Neat & Tangled + Pinkfresh Studio = ♡♡♡

Click HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Curtain Call Hello and Welcome to the Neat & Tangled/Pinkfresh Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from April Joy’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop with is the Pinkfresh Blog! Giveaway: A prize pack containing $20 in product from

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a little something…

and I’m back…. It’s been 4 weeks since I last posted ‘for fun’.  All the other posts since then have been Design Team projects.  I’m back today with a ‘just for fun’ project and some chit chat. First up, my project: Excuse my photos as I’m trying to maneuver a different DSLR than I usually

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Neat & Tangled Final Day of July Release: for you

Click HERE for CASE Study #200! Yay!   Today is the final day of the Neat & Tangled Release Week!  Today we are featuring the Punchinella stamp & Punchinella. All the new sets and accessories are available in the shop!  Here’s a peek at the entire release: Gifts for You Sailmates A Long Time Ago

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Case Study 200: orange you glad

Click HERE for the Final Day of the Neat & Tangled July Release …and I’m back with Week 3 Guesting over at CASE Study! In case you missed it, I’m guesting along with Awesome Tenia Nelson!  This month’s muse is the FABulous  Shari Carroll! How awesome that this is the 200th challenge!  So thrilled to be a

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Neat & Tangled July Release Day 3: It’s been eons!

Have you been enjoying the Neat & Tangled new release so far? Today we are featuring: Time Warp + A Long Time Ago Both sets have been designed by Miriam Prantner! cardstock:  pti & upcycled kraft  stamps:  neat & tangled time warp/a long time ago  ink:  zing white Time Warp is an approx 3 x

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Curtain Call: anything goes!

Post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for day 2 of the Neat & Tangled July Release! paper:  mme lucky love stamps:  technique tuesday with flair  ink:  hero arts hues  other:  dcwv cork, pinking circles dies Today marks the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge 1st Anniversary! What a fabulous year it has been! Let’s celebrate with an Anything

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Neat & Tangled July Release Day 2: Sailmates

Post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the Curtain Call 1st Anniversary Party! Today’s featured set is Sailmates If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know how much I ADORE nautical stuff! paper:  carta bella ahoy there  stamps:  neat & tangled sailmates  other:  divine twine air mail If you

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Neat & Tangled July Release Day 1: Gifts for You + New Sequins!

hello & welcome to the Neat & Tangled July Release Week! Today we are featuring a new stamp set called Gifts for You This set was designed by Pamela Ho! We’re also showcasing a new Sequin Mix:  Pink Lemonade! Here’s how I was inspired by by today’s new releases: stamps:  neat & tangled gifts for

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Create a Smile Blog Hop!

click HERE for my CASE Study Guest Designer Post. Click HERE for my Whisker Graphics project. Welcome to the Create A Smile First Release Blog Hop! I’m so thrilled to be Guest Hopper! Create a Smile is a new stamp company in town, located in Germany!   When Christine Drogt started illustrating and sharing images with friends,

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Whisker Graphics: Thinking of You set

post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for this week’s CASE Study! Hello!! Today’s my day over on the Whisker Graphics Blog!   I had a ton of fun combining Whisker Graphics/Divine Twine with my Simon Says Stamp July Kit! I’ve been enjoying using the Middy Bitty Bag as envelopes for my projects.  They

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The Creative Blog Hop

Please click HERE for my Virginia’s View Challenge post. Please click HERE for my Curtain Call Lovely Leaves post. By now you have likely heard of The Creative Blog Hop and today I am here to share my story with you. Michele Ferguson (I Card Everyone) tagged me last week in her blog post HERE. I

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Virginia’s View Challenge #7: …and away we go…

Please click HERE for my Creative Blog Hop post. Please click HERE for my Curtain Call Lovely Leaves post. So excited to be a Guest Designer for Virginia’s View Challenge #7 Pattern Paper I love pattern AND color….always have and always will. I wanted to feature 2 cards that use paper from the same collection,

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☀☀ walking on sunshine ☀☀

Following in the lovely Chrissy Larson’s footsteps, I had Walking on Sunshine on my mind while making this project: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  recollections ikat background, butterfly reflections ink/head in the clouds/over the rainbow  ink:  hero arts hues, a muse/blackberry, hero arts dauber/butter cup  other:  paper accents vellum, whisker graphics black horizontal stripe middy bag, pebbles

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so sweet of you.

Here’s today’s card: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  stampin’ up/hello there    ink:  hero arts hues  fresh ink refills/tangerine/pumpkin & lemonade  other:  label from stampin’ up calypso coral celebration add on kit, embossing paste, memory box stencil We have a friendly challenge toss, so to speak.  Kimberly, Tonya and I have been challenging each other to use our Stampin’

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Crafty News!

        I’m super thrilled to announce that I’m continuing on the   2014 -2015 Chickaniddy Crafts Team   I’m super grateful for the opportunity to play with Heidi’s new collections! Make sure you stop by the Chickaniddy Crafts blog to see the NEW Design Team!  I’m looking forward to working with the

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cool priority mail

Here’s a quick card I whipped together while crafting with Kate & Kimberly last weekend: I was smart to pack my neglected Simon Says Stamp kits…I didn’t have to spend time picking out cardstock and pattern paper! All supplies are from the July kit! This fits perfectly with CAS●ology Letter and this week over on the

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Create a Smile Guestie: sending sunshine

This is my last week of guesting at create a smile This card is up on the Create a Smile blog today! This is such a clean & simple card.  I love the mix of the card base, which is a Fabriano teamed up with silver glitter paper.  The contrast between the italian paper and

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sweet summer treats!

Here in the Pacific Northwest we have been having an usually warm summer.  Quite frankly, I’m spoiled by our milder temperatures and know that I could never survive the seasons that the east coast and the south has. If I was about 30 years younger, I’d have mass quantities of ice cream to help me

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Chickaniddy: August

I wanted to share my August Chickaniddy projects on my blog. My first project assignment was Back to School This card that reminds me of a fancier note that you’d pass to your school crush: Supplies:  Date Night Paper (DN14OS08, DN14OS07)  Date Night Stickers (DN14EB02)  Enamel Hearts (DN14EB07) All the papers are from the Date

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