Let it snow.

I had wanted to make a whole lot more Christmas cards for last year.  I certainly bought way more holiday supplies than I ever had in the past.  Well, sadly there are several things that are horribly neglected….. Jingle Belles’ first challenge for 2016 is Something Old AND Something New!  PERFECT challenge for me.   Big

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Seasons Givings Blog Hop

Post 1 of 2…click here for my Reverse Confetti SFYTT So thrilled to be part of Latisha’s Seasons Givings Blog Hop for the 4th year!  You should have arrived from Lori Craig’s blog!  I’m sure that Lori has some awesome eye candy for you!!! If you didn’t pop over here from Lori’s, you’ll want to start at the beginning

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Happy New Year: Reverse Confetti SFYTT

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my Seasons Giving Blog Hop post (giveaways!) Hello and Happy New Year!   I’ve made a resolution to make more birthday cards in 2016!  I don’t know about you, but I’m always scurrying around last minute to make birthday cards.  Don’t know why, I’ve always been that

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Everything is going to be okay.

Happy New Years Eve!   If you didn’t know, Verve is super awesome about offering up free digi’s during the Coffee Lovers Blog Hops♡  Their last one was excellent and I finally had a chance to play with them.  I was super inspired by The Paper Baker’s designs, she made them big!  I followed her

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from me to you…

Hello!  I’m up on the Neat & Tangled blog with a quick trio of cards! Here’s a peek at my supplies: Heart of Gold Nice & Neat Die Happy Holidays Stamp Set I can’t wait until you check out my New Years cards…pop over HERE.

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Reverse Confetti 2016

I’m super excited to continue on the Reverse Confetti Confetti Crew going into 2016! Lots of new products are coming to the shop soon…our next release is January 8th!  We are moving to monthly releases! Have you had a chance to link up to the December SFYTT?! I thought it was a great idea to

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Papertrey Ink December Blog Hop: May Your Cup Runneth Over

I wasn’t going to hop today but woke up early enough to whip a card together for the Papertrey Ink December Blog Hop!  Isn’t this month’s inspiration gorgeous?  I’m always a fan of the black chalkboard technique.  If I have enough time today, I’d like to experiment with my new Acryla Gouche. So I was

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valentine

Today’s card brings us into Valentine’s Day!  Have you seen Hero Arts’ 2016 Valentine’s Collection? I always enjoy the transition from the holidays to valentine’s….I love to use ‘non-traditional’ colors so today’s heart is blue!  I used the Floral Heart Stamp & Cut by Lia: I  love how delicate the heart is with all the

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‘Tis the Season: Blog Candy Winners

Hello Hello! I’m back again with guess what?!  Yes, coffee cards…I’m in such a coffee mode, I thought, why not? cardstock:  recollections/110/white, papertrey ink kraft  paper:  pink paislee merry & bright, basic grey juniper berry  stamps: reverse confetti caffeinated cups/seasonal sentiments  ink:  memento tuxedo, fresh ink chocolate + cocoa  other:  reverse confetti tag me too/caffeinated

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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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