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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July Edition + Guest Designer | Woodblock Wednesday – Christmas in July!

Edited to Add Winner. I used random.org to pick the winner: Yay Congrats! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Announcing that I’ll be continuing Woodblock Wednesday into 2024. Every last Wednesday of the month will be Woodblock Wednesday. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give

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Wild Flower Friend | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I love how this one turned out.  If you didn’t know, green is my favorite color. I had a ton of help with Distress Oxides, the Waffle Flower Grip Mat and the Shader Brushes: I love how the Concord &

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Miss Ink Stamp | May Release

The Miss Ink Stamps May Release is now available! I’m featuring the new Highland Cow Stencil. The sentiment is from the earlier released, Highland Cows stamp set. The aqua panel is cut with a die from the Oh Happy Day die set. Make sure you check the shop for the newest releases! Some links might

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Sip Sip Hooray | Concord & 9th

So many fabulous products in the Doodlebugswa shop! This is my final morning with my grandpup so I’ll be back on my regular schedule! My project for today features the following Concord & 9th products: Be sure to sign up for the restock notification. This set is a must have. It has so many fun

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May Sneak Peek | Miss Ink Stamps

Today is the start of the sneak peeks for the Miss Ink Stamps New Release. Aren’t you LOVING this new stencil, Latte Art? It’s a genius layering design that I’m absolutely smitten with. The sentiment is from the previously released set, Decaf Background. The stenciling has received my personal record of the most inks….20! I

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Happy Birthday | Concord & 9th

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: I’m featuring the following Concord & 9th products: The Concord & 9th color palette: I’ve been on a shaker kick and have added these by Pretty

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Cheers | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #29 – Reminder

Have you linked up to this month’s Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge?! We’re excited to announce that we are the sponsor for the month of May: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: I combined the following Pretty Pink Posh products that are available from our

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Happy Capy-Birthday | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: The sweet images have stamped on watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx.  They have been colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Don’t you love those shaker beads? I can tell you that they sound fabulous! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping

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Adventures | Color Throwdown

Sadly I have a TON of sets that need to be inked up. This one is an Ellen Hutson LLC – Summer of Stamping – Avery Elle Collab set, Camp Wanna Stamp. I knew I wanted to play along with the current Color Throwdown: When I actually started my process of picking out my supplies,

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Crafting Fuel | Miss Ink Stamps

Today I have a mult-tasking project. It is one for both Miss Ink Stamps and the Coffee Loving Papercrafters. In case you haven’t heard…we’re rebranded from the Coffee Loving Cardmakers to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters: We have a new blog home too: https://coffeelovingpapercrafters.com/ We hope you come over and take a peek, perhaps sign up

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