welcome, little one.

I whipped this card up last night for a friend of mine.  She recently adopted a new pug puppy! So I wanted to make her a ‘new baby’ card: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black, papertrey ink vellum  paper:  mme/jubilee/tangerine  stamps:  reverse confetti/puppy love & fancy word coordinates ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  reverse confetti/puppy

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the essence…

One of my favorite paper collections is Basic Grey’s Persimmon.  I never tire of it and tend to hoard my paper.  I was inspired by a couple challenges: cardstock:  recollections/110/white  paper:  basic grey/persimmon stamps:  stampin’ up/love is kindness  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  stampin’ up embossing folder, martha stewart wool yarn, cork, circle punch 

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lucky me.

I love a good challenge. I’ve been wanting to play over in  the classroom I picked up a ton of the new Essentials by Ellen before we left for Japan and I’m just now getting to play with them. I knew that I wanted to use the Laurel Wreath, in gold, but of course!  Then

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SFYTT: think happy thoughts

Hello Hello! It’s Saturday and I’m hopefully going to be crafting up a storm today because I should have cleaned and organized yesterday. I have a Happy card today: paper:  pebbles cottage living  stamps:  reverse confetti/color me happy  ink:  zing black, fresh ink peach  other:  beading hemp twine, papertrey ink vellum Don’t you love the

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just looking in on you…

When we were in Japan, the kids spotted a couple sticker sets and a post card that were Alpaca themed.  (Click HERE for the differences between Alpacas and Llamas)  We tend to gravitate towards them because my cousin and her husband own several Alpacas.  That is exactly the reason why I bought Stampin’ up’s From

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Fusion Card Challenge: a calm sea

This is post 1 of 3 for today…click HERE for my Neat & Tangled post and click HERE for my Whisker Graphics post! Hello! Welcome to the newest Fusion Card Challenge I took the month of March off from the Design Team and now I’m back!  Check out this fun challenge: I worked with the sketch this week: paper:

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Neat & Tangled: crafting is my jam

This is post 1 of 3 for today…click HERE for my Fusion Card Challenge post and click HERE for my Whisker Graphics post! Hello! Today is my day over on the Neat & Tangled Blog! Here’s a peek at my supplies: paris crafting is my jam I challenged myself to design a one-layer card….I don’t make many of those!

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Whisker Graphics: hello.

This is post 1 of 3 for today…click HERE for my Neat & Tangled post and click HERE for my Fusion Card Challenge post! Hello! Today is my day up on the Whisker Graphics Blog! I always have fun with Whisker Graphics and Divine Twine, you do know that their products aren’t just for packaging,

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Reverse Confetti: April New Release Blog Hop!

Post 2 of 2 for today…click HERE for my A Jillian Vance Design post! Today is the day!  It is the Reverse Confetti April Release Blog Hop!  That means all the new products that we’ve been sneak peekin’ to you are now available in the shop! You should have hopped here from the Awesome Kathy

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A Jillian Vance Design: happy blooming birthday

post 1 of 2…please click HERE for the Reverse Confetti April New Release Blog Hop! Hello! Today is my day up on the A Jillian Vance Design Blog! I had loads of fun designing today’s project and thought I’d sneak peek my AJVD Supply list: watering can die set {die}signer pocket showers of blessings {die}lightfully

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Ornament Greetings Duo | The Foiled Fox

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be a Guest Designer for The Foiled Fox. I’m sharing two projects, here’s a peek at one of them. Read all about it over on The Foiled Fox blog. Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you:

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Happy Holidays | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #24 – Reminder

We’re still going strong over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Frantic Stamper is our sponsor for the month of December: For the details about the challenge, please visit the challenge post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: This month’s theme is: Snowman I’m featuring the following products from our sponsor Frantic Stamper: I love

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Magical Season | The Foiled Fox + 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 available at The Foiled Fox: The Concord & 9th colors that I used: I can’t wait to see how my teamies

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friend | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: This originally started as an aqua and red color combo. I wasn’t warming up to it so I changed that center panel to pink. The black details weren’t originally planned either but I love how they look. Doodlebugs offers $2

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Warm Wishes to You | Miss Ink Stamps

It’s Sunday and my day up on the Miss Ink Stamps blog. Here’s a bit of a sneak peek: My design was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches: Some links may be affiliate at no extra cost to you:

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Christmas Tags | CTMH

Happy Friday! I joined my friend Chris Franco’s Tag Swap. We were to design 5 tags here are a couple from my batch. This first one, just look at that cat’s face! This tag features: Those two made me buy the Happy Pawlidays set…and there’s a caffeinated critter too. You’ll be seeing her soon! This

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