Butterfly Reflections Ink Guest designer: my friend

So, today wraps up my Guest Designer gig at Butterfly Reflections Ink.   I have thoroughly enjoyed myself….Vanessa is awesome and I’m so thankful for her. Here’s a project I literally whipped up before leaving for Japan.  Yup, the kids and I will be returning from a lovely trip to Japan today. Isn’t the Avery

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Winnie & Walter Leading Lady Take Four & Giveaway!

I’m back with Take Four.  I can’t believe this is my final day as the Winnie & Walter March Guest Designer!  I wanted to give a BIG shout out for Julie & Shay for their kindness and generosity!  I have thoroughly enjoyed myself….Winnie & Walter products are FABulous♡ Today’s theme:  this ‘n that Here on

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neat & tangled: crafting is my jam

Hello! I was up in the Neat & Tangled blog the other day but wanted to share my card over here. Neat & Tangled and Cosmo Cricket recently did a collaboration.  We had the opportunity to use their new Just Add Watercolor paper.  It’s pretty glorious, that’s what is my background panel. I fussy cut

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Butterfly Reflections Ink: things that go together

I’ve been having so much fun being the March Guestie at Butterfly Reflections Ink! I couldn’t resist picking up the Avery Elle set: We Go Together clear stamps I teamed it up with the Pebbles 6×6 pad We Go Together Can you see the frosting on the donut?  I’ve added glossy accents to it. The

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curtain call – jelly bean: just a note

There’s still time to join us Curtain Call – Jelly Bean photo source: color.romanuke.com I combined one of my favorite paper collections, Dear lizzy/Neapolitan with Reverse Confetti! paper:  dear lizzy neapolitan  stamps:  reverse confetti/lots to say  ink:  memento tuxedo  other:  reverse confetti more than jelly beans/double banner garland confetti cuts, pink felt/impress, misc button, solid white

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Winnie & Walter Leading Lady Take Three & Giveaway!

…and I’m back with Take Three! Let’s get started, shall we?! Today’s theme:  One Sketch ● Three different Ways I was thrilled to see Winnie & Walter sponsoring AND playing along with the Sparkle & Shine Challenge I’m a sketch junkie so I thought it would be fun to work on three different projects inspired by

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Uniko Studio Challenge Guest Designer: Birthday Wishes

I’m thrilled to be guesting over at Uniko Studio Challenge!  Make sure you pop over to the Uniko Studio Blog to check out how the design team and my guestie teamie, Emily, was inspired! Challenge #19 Anything goes with optional sketch Yes!  I love sketch challenges! Here’s how I was inspired: I played with  Simply

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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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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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