One Cup at a Time | Stamp Simply

Hello! I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog as we continue to celebrate Coffee Week. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek of my project: For all the details, please hop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog! Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Coffee Helps | Close to My Heart

We’re back with a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: Happy National Coffee Day! I love this week’s inspiration photo! Honestly, this card came together so quickly. I’m featuring Close to My Heart’s – Coffee Helps set. Pssst – make sure

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Anita Jeram + Big & Bold Halloween Release | Colorado Craft

I’m excited to be a part of the Colorado Craft Company – Anita Jeram + Big & Bold Halloween Release!  You should have arrived here from Angelica Conrad’s, if not, start at the Colorado Craft Company Blog. Leave a comment on all participating designer posts for a chance to win plus:  Be sure to hop along with us and

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Eat More Hole Foods | Poppystamps

I’m back with a reminder about the September Poppystamps challenge: It’s an Anything Goes challenge! Here’s how I was inspired: I’m such a fan of the Whittles collection! I teamed up the Whittle Donut with the Life is Sweet stamp set. The background is the beautiful Penelope Pinpoint Frame. My card was inspired by the

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Grateful | Lawn Fawn

Fall is my favorite season, how about you? I’ve been trying to use some of my older supplies and Lawn Fawn stuff is always cute. I’ll be honest, I don’t have a ton of the older Lawn Fawn sets. I’ve been slowly collecting those. I’ve combined: Happy Harvest Our Friendship Grows Scripty Autumn Sentiments All

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National Coffee Week

It’s National Coffee Week over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. It’s all building up to the National Coffee Day hop on Thursday, September 29th. This is an industry traditional hop, lots of Super Sponsors and giveaways. There is no link up for this one. I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog with my

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Fueled by Coffee | Essentials by Ellen

We’re back with a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: This week’s photo inspiration was a challenge for me. I was inspired by Laurel’s design and inked up the Ellen Hutson LLC’s – Leading Ladies – Cozy Lady. It looks like

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Fa La La Trees – Reverse Confetti | STAMPtember

YAY! Today is the reveal of Reverse Confetti’s Simon Says Stamp – STAMPtember set, Fa La La Trees! This set is a huge 6×8 filled with images and sentiments. It’s an optional two step set. My first card shows some of the images without their outlines. You could just use the outlines and copic color

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Witches Brew | Papertrey Ink

When I saw the Papertrey Ink Baseball T, I knew I could use a bunch of fun stamps with them. If someone didn’t really know me, they would probably think they were beer tees instead of coffee. So for those of you that want to whip up a card for the beer lovers in your

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September New Release IG Hop | Reverse Confetti

Today is the DAY! The Reverse Confetti September New Release is now in the shop! We’re celebrating with an INSTAGRAM hop. The fun starts over on the Reverse Confetti Instagram. Here’s a peek at my projects: I’m in Halloween mode! My Reverse Confetti supplies are linked at the bottom of this post. The cute jars

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such a perfect day

Fall inspired cards are definitely one of my favorites! I was in a local scrapbooking shop that is closing up shop.  I picked up some of the Carta Bella Perfect Autumn collection: paper:  carta bella/perfect autumn  stickers: carta bella/perfect autumn  other: mft die, melissa frances german glass glitter, stampin’ up veneer See that wooden element?

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Pink Power Blog Hop: Never underestimate the power of a woman.

Chaitali has rounded up some of her crafty friends to help spread BC awareness. This is a cause close to her heart after her mom was diagnosed with BC earlier this year. She designed the Pink Power set for her mom with a lot of love. She is sponsoring this hop with the set for the hop guests. We

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bring on the merry!

…and I’m back with another holiday card. cardstock:  pti white/black, bazzill neon  stamps:  reverse confetti/bring on the merry  ink:  zing white, wplus9 white  other:  paper smooches poinsettia die, mme washi, yns gold nugget gum drop  So, I didn’t craft at all yesterday {gasp!}.  I played with Katie, we went to a pretty fun crafty garage

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you are one of a kind

Before we know it, it’ll be November.  I’m trying to get in a Holiday State of Mind: So I picked up the Teresa Collins’ Something Wonderful 6×6 at Impress for 40% off.  It’s an awesome collection of papers!  I combined it with Paper Smooches’ Fresh Snow.  Something that I always forget to do is heat

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give thanks.

This is post 2 of 2…click HERE for my Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge If you know me, you know that I love a good challenge.  I don’t know what I would do without all the various challenge blogs out there.  It’s definitely overwhelming trying to keep up with everything.  Personally, I think challenges

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Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge: coffee and a good book

this is post 1 of 2…click HERE for my give thanks post Howdy! I’m having fun with the Your Next Stamp Design Team this month! Today, we’re playing along in the Fun Friday Challenge! You can play along using the sketch: or the Inspirational Photo: For all the challenge details, please check the YNS Challenge

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Fusion: You are my sunshine

post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Grateful post. Hello! Today is the start of a new Fusion Card Challenge: Super fun, right?! Today, I used the photo as my inspiration: cardbase:  michael’s  journal cards:  simple stories/a charmed life  other:  doodlebug enamel dots, canvas corp clothespin I used pieces from the Simple

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grateful.

post 1 of 2 for me today…Click HERE for my Fusion post. So, on Tuesday night I went to my last High School Open house.  It’s kind of weird to think of it that way.  My boy is a Senior this year. Wow.  This is the boy that wrote on his face with marker, gave

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Thankful

Hello!   Today is my day up on the Chickaniddy Crafts Blog! My assignment was to create a thankful card, and I had a ton of fun! Here’s a sneak peek: I’d love for you to pop over to the Chickaniddy Blog and say Hi!

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Curtain Call Smooch: You’re Lovely.

There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Smooch!  You have until October 10th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project! Our Super Sponsor is Paper Smooches I was super lucky to be able to play with Paper Smooches’ Blossoming Buds: This is definitely my favorite Paper Smooches Floral set.

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