Christmas in April

  I’m part of a group that encourages Holiday Cardmaking year round.  There’s a set monthly minimum of five.   This batch features: Basic Grey – Nordic Holiday Reverse Confetti – Fa La La Circle Savvy Dies – Deer Head Avery Elle – Circle Tag Die Spellbinders Small Pinking Circles This makes for 25 so far

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Oh so sweet | Ellen Hutson LLC

  I remember calling my boy an ice creamatarian when he was younger.  Secretly we were also letting him have carrot gelato and calling it orange gelato.  Never mind the fact that gelato is packed with sugar.  My boy gets his love of ice cream from me.  Unfortunately I can only have the vegan variety

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Momma said | Taylored Expressions

  I put together a card earlier this week but it wasn’t hitting me.  Rather than put everything away, like I should have, I kept everything out to come back to design another card.  Here’s how I was inspired: I combined Taylored Expressions’: Big Grumpy Hot Flash Grumplings Mini Slim Diagonal Stripes Cutting Plate Her

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Hello Friend | Angie Blom Digital Designs

  I’ve been enjoying the gorgeous weather in the pacific northwest.  Mostly because the days are longer which gives me more time for project photog.  I admit I started this project last night but it just wasn’t hitting me. I ended up using some upcycled kraft wrapping for the bouquet and finished it off with

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Welcome Little Ones | Reverse Confetti

  Hello!  I’m so excited to be up on the Reverse Confetti blog today.  I designed this card especially for a friend of mine.  For all the details, please visit my post! Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Oh, hello there | Pigment Craft Co

  I’ve been super smitten by Pigment Craft Co.  Their April Release was filled with caffeinated designs! I used: Cup of Happy Handmade Blend Tea Baggie Builder I used packing paper with the heart shaped Tea Baggie Builder piece.  The Catherine Pooler inks I used: Do-Si-Do | Coral Cabana | Samba Melon Ice Cummerbund Midnight

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Don’t hurry, Be Happy | Flora & Fauna

  Rainbows, can’t get enough of them.  They cheer up any design, don’t you agree?  Today’s card features a bunch of Flora & Fauna! I mixed: Free To Fly | Mini Sloth Rainbow Die | Mini Envelope Die Fern Die [retired] The card base is 3.5 x 5.5.  The rainbow has been colored with copics: R00 YG00

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Out and About Collection x2 | Spellbinders

Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me a couple of the Out and About Collection sets to play with. I’ve combined them with these Spellbinders sets: This one combines: My other card This one features: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Wishing you Joy | Spellbinders

Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me a couple of the Home for the Holidays Collection sets to play with. I decided to design a Christmas in August project that combines the following products: I love using non-traditional colors for the holidays. I’m in love with this pastel look, what do you think?

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Cozy Christmas | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #32

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

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Lunar New Year Challenge | August 2024

We’re back with the July Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Rabbit ended on February 9th. The Year of the Dragon started on February 10, 2024 and runs through January 28, 2025. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I

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Secret Santa | Spellbinders

Thanks to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me the Home for the Holidays – St Nick Etched Dies to play with. I decided to design a Christmas in July project that combines the following products: I couldn’t resist the hot pink tree! The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold on a black cardstock

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Coffee Date | Coffee Loving Papercrafters

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog for the Coffee Date feature! My date is my friend, Chris Franco with Stampin’ Up! You’ll want to pop over there to read about the giveaways! Today we’re both featuring the Stampin’ Up Latte Love! I had so much fun mixing up the Latte Love Bundle –

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Oh so Merry in July | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I had that black Spellbinders mug floating around on my desktop so today’s project was started with that piece. I love it when I see projects that have pops of black, that was my inspiration. You know how much I

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Friend | Hero Arts

This month the Stay Crafty Challenge at a Blog Named Hero is: Color My World. You could color in a background, or a focal image, you could use pencils, markers, ink blending, any and every way you want to add color, we want to see it! Here’s how I was inspired: Today I’m featuring the

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Coolest Day Ever | Lawn Fawn + SALES

…SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATED SALES… Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: My project combines the following products: These are the distress oxides I used: We can’t wait to see how you’re inspired!

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