Boughs of Joy Release IG Hop | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

We’re celebrating the new Brass & Bliss Craft Co release with an instagram hop! Here’s a peek at my project: 20% off all New Release items and all past Christmas items are 20% – 70% off through July 31st! INSTAGRAM HOP.The Brass and Bliss “Boughs of Joy” Release is live! We’re celebrating Christmas in July

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July Release – Day Four | 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: Let’s chat about the this card first! This collection is gorgeous and a favorite of mine! This card features: The Scattered Shells uses a Celestial cardbase and Coastal BetterPress Ink. I

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Take Care Friend | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: I started off with lilac A2 cardstock panel. This is actually my 2nd panel that I did for today’s project.  My first color combo was darker than I wanted.  These are the Distress Oxides I used for my card: Once you have your color

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July Release – Day Three | 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: Let’s chat about the this card first! This collection is gorgeous and a favorite of mine! This card features: The sentiment was heat embossed in Hero Arts Gold on Hero Hues

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A note of thanks | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out the Catherine Pooler – Studio Classics? They are celebrating 10 years and have a new Studio Classics collection. This card features the Flutters & Thanks Bundle: The Vine Perfection Background was stamped in Seafoam on white cardstock. Then Seafoam ink was gently blended on top of the stamping. I used the

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July Release – Day Two | Hero Arts

Four fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s Christmas in July! I’m sharing two new cards that I designed featuring the new Candy Cane Season Collection: Let’s chat about the this card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The stamping was done with these inks:

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July Release | Hero Arts

Four fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: It’s Christmas in July! I’m sharing two cards that I designed featuring the new Candy Cane Season Collection: Let’s chat about the shaker card first! This collection is PACKED with so many amazing products! This card features: The stamping was done with these inks: I

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North Pole Friends | 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 North Pole Friends Collection by Simon Hurley: I also used these Spellbinder products: Such a fun holiday set! Love the added glasses. Some links are

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12 Year Celebration IG Hop | Newton’s Nook Designs

Please note that this hop is on Instagram. I have the direct links to each stop below. Welcome to the Newton’s Nook Designs 12 Year Celebration Instagram Hop! Join us for a birthday party to celebrate 12 years of Newton’s Nook Designs! Each designer listed below has created a project featuring their NEW birthday products

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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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