Santa Fuel | Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: Today I’m featuring a card that showcases the Yule Fuel Collection. These are the products I used: *Previously released I may have been chuckling when I was putting this together. I originally stenciled a background but it was too busy for me so I decided

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Hi | A Colorful Life Designs

Happy World Cardmaking Day! I’m excited to be a guest designer for the month of October for A Colorful Life Designs. I’ll be sharing projects throughout the next couple of weeks. Here’s how I was inspired today: These are the A Colorful Life Designs products I used: The definition of bauhaus? This is compliments of

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Yule Fuel | Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: Today I’m featuring new projects that showcase the Yule Fuel Collection. Here’s my first card: These are the products I used: I decided to go clean and simple. The base is Spellbinders Poppy ColorWheel. The stamps have been stamped onto Blush ColorWheel with Cherry Hero

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Fall | Pretty Pink Posh

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: ice cream cones I was inspired by Fall theme… My card features the following products by Pretty Pink Posh: The cardstock and paper: I generally take the literal crafty translation of the inspiration photo but I didn’t have the elements

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Drink Coffee | Coffee Loving Papercrafters

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog sharing this card that features JessicaLynnOriginal.com. Hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog for all the details. Some links maybe affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Joy Peace & Love | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #46

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! This month is the start of a couple changes to the challenge: Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Catherine Pooler Designs: * on SALE! The inks I used: I can’t

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Thank You | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Do you remember this photo? I share this design last week: This is what I came up for this week: I love to add gold glitter to my designs. I feel like it steps it up a smidge, makes it fancier. These butterflies are

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National Coffee Day | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Happy National Coffee Day! We’re celebrating with an Insta-Hop that starts over on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters IG! This is how I was inspired for today’s festivities: Brass & Bliss Craft Co is one of 18 Super Sponsors that are joining in the fun! Each hop stop has a prize. My card features: The Coffee

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Hello There | Altenew Ambassador + Sale Code!

Thanks to my friends at Altenew for sending me a box of goodies! Check out how it inspired me: My card features: I used the Fine Woodgrain on kraft cardstock with dark brown ink. It was a bit too much for the look I was going for so I used the Fine Woodgrain with Bisque

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September Release | Miss Ink Stamps

Today is the Miss Ink Stamps release! There are so many amazing new products in the shop, make sure you check it out. My card for today features:▪ It’s All Relative – stamps▪ Latte Love | stencil▪ Brewtiful | stamps I love this set! We have several scientists in the family including my girl, my

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happy blooming birthday

Back to work…I’ve had the last 6 days off! Here’s a clean & graphic card: The bloom & sentiment are from the Stampin’ Up Flower Patch set.  It’s photopolymer and has coordinating dies.  Have I mentioned my new love for Stampin’ Up?   I stamped the bloom with Distress Ink/Crushed Olive and then used a

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Curtain Call Lovely Leaves: So Very Blessed

Please click HERE for my Virginia’s View Challenge post. Please click HERE for my Creative Blog Hop post. It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! I was inspired by: the colors leaves = fall = thankful Did you know that Neat & Tangled is now selling “Nice and Neat Dies“?!!! I used the A

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The Creative Blog Hop

Please click HERE for my Virginia’s View Challenge post. Please click HERE for my Curtain Call Lovely Leaves post. By now you have likely heard of The Creative Blog Hop and today I am here to share my story with you. Michele Ferguson (I Card Everyone) tagged me last week in her blog post HERE. I

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Virginia’s View Challenge #7: …and away we go…

Please click HERE for my Creative Blog Hop post. Please click HERE for my Curtain Call Lovely Leaves post. So excited to be a Guest Designer for Virginia’s View Challenge #7 Pattern Paper I love pattern AND color….always have and always will. I wanted to feature 2 cards that use paper from the same collection,

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☀☀ walking on sunshine ☀☀

Following in the lovely Chrissy Larson’s footsteps, I had Walking on Sunshine on my mind while making this project: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  recollections ikat background, butterfly reflections ink/head in the clouds/over the rainbow  ink:  hero arts hues, a muse/blackberry, hero arts dauber/butter cup  other:  paper accents vellum, whisker graphics black horizontal stripe middy bag, pebbles

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so sweet of you.

Here’s today’s card: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  stampin’ up/hello there    ink:  hero arts hues  fresh ink refills/tangerine/pumpkin & lemonade  other:  label from stampin’ up calypso coral celebration add on kit, embossing paste, memory box stencil We have a friendly challenge toss, so to speak.  Kimberly, Tonya and I have been challenging each other to use our Stampin’

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Crafty News!

        I’m super thrilled to announce that I’m continuing on the   2014 -2015 Chickaniddy Crafts Team   I’m super grateful for the opportunity to play with Heidi’s new collections! Make sure you stop by the Chickaniddy Crafts blog to see the NEW Design Team!  I’m looking forward to working with the

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cool priority mail

Here’s a quick card I whipped together while crafting with Kate & Kimberly last weekend: I was smart to pack my neglected Simon Says Stamp kits…I didn’t have to spend time picking out cardstock and pattern paper! All supplies are from the July kit! This fits perfectly with CAS●ology Letter and this week over on the

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Create a Smile Guestie: sending sunshine

This is my last week of guesting at create a smile This card is up on the Create a Smile blog today! This is such a clean & simple card.  I love the mix of the card base, which is a Fabriano teamed up with silver glitter paper.  The contrast between the italian paper and

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sweet summer treats!

Here in the Pacific Northwest we have been having an usually warm summer.  Quite frankly, I’m spoiled by our milder temperatures and know that I could never survive the seasons that the east coast and the south has. If I was about 30 years younger, I’d have mass quantities of ice cream to help me

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