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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Friend | Alex Syberia Designs

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vases I was inspired by the sketch colors +theme. My card features the following Alex Syberia Designs products: That cork is from my stash and I love how it adds to the design. I can’t wait to see how you’re

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The Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas | Guest Designer

A big thank you to Debra Davison for the invite to join The Crafty Elves this month! I’m joining: Here’s how I was inspired: I spotted this sweet Flora & Fauna set – Bottle Brush Snowglobe set and used it for an earlier project this week and decided to keep inking it up for today’s

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Ho Ho Ho – Waffle Flower Giveaway

I’ve partnered with Waffle Flower Crafts on Instagram to give ONE lucky winner a Waffle Flower Shader Brush PLUS Sampler Pack! ** Please leave a comment on THIS Instagram post to be eligible** I wanted to also add the contents of the giveaway and project photos here on my blog. The Shader Brush PLUS Sampler

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Merry Little Christmas | Flora Fauna

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 Flora & Fauna: My Concord & 9th ink that I used: I used Parsley cardstock as the base panel. I

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Holiday Joy | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: I’m a huge fan of pink + red combos. The Joy sentiment has been backed with vellum from my stash. Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65.

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Make a Wish | The Greetery

I went to a birthday gathering yesterday and of course, had to make my card, yesterday morning. Yes, I do have a stash of cards but wanted to design something with The Greetery. These are The Greetery products I combined: These are the cardstocks I used: I was inspired by the Just Add Ink challenge:

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Plane Amazing | Concord & 9th

I wanted to design a belated birthday card for my hubby’s friend. This is when I tell you that masculine designs are my biggest challenge. Luckily he is a hobby pilot just like my hubby so I have a bit of airplane themed products. My project features the following items that are available at Doodlebugswa:

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Thanks for Sticking by my Side | Hero Arts

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 Hero Arts: My cardstock that I used: I used Soft Granite ink on the base panel. I can’t wait to

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