you + me + coffee | essentials by ellen

Happy April!  I’m trying to do a major catch up on my shopping and wanted to play with the Essentials by Ellen Bear Ware. That guy is killing me!  The rabbit ears are perfect!  The pattern paper and stencil are by MFT. Doesn’t everybody want coffee for Easter?! I was inspired by the latest Tag

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Thanks so berry much | Reverse Confetti

Hello!  I’m popping in with a clean + simple card. The weather in the pacific northwest has been so lovely.  I knew that I wanted to design a springy card.  Check out Reverse Confetti’s Berry Sweet set.  I love the size of the strawberry! Lately my cards have been pretty busy and image filled so

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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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Flowers | Angie Blom Digital Designs

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Basket of Flowers I was inspired by the colors + flowers. My card features the following products: I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Can you tell that the peony on the right was colored with the Vanilla marker?

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Hey There Honey | Catherine Pooler Release Day

Today is the day…the Catherine Pooler – Hey There Honey is now available in the shop! I designed this especially for today: I had so much fun with the new products! Here is what I combined for today’s card: *previously released **Special Edition Boo Box 2024 I’m smitten with that cute bear! In case you

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Take Note Guest Designer | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I’m excited to be up on the Spellbinders blog. I have a bit of a sneak peek of one of my three projects that I designed especially for today: Make sure you check out the Spellbinders blog + Spellbinders Shop! I wanted to go ahead and also create a new project

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Happy Birthday Cupcake and Coffee | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: These are the Distress Oxides I used: Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65:

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Hey There, Honey – Sneak | Catherine Pooler

Have you heard the news? Catherine Pooler Designs is releasing Hey There, Honey this week! Here’s a sneak peek for today: Today’s project features: I used the new Amber on the honey pot and Honeycomb is on that sweet new bear. I did direct to paper coloring on the ruffled layered in Quartz. That is

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Sending Christmas Joy | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #41

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Just a reminder about the changes to the challenge: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: The team is featuring the coffee and/or cocoa projects. How does that inspire you? My

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I am so glad | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Smoothie Bowl I was inspired by the colors + texture. My card features the following products: The beauty of this challenge is that you just let us know what inspired you. The photo prompt is gorgeous, isn’t it? The colors

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Lunar New Year Challenge | May 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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April 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, May 28 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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Happy Mother’s Day | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I’m sending this one to my former Mother-in-Law. Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65:

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