Pretzels | Ink Road Stamps

If you follow me on IG, you may have seen one of my recent IG Stories that showed my latest order from the Ink Road Stamps.   Any Seinfeld fans out there?  If you’re one, you NEED the Ink Road Stamps’ Serenity Now set.  Both my daughter and I are fans and when I told her

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June 2019 Creative Hop | Reverse Confetti

Hello!  Today is the 8th of the month which means it’s time for the Reverse Confetti Creative Hop!  You should have arrived here from my teamie, Heather Hoffman.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Reverse Confetti blog! I have a birthday duo to share with you today: I never

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a little hello | Badges & Banners

Hello + Happy Friday!  So I thought my day was going to be filled with driving around only to realize that will be next Friday.  How lucky am I that I get to stay home, be crafty and oh yeah, really make a dent in cleaning my craft room.   So at my last Crafty Garage

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Paper Smooches June 2019 Blog Hop + Giveaways!

Hello!  I’m so excited to be part of the Paper Smooches June 2019 Blog Hop!  They’re releasing one new stamp set and five new dies that will be available to purchase in the Paper Smooches online store at 10:00 am central on Friday, June 7th. To add extra fun to the blog hop…there are prizes!  The prize – a $30.

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work that crown | Paper Smooches

Check out this project that features three different Paper Smooches stamp sets: Courteous Cuties   |   Pineapple Crush   |  Pineapple Crush 2 The yellow narrow strips are washi. Loving that sentiment.  This is going postal to my stepdaughter.  Her birthday is this week. I was inspired by: Freshly Made Sketches Paper Smooches Photo Inspiration Challenge The

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Coffee date | Create a Smile Stamps

So, I wanted to play with the Create a Smile Stamps Coffee Collection Kit and decided to combine it with some older CAS stamps: That big rainbow mug?  It’s from their (retired) Coffee First set.  I LOVE that mug for the style and size!  The other coffee to go cup and green mug are from

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many thanks | Flora & Fauna – Reverse Confetti

A clean and crisp thank you card design.  All based around that Palm in Vase die by Flora & Fauna. I’m a certified black thumb.  It must have skipped a generation because my girl LOVES plants.   It seems a lot of her friends are the same way. I wish you could see the Wink of

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New York | Newton’s Nook Designs

If you’ve been following me on FB or IG, you’ll have read that I spent a bit of time in NYC.  We celebrated my boy’s college graduation!  My trip inspired my project today.   I’m featuring the Newton’s Nook Designs –  Newton Dreams of New York.  The (retired) Basic Grey Hey Boy collection is perfect for

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cheers | Reverse Confetti

Hello and Happy Tuesday.  My first day back to work after taking a week off.  Today, I’m sharing a project that features Reverse Confetti products! I’m featuring the Drink More Coffee + Cake & Champagne sets. I’m loving the added texture with the (retired) stencil and modeling paste.   I doubled up the cheers from the

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Thank You | Evelin T Designs

I’m so excited to have my first Design Team post up on Evelin T Designs’ blog!  Here’s a bit of a sneaky peek: Pop over to the Evelin T Designs’ blog for the full reveal!

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Coolest Day Ever | chance to win!

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Poolside I was inspired by the theme + colors. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products: I also squeezed in these products: I used the following Concord & 9th cardstock: The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on

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Happy Birthday | Simon Says Stamp

I’m back with a birthday card. Did you catch my earlier Centenarian Birthday Card Request? You could be the lucky winner of a $20 Gift card: If you were following me last year, you might remember that I did a call out for Birthday cards for my former Mother-in-law’s 99th birthday. I’m doing it again

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Snowflake Soiree | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #55

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by The Greetery: These are the Catherine Pooler ink colors I used: *retired The Coaster and base are Bazzill – Marshmallow. My last card contains

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Seas & Greetings | My Pretty Things

Have you checked out the newest release from My Pretty Things – Life InDex?! There’s still time to comment over on instagram for a chance to win! I have the direct links to each hop stop HERE. I’m back with a new project, here’s how I was inspired: This card features: The colors were inspired

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My Pretty Things – Life InDex Release IG Hop

My Pretty Things’ Life InDex Release is now in-store, and it makes memory keeping easy with perfectly sized products for all papercrafters!! Forget those rolodex and boxes for specialized dies. MPT’s new line is sized to fit 4”x6” index cards for easy storage in pocket pages, index boxes, scrapbooking, albums, or even cards. There is

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