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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Happy International Tea Day | Coffee Loving Cardmakers

  Happy International Tea Day!  We’re celebrating over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog with a TON of inspiration AND a contest!  Link up a newly created TEA card for a chance to be a future Guest Designer.  You also have a chance to win a $20 Gift Card from your favorite Super Sponsor by leaving comments

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Happy Birthday | Waffle Flower Challenge

  I’m so excited to be a Guest Designer for Waffle Flower Challenge!  So fun to be guesting with my friend Tracey! Jeanne’s challenge is Winter Birthdays for a Coffee Lover!  YAY!  Here’s how I was inspired: I designed two projects especially for today.  I’m smitten with the Nesting Coffee Cups but did a different

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Happy National Cocoa Day | Coffee Loving Cardmakers

  Happy National Cocoa Day!  We’re celebrating over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog with a TON of inspiration AND a contest!  Link up a newly created COCOA card for a chance to be a future Guest Designer.  You also have a chance to win a $20 Gift Card from your favorite Super Sponsor by

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 12 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is final day, Day 12 and the Christmas Carol is Holly Jolly Christmas with Julie Ebersole + Guest Designer Chari Moss. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 11 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Eleven and the Christmas Carol is O Christmas Tree with Carissa Wiley + Guest Designer Galina Flippenko. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the

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Shakin’ Things Up with Peace and Love | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: The Tree Topper die is so fun and original.  I love it! The Emerald Cut Labels make it so easy to put together a shaker card.  The frame is the perfect width to easily add foam adhesive. Here’s to a

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Thankful for You | Inspired by Challenge + 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: My project combines the following Pretty Pink Posh products: I also used the following cardstock by Bazzill + Concord & 9th: I still had the October Afternoon – Fly a Kite collection paper

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Happy B-Day | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: Do you see what I did? I used the flag from Elephant Parade with the Shine with Love set.  I love how the simple cardstock strips finish off the card. Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for

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Pumpkin Spice Season

Thanks to my friend Chris Franco for sending me the Stampin’ Up More than Autumn Bundle to play with! I dug into my paper stash for this card. I don’t have anything current with Stampin’ Up so I used my hoarded October Afternoon – Fly a Kit paper. I was inspired by the Color Throwdown:

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Peace my Friend | The Ton + Simon Says Stamp

I’ve been destashing AND finding great products in my stash. This project features the following products: Since the stencil is a 6×6, I was able to ‘wrap the image around to the back of the card’ with the excess. The Concord & 9th inks I used: The cardbase and stencil work was done on watercolor

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Thanks | Hero Arts

This month the Stay Crafty Challenge at a Blog Named Hero is: Thanks for the Memory! You can make a thank you card, or create a card based on a memory you share with the recipient of the card. You can make any kind of project, using any techniques, as long as it fits the

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Fabulous Friend | Inspired by Challenge + 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: My project combines the following Concord & 9th products: I also used the following cardstock by Bazzill: The sentiment was heat embossed with Hero Arts Copper embossing powder. The wrap is an upcycled

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Happiness is Coffee | Catherine Pooler Release Day

Today is the day…the Catherine Pooler – City Vibes is now available in the shop! I designed this especially for today: I had so much fun with the new products! Here are the products that I combined for today’s card: *previously released The bag was super easy to put together. I definitely have many ideas

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