Fa La La La Latte | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #49

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! This month is the start of a couple changes to the challenge: Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by STAMPlorations: I snuck in a retired Reverse Confetti – Postage die I

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Lunar New Year Challenge | January 2026

We’re back with the January Lunar New Year Challenge! As announced previously HERE, this is our last month before we go on break. Since this is our last challenge, whether temporary or permanent, six of our 2025 sponsors have generously provided giveaways this month to celebrate one more month with us! That means we’re giving away ONE $25 gift certificate

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December Edition | 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, January 28 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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Croquet anyone? | Miss Ink Stamps

Hey Happy Sunday! Today I’m on the Miss Ink Stamps blog, here’s how I was inspired: Hop over to the blog for the details! Some links are affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Tea Time | 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. 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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A little birdie told me | Spellbinders

Hello and for those that celebrate, Merry Christmas! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: New Years I was inspired by the balloons and colors. My card features the following Spellbinders products: The color palette I used the following ColorWheel cardstocks: I was so carried away with the different cardstocks that I

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Altenew 2025 Year in Review – Crafters’ Edition IG Hop

Altenew 2025 Year in Review: Crafters’ Edition Instagram Hop (Day 4) Take a trip down memory lane with us as we revisit Altenew’s best of 2025! Join the #AltenewBest2025 hop and be amazed by the incredible creativity of our community! Feel free to start the hop over at @altenewllc Altenew is giving away a $100

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Make it Merry | Waffle Flower Crafts

Thanks to Waffle Flower for sending me some products from their December 2025 – Love You More Collection. Today I have two cards to share: I’ve combined: *previously released My C&9 color palette is : My Distress Oxide color palette is: In case you missed my earlier projects: Waffle Flower hit it out of the

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Merry and Bright | Simon Says Stamp

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Gingerbread I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following products: The color palette I used: The perfect ink for the gingerbread is Catherine Pooler’s Ginger. I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired!

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my friend

sigh…too many toys, not enough time. These adorable stamps have been waiting to be inked up! paper:  studio calico  stamps:  avery elle red & goldie ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  spellbinders circle die Red & Goldie Pure cuteness by JJ Bolton and her boy. How can you resist those images? I was inspired by

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May Inspiration Baking & Sewing: thanks a latte

This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Poppy Sketches post. Super Excited and Honored to be a guestie over on Mariana’s blog. She’s invited me to take part in her May Inspiration challenge: Baking & Sewing I was inspired by the photo & the colors: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black/so

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Poppy Sketches #5: hello

This is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for Mariana’s May Inspiration Baking & Sewing challenge. Hello and Happy Monday! Yay for the long holiday weekend! We’re back with a new challenge over at Poppy Sketches Our Super Sponsor is The Cutting Cafe I played with the fun Polaroid set! Here’s how I

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Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop: happy birthday

It’s that time, the monthly blog hop for Papertrey Ink! Who can resist Aqua & Melon? My goal with these hops to to ink up a set that I haven’t played with yet, today is Sweet Speech I definitely have a love/hate thing with solid images…it’s hard to capture the image when you use a

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time to celebrate!

 This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts project. Hello, post number two for me today.  Evidently I thought today was the 25th when I was scheduling my blog posts earlier this week…more on that in a bit. I generally don’t like to post multiple times in one day

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Chickaniddy Crafts Focus on Shapes: Circles

Today is my Chickaniddy Crafts day!  Our assignment was to focus on shapes: Supplies:  Papers (DN140S01; CN14SP00; TG14OS08) Mini Sticker Sentiments (TG14EB05) This card has several layers of goodness but what I started with is a 4.25 x 5.5 inch panel of the glorious gold foil, Goldie Lox.   I randomly laid circle dies on the

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Avocado Arts: Oh Boy!

TGIF! Yay for long holiday weekends! I’m sharing the last of my Avocado Arts cards I designed for the May Release. This skinny card has the ‘staches heat embossed in brown and the card is finished off with an Elle’s Studio die cut: Next up is another skinny card that has been heat embossed with

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Neat & Tangled New Release: Final Day

This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Top Dog Dies post. Today is Neat & Tangled’s Final Release Day! You’re going to love today’s featured set Clouds paper:  fancy pants designs memories captured  stamps:  neat & tangled clouds  ink:  fresh ink navy  other:  fancy pants design tag, neat & tangled

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Neat & Tangled New Release: Day Three

Whew!  We’re on Day Three of Neat & Tangled’s New Release!  How are you liking the new designs?!  Aren’t they fabulous?!  Click HERE for Day One and HERE for Day Two. Today we’re featuring So Very Blessed paper:  carta bella hello again, strathmore watercolor  stamps:  neat & tangled so very blessed  ink:  hero arts hues

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