Hello, we’ve been enjoying warmer weather in the pacific northwest! It’s always such a treat for us but I have to admit our last couple of summers have been a smidge too warm for me. I decided to play with the Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Succulents set: I used the Coffee Cup Tag Frame
A quick Mother’s Day card: My cardstock colors: Stampin’ Up Crisp Cantaloupe + So Saffron. I combined A Nice Cuppa and an older Paper Pumpkin that had the cups/succulents. The dies are Cups + Kettles Framelits. The green watercolor wash is ala Spectrum Aqua – Bud Green. I was inspired by the TGIF Challenges: ..and Color Throwdown:
Happy Easter – Happy Spring! We’re excited to have a semi full house for dinner tonight! I have 2 cards to share with you today. I recently received a Your Next Stamp order so I couldn’t wait to ink up Coffee Chick. My green based card was inspired by YNS owner/designer Karen. It is
Happy Weekend! I have a card that has a bunch of new goodies, I finally broke into the My Favorite Things Doodled Blooms (Sold Out) Card Kit. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve embossed so much on one project. I love all the added texture…do you spy the Lined Up Dots Background? The ‘vase’ is from
Hello and Happy Friday!!!!! This is going to be a pretty fun weekend, I’m taking a class at Impress on Saturday taught by my friend Kimberly! Sunday is Easter at our house with both Grandma’s, how lucky is my girl? We’ll be missing the boy but he’ll be happily recovering from a whole week in
Sweet Stamp Shop has been releasing the CUTEST stamps this month! Did you see the new Tax Day set? Total truth, don’t you agree?! That cat is ADORABLE! I combined Tax Day with the Muggin set. I hope you check out the Sweet Stamp Shop…they just released a couple new bundles yesterday that will be
I played with the Hero Arts Coloring Layering Peacock set. Check out all that purple I used💜 I’ve been steadily warming up to purple, have you noticed that? One of my favorite ways to incorporate purple is with the use of the Ombre’ Hydrangea ink. Here’s how I used the different inks: Solid body
I’m still working on my NBUS pile, today’s card used the adorable Waffle Flower Crafts – Bear and Bird + Ellen Hutson – Essentials by Ellen – Wonky Backdrops by Julie Ebersole: Let’s start on the bottom and work our way up, shall we?! Oh my, the Wonky Backdrops is perfect with the Hero Arts Hydrangea
I’m so excited to help Sweet Stamp Shop celebrate their new release, Graduation Day! This set will release on Wednesday and is adorable and comes at a great time for me as my oldest will be graduating from the University of Washington this June! She was definitely my inspiration for my card today: Eep, how
Hello and Happy Sunday! I’m pretty excited, I’m taking the girl and we’re going to my friends house to dye Easter Eggs, LOL…it’s my first time. The kids always went over to their Grandmother’s house to do that when they were growing up. Who doesn’t know that I LOVE green? Lotsa NBUS (Never Before
Mama Elephant’s new release is here! To celebrate their 14th year anniversary, MamaElephant will be giving away five $25 Gift Cards per Stampede Day to a random commenter on Mama Elephant’s Instagram, Facebook or YouTube channel in addition to their sitewide sale and free gift promotion! Make sure to check out the shop HERE. Here’s today’s Instagram Hop listing – 9/15 Stampede Day
Coming soon Catherine Pooler – Frosty & Festive Collection! Save the date, Wednesday, September 16th it is available in the shop. Check out today’s card: My card features: I masked the upper portion of an A2 watercolor panel and blended: Using the Holly & Berries layered stencils, I used these colors: Do you see the
Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Maps For today’s card was inspired by the theme + sketch. I combined the following Pinkfresh Studio products: I also used the Angie Blom Digital Designs – Let’s Go Travel Backgrounds to tie in the sketch. I printed it onto
I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Although Doodlebugswa has discontinued the design team, I have plenty of products to still create projects. Some of the products may not be available at Doodlebugswa but I have the card recipe at the bottom of the post. My card for today features the following Pretty Pink Posh products:
I should be playing with some new summery sets but I had to whip up this card that features the following from Simon Says Stamp: I found out that Laura Davis’ is celebrating her Mom’s upcoming 90th birthday – here’s here instagram too – on September 30th and is doing a card drive. Well, I’m
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Rolling Pins For today’s card was inspired by the botanical designs and color palette. I combined the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: That sentiment cracks me up and because there isn’t a chicken on the card but flowers,
Yay for STAMPtember! Have you checked out all the fabulous products?! Find them here over in the Simon Says Stamp shop. Today there’s a Party over on the SSS blog with a listing of all the designers that are participating. Collect the different giftie codes, make sure you note if they are FREE with purchase
New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Hero Arts: Cardstock + Ink: I just love that mouse from the What’s Cookin’? set! I wish they would come out with more additions
Simon Says Stamp celebrates this month with STAMPtember! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: How cute are those crafty critters?! I’ll be back with more inspiration soon!