Hero Arts

Four fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s Christmas in July! I’m sharing two cards that I designed featuring the new Candy Cane Season Collection: Let’s chat about the shaker card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The stamping was done with these inks: I

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North Pole Friends | Spellbinders

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 product from the North Pole Friends Collection by Simon Hurley: I also used these Spellbinder products: Such a fun holiday set! Love the added glasses. Some links are

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12 Year Celebration IG Hop | Newton’s Nook Designs

Please note that this hop is on Instagram. I have the direct links to each stop below. Welcome to the Newton’s Nook Designs 12 Year Celebration Instagram Hop! Join us for a birthday party to celebrate 12 years of Newton’s Nook Designs! Each designer listed below has created a project featuring their NEW birthday products

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Find the Sweet | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: emoji’s I was inspired by the theme + sketch. My card features the following products: *retired I used the following Concord & 9th cardstocks: I used a bit of Fossilized Amber – Distress Oxide on the lemons. I can’t wait

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Take Note Collection | Spellbinders

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 Take Note Collection: I also used these Spellbinder products: These are the BetterPress products I used: Don’t forget about the Archival Ink Stamp Cleaner |

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Spill the Tea | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Do you see what I did? Rather than having oranges, they are having pink grapefruits. Thanks for stopping by!

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