Happy Birthday Duo | Reverse Confetti – Stock your Stash

  Hello and Happy May!  I designed this duo especially for this month’s Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash challenge. I started off by stamping the Tropical Leaves images on Lime Green cardstock with Avocado ink.  I die cut them with their coordinating confetti cuts and set them aside. I wanted a tone on tone look

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Friendship | Reverse Confetti

  What are your go to designs for card making?  Mine are friendship.  I’m so excited to be up on the Reverse Confetti blog today! I often send ‘friendship’ cards instead of birthday cards.  This is a great example.  I made this especially for a dear friend that is celebrating her birthday tomorrow. If you’ve

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Lot of Love | Reverse Confetti

Do you own/use a stamping platform?  I remember when they first came out and a crafty friend was explaining it to a group of us.  I didn’t understand what all the type was and now it is a stamping staple for me.  I use to use the stamp-a-ma-jig and still do for my woodmount stamps.

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Gotta love a pun | Lawn Fawn

  Gotta love a pun!  Hope nobody gets ‘prickly’ about the sentiment.  I’m working through my Lawn Fawn and designing projects with the newest release.  I tend to get lost in google when ‘researching’ ideas.  I googled:  succulent puns The Plant-A-Succulent Lawn Cuts are so fun.  I added a butterfly and ladybug from A Bug

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Oh hello friend | Ellen Hutson Overstock SALE – Final Day

  Today is the final day of the Ellen Hutson LLC – Overstock SALE.  I whipped up this project this morning using two products that are part of the Overstock SALE. Modern Succulents, my kind of plants [wink!]. I don’t have a green thumb, at all.  Love this set for both the images and everyday

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Cup of Cheer | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #4 – reminder

  We’re back with a reminder about the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #4 theme of Rainbow.  Our sponsor is Therm O Web.  For all the details about the challenge and the prize, please check out THIS post. Here’s how I was inspired: My card duo features the following products by Therm O Web: Deco Foil A2 Toner Card Fronts

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Happy Birthday to You | Reverse Confetti

My projects started with the ribbon trim.  It was wrapped around a floral bouquet that my daughter received.  I’m up on the Reverse Confetti blog sharing a card duo that was inspired by THIS card by the fabulous Melissa Phillips. I used Melissa’s overall card design with different supplies.  The base starts with the Stitched

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Have a Happy Day | Lawn Fawn

  The Lawn Fawn Beary Rainy Day set is so fun.  I’m in Washington State and well, it rains a lot.  I tend to gravitate towards umbrellas and rain themed sets. I started off and stamped out and colored ALL the images in this set.  When I put it together, it wasn’t hitting me so

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Mini Card Duo | Coffee Loving Cardmakers

  I’m up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog with a pair of mini cards.  Here’s a peek at them: I added the Starbucks gift card for scale, these are quite small but a gift card can still be easily tucked inside. For all the detail, check out the blog.

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Day One | Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Today is the start of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Link up a caffeinated project for a chance to win. All the details are over on the blog. Here’s how I was inspired today: Alex Syberia is one of our newest Super Sponsors! Today’s card features: I took the sweet images from the Cozy Tea

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Knitting Together | Concord & 9th

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Wool & Denim For today’s card was inspired by the theme + colors. I’m featuring the following products: The Concord & 9th inks + cardstock I used: The center sentiments were heat embossed with Altenew white embossing powder. The tags

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Joy For You | Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp has a NEW JOY FOR YOU Release! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: I also used Spellbinders: I kept with a classic black, white + red color palette. I love playing with the Key Fob Tags. I added the black

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Merry Mayhem Trio | Spellbinders

Thanks to Spellbinders for sending me the Merry Mayhem stamp + die bundle. I managed to whip up three cards. Seasonally Tired My first card features these Spellbinders products: The Spellbinders ColorWheel cardstocks I combined: I’m Fine Do you see a trend in a theme here? I couldn’t help using the Merry Mug with those

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Felt Christmas Tree Card | Spellbinders

I’m up on the Spellbinders blog with a card tutorial featuring the new Felt Festive Trees. The Spellbinders products I used: Hop over to my post for all the details. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Tis the Season | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #59

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 Catherine Pooler: The Catherine Pooler Inks: I’m notorious for buying pretty things and not using them like this gorgeous ribbon: Yes, I’ve been loving

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Big Sister | Lawn Fawn

For those that celebrate, Happy Halloween. Today’s card was made especially for our friends’ 2 year old granddaughter who became a Big Sister a couple weeks ago. I’m featuring the following Lawn Fawn products: *retired I snuck in a sun from the Pretty Pink Posh – Get Well Mug Additions. Some of the things that

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Happy Holidays | Simon Says Stamp

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Ghosts For today’s card was inspired by the sketch. I’m featuring the following Simon Says Stamp products: The Concord & 9th inks I used: The sentiment was heat embossed in gold on black cardstock. The A2 base is Sweet Pea.

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October Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Valerie Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, November 25th. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a US

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