July Edition – throwback | Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner. I used random.org to pick the winner: Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, August 27th. 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

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Spring in Kyoto – Kokeshi Happy Birthday | Spellbinders

Thank you to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me some products to play with. Here’s how I was inspired today: Today’s project features the following Spellbinders product from the Spring in Kyoto by Alex Syberia Designs: I also used these Spellbinder products: I couldn’t wait to use some of the papers in the Your

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Happy Hour | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: I ended up with a twofer. Here’s the first one: This one is a bit skinnier than a standard A2 – 3.50 x 5.50. I wanted the drinks and fruit clustered closer. I remembered that there are general drink type sentiments in the Spellbinders

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Farm Fresh | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Did you know that the new Boughs of Joy Release is 20% off and all past Christmas items are 20% – 70% off through July 31st! Just type in ‘Christmas’ in the search window! These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today: I added some chunky glitter on the Evergreen trees.

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Believe | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. Did you know that the new Boughs of Joy Release is 20% off and all past Christmas items are 20% – 70% off through July 31st! Just type

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July Release – Day Five + Guest Designer | Hero Arts

Four fantastic collections have hit the Hero Arts store: I’m sharing two new cards that I designed featuring the new Summer by the Shore: I’m shakin’ things up with my first card! This collection is gorgeous and a favorite of mine! This card features: The Scattered Shells uses a Bellini cardbase and Apricot BetterPress Ink.

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Splash | Papertrey Ink

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: pool rings I was inspired by the pool theme. My card features the following Papertrey Ink products: I used the following Concord & 9th cardstocks: I used the following Concord & 9th inks: I can’t wait to see how my

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Tis the Season | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Have you hopped along with us yet? The Brass & Bliss Craft Co Boughs of Joy Release is now in the shop and 20% off. I have the direct links to each hop stop at the end of this post. There are two $50 Brass & Bliss Craft Co Gift Cards up for grabs. Leave

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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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