Hero Arts: Holiday Florals Thank You’s

Good Morning!  I’m trying to make up a small stash of holiday thank you’s for my kids to send out.  These feature the Hero Arts Holiday Florals Bold Prints: I teamed it up with the Snowflake Tag Fancy Die and a sentiment from the Thank You Messages set.  Love the intricate cuts of the Snowflake

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Hero Arts: You brighten up my day!

To those that celebrate, Happy Christmas Eve!  I whipped up this card but had a heck of a time with the photography!  I blame the sunlight (we don’t see the stuff very often). The other day I shared a card on the Hero Arts blog using a sentiment from Fun in the Rain set.  Well,

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Reverse Confetti: a warm hello

Hello and Happy Saturday!  I whipped this card up as I wait for the kids to get ready.  We’re braving the shopping today! I decided to design with the Cool Friend set! I colored him with copics and teamed him up with the Cheerful & Kind 6×6.    Love it with the Lime Green + Mist

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Sponsor Solo with STAMPlorations

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog with the Sponsor Solo feature.  I’m chatting with Shery of STAMPlorations!  Here’s a peek of one of my two cards that I’m sharing.  Shery’s sharing and so is some of the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s Design Team! I’d love for you to pop over to the blog and

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Hero Arts: Warm Wishes

Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today!  I’m sharing a Valentine’s Day card that could easily be a Holiday Card.  I sadly did not get all the cards out for the holidays that I had planned so I hope to make up for it with Valentine’s Day designs!   Here are my supplies: Affiliate

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Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge – Pines

The Curtain Call Challenge is raising its final curtain! This is the last challenge and I’ve been invited back as an alumni DT member! It always makes me sad when a challenge closes its doors but I totally get it. I personally appreciate all the work that goes into them. Okay, here’s how I was

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #11 – International Tea Day

Wow, I can’t believe it is the final day of the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  We’re going out with a bang as we celebrate International Tea Day! Here’s how I was inspired: Today’s card features the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps -combo/Stamp/Die Coffee or Tea set.  Isn’t it beautiful?  I teamed it up with Authentique’s

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #9 – Fa La La

Good Morning!  It’s the final day of the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  Have you linked up yet?!  There are 80 Super Sponsors + TONS of inspiration! Today’s card features Reverse Confetti, one of the Super Sponsors for the hop! I really am a clean + simple designer.  Funny, I don’t feel that way as I

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Hero Arts 2018 Valentine’s Collection Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to the Hero Arts 2018 Valentine’s Collection Blog Hop!  Today is the reveal of the Valentine’s Day products in the Hero Arts online store!  You should have arrived here from my teamie, Janette Kausen’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Hero Arts blog. Hero Arts

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #7 – From the same flock

Did you have an awesome National Cocoa Day?!  I sure did!  Loved seeing all the gorgeous projects linked up in the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop gallery! Today I have a fun card that mixes a couple different sets from Technique Tuesday: My newest addition is Nerdy Bird…so cute! Technique Tuesday is a fabulous Super

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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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holiday cheer

So on World Card Making Day I had some crafty girls come over to help me celebrate! Lisa shared Sam E. Snowman with us and I had a ball with him: cardstock:  pti, michael’s card base  other:  a jillian vance/sam e. snowman,  paper smooches sentiment, memory box texture disperse Gah, look at his sweet face!

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oh yes, you did!

So, who has a card making hangover? LOL Lotsa fun yesterday, hope you were able to get crafty for World Card Making Day! Today, Darin & I are hoping to get out on a flight.  I always love to go to Friday Harbor, but we’ll see where we end up! It’s no secret that I

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sending you a latte thanks.

Happy World Card Making Day!!! So, today is my wrap up for my National Coffee Week.  I’ve had so much fun featuring some of my favorite coffee stamps.  Truthfully, the week barely made a dent in my coffee inventory.  I have several more coffee stamp sets on my wish list after the spectacular Coffee Lovers

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oh, hello.

Hello and Happy Friday! We’re up to day 6 of 7 here in coffee land. I have a card that I made speedy quick: cardstock:  pti  paper:  studio calico/brighton pier, paper accents vellum  stamps:  reverse confetti/be a barista/forever fall   ink:  hero arts hues, copics, zing white  other:  circle die Thanks to Lisa Henke for

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