Reverse Confetti August SFYTT: Mahalo

Happy August!  Today is the start of a brand new month and a brand new Reverse Confetti SFYTT! I had so much fun with this sketch!  I’m featuring the Mahalo stamp set + coordinating confetti cuts! Isn’t the True Love Paper fun?  I stamped the umbrella and the straw in Coral.  I took a fine tip

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Ellen Hutson LLC – United We Flourish – You had me at G’day!

I was so excited to be a Guest Designer over on the Ellen Hutson LLC – The CLASSroom blog last week.  I did want to share my project here on my blog too.   Introducing the adorable, G’Day Mate: Here’s a bit more information about the United We Flourish collection: Last November we began celebrating our 10th anniversary

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Hero Arts: Greetings from Seattle

If you didn’t know it before, I live in the lovely Pacific Northwest.  This has been home to me for most of my life and I do truly love it.  Today I’m featuring the Hero Arts CL835 Stamp Your Own Fruit and Kelly’s Seattle: We love our apples here, my personal fav is the Fuji

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Lemonade

So, have you seen the SugarPea Designs Pucker Up set…Oh so CUTE: I teamed it up with the Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles + Circles.  Minimal copic coloring and I added a panel from the It’s a Celebration Pattern Paper Collection. My card was inspired by the SugarPea Designs Mix it Up Challenge:

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Essentials by Ellen – United We Flourish – G’Day Mate!

I’m super excited to be guesting for Ellen Hutson LLC!  This week they released a new set in collaboration of their United We Flourish collection.   Introducing the adorable, G’Day Mate: Here’s a bit more information about the United We Flourish collection: Last November we began celebrating our 10th anniversary with the theme United We Flourish.

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Happy Birthday!

A big shout out to CASology for celebrating their 5th Anniversary!  How awesome is that?!  Make sure you check out their special Anniversary post, it’s the start of an amazing blog hop.  There is tons of inspiration…hop, link up and maybe you’ll be a lucky winner! The Cue Card for this special challenge is Balloon:

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Reverse Confetti: You’re the Berry Best!

We’re having another warm summer in the pacific northwest although as I type this post up it is overcast…I LOVE days like today.  I’m definitely a fair weather girl, that’s why I’ve always loved the pacific northwest but the summers are getting warmer around here (sigh). One of the things I love about the summer

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The Heart Desires featuring Doodlebug Design – Cream & Sugar

Hello and Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend!  I’m up on The Heart Desires blog and I’m sharing a total of 4 cards!  Here’s a sneak peek at two of them: I love quick cards and nothing makes things quicker than using a paper collection.  Today I’m featuring the Doodlebug Design Cream

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Hero Arts: have a beautiful day

One of my all time favorite Hero Arts floral sets is CL949 You’re so Lovely. I combined the images with the following Distress Oxide colors: Peacock Feather  •  Abandoned Coral  •  Twisted Citron  I thought I was being so careful when I used the Black Soot and my saturated paintbrush for the splatters…hmm, there were

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Let’s be mermaids!

Have you seen the latest release from Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen?!  So much goodness…here’s a card featuring Mermaids Tail by Julie Ebersole:  The tail has been stamped in Hero Arts Ombre Lime to Forever Green.  The ‘water’ panel is Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua. My card was loosely inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!

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Season’s Greetings | My Pretty Things

It’s been a bit since I’ve shared a project that featured My Pretty Things: I was inspired by the recent Freshly Made Sketches – sketch by my friend Donna Mikasa! I combined the following cardstocks: The sentiment was stamped in Concord & 9th – Honeysuckle. I did trim down the bow a bit. Affiliate links

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Pumpkin Spice | 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. It’s a bit of a sneak peek for a new release that is dropping next week! These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Fa La La | Mama Elephant

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Long Holiday. Here’s how I was inspired: I combined the following Mama Elephant products: Here are my earlier cards: Holiday Calories Duo Holiday Joy Merry Little Cookie I can’t wait to see how the other designers were inspired! Some links are affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Hocus Pocus | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Coffee Mugs For today’s card was inspired by the colors and coffee theme. I combined the following Pretty Pink Posh products: The sentiment is by Riley & Company – Hocus Pocus. I put a couple drops of Catherine Pooler –

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Merry Little Cookie | Mama Elephant

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Holiday Calories. My card is a simple design using that sweet set along with Baking Spirits Bright. I’ve been smitten with this color combo and added washi again to my card. You might not readily tell but the cookie sheet has been stamped onto Concord & 9th’s Dove

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Happy Fall | Spellbinders

I managed to whip up two cards yesterday, here’s the first one. I’ll share the other one later this week. This one features: *from Spellbinders Event. The plaid paper is from my stash. I designed this as a ‘quick’ thank you for my bonus daughter. She embroidered a cardigan for me for my birthday and

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Holiday Joy | Mama Elephant

Today is the Mama Elephant Stamp Highlights: Baking Spirits Bright. My card is a simple design using that sweet sentiment set along with the Placemat Set – Creative Cuts. The base panel is actually made with strips of washi tape. Here are my earlier cards that feature the Baking Spirits Bright set: I can’t wait

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Warm Wishes | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out the Catherine Pooler – Frosty & Festive release yet? It’s packed with goodness. Here’s how I was inspired today: I’ve combined: *previously released I’m loving that cover plate! I combined these inks: The Light Up the Tree cover plate has been cut from gold glitter cardstock. The sentiment has been ink

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Afternoon Calm | Altenew

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Acorns For today’s card was inspired by the colors and fall theme. I combined the following Altenew products: The distress oxides I used: The cardstock I used: I can’t wait to see how you’re inspired! Thanks for stopping by! Some

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Frosty & Festive Collection Release Day | Catherine Pooler

It’s here, the Catherine Pooler – Frosty & Festive Collection is now available in the shop! Check out today’s card: Today’s card features: The trees have been stamped with the following Catherine Pooler inks: The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold. In case you missed my earlier card: It features: I masked the upper

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