Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s Sponsor Solo Verve Stamps: Good Cheer

This week Melissa is featuring: Verve Stamps My newest goodies from Verve arrived recently and I couldn’t wait to ink up the Coffee Helps set: This new Verve Coffee Helps stamp set and Cup for All Seasons coordinating dies are FANtastic…a must have for any crafter 🙂  I used the fun Sequin Sprinkles that I picked up

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MFT Challenge & Inspiration: happy birthday

Hello!  So excited to tell you that I’m a March Guest for the MFT Challenge & Inspiration – sketch features!  If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know how much I love sketches! Check out this week’s sketch: Such an awesome sketch, here’s how I was inspired: I decided to combine the latest delish color

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Kindness matters…thank you

I’ve been gravitating to butterflies more and more.   I absolutely adore the Reverse Confetti Butterfly Dreams set: I’m always smitten with fancy/fun fonts and sentiments so who can resist this set?  I stamped it in Hero Arts Soft Pool and embossed the smaller solid ones with Hero Arts White.  Yup, check out that SWEET

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The Challenge Guest Designer: There’s Always time for tea!

I was super thrilled to be the winner over at The Challenge last week!  Lesley asked me to be a guest designer for this week’s challenge! Check out the gorgeous inspiration for The Challenge #64: I was thoroughly inspired by the delish colors so I decided to make them the focal point of my card

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Hero Arts: Hipster Animals

My kids will be traveling overseas for their Spring Break.  My girl will be celebrating her upcoming 21st birthday abroad.  I wanted to start designing a handful of Birthday gift thank you’s for the girl to send out: Have you seen the Hero Arts Hipster Animals set?!  So fun and perfect for my girl.  

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another cup…please.

There is such a fantastic community of designers over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB group.  There’s been a fun monthly card swap, managed by Hetty.   This is the card I made especially for my February friend: This went to Jerrie! I wanted to ink up my new Coffee Happy set by STAMPlorations: They’ve

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Neat and Tangled March Release Day: Let’s Hang Out

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo – MFT Today’s the Day!  The March Neat & Tangled New Release is now available in the shop!  I wanted to whip up a shaker card so I could use some of the newest sequin mixes: Oh my goodness, I’m totally

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Sponsor Solo: My Favorite Things

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Neat and Tangled Release Day! This week Melissa is featuring: My Favorite Things I combined a couple of sets/dienamics: I’ve been wanting to ink up the new BB Strike up the Band stamp set…sooo cute.  I think it looks pretty sweet on the Dienamics LLD Coffee

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Neat and Tangled March Release Day Four: Punchinella

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Camera Hello and Welcome to Day Four of the Neat & Tangled March Release! Today up on the Neat & Tangled blog: Purrfect with coordinating Nice & Neat Dies Punchinella Nice & Neat Die I’m featuring the Punchinella Nice & Neat Die: I teamed it up with Wednesday’s

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Reverse Confetti: Confetti Camera

Post 1 of 2 for today…click HERE for the Neat & Tangled March New Release Day Four Hello!  I’m up on the Reverse Confetti blog for the Confetti Camera feature!  I’d love for you to stop by and say hi!

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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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Cheers to You | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today: Don’t forget about the IG Hop! Have you hopped along with us yet? The Brass & Bliss Craft Co Waves & Wins Release is now in the shop

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Flamazing | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Have you hopped along with us yet? The Brass & Bliss Craft Co Waves & Wins Release is now in the shop and 20% off. I have the direct links to each hop stop at the end of this post. There are two $50 Brass & Bliss Craft Co Gift Cards up for grabs. Leave

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Cheers | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: drinks I was inspired by the colors, theme and sketch. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products: I switched out the chocolately drink with a Boba Tea. I had fun going on a treasure hunt to find the different

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