Reverse Confetti SFYTT: orange you glad…

Hello and Happy Wednesday! I’m back with a punny card: There’s something about fruit, love them…in real life and in crafting!  The orange has been die cut with craft foam and the leaves are felt!   I was inspired by SFYTT fresh ‘n fruity fresh ‘n fruity confetti cuts Don’t forget about the Confetti Creative

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celebrate!

I’m trying to spread the inky love on my stamps…I have a ton of stamps so today I’m featuring Altenew! cardstock:  MFT steel grey, recollections/110/white  stamps:  altenew super script & henna elements  ink:  target watercolor tray, gold embossing powder  other:  papertrey ink vellum One of my FAVorite Altenew sets is Super Script.  Today I’ve combined

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The Alley Way Guest Designer: Hey you!

This is post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Blog Hop! I’m super excited to tell you that I’m one of the guest designers over at The Alley Way Stamps! Check out my first card: It uses the Tri-Me set!  Love all the fun patterns….but on today’s set, I went with

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Confetti Creative Hop!

This is post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for my The Alley Way Guest Designer post! It’s the 8th of the month and, as you know, we hop on the 8th of every month.  Although this month is  a non-release month, we still have some fabulous Confetti Creativity to share with you!!! You should

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The Smallest Things.

Happy Saturday! I’ve been looking forward to today.  There’s a group of us taking a class (or 2) from thee Julie Ebersole today!  In addition to Tonya & Kimberly…new to the group are Amber, Chaitali, Katie and perhaps AJ!   Impress actually posted a coupon for both retail and online purchases for today!  It’s a

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CASology: enjoy

I’m always thoroughly inspired by so many paper crafters.  I know I’m not alone when I say that I’m continuously inspired by Debby Hughes…gah, such gorgeous style!  I’ve been smitten by THIS card which was my overall inspiration for today’s card. cardstock:  recollections/white/110, cherry wood veneer paper  stamps:  altenew/persian motifs, papertrey ink/warm happiness  ink:  stampin’

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Whisker Graphics: Honeycomb

Today is my Whisker Graphics Day. I had fun playing with the Honeycomb middy bitty bags! The red is perfect for Valentine’s Day, don’t you think? I love to use the middy bitty bags are a fancy envelope for my cards…I carefully folded the doily over the top of the bag.  My glittery die cut

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tag, you’re it: you are swell

I feel so thankful to be part of this paper crafting community!  I can’t remember how it came up but on FB I said that I love the stamp set in THIS kit.  Then the lovely Angie Tieman responded that she would send it to me…what the heck?!   This Angie girl rocks♡  We’ve been

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The Challenge Guest Designer: Sunny side-up

Super thrilled that Lesley asked me to join in the fun over at The Challenge for February!  I’m such a big fan of all her challenges {wink!}. Check out the new one that starts today: I managed to combine both the color and the sketch challenge! all supplies:  fancy pants design/nautical I had so much

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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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perk up!

This is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Curtain Call Inspiration post. Happy June! So, if you’ve been following me for awhile, you know I love coffee and coffee stamps! Here’s one that I’ve had since for awhile, that was perfect for today’s challenges: cardstock:  pti stamps:  some odd girl breakfast

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hey, so happy for you

I’m always a happy crafter when I dig into new goodies: I’ll admit, the Doin the Wave Confetti Cut looks like bacon, eh?  It was perfect for my card….this is going to my girl that has a bunch of goodness coming up in her life. The sentiment and cardstock are from the June Simon Says

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Sweet Stamp Shop: monogram alpha

Post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my CAS-ual Fridays post. Howdy!  I’m back! The month of May has 5 Fridays so I get a bonus post over on the Sweet Stamp Shop blog! Here’s a sneak peek at my supplies for today’s project: Hop on over and check it out!

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CFC132 What a Catch: make a wish!

This is post 1 of 2 for me today…Click HERE for my Sweet Stamp Shop post. You all are rockin’ the CAS-ual Fridays challenges!  So many inspiring projects! We’re up with a new one CFC132:  What a Catch! CFC132: May 30- June 20 Theme: Masculine cards… that use ribbon and no kraft (that’s the catch!) 

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