October Edition + Guest Designer | Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to add the winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Yay Greta! Please note the 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 will win this brand new

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Capy Holiday Duo | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: For ease of creating, I used the same layout for both cards and changed up the color palette. The Little Capybara Agenda images are perfect for the Lawn Fawn Snow Globe Scenes! Each of the snow globe interiors has a

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Sending Smiles | Reverse Confetti

I absolutely LOVE it when I’m inspired by a challenge. Have you checked out the current Color Hues Challenge? It was Julie from their DT that inspired me with her project HERE. Honestly I have loads of stamps and dies so I probably tend to stick with the same sets or manufacturers. When I spotted

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Ho Ho Ho ala Gnome Style | Miss Ink Stamps

It’s Sunday and my day up on the Miss Ink Stamps blog. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: The pattern paper is retired by Chickniddy Crafts. The embellishment is by Heidi Swapp. Hop over to the Miss Ink Stamps blog for all the details. Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to

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Winter on Main Street – more sneaks | Catherine Pooler

Catherine Pooler has a new collection, Winter on Main Street! Did you miss the YouTube Live for the gorgeous new Metallic Collection? Check out the replay HERE. It’s totally worth the watch, Catherine and Erika show off the inks and answer a ton of questions. I have some sneaks of the inks from my earlier

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Spooktacular | Ellen Hutson LLC

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 products by Ellen Hutson LLC: My Distress Oxide combo by #KristinasOxideCombos The sentiments have been stamped in Concord & 9th – Parsley

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Winter on Main Street | Catherine Pooler

Catherine Pooler has a new collection that is sneaking starting today! Make sure you check out their YouTube Live today at noon eastern. I’m sneaking some peeks at their new Metallic Ink release: I combined the new inks with the previously released Evergreen Woods stamp + die. The first two layers of the trees have

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Favorite Go To Tool

A couple days ago I had this as a giveaway over on instagram. I asked what your favorite go to tool was and wanted to share the results: The total number of comments was 122, here’s how it broke down: The rest are 1% or 2% unless otherwise noted: Pretty interesting, right? I’ve linked up

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Friend | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I’ve been loving the newest Sunny Studio Stamps release. It’s packed with cuteness. Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65.

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‘Tis the Season | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #22 – Reminder

We’re still going strong over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Miss Ink Stamps is our sponsor for the month of October: For the details about the challenge, please visit the challenge post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: This month’s theme is: Gnomes I’m featuring the following products from our sponsor Miss Ink Stamps:

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Chickaniddy: August

I wanted to share my August Chickaniddy projects on my blog. My first project assignment was Back to School This card that reminds me of a fancier note that you’d pass to your school crush: Supplies:  Date Night Paper (DN14OS08, DN14OS07)  Date Night Stickers (DN14EB02)  Enamel Hearts (DN14EB07) All the papers are from the Date

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good coffee…great friends.

Today I’m super excited to spend time with some crafty friends (Kate & Kimberly)!  I’m crossing my fingers that I actually get some crafting done…and perhaps start on my holiday cards! So here’s today’s card: cardstock:  neenah, stampin’ up lost lagoon  paper:  stampin’ up  stamps:  taylored expressions/joe to go  ink:  hero arts hues, sharpie pen

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calypso thanks.

thanks. paper:  stampin’ up calypso coral celebration add on kit  stamps:  paper smooches sentiment sampler  ink:  fresh ink charcoal  other:  stampin’ up banner dies, doily Isn’t that ‘thanks’ perfect?  I love that font from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler. I’ve been smitten with:  3 x 5.5 inch cards coral gold grey banners How lucky am I

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Curtain Call Tropical Trip Reminder: Keep Calm

paper:  authentique/anchored  other:  solid red divine twine, studio calico veneer, reverse confetti/confetti cuts/office edges, crop-a-dile There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Tropical Trip!  You have until August 25th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project! I was inspired by the colors of the photo and translated a

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Create a Smile Guestie: peace

post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for Chickaniddy Crafts. Hello! Happy Wednesday! This is my 3rd week as a Guest Designer over at create a smile I knew I wanted to play with the Jungle Fever set, specifically the Star Gazer Lily image: cardstock:  pti, strathmore watercolor, paper accents vellum  stamps:  create a

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hello.

I’m no tag’nista like Erin but love the look of them AND bonus points that they are typically less time consuming than cards: cardstock:  chickaniddy crafts goldie lox paper:  chickaniddy crafts date night/spiffy tags/together is better  other:  technique tuesday hello die, chickaniddy crafts date night illustration stickers, bright white twine divine twine, whisker graphics kraft

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congratulations!

So happy when Beverly Brown contacted me about a Surprise Bridal Party linky event she was coordinating for Ren-Yi.    I met Ren-Yi through the bloggie world and was on the Little Tangles Design Team.   I actually had the opportunity to meet up with Ren-Yi the first time the kids & I visited NYC.

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with enough coffee anything is possible…

Hello, my name is Amy and I’m addicted to coffee. Not only do I like to consume coffee, I like to buy all things coffee crafty related.    I love this set! hero arts need caffeine I’m going to stamp the ‘Low Battery’ image on the outside of the envelope! Do you see the Basic

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