Hello, we’ve been enjoying warmer weather in the pacific northwest! It’s always such a treat for us but I have to admit our last couple of summers have been a smidge too warm for me. I decided to play with the Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Succulents set: I used the Coffee Cup Tag Frame
A quick Mother’s Day card: My cardstock colors: Stampin’ Up Crisp Cantaloupe + So Saffron. I combined A Nice Cuppa and an older Paper Pumpkin that had the cups/succulents. The dies are Cups + Kettles Framelits. The green watercolor wash is ala Spectrum Aqua – Bud Green. I was inspired by the TGIF Challenges: ..and Color Throwdown:
Happy Easter – Happy Spring! We’re excited to have a semi full house for dinner tonight! I have 2 cards to share with you today. I recently received a Your Next Stamp order so I couldn’t wait to ink up Coffee Chick. My green based card was inspired by YNS owner/designer Karen. It is
Happy Weekend! I have a card that has a bunch of new goodies, I finally broke into the My Favorite Things Doodled Blooms (Sold Out) Card Kit. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve embossed so much on one project. I love all the added texture…do you spy the Lined Up Dots Background? The ‘vase’ is from
Hello and Happy Friday!!!!! This is going to be a pretty fun weekend, I’m taking a class at Impress on Saturday taught by my friend Kimberly! Sunday is Easter at our house with both Grandma’s, how lucky is my girl? We’ll be missing the boy but he’ll be happily recovering from a whole week in
Sweet Stamp Shop has been releasing the CUTEST stamps this month! Did you see the new Tax Day set? Total truth, don’t you agree?! That cat is ADORABLE! I combined Tax Day with the Muggin set. I hope you check out the Sweet Stamp Shop…they just released a couple new bundles yesterday that will be
I played with the Hero Arts Coloring Layering Peacock set. Check out all that purple I used💜 I’ve been steadily warming up to purple, have you noticed that? One of my favorite ways to incorporate purple is with the use of the Ombre’ Hydrangea ink. Here’s how I used the different inks: Solid body
I’m still working on my NBUS pile, today’s card used the adorable Waffle Flower Crafts – Bear and Bird + Ellen Hutson – Essentials by Ellen – Wonky Backdrops by Julie Ebersole: Let’s start on the bottom and work our way up, shall we?! Oh my, the Wonky Backdrops is perfect with the Hero Arts Hydrangea
I’m so excited to help Sweet Stamp Shop celebrate their new release, Graduation Day! This set will release on Wednesday and is adorable and comes at a great time for me as my oldest will be graduating from the University of Washington this June! She was definitely my inspiration for my card today: Eep, how
Hello and Happy Sunday! I’m pretty excited, I’m taking the girl and we’re going to my friends house to dye Easter Eggs, LOL…it’s my first time. The kids always went over to their Grandmother’s house to do that when they were growing up. Who doesn’t know that I LOVE green? Lotsa NBUS (Never Before
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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