Hello, we’ve been enjoying warmer weather in the pacific northwest! It’s always such a treat for us but I have to admit our last couple of summers have been a smidge too warm for me. I decided to play with the Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Succulents set: I used the Coffee Cup Tag Frame
A quick Mother’s Day card: My cardstock colors: Stampin’ Up Crisp Cantaloupe + So Saffron. I combined A Nice Cuppa and an older Paper Pumpkin that had the cups/succulents. The dies are Cups + Kettles Framelits. The green watercolor wash is ala Spectrum Aqua – Bud Green. I was inspired by the TGIF Challenges: ..and Color Throwdown:
Happy Easter – Happy Spring! We’re excited to have a semi full house for dinner tonight! I have 2 cards to share with you today. I recently received a Your Next Stamp order so I couldn’t wait to ink up Coffee Chick. My green based card was inspired by YNS owner/designer Karen. It is
Happy Weekend! I have a card that has a bunch of new goodies, I finally broke into the My Favorite Things Doodled Blooms (Sold Out) Card Kit. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve embossed so much on one project. I love all the added texture…do you spy the Lined Up Dots Background? The ‘vase’ is from
Hello and Happy Friday!!!!! This is going to be a pretty fun weekend, I’m taking a class at Impress on Saturday taught by my friend Kimberly! Sunday is Easter at our house with both Grandma’s, how lucky is my girl? We’ll be missing the boy but he’ll be happily recovering from a whole week in
Sweet Stamp Shop has been releasing the CUTEST stamps this month! Did you see the new Tax Day set? Total truth, don’t you agree?! That cat is ADORABLE! I combined Tax Day with the Muggin set. I hope you check out the Sweet Stamp Shop…they just released a couple new bundles yesterday that will be
I played with the Hero Arts Coloring Layering Peacock set. Check out all that purple I used💜 I’ve been steadily warming up to purple, have you noticed that? One of my favorite ways to incorporate purple is with the use of the Ombre’ Hydrangea ink. Here’s how I used the different inks: Solid body
I’m still working on my NBUS pile, today’s card used the adorable Waffle Flower Crafts – Bear and Bird + Ellen Hutson – Essentials by Ellen – Wonky Backdrops by Julie Ebersole: Let’s start on the bottom and work our way up, shall we?! Oh my, the Wonky Backdrops is perfect with the Hero Arts Hydrangea
I’m so excited to help Sweet Stamp Shop celebrate their new release, Graduation Day! This set will release on Wednesday and is adorable and comes at a great time for me as my oldest will be graduating from the University of Washington this June! She was definitely my inspiration for my card today: Eep, how
Hello and Happy Sunday! I’m pretty excited, I’m taking the girl and we’re going to my friends house to dye Easter Eggs, LOL…it’s my first time. The kids always went over to their Grandmother’s house to do that when they were growing up. Who doesn’t know that I LOVE green? Lotsa NBUS (Never Before
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
I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: How cute are those juice boxes?! Thanks for stopping by!
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:
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
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:
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!
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
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
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
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: