Happy Easter | Lawn Fawn

Happy Friday!  I should be at Costco right now shopping (LOL).  It took me longer than I thought to whip up this project.  Isn’t that always the case when you should be doing ‘chores’.   I’m smitten with the Lawn Fawn Oh Gnome!  I’ve teamed them up with Easter Party. Those green mountains – so very

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Pinkies Up | My Favorite Things

Any tea drinkers?  I love Tea Lattes but also have love plain tea, no sugar or milk. I haven’t used the LLD Tea Party Die-namics or (retired) Cup of Tea set in awhile. Love the look of fiestaware. I was inspired by the newest MFT Sketch Challenge: Some links may be affiliate at no extra

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Hey | the stamp market

Hey!  A super quick no-stamping project!  I used The Stamp Market’s Hey dies: So, I’m constantly cleaning and organizing my craft room which always seems to leave it in a perpetual state of chaos.  Last week I came across these Behr paint chips and decided to use one of them.   Super easy design, I should

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Topflight Stamps Birthday Blog Hop

It is Topflight Stamps 2nd birthday!  To celebrate, they’ve teamed up with up some of your favorite crafters to bring you a blog hop showcasing some of the fabulous products available from Topflight Stamps.   Please hop along with us all and show all of the crafters some love! Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration

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Happiest Birthday | Reverse Confetti

Hello and Happy Monday!  Today I have a card that features some fun Reverse Confetti products. I’m featuring this month’s new release, Floral Gem and Sentimental Gems.  I was inspired by Jen del Muro’s Floral Gem project HERE.  I doubled up the Pierced Round Top Layers confetti cuts so that it became a frame. The

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Happy Birthday | Pretty Pink Posh

Hello!  It’s been over a week since I last posted.  I’ve been busy with everyday life + my momma recently broke her collarbone.  She’s doing well, we discovered that she has a much higher pain tolerance than most of us.  It took her 4 days after her fall to actually go to the doctor.  What’s

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Spring Fling Instagram Hop!

You don’t want to miss out on all inspiration and there’s a prize!  The fun starts on the awesome Terri Burson’s IG! My project includes the following products all available at Scrapbook.com, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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For a Special Friend | Tag You’re It

I was so super excited to have won the Tag You’re It Challenge #81!  I’m happily guest designer for this week’s newest Tag You’re it Challenge: How are you inspired by it?  Here’s how it hit me: I used the Reverse Confetti Magical Day set.  I thought her dress would be perfect in yellow.  I’ve

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Happy Birthday Justice Ginsburg

Edited to add:  Winners are posted HERE Hello and Welcome to the Happy Birthday Justice Ginsburg Blog Hop!  We’re so happy that you’re joining in the fun! Prizes:  Thanks to these generous sponsors: (Two) Wonderful Women by Kelly Purkey (Two) Dare to Dream sets by Hero Arts We will pick the winners of the sets from the

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Vitamin Sea | Picket Fence Studios

My friends at Picket Fence Studios sent me a bunch of goodies!  Today I’m featuring the A Dose of Vitamin Sea: Nautical designs, I love them.  That whale makes me smile with her happy face.  I started off with a bristol panel that I used the smooshing technique with Distress Oxides – Peacock Feathers +

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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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hello

Happy Thursday! I didn’t have a post scheduled for today…totally mismanaged my time over the weekend and thought that I had created a post for today and hadn’t.  Then I put together a Throwback Thursday post, highlighting June 5th posts from 2008-2013.  I got to thinking about that and didn’t like that idea anymore. Perfect

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hello

I REALLY love the June Simon Says Stamp kit.  Today’s card uses the paper from the kit: cardstock:  simon says stamp june 2014 cardkit  paper:  simon says stamp june 2014 other:  technique tuesday hello die Yup, I need more of that sweet vellum! The die is by Technique Tuesday..LOVE it. I was inspired by the

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homespun chic: miracle

While digging around in my crafty supplies I came across my stash of Melody Ross, Homespun Chic. cardstock:  simon says stamp june card kit  other:  melody ross/homespun chic journal card  other:  pti lemon tart ribbon The journal cards are wonderful…just a smidge of glitter…pure perfection. Although I love how the card above turned out I

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for you

You may have read earlier on my blog that my daughter is moving into an apartment with two of her friends.  I’m happy for her and have been collecting housewares for her the last week or so….really, it’s overflow from what we currently have so it’s a win-win. She will be living across the street

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Curtain Call Something Simple: Laughter is timeless

This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Cure for the Monday Blues/Freshly Made Sketches post. cardstock:  stampin’ up river rock, paper accents vellum  stamp:  unity  ink:  zing white, distress ink  other:  gold thread Check out the newest Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Something Simple photo source: Pinterest We have an awesome new

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