warm wishes

So, hopefully you’ve heard about the  Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop It will start here, on my blog, on Wednesday, December 10th at 6 am pacific. There will be Sponsor prizes, blog candy and all sorts of fun! In order to be eligible for the Sponsor prizes, you need to link up a newly created

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Curtain Call Clearly Christmas: Winter Wonderland

cardstock:  recollections  paper:  fancy pants designs/oh deer  stamps:  winnie & walter/the big the bold and seasons  ink:  zing white  other:  paper source/glassine envelope, neat & tangled sequins/lime & summer sky There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!   You have until December 10th at 8:00 AM CST to be inspired and share

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Fusion Challenge: Let it Snow

post 2 of 2 for today….click HERE for my A. Jillian Vance Design post with a shaker snowman!  Hello! It’s that time again….there’s a new Fusion Challenge: I was inspired by both the sketch and the photo: There’s something about chocolate and red!  I really love that combo, don’t you? I went ahead and managed

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A Jillian Vance Design: friends warm the heart

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the new Fusion Card Challenge! Hello! I’m guesting over at A Jillian Vance Design for the month of December too!  Today, I’m featuring a winter inspired card set! Here’s a sneak peek: card bases: American crafts  cardstock:  papertrey ink/black, recollections/white stamps:  a jillian vance design/frosty stamp set 

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Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the  Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Special Thanks Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from the oh-so-amazing Lorena’s blog!   If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of all the fun, Jennifer McGuire’s blog! In case you get lost along the way, I will have the complete hop listing

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you warm my heart

I wanted to play with my Die-namics Snowflake Fusion Cover-up: cardstock:  papertrey ink kraft/vellum, mft steel grey, stampin’ up cherry cobbler  stamps:  mft/perk up  ink:  zing/white  other:  mft snowflake fusion cover-up, gold thread   I’m still smitten with this color combo:   PTI Kraft MFT Steel Grey SU Cherry Cobbler   I also used a

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Curtain Call: winter wonderland

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for Stories of stamps, paper and… It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! photo source: bhg.com We have a new sponsor, Winnie&Walter, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Clearly Christmas!   A randomly selected participant in the Clearly Christmas challenge will receive a $30 Winnie&Walter shopping code, while the LEAD will be invited as a Guest

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Stories of stamps, paper and… Christmas with a Bow

post 1 of 2…click HERE for the new Curtain Call challenge There’s a new challenge over at Stories of stamps, paper and… Christmas with a Bow! I joined this team a couple months ago.  Most of the design team members are italian.  It is a monthly challenge with tutorials that are posted through the month.

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Santa Claus is coming to Town

 So a couple weeks ago I was up on the Chickaniddy Crafts blog.  Check out my fun supplies: The Jolly Good Collection makes me a happy crafter!  I altered a hinged tin with it. All the supplies are by Chickaniddy Crafts with the exception of the ink and the twine. paper:  chickaniddy crafts/jolly good collection

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Poppy Sketches #5: hello

This is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for Mariana’s May Inspiration Baking & Sewing challenge. Hello and Happy Monday! Yay for the long holiday weekend! We’re back with a new challenge over at Poppy Sketches Our Super Sponsor is The Cutting Cafe I played with the fun Polaroid set! Here’s how I

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Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop: happy birthday

It’s that time, the monthly blog hop for Papertrey Ink! Who can resist Aqua & Melon? My goal with these hops to to ink up a set that I haven’t played with yet, today is Sweet Speech I definitely have a love/hate thing with solid images…it’s hard to capture the image when you use a

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time to celebrate!

 This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Chickaniddy Crafts project. Hello, post number two for me today.  Evidently I thought today was the 25th when I was scheduling my blog posts earlier this week…more on that in a bit. I generally don’t like to post multiple times in one day

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Chickaniddy Crafts Focus on Shapes: Circles

Today is my Chickaniddy Crafts day!  Our assignment was to focus on shapes: Supplies:  Papers (DN140S01; CN14SP00; TG14OS08) Mini Sticker Sentiments (TG14EB05) This card has several layers of goodness but what I started with is a 4.25 x 5.5 inch panel of the glorious gold foil, Goldie Lox.   I randomly laid circle dies on the

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Avocado Arts: Oh Boy!

TGIF! Yay for long holiday weekends! I’m sharing the last of my Avocado Arts cards I designed for the May Release. This skinny card has the ‘staches heat embossed in brown and the card is finished off with an Elle’s Studio die cut: Next up is another skinny card that has been heat embossed with

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Neat & Tangled New Release: Final Day

This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Top Dog Dies post. Today is Neat & Tangled’s Final Release Day! You’re going to love today’s featured set Clouds paper:  fancy pants designs memories captured  stamps:  neat & tangled clouds  ink:  fresh ink navy  other:  fancy pants design tag, neat & tangled

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Neat & Tangled New Release: Day Three

Whew!  We’re on Day Three of Neat & Tangled’s New Release!  How are you liking the new designs?!  Aren’t they fabulous?!  Click HERE for Day One and HERE for Day Two. Today we’re featuring So Very Blessed paper:  carta bella hello again, strathmore watercolor  stamps:  neat & tangled so very blessed  ink:  hero arts hues

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Neat & Tangled Release Week: Day Two

Hello!  Welcome to the Neat & Tangled Release Week!   Did you miss Day one?  Remember to pop over to the Neat & Tangled blog for tons of inspiration! Today we are featuring a set called  Sunday School Songs paper:  carta bella hello again  stamps:  neat & tangled sunday school songs  ink: hero arts hues black other:

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Neat & Tangled New Release: Day One

Hello!  Welcome to the Neat & Tangled Release Week! So VERY excited since this is my first release with Neat & Tangled and let me tell you, you’re going to LOVE everything! Today we’re featuring Photobooth My first card is absolutely clean & simple: I love the look of heat embossing AND when it is

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