Hero Arts: you are amazing.

Happy Saturday to you!  Have any fun plans?  I’m crafting in the morning then off to a birthday luncheon…looking forward to seeing my friends! Did you happen to see the photo I posted yesterday?  I was doing a bit of organizing of my Hero Arts woodmount stamps: I’ve had that cabinet for years (circa Making

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Concord & 9th Guest Designer – Happy Card Frame Die

Hello and Happy Friday!  I’m so thrilled to be one of the October Guests over at Concord & 9th!   Check out their new products: Today I’m sharing 2 projects that use the new Happy Card Frame Die set over on the Concord & 9th blog!  I’m giving you a sneak peek of one of my cards.  I used

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Reverse Confetti – Coffee

I can’t believe that Halloween is on Monday!  Last year I bought 2 bags of chocolate from Costco and only had a handful of kids stop by.  It was raining sideways that evening.  I sent each of my college kids about 6 lbs of chocolate..haha.  If you have young children, what do you do?  The

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Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® and Graphic 45!

Did you hear?  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® and Graphic 45 have collaborated this week!  I’m so excited to be part of this blog hop. My project features a Graphic 45 Mixed Media 5×5 Box – Kraft.   All the panels of paper have been adhered using the E-Z Runner® Grand Dispenser.  I combined the Safari Adventure and Cityscapes

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The Heart Desires: Practically Purr-fect!

I’m up on The Heart Desires blog today with a fun card!  Pop over to the blog and check it out! Here are some of my supplies: (The Heart Desires) Doodlebug Design Kitten Smitten 6×6 (The Heart Desires) Neat & Tangled Kitty’s Favorite Things (The Heart Desires) VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Spot InLinkz.com

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Hero Arts: Cheers + Bridal Blog Hop Winners!

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I have a card that uses a total of five Hero Arts stamp sets and 3 Hero Arts ink pads: Definitely not my typical design…lotsa inky goodness on this.  The background is made from the Color Layering Grateful Leaves.  Aren’t they beautiful in Ombre Autumn?  The have been layered with Cup

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Concord & 9th October Guest Designer – Perfectly Penned

click HERE for my Guesting with Ruby post Hello and Happy Friday!  I’m so thrilled to be one of the October Guests over at Concord & 9th!   Check out their new products: Today I’m sharing 2 projects that use the new Perfectly Penned set over on the Concord & 9th blog!  I’m giving you a sneak peek of

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Guesting with Ruby – Merry & Bright

click HERE for my Concord & 9th Guest post I’m excited to be guesting over on Ruby’s blog today!  Here’s a sneak peek of my project that uses a bunch of Hero Arts supplies!  Please pop over to Ruby’s to say hi…she asked me a bunch of questions too (wink). While you’re here, I did

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Hero Arts: Merry Christmas

Click HERE for my Reverse Confetti Happy fall-idays post. I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today!  Here’s a sneak peek of my project: Pop over to the Hero Arts blog for a full reveal!

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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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