A Friendly Hello Trio

It’s wonderfully Festive Fall in the Pacific Northwest.  The weather is perfect, sunny + 70’s.  I wish it was like this year round!  It had me in the mood to make a trio of Fall themed cards.  This year I’m going to try something a smidge different.  Rather than trying to do a mass mailing

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Reverse Confetti | Happy Fall!

Hello and Happy Friday Eve!  It’s been beautiful fall weather in the Pacific Northwest!  I decided to design a fall themed project featuring Reverse Confetti products: I stamped the Happy Fall image from the Pumpkin Patch stamp set in Peach ink.  The stem has been cut from an upcycled Starbucks coffee sleeve.  The solid pumpkin

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers | Christmas Cheer

During one of Graciellie Design sales I picked up her Christmas Cheer digital stamp set: Isn’t it a beauty?   Are you a part of the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB group?  Graciellie Design is sponsoring a Coffee Lovers Card Contest! Here’s how I was inspired: I printed out the image and sentiment on 90 lb watercolor

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Pumpkin Spice

Hello and Happy Sunday!  Yesterday I left the house around 8 am and got home around 10:30 pm.  Super fun filled day, that started with a crafty day.  Here’s my Make ‘n Take that I brought: Some of you recognize some of the items in my project.  I just picked up the sentiment and thin

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My Favorite Things | May the Forest

There has been quite a bit of sad news in the crafty community lately.  Honestly, this year in general has been rough in that category, a friend of mine passed away in June, another person in my ‘extended family’ passed away earlier this month.   A crafty friend of mine lost her brother -in-law.  This card

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Reverse Confetti : all treats

Hey, happy Wednesday!  I’m popping in here with a card that I whipped up*  this morning: Today’s card features the New Reverse Confetti Frightening Friends and Abundant Autumn paper pad teamed up with the previously released Best Witches and  Fright Night paper pad. Do you see the Bag & Tags Creator layer in green?  Love

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Lawn Fawn | Happy Fall

Hello and Happy Saturday.  I’m on Day two of a multi-crafter garage sale and hoping that today cleans us out!   I worked on this card the other day and between multitasking and looking for ideas at different sites, it took me a good couple of hours to complete this: So I’m pretty proud of using

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Spellbinders | Coffee Trio

I’m back again with a card trio featuring the the Shapeabilities Coffee Brewing Etched Dies Cuppa Coffee Collection by Sharyn Sowell.  I decided to focus on the coffee pot in the upper left.  My first one features the Coffee Pot in lime green.  I finished it off with the  The Stamp Market sentiment set, Mini Messages. To make things

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neat & tangled + scrapbook adhesives by 3L

post 2 of 2 for me today….click here for the new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge! Neat & Tangled has joined together with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L for a blog hop!  Make sure you pop over to: Neat & Tangled Blog Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L PRIZES:  2 prize packs each containing a selection of Neat and Tangled’s

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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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