friends keep your heart warm

Psssstttt….are you on Instagram?  There’s a fun hop that is happening, right now!  You’ll want to check it out!  There are excellent prizes up for grabs! Here’s a peek at my project: cardstock:  stampin’ up crumb cake  paper:  carta bella fall blessings  stamps:  mft LLD hug in a mug  ink:  fresh ink/chocolate  other:  mft LLD

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Hero Arts: Spreading Cheer

I’m such a fan of non-traditional colors for the holidays, how about you?! One of my fall back color combos is pink + green.  Such a happy combo, don’t you think?  I used Kelly Purkey’s Clearly Kelly S’No Problem.  Love the mix of snowflakes and sentiments!  The inks are Lime Green + Ultra Pink.  The

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oh hello friend.

Happy Saturday!  I have a ton of wood mount stamps that need some serious inky love: cardstock:  gmund savanna bubinga, bazzill marshmallow  stamps:  create a smile coffee first, savvy stamps oh hello friend  ink:  ranger archival black  other:  peerless watercolors When I saw The Challenge, I knew that I wanted to use the Coffee First

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coffee + joy

So, it isn’t very often when I just craft to craft.  I instagrammed this yesterday as I put together a bunch of happy mail that was belated.  What’s that?  Yes, I do generally average 7 cards a week but I wanted this batch to be specifically coffee themed: In case you aren’t part of the

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Hero Arts + A Blog Name Hero Holiday Blog Hop!

Hello!   So excited to be hopping with the Team over on A Blog Named Hero!  You should have arrived here from my bloggie friend, Niki Garcia’s blog!  If you didn’t, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the fun which is the Hero Arts Blog! Comment to win:  Hero Arts has stashed away

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hello friend.

I’m a fan of all things fall so when I saw the Stampin’ Up Photopolymer Acorny Thank You, I knew I had to order it: cardstock:  papertrey ink kraft, stampin’ up very vanilla, recollections gold glitter  stamps:  stampin’ up acorny thank  you, mama elephant mini messages, lawn fawn gleeful gardens  other:  stampin’ up acorny thank

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a cup of cheer

Good Morning!  I’ve been wanting to ink up this Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin stamp set: cardstock:  recollections/110/white, mft cement gray  stamps:  stampin’ up july 2015 paper pumpkin  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics, hero arts gold spray other:  we r memory keepers polka ef, mft  die-namics stax rectangle, canvas corp clothes pin It’s not the set

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you warm my heart.

So, I’ve been very impatiently waiting for some natural lighting so that I could take a pic of my card.  I’ve been getting home after it is dark so I need to better in my photography schedule. cardstock:  mft cement gray, recollections gold glitter  paper:  pebbles cottage living stamps:  mft hug in a mug  ink:

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Reverse Confetti’s Crazy for Christmas: Memory Keeping

Today is Day Three of  Reverse Confetti’s First Annual Crazy for Christmas online showcase event!  Click HERE for Day One + Click HERE for Day Two!  We are going to share all kinds of fun projects with you, are you ready?! Today’s focus is on:  memory keeping I have so many project life albums…like a ton.  I need to

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers News!

Post 3 of 3 for today…click HERE for Reverse Confetti’s Crazy for Christmas click HERE for my Hero Arts Star Snowflake Stencil post We’re so thrilled to present the new Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team!   Pop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog for all the deets!

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Hello Friend | Woodblock Wednesday Reminder

I’m back with a reminder for this month’s Woodblock Wednesday! Check the link up post HERE. Today’s project features these stamps by Impress: I’ve been on a strawberry kick. Love them! Before I go, I did want to announce my next Woodblock Wednesday: My card was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches: Some links may be

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Be Pawsitive | Lawn Fawn

Happy Saturday! I’m linking up to the Lawn Fawnatics challenge – Inspired by book, movie or song: Any guesses? Perhaps I’m showing my age? I went pretty clean + simple on my overall design. I really wanted to pile stuff onto that circle panel but decided to keep it clean. The Lawn Fawn products I’m

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This is your Year | Lunar New Year Challenge + MFT Stamps

We’re so excited to be collaborating with MFT Stamps! Check out the Lunar New Year Challenge blog for all the details! Here’s how I was inspired: I had so much fun designing this project that features: I think that BB Magical Dragon was meant to be on that LLD All-Star High Top, how about you?

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Translation: Thank You | Lawn Fawn

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 by Lawn Fawn: The Concord & 9th cardstock colors: The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on a black cardstock

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March Edition + Guest Designer| Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner. I used random.org to pick the winners: 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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I carrot ’bout you | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I can’t seem to get enough of that sweet bunny and her carrot mobile! I adore the Layered Floral Vines stencil.  I used the Waffle Flower Grip Mat for all my stenciling.  These are the inks I used: Thanks for

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Berry Sweet Friend | Waffle Flower Crafts

I’ve had some of the Waffle Flower Crafts Strawberry collection just waiting for me to ink it up. I love all things fruit themed! Here are the products I’m featuring today: The postage collage was cut from watercolor paper. That makes it easier for me to blend inks using the stencils. These are the Concord

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Nectar of the Gods | Coffee Loving Cardmakers

I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek of my project that I’m sharing: For all the details, please hop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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It’s Your Day | Papertrey Ink

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 by Papertrey Ink: The Concord & 9th cardstock colors: The sentiment has been stamped in Wheat. My color palette was inspired

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