Joy | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #40

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Just a reminder about the changes to the challenge: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: The team is featuring the coffee and/or cocoa projects. How does that inspire you? My

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Sunny Days | Concord & 9th

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Rain I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following products: Thanks to my friend Donna that sent me this fabulous pad of paper. I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired! Thanks for

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You make me laugh | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I used the following Distress Oxides: Gotta love puns! Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65:

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Lunar New Year Challenge | April 2025

We’re back with the January Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Dragon ended on January 28th. The Year of the Snake started on January 29th and runs through February 16, 2026. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I went

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Sensational Spring Release | Brass & Bliss Craft Co.

Have you hopped along with us? There is so much inspiration! I’ll have the links to each hop project at the bottom of this post. 🌸🌸 Shop now for 20% Off the Release until 3/31/2025 🌸🌸 I’m back today with a new project, this is how I was inspired: Today I’m featuring: I went with

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Happy Spring | Pretty Pink Posh IG Hop

🐰🐰🐰 INSTAGRAM HOP & GIVEAWAY! 🐰🐰🐰 Spring is in the air, and Pretty Pink Posh has a new Easter collection. This collection features eggs, bunnies, tulips, butterflies, and more to inspire all your upcoming Easter projects! My project recipe: * previously released Leave a comment by 4/2/25 on each stop for a chance to win

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Happy Birthday | Papertrey Ink

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Clothesline I was inspired by the patterns. My card features the following products: Other details I added: I love how fun + festive this card is! I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired! Thanks for stopping by!

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Sensational Spring IG Hop | Brass & Bliss Craft Co.

We’re celebrating the new Brass & Bliss Craft Co release with an instagram hop! Here’s a peek at my project: Hello crafty friends, we are excited for the March 2025 “Sensational Spring” Release from @brassandblisscraftco and are showcasing products with a fun IG Hop. This release is a floral explosion with 11 new stamp sets

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Flashback | Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner. I used random.org to pick the winner: Yay Congrats! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, April 30 Hey All! I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize: One lucky random winner will win a $15 Gift Code to

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Sneak Peek Club Kit | Waffle Flower

I’m so excited that Waffle Flower has asked me to guest for this month’s Sneak Peek Club Kit! I’m also doing a giveaway over on instagram! First, here’s a peek at my projects: What is the Sneak Peek Club? It’s a monthly subscription that sends members new products the month before they launch to the

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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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