Neat & Tangled…Happiest Birthday Blog Hop!

Make sure you pop over to the Neat & Tangled blog for some fun Birthday Festivities! We’re hopping and the fun starts at the Neat & Tangled blog!  I’m up and here’s the peek at some of my NEW supplies I used: We are having some BIG GIVEAWAYS(1) $100 Gift Certificate to the Neat and Tangled shop chosen

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Reverse Confetti Summer Sale

Click HERE for my final Whisker Graphics post. Sale?  Yes to a Sale!  Reverse Confetti is having a 3 day Summer Sale!  This is the time to stock up on all your Reverse Confetti Favs!!!! Make sure you visit the Reverse Confetti blog every day of the sale for awesome inspiration!   Here is my

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Whisker Graphics: greetings from seattle!

Click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Summer Sale! Hello Hello!  Can you believe that I’ve been on the Whisker Graphics Design Team since March 2014?!   To say that I’ve enjoyed my time is an understatement…I ADORE all their projects and I’m so excited to show you my final one: whisker graphics:  plain kraft bag,

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Neat & Tangled + A Blog Named Hero!

Click HERE for the Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2015 Release Blog Hop Last week, Neat & Tangled collaborated with A Blog Named Hero!  The challenge was Metallic! Here’s how I was inspired: cardstock:  chickaniddy crafts silver surfer, stampin’ up night of navy, papertrey ink vellum  paper:  chickaniddy crafts/date night    other:  neat & tangled tiny triangles/you can do

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happy blooming birthday.

Click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Creative Hop Click HERE for the Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2015 Release Blog Hop Hello!  Monday, already?!  I’m really not a purple girl so when a purple color challenge comes up, I try to play along to stretch my designing.  Personally, I think watercoloring makes everything look awesome and the more

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Reverse Confetti August Creative Hop!

Click HERE for the Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2015 Release Blog Hop Click HERE for the Latina Crafter Blog Hop Today is the eighth of the month which means a Reverse Confetti August Creative Hop…not just any blog hop but a SUMMER FUN Blog Hop!  We are sharing ABC Projects (Anything but a Card)!  Make sure you comment along

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summer time

Click HERE for the Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2015 Release Blog Hop Click HERE for the Latina Crafter Blog Hop Summer time…honestly when I hear those words together I think of DJ  Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince…yes, I’m showing my age.   Check out my Summer time card: paper:  studio calico brighton pier  stamps:  verve stamps/get together ink:

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think pretty thoughts

Click HERE for the Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2015 Release Blog Hop Click HERE for the Latina Crafter Blog Hop Hello and Happy Thursday!  This week has been especially busy but it’s how the month of August is panning out both personally and bloggie-wise. So seriously, how cute is that unicorn?   cardstock:  recollections/110/white, stampin’ up strawberry slush  stamps:

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Neat & Tangled + A Blog Named Hero = Metallics

Click HERE for the Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2015 Release Blog Hop Click HERE for the Latina Crafter Blog Hop All this week, Neat & Tangled is collaborating with A Blog Named Hero!  The challenge is Metallic! Here’s my supply list: Please pop over to the Neat & Tangled blog to check out my project!

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Latina Crafter Blog Hop!

Click HERE for the Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2015 Release! Hello Hello! I’m thrilled to be hopping with the girls at Latina Crafter!   You should have arrived here from the Latina Crafter Blog!   Remember to start there, because that is where the fun begins!   I met Diana of the Latina Crafter through

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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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