Brighter Days | Trinity Stamps

Did you hear?  Trinity Stamps is celebrating their first Anniversary!  I couldn’t be happier for Taniesa and her team.  So exciting!   Check out their new Oracle Octopus set. How cute is that Octo?  I literally held my breath when I used that circle die for the shaker feature.  Of course I had already colored the

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keep smiling | reverse confetti

So it seems our pacific northwest weather has gone back to normal.  It hasn’t been as warm as it had been a couple weeks ago.  I decided to bring the sunshine to my blog with the Reverse Confetti Ice Cream Social set. This is such an adorable set.  Who doesn’t love an ice cream truck?

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Squeeze the Day | theletterlingo

I love this Citrus Crush stamp set by theletterlingo.  It’s so much fun and I’ve been on a citrus kick! So my original card had another pink lemon on it but as I was photo editing I came up with paper piecing the lemon to coordinate with the rainbow base panel.  I don’t paper piece

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Sending Smiles | Graciellie Design

I’ve been wanting to print up the Graciellie Design – Happiness digital set: Pop over to her shop, that set is currently on SALE!  It’s such a fun one, love that mason jar and the sweet sentiments. Did you see what I did? I designed the background panels to look like watermelon.  The pattern strip

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Pugs and Hugs | Funky Fossil Designs

Did you know that Funky Fossil Designs has started carrying stamps in addition to their stencils + MDF shapes?  I couldn’t resist picking up the Pugs and Hugs set! I’m super loving the size of the images!  Originally I was only going to share 2 of my cards, I don’t want to overwhelm you with

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Mahalo | Reverse Confetti

I’m up on the Reverse Confetti blog today sharing a project I made especially for today!  Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Merci | Impress + A Muse

I’m on a citrus kick, I spotted the Lemons stamp from Impress and wanted to color it up:  I decided to stamp up a plaid with their Thin Stripe Lines stamp.  Although I have the Sweet and Sour sentiment, it wasn’t hitting me with the design I had in mind.  I stepped away from the

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Let’s Taco ’bout your graduation | Lawn Fawn

It’s that time of the year, graduation season.  This was designed especially for my friend’s son. Doesn’t everyone love Tacos?  Even my momma does, she gets hers without cheese (gasp!).   I so wanted to stamp that sweet smiley face on the center image but sigh, it most likely wouldn’t be as appreciated by a male

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time for tea | Clearly Besotted

So, it seems I’ve been doing a bunch of shopping lately.  I couldn’t resist Clearly Besotted’s latest release.  It was their Love London set that sucked me in…LOL.  I also threw in Pick a Peony and Simply Said. Here’s how I was inspired: Time for Tea!  Yes! I used a Kristina Werner Distress Oxide Combo:

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citrus got real | Essentials by Ellen

If you follow me on IG, you may have seen my latest additions from Ellen Hutson – Essentials by Ellen.  I always LOVE Julie Ebersole’s releases, this one is no exception with citrus, coffee + hair buns. Today I’m featuring the Squeeze The Day set.  I was first introduced to Pink Lemons via Blue Apron

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Crafty Friends | Simon Says Stamp – STAMPtember Party!

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

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Sweetness | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #57

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

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Roll with It | Echo Park Paper

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vintage Display For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I had squirreled away this paper collection and it’s perfect for today’s challenge! First of all, this paper is glorious and has the right amount of texture.

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August Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Vikki Hein Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, August 26. 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

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Summer Cocktails | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… This is my final Design Team post for Doodlebugswa. The team is going away but the shop is still open! You’ll still see me posting projects on my own because I’m such a fan of Cathy! My card for today features: I wanted to share some of my recent

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Friendship | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! have a Brass & Bliss Craft Co card to share. It features the following products: I cut the leaves out with watercolor paper, spritzed them with water and used watered down Distress Oxide inks to color them. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Halloween Felt Stitch & Create | Spellbinders

Hope this Raises Your Spirits! I love cute Halloween. Scary Halloween…not so much. I don’t do scary movies, scary rides, scary anything. But THIS little feline? Absolutely my kind of Halloween. Check out the Spellbinders Felt Fright Night Feline. It’s part of the amazing NEW Nichol Spohr’s Halloween Felt Stitch & Create Collection. I love being able to bring

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Hey Sunshine | Spellbinders + Pretty Pink Posh

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Ice Cream Cones For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I combined these Hero Arts products: I had so much fun putting this one together. Of course, I had to add the little fruit! Can you

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Oh Hey Duo | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: I kinda love how this card duo turned out! Thanks for stopping by!

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