The Hero Arts Valentine’s Collection is Here!

Hello Hello!!  The Hero Arts 2016 Valentine’s Collection is now available!  We’re hopping and sharing some of the new products!  You should have arrived here from the wonderful Mariana’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the Hero Arts Blog. Today I have 3 cards to share!  I had so much fun playing with the

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Happy Birthday Diana!!!

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Creative Hop I’m thrilled to be a part of a Special Birthday Blog Hop for Diana of the Latina Crafter!   The Design Team, Alumni, Illustrators and me….are celebrating Diana!  You should have arrived the Latina Crafter Blog.  If you get lost along the

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Reverse Confetti December Creative Hop!

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Special Birthday Hop for Diana of the Latina Crafter! Today is the eighth of the month which means a Reverse Confetti December Creative Hop!  We are sharing ABC Projects (Anything but a Card)!  Make sure you comment along the way for a chance to win a $15

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Happy Birthday Lisa!

source:  http://bit.ly/1RcRBEw If you’ve been following me for a smidge, you know that I get together regularly with a group of  gals and we eat, chat, laugh, craft (repeat).  I truly feel grateful for these friends because I know that there are a lot of bloggers that don’t have crafty people that live close to

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warm wishes

This card is long overdue…I’ve had this awesome kit and just haven’t had the time to play with it: cardstock:  recollections/110/white  stamps:  create a smile/coffee first  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics other:  create a smile/snow dance kit, create a smile/cool cuts/stacked pierced banenrs, recollections glitter cardstock, impress red pom Sadly, this kit is SOLD out

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One Sip

Here’s a card that I whipped up today! cardstock:  stampin’ up crumb cake/gumball green , recollections/white/110  paper:  crate paper peppermint, mme now & then  stamps:  mft stay cool  ink:  ranger archival black, distress ink walnut stain  other:  stampin’ up stitched felt snowflake, mft die-namics cool cup, corner chomper It’s a Peppermint Mocha Frap! Life has

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Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello Hello!  I’m super thrilled to be part of Taheerah’s Advent Calendar Extravaganza! Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are over 60 special guests – each serving up some fantastic

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CASEplorations: Coffee {santa’s little helper}

Happy December!!! I’m thrilled to be featured on the STAMPlorations blog for their CASEplorations challenge: If you’ve been following me, you know that I’m a huge STAMPlorations fan.  I was a guestie back in November 2014 and I designed this card: It features the the Vignette:  Eat Drink Be Merry set. I cased my overall

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jolly holiday wishes

Looking for Cyber Monday Sales?  Click HERE. Happy Monday…I think this is one of the toughest Monday’s on the calendar.  Having multiple days off in a row, heavily concentrated eating + shopping….it’s best to go back to work so that I get away from the online shopping and eating 🙂 I have a couple cards

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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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