hello.

Hello! Here’s a fun everyday card: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black, mft steel grey, recollections/110/white, american crafts glitter paper, cherry wood veneer paper  stamps:  reverse confetti/the tweet life  ink:  memento tuxedo, fresh ink charcoal copics  other:  reverse confetti/spring fling quick card panel, mme enamel dots, reverse confetti/love note, the tweet life, puppy love/confetti cuts I’m

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happy no. 50

Hello Hello! I’m thrilled to be guesting for Butterfly Reflections Ink!  I’m a fan of both their BLOG and their SHOP.  I’ve been super lucky since the shop has been filled with so many new & fun goodies this month!  Make sure you check it OUT! I snuck into my office this morning and took

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Winnie & Walter Leading Lady Take Two & Giveaway!

I’m back with Winnie & Walter – Leading Lady Take Two!  I’ll be up on the Winnie & Walter Blog every Saturday this month.  I’ll be sharing some special projects and you have a chance to win a $30 card just by leaving a comment.  Aren’t Julie & Shay awesome for letting me give away a gift

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Neat & Tangled Release Day: Giving Tree

We’re so thrilled that today is March Release Day for Neat & Tangled!  All of the fantastic sets, dies and embellishment mixes that we’ve been featuring this week are now available in the SHOP. Did you see the earlier post on the Neat & Tangled Blog explaining the  You’re So Neat Incentive Program? This is the March/April

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Neat & Tangled Release Day 4: Meowwww

Hello and Welcome to Day Four of the Neat & Tangled March Release! Today we’re featuring ●Meowwww● Oh, you animal fans are going to love this set: cardstock:  stampin’ up baked brown sugar, recollections/110/white  stamps:  neat & tangled/meowwww/be my valentine/falling hearts  ink:  memento tuxedo, fresh ink pink lemonade  other:  spellbinders circle Look at her fun expression!  I

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Whisker Graphics: hello

Happy Hello! Today’s my day up on the Whisker Graphics blog!  I’m sharing this fun & springy altered Brown Kraft Bag. These bags are so fun to use as a blank canvas…the possibilities are endless! paper:  echo park  stamps:  reverse confetti/the buzz  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  whisker graphics brown kraft bag, whisker graphics

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Neat & Tangled Release Day 3: Paris + Graduated Stripes Coverplate

Hello and Welcome to Day Three of the Neat & Tangled March Release! Haven’t you been loving the sneak peeks?  Remember, everything will be available in the Neat & Tangled shop on Friday! Today we’re featuring ●Paris + Graduated Stripes Coverplate● This particular card is chock full of Neat & Tangled goodies: cardstock:  stampin’ up gumball green/baked

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Reverse Confetti SFYTT: shine bright

Hello! Big day in our household…it’s Darin’s 50th birthday!  His family got in last night, more are coming on Thursday.  I’m a smidge busy running around getting ready for a couple different parties. I’m playing with a couple of the new release products from Reverse Confetti! cardstock:  recollections/110/white, papertrey ink vellum  paper:  pink paislee/bella rouge

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♡♡Happy 5th Birthday Lawn Fawn ♡♡

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for Neat & Tangled’s Release Day Two! Some Lawn Fawn Friends are getting together to celebrate  Lawn Fawn’s 5th Birthday today!  Now how fun is that?!  5 YEARS!  Congrats Kelly & Mike! You should have arrived here from Elise’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at Jenn’s

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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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