Reverse Confetti August SFYTT: Mahalo

Happy August!  Today is the start of a brand new month and a brand new Reverse Confetti SFYTT! I had so much fun with this sketch!  I’m featuring the Mahalo stamp set + coordinating confetti cuts! Isn’t the True Love Paper fun?  I stamped the umbrella and the straw in Coral.  I took a fine tip

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Ellen Hutson LLC – United We Flourish – You had me at G’day!

I was so excited to be a Guest Designer over on the Ellen Hutson LLC – The CLASSroom blog last week.  I did want to share my project here on my blog too.   Introducing the adorable, G’Day Mate: Here’s a bit more information about the United We Flourish collection: Last November we began celebrating our 10th anniversary

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Hero Arts: Greetings from Seattle

If you didn’t know it before, I live in the lovely Pacific Northwest.  This has been home to me for most of my life and I do truly love it.  Today I’m featuring the Hero Arts CL835 Stamp Your Own Fruit and Kelly’s Seattle: We love our apples here, my personal fav is the Fuji

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Lemonade

So, have you seen the SugarPea Designs Pucker Up set…Oh so CUTE: I teamed it up with the Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles + Circles.  Minimal copic coloring and I added a panel from the It’s a Celebration Pattern Paper Collection. My card was inspired by the SugarPea Designs Mix it Up Challenge:

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Essentials by Ellen – United We Flourish – G’Day Mate!

I’m super excited to be guesting for Ellen Hutson LLC!  This week they released a new set in collaboration of their United We Flourish collection.   Introducing the adorable, G’Day Mate: Here’s a bit more information about the United We Flourish collection: Last November we began celebrating our 10th anniversary with the theme United We Flourish.

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Happy Birthday!

A big shout out to CASology for celebrating their 5th Anniversary!  How awesome is that?!  Make sure you check out their special Anniversary post, it’s the start of an amazing blog hop.  There is tons of inspiration…hop, link up and maybe you’ll be a lucky winner! The Cue Card for this special challenge is Balloon:

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Reverse Confetti: You’re the Berry Best!

We’re having another warm summer in the pacific northwest although as I type this post up it is overcast…I LOVE days like today.  I’m definitely a fair weather girl, that’s why I’ve always loved the pacific northwest but the summers are getting warmer around here (sigh). One of the things I love about the summer

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The Heart Desires featuring Doodlebug Design – Cream & Sugar

Hello and Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend!  I’m up on The Heart Desires blog and I’m sharing a total of 4 cards!  Here’s a sneak peek at two of them: I love quick cards and nothing makes things quicker than using a paper collection.  Today I’m featuring the Doodlebug Design Cream

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Hero Arts: have a beautiful day

One of my all time favorite Hero Arts floral sets is CL949 You’re so Lovely. I combined the images with the following Distress Oxide colors: Peacock Feather  •  Abandoned Coral  •  Twisted Citron  I thought I was being so careful when I used the Black Soot and my saturated paintbrush for the splatters…hmm, there were

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Let’s be mermaids!

Have you seen the latest release from Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen?!  So much goodness…here’s a card featuring Mermaids Tail by Julie Ebersole:  The tail has been stamped in Hero Arts Ombre Lime to Forever Green.  The ‘water’ panel is Reverse Confetti Iced Aqua. My card was loosely inspired by CAS(E) this sketch!

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Happy Holidays | Spellbinders

It’s Christmas in August…well actually it’s Christmas all year for me. Last month was pure chaos since my Mom was in the hospital. All is much better now, she has a brand new pacemaker. She is finally getting her energy back too. I have lots of goodies to keep me busy since I wasn’t crafty

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Fall | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Celebrating You | Simon Says Stamp

My mom asked me to design a birthday card for her friend. I knew that I wanted to use the Simon Says Stamp – Prize Ribbon stamps + dies! I decided to look for a color combo and came up with this one that features cardstock from my stash. The sentiment has been heat embossed

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Better than a Text | Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Seashells For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I combined these Hero Arts products: I stamped the sentiment in Hero Hues Core Ink – Forever Green. The Letterpress ink is Elephant. I used the following cardstocks:

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Mower | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: Other than cardstock and ink, this uses minimal supplies to design and I went with a clean and simple design. Thanks for stopping by!

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Dec 25 | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #56

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 Simon Says Stamp: The antlers are from: The stenciling was done with: The cardstock is ColorWheel Poppy + Blush and the circle is PTI

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charming day | Hero Arts

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Bracelets For today’s card I reached for this fun set from Hero Arts via Scrapbook.com: I stamped the sentiment in Distress Oxide Broken China and lightly blended Antique Linen over the tote to give it a well-loved, grungy look. ColorWheel

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July Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Debra Davison 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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Noel | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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