Lunar New Year Challenge – January 2024

I’m super excited to join the brand new Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Rabbit ends on February 9th. The Year of the Dragon starts on February 10, 2024 and runs through January 28, 2025. For today’s new challenge post, I went with a general festivities theme, here’s how I was inspired: My

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Coffee for the Bright Side | Miss Ink Stamps

It’s Sunday and my day up on the Miss Ink Stamps blog. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: I combined the following sets: Check out the Miss Ink Stamps blog for more photos! Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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January Release IG Hop | Pretty Pink Posh

Did you catch the Pretty Pink Posh New Release Blog Hop last week? There is so much gorgeous inspiration, you won’t want to miss out. Today is the final day of the Pretty Pink Posh New Release IG Hop! I’m so excited to be participating today and wanted to share my project here on my blog. I’ll also

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Absolutely Awesome | Hero Arts

Hey, I’m back with another project for the #StayCraftyChallenge on the Hero Arts blog. Here’s how I was inspired: My project features: The old is the Absolutely Awesome sentiment. It is from the Spring 2015. I love the mix of fonts and of course the sentiment itself. It has been heat embossed in white on

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You Warm My Heart | Pretty Pink Posh

Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: I’m featuring the following Pretty Pink Posh products: I used Lawn Fawn White stencil paste. The Concord & 9th cardstock I used: The sentiment has been

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With Love | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: This is going into my Galentine Day pile. Yellow roses symbolizes friendship. Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65.

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Peace + Coffee | Newton’s Nook Designs

A couple different challenges inspired this project: Inky Paws Challenge The Card Concept – I was inspired by: I designed a ‘Clean + Layered’ project. This project, it was so hard to photog because I kept losing the tone on tone stenciling! Here are the Newton’s Nook Designs products that I’m featuring: I used Gold

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I’m here for you | Coffee Loving Cardmakers

Please click HERE to jump to the Pretty Pink Posh – September Blog Hop post. I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek of my project that I’m sharing: For all the details, please hop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. Affiliate links at no extra

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Feel Better Soon | Concord & 9th

Over the past couple of days I’ve been playing with the Concord & 9th – Don’t Forget set that I picked up from Doodlebugswa. Today I’m sharing this project that features: I had fun with the Concord & 9th Rose Gold foil paper. I added 3 bracelets and 1 stacking ring. My Concord & 9th

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bring on the merry!

…and I’m back with another holiday card. cardstock:  pti white/black, bazzill neon  stamps:  reverse confetti/bring on the merry  ink:  zing white, wplus9 white  other:  paper smooches poinsettia die, mme washi, yns gold nugget gum drop  So, I didn’t craft at all yesterday {gasp!}.  I played with Katie, we went to a pretty fun crafty garage

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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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