Coffee Loving Cardmakers Sponsor Solo: Lil’ Inker Designs

Have you been following the new feature over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog, Sponsor Solo?   This week, your hostess Melissa is featuring: Lil’ Inker Designs I combined the Coffee Talk stamp set with the Pointelle Cover up Die and the Stitched Envelope Liner Die. It seems to be tropical days over here on my

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SugarPea Designs Guest Designer: Coffee

Hello!  I’m back as a Guest Designer over at the SugarPea Designs blog!  If you’ve been following me for a bit, you know I love my coffee.  I always love to fall back on Coffee Card designs….add pineapples and I’m a happy crafter: A timesaving tip?  I’ve been buying A2 card bases….sssssshhhhhh…I know, lazy eh?

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Hero Arts: Sweetest Wishes

Happy Saturday!  I’m having fun with a couple of Hero Arts stamp sets by Lia Griffith.  Just say YES to Pink Pineapples♡ I used the Enjoy Fruit and Cheers Messages by Lia Yup, lovin’ the new Intense Black: Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Enjoy Fruit by Lia Griffith Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Cheers Messages by Lia

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Reverse Confetti: thanks, my friend.

Happy Friday!!!!!  Here’s a very postal friendly card…no bumps: I really wanted to throw on some enamel dots but decided to leave it ultra CAS.  Aren’t you loving the Reverse Confetti February release?  I used the Garden Bunch + A Friend Like You stamp sets. My card was inspired by the current Freshly Made Sketches:

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Winnie & Walter: Belated 2nd Birthday Bash!

post 2 of 2…click HERE for my Hero Arts post. Hello!  I’m up on the Winnie & Walter Blog as a Guestie for their Belated 2nd Birthday Bash!  I’m sharing two cards over but sneak peekin’ one of them on my blog: I was inspired by Heather’s Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenge: Gold + Watercoloring

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Hero Arts: Handwritten Thank You

post 1 of 2..click HERE for the Winnie & Walter Belated Birthday Bash! Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today sharing a card using the following products: Stop on by and check it out! Hero Arts Wood Block Stamp, Handwritten Thank You Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Color Layering For You Flowers

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Sponsor Solo – Your Next Stamp

The new feature over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog, Sponsor Solo is so much fun!  Melissa features a Sponsor of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! This week it is Your Next Stamp: Oh my, YNS has TONS of fantastic sets….she has a large variety of Coffee Goodness.  Here’s how I was inspired: Yup, loving

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SugarPea Designs Guest Designer: TIMBER!

Hello!  I’m back as a Guest Designer for SugarPea Designs!  I couldn’t wait to ink up the Timber set: He totally makes me smile…love his facial expression!  When my boy was much younger (he’s 18) whenever he saw a lumberjack he would call them leprechauns (chuckling).  Don’t know where he learned that from but it

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happy galentine’s day!

My girl is celebrating Galentine’s Day tonight with a couple of her friends so we whipped these up last night: I heat embossed the sentiment from Reverse Confetti’s Puppy Love set and followed up with my embossing pen and more Hero Arts White embossing powder.  I definitely need to find a ‘finer tip’ pen but

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Happy Birthday | Hero Arts

This month the challenge is: A Kind of Magic – It’s all about heat embossing! Here’s how I was inspired: Today I’m featuring the Hero Arts: The other Hero Arts products I used: The Flower Garden Bold Prints has been heat embossed in white on watercolor paper. I used blending brushes with the reactive ink

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Lucky | Pretty Pink Posh

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 Pretty Pink Posh: The cardstock colors: My overall color palette was inspired by the Color Throwdown: I can’t wait to

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Colorado Craft Co – NEW Whimsy World | Bunny Life Release Spring 2024

View the autosave I’m excited to be a part of the Colorado Craft Company – New Whimsy World – Bunny Life Release!  You should have arrived here from the Colorado Craft Company blog. Check out these amazing giveaways: Giveaways end March 10th at midnight mountain time. Winners will be announced on March 12th. Here’s how I was inspired

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Floral Happy Birthday | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I was inspired by Rifle Paper Co floral designs. I mixed new Concord & 9th cardstock colors along with their previously released collection. Doodlebugswa is now carrying their new cardstock + inks! The new colors: I did combine the new

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Simple Joys | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #27

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

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Lunar New Year Challenge | March 2024

We’re back with the March 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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Gnome One Like You | Hero Arts

Hey, I’m back with another project for the #StayCraftyChallenge on the Hero Arts blog. Here’s how I was inspired: My project features: I teamed up two of those cute Gnomes with different sized Nesting Hearts cut from Cranberry cardstock. I love how there is a coordinating die for the sentiment. The Do You Believe in

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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 products by Concord & 9th: The Concord & 9th cardstock colors: The vellum I used is from my stash. I can’t wait

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