add lime…

Happy Monday! I’m back to daily posting and lovin’ it!  I spent several hours on Sunday craftin’ up a storm.   I’m smitten by the Reverse Confetti Fresh ‘n Fruity set! paper:  dear lizzy 5th & frolic, fancy pants design burlap & bouquets  stamps:  reverse confetti fresh ‘n fruity  ink:  memento rich cocoa  other:  reverse

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for you: fancy chickaniddy

Good Morning! I’m blogging live today with a card that I whipped up this morning.  It’s amazing what a girl can do when she wakes up at 3 am! paper:  chickaniddy crafts twirly girly, fancy pants designs as you wish  other:  may arts twine, jillibean wooden flag, cherry wood veneer paper This card was made

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Brads

The other day was my day over on  Chickaniddy Crafts! I’m featuring Chickaniddy Crafts brads! Supplies:  Paper (DN14OS02)  Mini Sticker Tags (DN14EB04)  Mini Sticker Banners (DN14EB03)  Mini Sticker Sentiments (DN14EB05) Brads (DN14EB06) I’m a huge fan of brads and I love Chickaniddy’s!  I mixed metal rimmed with a diecut embellished brad.   For added interest, I’ve

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CFC134: Hello

Click HERE for the PTI July Blog Hop! We’re back with a new CAS-ual Friday challenge! CFC134 CFC134: July 25-August 22 Theme: Choose a tic tac toe row (down, across, diagonal) and create something uber cool using those prompts. ·  Remember to keep your projects Clean & Simple! This is a pretty special challenge….it’s the

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papertrey ink July 2014 hop: reason to smile.

Click HERE for CAS-ual Friday Challenge 134, the last one for 2014 & a Give-a-way! It’s that time again, the Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop! Check out the inspiration photo: So, I should start by saying that I love that red/white gingham…a lot.  I even started cutting strips of cardstock to do some paper weaving

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Case Study #201: hello

Click HERE for Chickaniddy Crafts. …and I’m back with Week 4 Guesting over at CASE Study! In case you missed it, I’m guesting along with Awesome Tenia Nelson!  This month’s muse is the FABulous  Shari Carroll! Here’s this week’s inspiration: Oh boy, what a great design, eh? Here’s how I was inspired: cardstock:  pti  stamps:  neat &

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hippo birdie to danny♥

Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled Blog HopClick HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Curtain Call Happy Tuesday! paper:  carta bella hello again  stamps:  lawn fawn/year four  ink:  stazon black, various distress markers  other:  lawn fawn speech bubble border, lawn fawn year four lawn cuts Sadly, this is the first time I’ve inked up that cute Lawn Fawn Year

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Poppy Sketches #9: life is good

Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled blog hop Click HERE for Curtain Call Hello & Happy Monday! It’s Poppy Sketches day on my blog!!  This is the final challenge for this term.   Where has the time gone? Okay, let’s get to the challenge, shall we? Our Super Sponsor is Jane’s Doodles I’m a super BIG Fan of

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Curtain Call Anything Goes Reminder: lemonade

Click HERE for Poppy Sketches Click HERE for Pinkfresh Studio/Neat & Tangled Blog Hop cardstock:  pti  stamps:  lemon/impress, jar/savvy, reverse confetti fresh ‘n fruity sentiment ink:  hero arts hues, fresh ink mint/lemonade, copics, other:  pinkfresh gold/coral alpha made into straw Don’t you love that Reverse Confetti sentiment? There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration

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Explore Hero Arts’ May Collections

Hero Arts has a couple new May Collections: I’m featuring products from the You’ve Got a Friend Collection: Today’s card features: I also snuck in a sentiment from an earlier release: I used a bunch of Hero Arts inks: The stenciling was done on ColorWheel cardstock: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

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Creative Shibori Card Making with Handmade Paper

Did you catch my earlier post about my Shibori Weekend with my girl? This is one of the things we worked on: My girl brought handmade cotton paper that she found at ReCreative. I dipped it into the dye vats. I couldn’t wait to use one of the panels for a card. I combined these Hero

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Shibori Weekend | Pratt Fine Arts Center

Last weekend my girl treated me to Shibori classes on Saturday + Sunday via Pratt. A big thank you to Kentaro Kojima for such a great class. The definition of Shibori: Shibori is a traditional Japanese, manual “shaped-resist” dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting, stitching, or compressing fabric to create intricate patterns. Derived from the

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Hello Duo | Waffle Flower

I’m back with a card duo featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: There are so many amazing new products! Let’s chat about the submarine card first: This card features: I snuck in an earlier released sentiment from: I stenciled the background with these Distress Oxides: My other card mixes: *previously released I

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Mint to Be | 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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Coffee Date with Laurel | Coffee Loving Papercrafters + Giveaway!

My teamie Laurel Seabrook and I are having a coffee date! We both used her monthly challenge: To see Laurel’s fabulous card, hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! Here’s how I was inspired: I had all kinds of ideas swirling around and then decided to go with that sweet bunny. These are the

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Friend | Alex Syberia Designs

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vases I was inspired by the sketch colors +theme. My card features the following Alex Syberia Designs products: That cork is from my stash and I love how it adds to the design. I can’t wait to see how you’re

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Under the Sea | Waffle Flower Release + Giveaway

Edited to add winner: The random winner is: @buzybunny Congrats Julia! I’m going to send you a DM! 🎉INSTAGRAM Giveaway 🎉 In celebrating the new Waffle Flower Under the Sea release, I’ve partnered with @waffleflowercrafts to give One lucky winner a $20 gift certificate to Waffleflower.com! Giveaway Rules: Open internationally, except where prohibited by law; 18+

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Wish Big | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #53

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 Concord & 9th: My overall color palette is I snuck in the Pretty Pink Posh – Wish Big Script | die I did a

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I am here for you | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Clothes Pins I was inspired by the sketch. My card features the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: *These products are on sale right now! All Brass & Bliss Craft Co sentiments + dies are 30% off. Today is

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