Reverse Confetti January 2022 Release | Day Two

It’s day two of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!  You’re going to LOVE all the new products for this month.  Please note that new product links will not be active until release day/time. We’re so happy to have the following designers for our January + February ‘Fetti Friends: Kellianne Wilson Maria Russell Melissa Phillips Today we’re

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Reverse Confetti January 2022 Release | Day One

It’s day one of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!  You’re going to LOVE all the new products for this month.  Please note that new product links will not be active until release day/time. We’re so happy to have the following designers for our January + February ‘Fetti Friends: Kellianne Wilson Maria Russell Melissa Phillips Today we’re

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You’re Awesome | Lawn Fawn

When I saw the Lawn Fawn – Cerealsly Awesome, I knew that had to get that set, plus a couple others.  I’m generally not a Valentine’s Day girl but this year the change in themes has been especially refreshing.  I managed to design 2 sets of 2 cards: This is my first set.  The overall

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You Warm My Heart | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #1

  Happy New Year!  I’m so excited to announce a brand new card challenge… Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Today is the kickoff to a great year of challenges, inspiration and prizes!  Every month there will be a sponsor and this month is Reverse Confetti! For all the details about the challenge, please visit the challenge

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Happy New Year | Essentials by Ellen

  Sadly this will be the third year in a row that I won’t be hostessing a small New Year’s Day gathering.  This year it is because of the snow. To get me in the New Year’s spirit, I decided to ink up the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen Wasabi set. I combined

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Let’s Celebrate | Reverse Confetti – SALE!

  Hey, did you see that Reverse Confetti is having 20% off their entire store? Today’s card was made especially for my hubby’s Great Aunt who is turning 100 years old next week!  How amazing is that?! This card was based on THIS design that caught my eye.  My design is 3.75 x 5.50 inches.

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Make a Wish! Waffle Flower

  I decided to play along with Waffle Flower’s Week 3 Challenge: I combined Waffle Flower’s: Nesting Coffee Cups Star Wish Panel Die Poinsettia Panel Die Snowflake Background Stencil Nesting Stitched Circles Tiny Terrarium The Blue + White challenge is a good one for me.  I don’t tend to gravitate to blues.  I stenciled the

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Boba Birthday | Mama Elephant

I’m back with another custom birthday card, this time for a Boba lover!  My boy told me it was one of his bestie’s birthday last week and when I started to ask him what kind of card I could send her, he said boba. Let’s start with the card base.  I found these at Target

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it’s your birthday | Lawn Fawn

  Although I’ve been a long time fan of Lawn Fawn, it has been in the last couple of years that I’ve been consistently buying their products.  I just recently added the Woodland Critter Huggers + Woodland Critter Huggers – Winter Add-On to my collection.  I picked them both up from Doodlebugswa.com.  A designer that

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Avo Happy New Year | Essentials by Ellen + SALE

I’m officially done with designing 2021 holiday cards.  70 cards went to the post office yesterday.  Today’s card is not originally how my design started. I started off with a completely different design but didn’t like it so I started this card.  Here’s the ‘funny’ thing, it started off as an A2 [4.25 x 5.5]. 

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Airmail Sneak Peek | Catherine Pooler

Have you heard the news? Catherine Pooler Designs is releasing Airmail this week! Join the WAITLIST today so that you don’t miss out on this limited edition box: The Airmail Box has everything you need to create heartfelt Valentine’s cards, scrapbook pages, postcards, love notes, and more! Just add inks and cardstock. We already got

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Peace & Joy | the Foiled Fox Guest Designer

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be a Guest Designer for The Foiled Fox. Thanks to the Color Throwdown for the color inspiration: Make sure you check out The Foiled Fox Store! Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you:

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Peace & Joy | Hero Arts

This month the Stay Crafty Challenge at a Blog Named Hero is: Deck the Halls, we want to see cards for the festive season!  Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year, Hogmanay, Festivus, Newtonmas, any festivity you like!   Here’s how I was inspired: Today I’m featuring the Hero Arts: I love that peeking penguin! There are TWO

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Holly Jolly | Inspired by Challenge

Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: I combined the following products: This is when I really tried to make a different focal point work and it just wasn’t working. I like all the dies in the final result. I added the bit of gold

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Find your Bliss | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

I’m super excited to announce that I’ll be joining the Brass & Bliss Craft Co team in January 2025! I wanted to whip up a new project that features their products: This combines: I used the direct to paper technique to colorize the cup sleeves in the following inks: Today is also the last day

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Eat, Drink and be Merry | Doodlebugswa

I’m up on the Doodlebugswa blog with this project that features: I think it’s a combo of the colors that makes it one of my favorite designs. It seems like I’ve been slinging out a ton of holiday designs only to discover that I’m short on cards. This particular design isn’t one that I would

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Sending Christmas Cheer | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #36

New month means a brand new challenge and sponsor over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! We’re excited to announce that Streamside Studios is the sponsor for the month of December: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. You should check out the main post for a special announcement. Here’s

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Lunar New Year Challenge | December 2024

We’re back with the November Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Rabbit ended on February 9th. The Year of the Dragon started on February 10, 2024 and runs through January 28, 2025. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I

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Joy | Pretty Pink Posh + SALES

…SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATED SALES… Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: I combined the following products: I snuck in the gingerbread from the Lawn Fawn – Woodland Critter Winter Add On | dies The striped pattern paper is by Miss Kate Designs from her

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