Winnie & Walter Leading Lady Take Four & Giveaway!

I’m back with Take Four.  I can’t believe this is my final day as the Winnie & Walter March Guest Designer!  I wanted to give a BIG shout out for Julie & Shay for their kindness and generosity!  I have thoroughly enjoyed myself….Winnie & Walter products are FABulous♡ Today’s theme:  this ‘n that Here on

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neat & tangled: crafting is my jam

Hello! I was up in the Neat & Tangled blog the other day but wanted to share my card over here. Neat & Tangled and Cosmo Cricket recently did a collaboration.  We had the opportunity to use their new Just Add Watercolor paper.  It’s pretty glorious, that’s what is my background panel. I fussy cut

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Butterfly Reflections Ink: things that go together

I’ve been having so much fun being the March Guestie at Butterfly Reflections Ink! I couldn’t resist picking up the Avery Elle set: We Go Together clear stamps I teamed it up with the Pebbles 6×6 pad We Go Together Can you see the frosting on the donut?  I’ve added glossy accents to it. The

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curtain call – jelly bean: just a note

There’s still time to join us Curtain Call – Jelly Bean photo source: color.romanuke.com I combined one of my favorite paper collections, Dear lizzy/Neapolitan with Reverse Confetti! paper:  dear lizzy neapolitan  stamps:  reverse confetti/lots to say  ink:  memento tuxedo  other:  reverse confetti more than jelly beans/double banner garland confetti cuts, pink felt/impress, misc button, solid white

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Winnie & Walter Leading Lady Take Three & Giveaway!

…and I’m back with Take Three! Let’s get started, shall we?! Today’s theme:  One Sketch ● Three different Ways I was thrilled to see Winnie & Walter sponsoring AND playing along with the Sparkle & Shine Challenge I’m a sketch junkie so I thought it would be fun to work on three different projects inspired by

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Uniko Studio Challenge Guest Designer: Birthday Wishes

I’m thrilled to be guesting over at Uniko Studio Challenge!  Make sure you pop over to the Uniko Studio Blog to check out how the design team and my guestie teamie, Emily, was inspired! Challenge #19 Anything goes with optional sketch Yes!  I love sketch challenges! Here’s how I was inspired: I played with  Simply

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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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