We’re having another warm summer in the pacific northwest although as I type this post up it is overcast…I LOVE days like today. I’m definitely a fair weather girl, that’s why I’ve always loved the pacific northwest but the summers are getting warmer around here (sigh). One of the things I love about the summer
Hello and Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend! I’m up on The Heart Desires blog and I’m sharing a total of 4 cards! Here’s a sneak peek at two of them: I love quick cards and nothing makes things quicker than using a paper collection. Today I’m featuring the Doodlebug Design Cream
One of my all time favorite Hero Arts floral sets is CL949 You’re so Lovely. I combined the images with the following Distress Oxide colors: Peacock Feather • Abandoned Coral • Twisted Citron I thought I was being so careful when I used the Black Soot and my saturated paintbrush for the splatters…hmm, there were
Have you seen the latest release from Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen?! So much goodness…here’s a card featuring Mermaids Tail by Julie Ebersole: The tail has been stamped in Hero Arts Ombre Lime to Forever Green. The ‘water’ panel is Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua. My card was loosely inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!
I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today featuring a couple of the July My Monthly Add-ons! Here’s a peek at all of the Add-ons: CM193 Little Florals DI412 Little Florals Frame Cuts CM194 Summer Garden DC219 Daisy and Bugs Stamp & Cut DI410 Paper Layering Basket DI411 Butterfly Confetti Fancy Die E6253 Picnic Basket
One of my FAVorite Coffee Collections is the Stampin’ Up Coffee Cafe stamp set + Coffee Break Designer paper. They really outdid themselves with that…I super love it. This has minimal stamping, just the Hi. I fussy cut the images from one of the sheets of Designer Paper…they’re so much fun, aren’t they? I was thoroughly
So the summer is literally flying by and I have so much NBUS that it is embarrassing. I have been looking at a bunch of new Flora & Fauna that I picked up from The Heart Desires. The perfect time to whip up two ‘New Home’ cards! I did a feminine and masculine version!
Happy National Ice Cream Day! Here in the Pacific Northwest we’re having another warm summer. Although this morning is overcast, today is suppose to get to 71 degrees, perfect in my book. I think warm weather and ice cream are made for each other, don’t you agree? Any other Matcha Green Tea fans?! Oh I
Hello and Happy Saturday! I have a fun card that I literally whipped up this morning: This combines the new Reverse Confetti Under the Umbrella 6×6 paper pad with the previously released Weather it Together stamps + confetti cuts. I used panels of Baby Blue, Bumble Bee + Cloud White cardstock. The images have been stamped with
Recently Doodlebugs was having a store wide sale so I picked up some Sunny Studio Stamps, both are Washington state based companies and I love to shop local💚 Love the Perfect Popsicles set! I was inspired by Mendi’s curved greeting…. The aqua circle is CTMH Prickly Pear collection. I upcycled a Starbucks sleeve for 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
A late {live} posting for me. I’ve been behind on feedly {had to do the ‘ole mark all as read}, feel like I’m racing around in circles but hope things calm down today. Here’s today’s card: So, the other day we made a road trip to Oregon. We picked up our airplane seats…why yes, they
No crafting for me yesterday so I whipped up a card this morning: Originally, those Paper Smooches friendly flowers were part of a panel of blooms. I colored them using: picked raspberry distress ink squeezed lemonade distress ink mister huey’s sherbet It took me awhile to color them because I used a paintbrush. I love the
Where is your happy place? I have many but one of my more consistent one is in the early morning hours…when the rest of the household is asleep and I’m in front of the computer or is that the computer is in front of me? It’s how I start my morning…with, of course, a cup
Hi ya! I have a little giftie that I put together for a friend. I love the Whisker Graphic bags, this one is White Horizontal Stripe Middy Bag: These are such multi-purpose bags…you can use them for envelopes or for goodie bags…so many other options for them too! I decided to combine it to be
So many challenges, not enough time. I’m a huge fan of all things nautical. I love the Authentique Anchored Collection. I teamed it up with a We R Memories Journal card. I was inspired by the paper players and I’m playing along with The Challenge #8 Have you seen the new design team? They’re FABulous!
Hello & Happy Tuesday! I love glittery goodness, do you? I love it even better when it is glitter is ‘ready made’ like American Crafts POW Glitter Paper: cardstock: PTI paper: american crafts pow glitter other: top dog dies vintage alpha die What I love about American Crafts’ glitter paper is that it is smooth,