winner of birthday blog hop!

Thanks to everyone that hopped with us for Kimberly’s Birthday! The winner of the Butterfly Reflections Ink $15 Gift Certificate is…. Shelly Kurth!!!!! Shelly, I’ve messaged you! So yesterday was {inter}National Scrapbook Day…did you play along in challenges, do some shopping or craft up a storm?  I had some crafty girls over and we made

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Curtain Call – Travel On: Smile

It’s time for a New Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: The LEAD of this challenge will be invited to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge! I was inspired by the camera: cardstock:  recollections/black paper:  amy tangerine  other:  the cut shoppe/candid camera, lawn fawn/speech bubble border Although it’s an older sketch, I was also inspired

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happy birthday kimberly!!

source I consider myself a lucky girl.   I have had the wonderful opportunity to make some great in-real-life crafty friends.  One of them is Kimberly.  I can’t remember how I stumbled onto Kimberly’s blog but the minute I did, I was absolutely smitten with her style & work.  Today is Kimberly’s birthday and there

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coffee & a whole lot of love.

Hello and Happy Monday! I’m sharing some A Jillian Vance Design projects that posted in March. My first card uses the Coffee & Jesus stamp set which I combined with the  True Love stamp set I love the addition of the chunky wool yarn…it makes the card ‘cozy’, dontcha think? My next card uses the

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eat cake & more.

Hello and Happy Saturday! I haven’t posted my Chickaniddy Crafts cards over here in awhile so I’m doing a bit of catch up! The first 2 cards are March projects. This one was to focus on the chevron trend: It made things super fun (& easy) to use the Reverse Confetti Triple Chevies Confetti Cuts!

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Fusion Card Challenge: oh happy day!

Hello and welcome to Fusion Card Challenge! Check out the fun new inspiration photo and sketch: I was inspired by the photo: cardstock:  strathmore watercolor paper  stamps:  essentials by ellen/bold blooms  ink:  ranger/archival/black  other:  queen & co stars, stampin’ up label thinlets I’ve been inspired by all the watercolor stripes I have been spotting out

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A Jillian Vance Design: Sew Special

Hello! I’m up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog with a fun card! Here’s a peek at my supplies: grandma’s garden quilt block die sew special Pop on by the blog for a look at my card!

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curtain call bouquet reminder: woodland friends

There’s still time to join us over at Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge – Bouquet We have a new sponsor, Penny Black, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Bouquet!  A randomly selected participant in the Bouquet challenge will have their choice of a Penny Black gift certificate, while the LEAD will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge! I used the adorable 

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Thanks | Hero Arts

This month the Stay Crafty Challenge at a Blog Named Hero is: Thanks for the Memory! Here’s how I was inspired: Today I’m featuring the Hero Arts: I used the following cardstocks: I’m such a fan of Hero Arts dies! I die cut the Cover Plate twice and adhered them a bit off kilter. There

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Fall Cozy Days | 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: My project combines the following Pretty Pink Posh products: The Hero Arts Paste – White Pearl has been colored with a couple drops of the Concord & 9th – reinker. We can’t wait

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Shine Bright | Spellbinders

Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me a couple of the Shine Bright Collection sets to play with. I used the following Concord & 9th inks: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Warm and Cozy | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: Stamping images in Lawn Fawn’s Crunchy Leaf really softens up the card.  Did you know that Crunchy Leaf is copic friendly? Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65:

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Miss Ink Stamps | October Release Day

The Miss Ink Stamps October Release is now available! I’m featuring the new Caffeinated Critters stamp set. I couldn’t resist designing a shaker card using: The cute capybara has been stamped onto watercolor paper and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and their blender pen. Make sure you check the shop for the

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October New Release Sneaks | Miss Ink Stamps

Today is the Day Two of the sneak peeks for the Miss Ink Stamps New Release. Aren’t you LOVING this new stencil, Sweater Hands?! It’s a multi-stencil set that includes all the layers you need including Latte Foam Art to pick from. I went with a fall cozy theme. The sentiment is from the new

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Brew-tiful | Lawn Fawn

…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 Lawn Fawn products: The shaker bits are by Pretty Pink Posh. We can’t wait to see how you’re inspired! Some links are affiliate at no extra cost to

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Unicorn | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #34

New month means a brand new challenge and sponsor over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! We’re excited to announce that The Foiled Fox is the sponsor for the month of October: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: The team is featuring the theme

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Hey Boo | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: The base panel is a pale grey.  The inks I used are a white + brown for the stencil work. Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65:

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