Happiness | Unity Stamp Co

When I saw the Unity Stamp Co – Doodled Dog Delight background, I knew that I needed to have it. Check out all those pups! I love the font on the ‘Wet Nose’ sentiment. Since I cut the heart from the main panel, I knew I couldn’t just toss it or squirrel it away: My

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Santa Paws | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Just a reminder about the changes to the challenge: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: The team is featuring the theme Snowflake. How does that inspire you? I’m sharing two

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Friend | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Tea Time I was inspired by both the photo, colors and textures. My card features the following products: I struggled with this card for a while. I really wanted to use a pair of the mittens like in the inspiration

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Lunar New Year Challenge | January 2025

We’re back with the January Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Rabbit ended on February 9th. The Year of the Dragon started on February 10, 2024 and runs through January 28, 2025. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I

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Happy New Year’s Eve | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: The Tea Blossom embossing folder is definitely doing a bit of peek-a-boo. I originally thought of doing a red and aqua combo but then I started adding pink and green. This would be easy to mass produce thanks to the

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December Edition | Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner. I used random.org to pick the winner: Yay Congrats! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a US mailing address has two choices to pick from, they

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Bring on the Cake | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: My overall color palette is thanks to Concord & 9th: This would be easy to mass produce thanks to the stencils! The sentiment has been heat embossed in white. Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders

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Let’s Party | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! I’m sharing a project that is a multitasking one. I decided to just create two of the same. These are actually for my 2025 stash. They were inspired by the new Inspired by Challenge: I was inspired by both the photo and the sketch! My cards feature the following products

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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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