Reverse Confetti: tropical congrats!

We know a couple kids that recently graduated from high school….I’m super behind in making them cards but managed to make this one: Super clean + simple…perfect for a young man in Hawaii, eh?  I couldn’t resist using the Reverse Confetti Pineapples Aplenty stamps and coordinating confetti cuts!  The Bitty Banners set is perfect for

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Happy Birthday Katie!

Hello!  There’s a group of us that celebrate each other’s birthday’s with a birthday blog hop!  Today we are celebrating Katie Brooks!  You should have arrived here from Kate’s blog which is the beginning of the hop! Katie and I have been friends for awhile.  We use to be walking buddies but then she changed

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Hero Arts: Sweet Birthday Wishes

Hello and Happy Hero Arts Monday—> I just thought that up! I have a sweet card to share with you that uses the Hero Arts Color Layering Ice Cream set. I did a light pink color wash on the oval panel to make the ice cream pop! Rather than do the ice cream in 2

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Two Paper Divas Guest Designer: June recap

Hello!  This is my final post as the June Guestie over at Two Paper Divas!  I’ve had such a fun time over there.  I’m going to show you my card for today plus the other previously posted ones that were up on the Two Paper Divas blog. Many of you know that we’ve been wrapping

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Final Day!

Friday, already?  I was able to post one card a day during the hop.  I wish I could have made more projects, but there just isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done!  I noticed there were several crafters that way exceeded daily postings —-> YAY! Okay, let’s get to it, eh?! I

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Right at Home: Happy Mail

Hello, I’m up on the Right at Home blog today!  I love the Happy Mail set! I used it in a clean + simple design.  The circular stamp with the layered bloom makes for a great focal point. I’m always a happy crafter when I can design a postal friendly design too.  Aren’t the colors

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 7

Can you believe that tomorrow is the final day for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog hop?!  The week has flown by and I’m lovin’ the awesome gallery of inspiration! I have a pretty clean + crisp card that was inspired by my Reverse Confetti teamie, Leigh Penner.  I was inspired by her design and used

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 6

I’m popping in speedy quick as I should be preparing lunch.  I invited my Momma over and haven’t even started cooking it yet (thanks to Blue Apron for the help!).   Have you linked up to the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop?  Although this isn’t a blaring coffee card, I did manage to include a

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 5

I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today using Kelly’s Seattle set but I’m also featuring a different Seattle project using the Destination Seattle stamp, here on my blog: Even though the stamp has such modern images, I tend to go with minimal coloring and distress inking the edges.  This time I cropped the image

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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Day 4

Hello!  We’re on Day 4 of the Summer Hop!  It’s been so much fun seeing all of the great projects in the inlinkz gallery!  We’re already on page 2…how many do you think the final count will be?  I’m trying to keep up with the commenting AND the linking and today I actually have 2

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Merry & Bright | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I used the Waffle Flower Grip Mat V2 for all my stencil work.  It makes it so easy! The Distress Oxides I used: I used Waffle Flower Crafts’ Shader Brushes when stenciling. The sentiment as been heat embossed in white

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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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