New York, New York…

make sure you check out my FOR SALE post. So yesterday I posted THESE thank you cards that were going to originally be my boy’s graduation thank you card design.  Then the girl said, don’t you have a New York stamp?  Heck yeah: I love all shades of gray…in clothing, decor and crafting!  The cardstock is mystery

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thanks & merci

make sure you check out my FOR SALE post. If you follow me on FB or IG, you would have probably seen this yesterday.  So Saturday, I had the pleasure of taking 2 classes from thee awesome Julie Ebersole!  After purchasing a bunch of new goodies from Impress, I knew I wanted to experiment with color.  One

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curtain call flip flops: let’s chill.

There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!   You have until June 25th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project! So much fun, eh?!  I was inspired by the water and the summer time theme!  BTW, Happy First Day of Summer! source: scrap-pygovka.blogspot.com So, I’ve had the We

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For Sale!

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Verve June Post Release blog Hop All items come from a non-smoking/no pet household All items to be shipped USPS Priority not included in price. Paypal only US Friends only at this time Papertrey ink Coin Purse Die $15 Papertrey Ink Green Thumb $15 Papertrey Ink

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Verve Stamps June 2015 Post-Release Spotlight Hop: Final Day!

It’s the final day of the June 2015 Verve Spotlight Hops! All of the stamps and dies you’ve seen this week are available in the Verve online store now! Sit back and relax for one last inspirational stroll as our sneaky Verve spotlight lands on Diva’s choice today. And to cap off this release, we’re giving away the

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Neat & Tangled / Freckled Fawn Collaboration Day 5

We’re so thrilled to be collaborating with the AWESOME team over at Freckled Fawn.  Make sure you check out their blog for inspiration and a chance to win.  I’m THRILLED to be sharing the Neat & Tangled blog with my friend Taheerah!  Make sure you pop over there to see her Super CUTE project….and comment

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Fusion: chocolate & coffee

We’re back with a new Fusion Card Challenge, check it out: PROCEDURES:1. Play with just the sketch challenge.2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge.3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card.4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post.5. Please read the other considerations on the Our Rules Page before playing along. Aren’t the colors simply

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StampNation Guest Designer + Giveaway!

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my A Jillian Vance Design post…comment to win! Hello!  I’m into week 3 of Guest Designer over at StampNation!   There’s so much inspiration and fun over there, if you haven’t joined, you should today!   Here’s a sneak peek of my card for today’s Challenge: Guess

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Happy Super Special Birthday!

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the StampNation and Giveaway post. Hello!  I’m up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today!  We’re celebrating a Super Special Birthday!  Here’s a peek at my supplies: birthday art chalkboard backdrop We’re having a party all week…You’ll want to pop over and comment to win!

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Wrap Up and Winners!

My apologies, this post should have went up earlier but life has been a smidge busy!  I wanted to announce my winners and do a recap of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  In case you haven’t seen it yet, the winners of the Super Sponsor prizes have been posted HERE.  With 34 Super Sponsors

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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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