CASology Guest Designer: (alpaca my scarf)

I’m so excited to be a Guest Designer over at CASology!  Here’s this week’s Cue Card: The first thing I thought of was a clothesline.  I know I have stamps like that but then thought of this: Oh those alpacas kill me, they’re so cute!  I decided to do a trio, the white one being

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Happy Birthday Wishes

Is it just me or are there a bazillion cute stamp sets out there right now?!  I need to win the lottery!  I did splurge and buy a couple Mama Elephant sets, I can’t stand the cuteness of the new The Cat’s Meow: Any guesses what totally sold me on the set…other than the immense

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Mojo Monday: Given enough caffeine

Happy Sunday!  Purple and Green is quickly becoming one of my favorite color combos: The base is a Memory Box notecard.  The floral panel is from Tealightful by Pebbles and the ombre panel is from Take Me Away by Pink Paislee.  The stamped stacked mugs are from the Verve Set, One Cup.  They were inked up

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Donut Forget…

Donuts are like Coffee set to me, you can never have too many.  I wanted to order the Stampin’ Up May Paper Pumpkin kit but was too late.  How lucky am I the my crafty friend Kerry offered me hers?!  Big thank you Kerry! I had so much fun with the kit and first played

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The Ton’s Summer 2017 Release Blog Hop

I am so excited to be a guest for The Ton’s Summer 2017 Release Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from the fabulous Eunji Jung!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is The Ton Blog. The Ton has 24 new stamps for their new Summer 2017 Release

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Reverse Confetti June Blog Hop!

Today is the 8th of June which mean the Reverse Confetti Blog Hop!  Before I get to the hop details, I did want you know about the sale that is going on: June is filled with Birthday’s and Graduations!  Today’s project is for one of the graduations, my girl will officially graduate on Saturday.  Although

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The Heart Desires Challenge #13: We’re a Perfect Matcha

Hello and Welcome to The Heart Desires Challenge #13!  We have another fun one for you, check out all of the delish colors…all that glorious green: I, of course, worked with the color green.  The photo in the upper left hand corner screams Matcha tea so I used that as my inspiration also: The SugarPea Designs

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Hero Arts June Awesome Add-ons

Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog with my fabulous teamie, Jayne.  We’re sharing projects that feature this month’s awesome add-ons: CG711 Mud Cloth Bold Prints CG712 Tribal Stripes Bold Prints SA106 Tribal Shapes Stencil CM176 Color Layering Bengal Tigers DI397 Color Layering Tigers Frame Cuts CM177 Color Layering Brave Lion DI398 Color Layering

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Hero Arts June My Monthly Hero Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Today is the day!  The Hero Arts June My Monthly Hero is now AVAILABLE  Sold out! You should have arrived here from the awesome Chari Moss’ blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Hero Arts blog! The Main Kit (SOLD OUT!)    Kit contents:  1 6″ x 8″ clear stamp set9 coordinating Frame Cuts1 Fancy Die3

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Hero Arts June My Monthly Hero: Countdown to Creativity!

Have you been following the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Countdown to Creativity posts?  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today with a sneak peek of the Main Kit for May! I’ve love for you to check it out, remember to leave comments on ALL of the Countdown to Creativity posts for a chance to win!

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hey there.

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

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have a nice day.

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

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paper smooches: go to your happy place

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

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stripes & blooms

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

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nautical happiness

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!

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vintage hi

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,

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Foil Pinspiration

this is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the New Poppy Sketches challenge! Today is my Chickaniddy Crafts Day!   The design team is doing a Pinspiration challenge and I picked this as my inspiration: I would totally wear that tee, gray is my favorite color and my closet is chock full

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Poppy Sketches #6: this is the life

this is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts post! Hello! We’re back with a brand new Poppy Sketch with a Pop of Pattern: Our Super Sponsor is May Arts Ribbon May Arts so generously sent us product to play with and I worked with Diamond Chain Here’s how I

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let’s celebrate!

Hello and Happy Sunday! We’ve been experiencing some super fantastic weather here in the Pacific Northwest…it seems like it never extends into the weekend but it has this weekend! I have a fun layer-y card for today: papers:  fancy pants designs/memories captured  stamps:  reverse confetti label me/beautiful banners/whole lotta dots  ink:  hero arts hues/black, zing/white

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Curtain Call : Something Simple week 2

cardstock:  gmund savana, paper accents vellum  stamps:  unity  laughter, imagination, dreams ink:  hero arts hues, copic  other:  may arts twine There is still time to play with us at Curtain Call Inspiration challenge: Something Simple Our Super Sponsor is, Unity Stamp Company!  Unity provided each of us on the Curtain Call Design Team with an

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