Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #6 – National Cocoa Day Part II

Happy National Cocoa Day!  I’m back with another cocoa card for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Here’s how I was inspired: I’m featuring the Unity Stamp Co Mittens, Cocoa and Hearts stamp.  I did the chalkboard technique with a stitched circle.  I snuck in a sentiment from STAMPlorations – Caffeinated Christmas. I was inspired

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #5 – National Cocoa Day!

Hello!  We’re on Day Six of the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  Today we are celebrating National Cocoa Day!  You’re going to want to check out the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog for all kinds of Cocoa Inspiration! Here’s a project from me for today: I’m featuring Right at Home’s Cup of Joy stamps + coordinating dies! 

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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #4 : Happy Birthday Jen!

I’m back with my 4th project for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  I’m a bit behind on how many projects I would have liked to have linked up by now…life gets in the way of crafty goodness.  That’s okay, yesterday I spent most of the day with a bunch of crafty friends and we

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Fa la la la – Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #3

We’re on Day Three of the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  I’m popping in super quick to share my card with you! I’ve been smitten with all the Llama goodness out there.  Check out the Neat and Tangled’s super cute Fa La Llama !  I teamed it up with the adorable Beary Merry!  All of the images

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CAS-ual Fridays: Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 1 – post 2

Hello!  This is my second hop post for today!  I was so thrilled when Michele Gross of CAS-ual Fridays Stamps reached out to me about a super special release just for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Here’s how I played with Peace, Love & Coffee: I love it when designers stamp out multiple images

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Reverse Confetti December Blog Hop!

Today is the 8th of the month which means the Reverse Confetti Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Heather Hoffman’s awesome blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the fun which is the Reverse Confetti blog! This month Laurel Seabrook as our ‘Fetti Friend!   I had so much fun designing my project.  I have

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Happy Birthday Lisa!

I’m happily a part of a group of friends that are all from the Pacific Northwest that celebrate each other birthdays!  Today we’re celebrating the lovely Lisa Lara’s  Birthday!  I’m the start of the Happy Birthday Hop!   Lisa, we miss you!  It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten together with Lisa but thankfully we have FB!  Lisa

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SugarPea Designs Mix It Up Challenge #38: Coffee

Check out the newest SugarPea Designs Mix it Up Challenge!  Anything goes, that’s easy, right?!   Play with the sketch or the inspiration photo, or a bit of both!  You have all month to play along with us!   One randomly selected winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs store. However, if the

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Hero Arts December My Monthly Hero Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Today is the day!  The Hero Arts December My Monthly Hero kit is now AVAILABLE! You should have arrived here from the awesome Lydia Fiedler’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Hero Arts blog!   Remember that you can now SUBSCRIBE to receive the kit monthly and never miss one!   The Main Kit Kit

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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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