Unique Twilight Birthday Cards: Cupcake and Shaker Designs

Challenge: Design a Twilight themed birthday card for a female in high school This is when I say that I haven’t read the books or watched the movies. I just know it is vampires. I decided to design two cards, let’s chat about the cupcake one first: I decided to use the book cover as

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Monochromatic Card Design with Coffee Inspiration

I had an idea that I playing with in my head after I designed THIS card. I challenged myself to create a more monochromatic design with a caffeinated spin. I’m featuring: *retired I didn’t achieve full monochromatic but that’s okay. I’ve really been on a blue kick and I love how peachy corals so with

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Have a Happy Day | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Frogs I was inspired by the colors +theme. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products from Doodlebugswa: Evidently, I’m still in my blue era. My card was also inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics: This is always such a

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Explore the Under the Sea Collection by Waffle Flower

I’m back with another card featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: This turned out a bit brighter than I’m used to but it’s growing on me. The sentiment was stamped on the stamp color panel as the stenciling. I’m featuring: In case you missed my earlier projects: Here are my other two:

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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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Sweetest Birthday Wishes | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: In an attempt to stretch my supplies, this month I’m sharing cards that show different ways to use one panel. Today’s project uses a portion of an A2 stenciled panel. I shared my other design last week, I’ll show that

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Holly Jolly | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #28 – Reminder

New month means a brand new challenge and sponsor over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! We’re excited to announce Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps as our sponsor for the month of April: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: I combined the following products available

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Capy Duo | Miss Ink Stamps

It’s Sunday and my day up on the Miss Ink Stamps blog. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: Check out the Miss Ink Stamps blog for more photos! Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Welcome Cutie | Lawn Fawn

I offered to whip up a baby card for an upcoming shower. I heard the theme was Little Cutie [citrus] so that was my inspiration. My card features the following products by Lawn Fawn: The Welcome is from my stash and is by Honey Bee Stamps – Autumn stamp set [retired]. I used the following

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Greetings | Impress Rubber Stamps

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 products I bought at Impress Rubber Stamps: Other products I added: I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired. We

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Eau De Perfection | Catherine Pooler Release Day

Today is the day…the Catherine Pooler – Eau De Perfection is now available in the shop! I designed this especially for today: I had so much fun with the new products! I combined some previously released products and inks to my project too. Here’s what I’m featuring today: *previously released I’m loving this color combo:

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Birthday Cheer | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: In an attempt to stretch my supplies, this month I’m sharing cards that show different ways to use one panel. Today’s project uses a portion of an A2 stenciled panel. Next week you’ll see the other project, using the other

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Eau De Perfection – Sneaks | Catherine Pooler Designs

Have you heard the news? Catherine Pooler Designs has a new collection that includes inks releasing on April 10th. Here’s a sneak peek for today: You’re going to LOVE this new release! Here’s what I’m sneaking today: I also used the previously released: I did a bit of direct to paper with the inks to

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