Your Next Stamp: home made (with love)

post 1 of 2…click here for my Life Starts… card Today is my last post as the October Guest Designer over at Your Next Stamp It has been so much fun designing with them! I wanted to do something a bit different (translation: non-coffee project) so I designed a wood veneer shaker: paper:  carta bella/a

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Smarty Kids.

I made a couple altered Starbucks To Go cups for the kids’ Halloween Goodie Bag: paper:  chickaniddy crafts/scrumptious  other:  solid orange divine twine, gold thread All the paper is from Chickaniddy Crafts Scrumptious Collection. Since my girl lives across the street from a Starbucks, I’m hoping she remembers to bring her cup with her and

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appreciate everything.

I’ve been feeling super grateful these days.  It could be the time of year, fall seems to bring that out in a lot of people with Thanksgiving around the corner.  There’s been other things too…I carpool into work with Darin.  It’s been nice for many reasons, chattin’ time, not having to pay for parking {more

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Stampin’ Up Sunday: to a wonderful friend

Happy Sunday! I need to do Stampin’ Up Sunday’s with all the SU stuff that I’ve been slowly accumulating.   I’m like a lot of crafters, I started off with Stampin’ Up around 2003’ish.  I jumped in, with both feet and probably should have signed up to be a demo then but didn’t, but was

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a little coffee…

So, you all remember the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, right?  Well, I found some hidden treasures in that, one of them being this Hero Arts, A Little set: Butterfly Reflections Ink gave it away as a Flash Sponsor.   I stamped it on vellum and heat embossed it in Zing white.  The ‘coffee’ has been

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Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge: happiness is brewin’

Click HERE for the Neat & Tangled October New Release:  Final Day Hello and Happy Friday! I’m playing with the Your Next Stamps team. Have you played along with the October challenges? You can pick one or both…click HERE for all the deets. Last time I used the sketch, today I’m using the inspirational photo:

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Neat & Tangled October New Release Day Four: Winter Trees

Click HERE for the new Fusion Challenge! So, how have you been enjoying the Neat & Tangled New Release Week?! I know, right?!  So many fun and fabulous new sets! Today we’re featuring: Winter Trees illustrated by Miriam! I was definitely in a watercoloring mood with this set: cardstock:  strathmore  stamps:  neat & tangled winter

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Fusion: Give Thanks

Click HERE for Day Four of the Neat & Tangled October Release Week! The new Fusion starts today! Check out the awesome inspiration/sketch: My card design is a combo of both, but I simplified the sketch: paper collection:  carta bella/a perfect autumn  trim:  wool yarn This card is an epic fail on the postal friendly

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Neat & Tangled October New Release Day Three: Warm Wishes

click HERE for the Your Next Stamp After Party! We are up to Day Three of the Neat & Tangled October New Release Week! I’m on a kick to design postal friendly cards: I managed to crank out 12 cards of a similar design for today’s post!  They are all postal friendly!  The other day

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June Release | Hero Arts

Two fantastic collections have just hit the Hero Arts store: If you’ve been following me, you know that one of my favorite themes is coffee. How fun that both of the collections have caffeinated elements. I’ve designed a load of different projects for these two releases, today I’m sharing two cards. First up is a

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Brightening my Day | Pinkfresh Studio

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: canisters I was inspired by the fruit + colors. My card features the following products: I incorporated these colors based on the photo: I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired! Thanks for stopping by! Affiliate links at

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Cozy Caffeinated Christmas | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Did you hear that Doodlebugs is the sponsor for this month’s Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge?  Link up a newly created Christmas/Holiday themed card with Coffee, Tea and/or Cocoa. We no longer have monthly themes. Cards still have to have a Christmas/Holiday theme. Remember to use Coffee, Tea and or Cocoa too! One lucky random card will

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Minimal to More Guest Blogger | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Monday! I’m excited to be up on the Spellbinders blog. I have a bit of a sneak peek of one of my three projects that I designed especially for today: Make sure you check out the Spellbinders blog + Spellbinders Shop! I wanted to go ahead and also create a new project

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Stay Cool | Catherine Pooler Designs

Have you checked out the newest release by Catherine Pooler? The Catherine Pooler – Big Splash is now available in the shop! I designed this especially for today: I had so much fun with the new products! Here is what I combined for today’s card: *previously released I’ve been wanting to play with the new

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Beach More | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today: Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you:

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It’s No Mystery | Coffee Loving Papercrafters

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog sharing this card that features Hero Arts. Hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog for all the details. Before you go, in case you missed it, Hero Arts is having a SALE! A Curious Case of Crafty Savings! No mystery here—just a great deal! From June

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My Sweet Friend | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: freezies I was inspired by the theme. My card features the following products: I did a bit of watercoloring with Distress Oxides: I added a bit of gold glitter cardstock to each of the popsicles. I can’t wait to see

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Let’s Make a Splash | Catherine Pooler Release Day

Today is the day…the Catherine Pooler – Big Splash is now available in the shop! I designed this especially for today: I had so much fun with the new products! Here is what I combined for today’s card: *previously released I couldn’t resist adding gold embossing and gold glitter cardstock! In case you missed my

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Hope | Doodlebugswa

I’ve been loving floral dies and arranging them into a design. Today’s card features: Originally I was going to do more of a Rifle Paper Co design with Concord & 9th – Sea Glass as the base panel. I decided to go with white and add Sea Glass foliage to the design. The little word

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