enjoy today.

I love fruit stamps and images…have you seen Reverse Confetti’s pineapples aplenty cardstock:  recollections/110/white, stampin’ up basic black  stamps:  reverse confetti/pineapples aplenty  ink:  fresh ink grass/fuschia  other  reverse confetti/triple chevies, your next stamp/gold/gum drops, sewing machine I teamed them up with the triple chevies pineapples aplenty pineapples aplenty confetti cuts I was inspired by the

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need to venti?

I’m trying to spread the latte love around in my craft room.  I have a couple of coffee sets and I’m trying to make the rounds with them. This is with the MFT:  Dienamics Coffee Perk Up stamp set Steel Grey card stock Yup, I upcycled a Starbucks Sleeve! I was inspired by MFT Sketch

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the power of two…

♡two lattes♡ cardstock:  stampin’ up blushing bride/rose red, papertrey ink vellum  stamps:  stampin’ up yippee skippee  ink:  gold embossing powder  other:  stampin’ up hearts mask, create a smila/coffee to go chippies, reverse confetti/tag me confetti cut, modeling paste, pebbles gold scallop tape I need to use my Stampin’ up Goodies more and decided to combine

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Curtain Call Bouquet: sponsored by Penny Black

post two of two for today…click HERE for the Neat and Tangled/The Cut Shoppe collaboration! It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! photo source:  designlovefest.com We have a new sponsor, Penny Black, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Bouquet!  A randomly selected participant in the Bouquet challenge will have their choice of a Penny Black gift certificate, while the LEAD will

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Neat & Tangled collaboration with The Cut Shoppe

post one of two for today…click HERE for the Curtain Call Challenge. It’s an exciting week….Neat & Tangled is collaborating with The Cut Shoppe! What?  You didn’t know that I had a Cameo?!  LOL…it has collected quite a bit of dust and the wonderful Ashley Horton of The Cut Shoppe totally held my hand a

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welcome, little one.

I whipped this card up last night for a friend of mine.  She recently adopted a new pug puppy! So I wanted to make her a ‘new baby’ card: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black, papertrey ink vellum  paper:  mme/jubilee/tangerine  stamps:  reverse confetti/puppy love & fancy word coordinates ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  reverse confetti/puppy

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the essence…

One of my favorite paper collections is Basic Grey’s Persimmon.  I never tire of it and tend to hoard my paper.  I was inspired by a couple challenges: cardstock:  recollections/110/white  paper:  basic grey/persimmon stamps:  stampin’ up/love is kindness  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  stampin’ up embossing folder, martha stewart wool yarn, cork, circle punch 

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lucky me.

I love a good challenge. I’ve been wanting to play over in  the classroom I picked up a ton of the new Essentials by Ellen before we left for Japan and I’m just now getting to play with them. I knew that I wanted to use the Laurel Wreath, in gold, but of course!  Then

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SFYTT: think happy thoughts

Hello Hello! It’s Saturday and I’m hopefully going to be crafting up a storm today because I should have cleaned and organized yesterday. I have a Happy card today: paper:  pebbles cottage living  stamps:  reverse confetti/color me happy  ink:  zing black, fresh ink peach  other:  beading hemp twine, papertrey ink vellum Don’t you love the

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just looking in on you…

When we were in Japan, the kids spotted a couple sticker sets and a post card that were Alpaca themed.  (Click HERE for the differences between Alpacas and Llamas)  We tend to gravitate towards them because my cousin and her husband own several Alpacas.  That is exactly the reason why I bought Stampin’ up’s From

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Avocado Arts: Just Fore You!

This is post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Curtain Call/Pretty Pink Posh post. Hello, I’m up on the Avocado Arts blog today! Here’s a peek at one of my cards that I’m sharing over there: supplies:  cardstock:  pti  stamps:  avocado arts/just fore you  ink:  zing embossing powder  other:  elle’s studio die

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Curtain Call Pink & Pretty: happy birthday

this is post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my Avocado Arts post and a special message. paper:  dear lizzy/neapolitan  stamps:  reverse confetti/beautiful banners  ink:  hero arts hues  other:  reverse confetti/confetti cuts/love note, doily, pretty pink posh sequins, vellum envelope There is still time to play with us at Curtain Call Inspiration challenge:

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Seize the Sketch: oh happy day

Delicata GoldenGlitz + Chickaniddy Crafts = ♡ If you haven’t picked up Delicata GoldenGlitz, you’re missing out.  My photography doesn’t capture the, well, Glitz of the ink but you gotta trust me when I tell you it’s pretty awesome. cardstock:  upcycled letterpress paper, chickaniddy crafts gold foil stamps:  lawn fawn/hello sunshine ink:  hero arts hues

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this ‘n that

Hello and Happy Monday! Can you believe it, I don’t have a card to share.  I didn’t have much crafting time over the weekend so Sunday was spent catching up on my DT assignments for the week.   Last week I published 8 blog posts that contained a total of 12 cards. I want to

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thinking of you

Hello! Here’s a card that combines some of my favorite things! I used Neat & Tangled Just Thinking of You Chickaniddy Crafts Date Night Stickers Chickaniddy Crafts Date Night Backwoods Lovin Chickanddy Crafts Date Night Plaid is Rad Chickaniddy Crafts Date Night Awesome Blossom I was totally inspired by Little Tangles Laurel Seabrook’s Inspired by

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Sweet Stamp Shop: bold & elegant

Hello & Happy National Scrapbooking Day!   In case you missed it from yesterday, I was up on the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog.  I’ve been featuring 1 stamp set – 2 ways. This time around I was super pleased with the results! The set?   Elegant Sentiments. So I’ve always gravitated to sentiment sets and

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Sweet Stamp Shop May Release #1

Click HERE for my Exclusive Top Dog Dies post. Click HERE for my Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge post. Yup, it’s that time of the month already: Sweet Stamp Shop May Release #1 If you haven’t joined the Sweet Stamp Shop Facebook page, I HIGHLY recommend it.  Mrs Sweet has been known to post some specials and sneaks of the

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Curtain Call Challenge Pink & Pretty: Waving Hello!

Click HERE for my Exclusive Top Dog Dies post. Click HERE for my Sweet Stamp Shop May Release #1 post. We’re back with a new Fabulous Sponsor, Pretty Pink Posh, for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Pink & Pretty!    photo source: 100layercake.com The LEAD of this challenge will receive a gift certificate to the Pretty Pink Posh Shop!

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Exclusive Dies from Top Dog Dies: Live the Life

Click HERE for my Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge post. Click HERE for my Sweet Stamp Shop May Release #1 post. Hello! Sharing a quick shaker card that I made: paper:  authentique anchored  stamps:  verve words of wisdom  ink:  hero arts hue other:  top dog dies butterfly finishers die set, pretty pink posh winter snow sequins

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