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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Cardstock Organization

If you’ve been following me over on Instagram, I’ve been slowly sharing photos of my craft room reorganization. Here is my latest share, my cardstock organization: Crafting and organizing have both become ways for me to destress. I’ve always known that about crafting, but organizing? This is when I tell you that it has spilled

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SWAK Clover | Miss Ink Stamps

It’s Sunday and my day up on the Miss Ink Stamps blog. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: Check out the Miss Ink Stamps blog for more photos! Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Lasso Life: I’m here for you | Catherine Pooler

Have you checked out the NEW Catherine Pooler Lasso Life? I’ve been inspired by so many of the projects that feature this new collection. I’m back with another card: I had so much fun with the new products! Here is what I combined for today’s card: I decided to play with the super sweet Lucky

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All I Want for Christmas | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #38

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 theme Hearts. How does that inspire you? My project features:

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You’re Sweet | Pretty Pink Posh

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Puffy Hearts I was inspired by both the photo + theme. My card features the following products: *retired I knew that I was going to use the Eyelet Hearts but went digging through my paper pads I don’t do much

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Yee Haw | Catherine Pooler Release Day

Today is the day…the Catherine Pooler – Lasso Life 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 I started with silver horseshoes. The Silver Metallic Pigment Ink needs to be ‘set’. I

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Sending you all the hearts | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: Originally I was going to combine the Pretty Pink Posh Candy Bucket and the Valentine Bucket Additions.  I ended up going a different route with these products. I really wanted to add the Beary Good Day set so I switched

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Lasso Life Sneak | Catherine Pooler

Have you heard the news? Catherine Pooler Designs is releasing Lasso Life this week! Here’s a sneak peek for today: I managed to include all three new inks in my project! Today’s project features: That new green is divine! The Glacier is really gorgeous and the Cashmere is going to be a staple. I’m actually

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Lunar New Year Challenge | February 2025

We’re back with the January 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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