Hero Arts: Sunny day!

Have you stocked up on all the fun sets in the Hero Arts Summer Catalog?  Check out the new Beach set: Do you spy the tone-on-tone stamping on the green panel?  Although it isn’t sunny as I type up with post, it has been pretty nice in the pacific northwest on a pretty consistent basis.

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Right at Home: Have a sweet birthday!

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti/Cardmaker Magazine hop! Hello!  Have you checked out the new Right at Home – May Stamped & Sealed Craft Box // Let’s Party kit? It is seriously a party in a box!  Lookie at all you get: I designed a fun card that manages to feature

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Reverse Confetti + CardMaker Blog Hop!

Post one of 2 for today…click HERE for my Right at Home post. Reverse Confetti is hopping with the CardMaker Design Team!  You should have arrived here from the CardMaker Blog, if not, you’ll want to start there so you don’t miss out on any of the fun!  Prize information is on the Reverse Confetti

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Tic Tac Toe Challenge: Guest Designer

I’m super thrilled to announce that I’m a Guest Designer over at the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog! I hope that you’ll play along…any ideas of the elements I used on my card?  Here’s a sneak peek….make sure you pop over to the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge blog for the full reveal!

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Hero Arts: YAY!

Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today featuring the Sweet Sprinkles Bold Prints.   What I like doing is designing 2 different cards featuring the same stamp/product.  I have one up on the Hero Arts blog and here’s another one. I couldn’t wait to combine the Sweet Sprinkles Bold Prints with the Yay

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Happy Birthday Vicki!!!

Happy Birthday Vicki!!!!  There’s a group of us that have gotten together to celebrate each other’s birthdays!  Vicki is actually our honorary PNW member💚  Lisa is the hostess with the mostess and she has picked this beautiful card of Vicki’s as our hop graphic: I decided to use Vicki’s card as my inspiration.  I took

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Neat and Tangled May Release!

Today is the day!  The Neat & Tangled May Release is now available in the shop!  You don’t want to miss out on any of the FUN new products! I gotta tell you, the May Release is simply AWESOME: Here’s a lookie at the May Release: Every month Neat & Tangled offers an incentive to

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Neat and Tangled May Release Day Four: Awesome

post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Donut you know. Hello and Welcome to Day Two of the Neat & Tangled May Release! Today up on the Neat & Tangled blog  Stitched Sunburst Nice & Neat Dies Journaling Alphas Nice & Neat Dies Check out the new Stitched Sunburst Nice & Neat Dies: I’ve been really

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donut you know…

post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Neat & Tangled Day Four May Release Donuts…who doesn’t love them?!  We recently tried some out at Dough in NY and um yeah, those were the best!  I promised the girl that we’d take her there this summer because she loves donuts.  I made this card

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Neat and Tangled May Release Day Three: My Feelings

Hello and Welcome to Day Two of the Neat & Tangled May Release! Today up on the Neat & Tangled blog  Say Yes to Donuts (stamps and Nice & Neat Dies) Big Bold Brew (stamps and Nice & Neat Dies) Check out the new Big Bold Brew: Love that guy holding that ginormous cup of coffee!!!!!!!  Um, yeah, if

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June Hero Studio – Day Two | Hero Arts

In case you didn’t catch my post from yesterday, I wanted to welcome the  June Hero Studio Release: Coastal Vibes. This release brings together a stunning mix of stamps, dies, and stencils – all inspired by breezy beach days, seaside treasures, and summer memories. Card Kit Contents: In addition to the Card Kit, Hero Studio also

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June Hero Studio | Hero Arts

Welcome the  June Hero Studio Release: Coastal Vibes. This release brings together a stunning mix of stamps, dies, and stencils – all inspired by breezy beach days, seaside treasures, and summer memories. Card Kit Contents: In addition to the Card Kit, Hero Studio also consists of four smaller subscription options called Monthly Minis. Subscribe by June

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Joy | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #42

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! This month is the start of a couple changes to the challenge: Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products available at Doodlebugswa: These originally started off on A2 panels but then I

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Lunar New Year Challenge | June 2025

We’re back with the May 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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Crafting Fuel | Coffee Loving Papercrafters

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog sharing this card that features a couple super sponsors: Hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog for all the details. Some links maybe affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Hello | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: ladybugs I was inspired by the theme and colors. My card features the following products: *retired I can’t believe that I don’t have a ladybug die…what?! So I made mine out of various circle dies. I’ve been seeing so many

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May Edition | Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner. I used random.org to pick the winner: Yay Congrats! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, June 25th I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a US mailing address has three choices to

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Boba Birthday | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s card combines: I love the coordinating stencils that Lawn Fawn comes out with.  It makes coloring their images super fast!  I cut the interior out from the Eyelet Circle and backed it with vellum so that you can see a bit of the plaid paper. The Boba

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Changes in Latitude | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

I’m sliding in with my final Brass & Bliss Craft Co New Release card to share! I hope that you picked out your favorites from the Waves & Wins Collection. Today is the final day of the 20% off New Release Sale. This card features new* and previously released products: I’m a huge fan sentiments

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With Sympathy | Freshly Made Sketches

Unfortunately we needed a sympathy card. Those are by far the most challenging to design. I found inspiration with these cards HERE and HERE. I used non-traditional colors which I hope is okay with the family. I combined the following products: I used the following Distress Oxides inks: I was inspired by the Freshly Made

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