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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CFC133 Summer Hearts: domo arigato

post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the Neat & Tangled/Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L hop! We’re back with a new challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays! CFC133:  summer lovin’ CFC133: June 27- July 18 Theme: Hearts in summer colors Remember to incorporate the theme AND a Clean and Simple Design! In addition to getting

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Poppy Sketches #7: thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Hello! We’re back with a new challenge over at Poppy Sketches Our super sponsor is Pretty Pink Posh I played with Pretty Pink Posh’s Sweetheart Mix & Gold Heart Confetti I’ve been enjoying making shaker cards with glassine envelopes: paper:  dear lizzy/5th & frolick other:  pretty pink posh sweetheart/gold heart sequins, pti happy die, studio

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live the life

I’m not quite sure why it’s taken me so long to pick up the Amy Tangerine/Plus one paper pad.  It’s calling my name…the colors…the graphics…everything.    I contrasted the boldness of the colors from the Plus One collection with some watercoloring with distress markers {another Julie Ebersole technique and purchase}.  Don’t you love that mason

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Foil

Hello!  I’m sharing a project that focuses on Foil.  My assignment was to also capture the Men in my life.  I decided to design a project that is inspired by Darin.  Supplies:  Paper (CN14SPO01, DN14OS10, DB14OS01) Over a year ago, Darin started to build an airplane.  What was on his bucket list has become a

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birthday wishes!

Yay for Friday! Actually Thursday’s are my Friday’s but that doesn’t mean I don’t love Friday’s! Here’s my card for today: cardstock:  pti  paper:  carta bella ahoy there  stamps:  reverse confetti label me/sweet thing ink:  hero arts hues/black other:  reverse confetti/confetti cuts/petals ‘n posies, mme enamel dots, lifestyle crafts embossing folder I’ve been seeing a

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just for fun

A just for fun card, that seldom happens on this blog. One of my newest Technique Tuesday sets Chickadees I’ve been seeing this cutie pie set around and had to join in the fun. Watercoloring seems to be my coloring method these days.  I just love the whimsical look it gives a card…the splotchier the

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happy.

Happy Wednesday! Here’s a card that uses a bunch of new goodies: I popped into J’s a couple weeks ago and was thrilled to see the Jillibean, Chilled Cucumber Soup collection! See that cute Ellie? Don’t you love her expression?  It makes me oh-so-happy. A big shout out to my bloggie friend, Evelin, who is

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Danielle’s special delivery blog hop!

Post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my card inspired by CASE study. Hello and Welcome to Danielle Wall’s Special Delivery Blog Hop!  Danielle is the powerhouse behind Neat & Tangled and Little Tangles!  She had her lovely baby girl and we’re all thrilled for her! A big shout out to the lovely

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hello

Post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for a very NEAT Baby Blog Hop Can you guess how I was inspired? I used the Lawn Fawn Flutter By set along with Winnie & Walter’s, The Big, the Bold and the Happy set. Can you believe it, this is a one layer card!  I don’t

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neat & tangled blog hop!

Hello & Happy Monday! The Neat & Tangled team is hopping today!  We’re pleased to announce the Neat & Tangled Nice and Neat dies collection! You should have arrived here from Kristen’s fabulous blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Neat & Tangled Blog! GIVEAWAYYou have

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