enjoy today.

I love fruit stamps and images…have you seen Reverse Confetti’s pineapples aplenty cardstock:  recollections/110/white, stampin’ up basic black  stamps:  reverse confetti/pineapples aplenty  ink:  fresh ink grass/fuschia  other  reverse confetti/triple chevies, your next stamp/gold/gum drops, sewing machine I teamed them up with the triple chevies pineapples aplenty pineapples aplenty confetti cuts I was inspired by the

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need to venti?

I’m trying to spread the latte love around in my craft room.  I have a couple of coffee sets and I’m trying to make the rounds with them. This is with the MFT:  Dienamics Coffee Perk Up stamp set Steel Grey card stock Yup, I upcycled a Starbucks Sleeve! I was inspired by MFT Sketch

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the power of two…

♡two lattes♡ cardstock:  stampin’ up blushing bride/rose red, papertrey ink vellum  stamps:  stampin’ up yippee skippee  ink:  gold embossing powder  other:  stampin’ up hearts mask, create a smila/coffee to go chippies, reverse confetti/tag me confetti cut, modeling paste, pebbles gold scallop tape I need to use my Stampin’ up Goodies more and decided to combine

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Curtain Call Bouquet: sponsored by Penny Black

post two of two for today…click HERE for the Neat and Tangled/The Cut Shoppe collaboration! It’s time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge! photo source:  designlovefest.com We have a new sponsor, Penny Black, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Bouquet!  A randomly selected participant in the Bouquet challenge will have their choice of a Penny Black gift certificate, while the LEAD will

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Neat & Tangled collaboration with The Cut Shoppe

post one of two for today…click HERE for the Curtain Call Challenge. It’s an exciting week….Neat & Tangled is collaborating with The Cut Shoppe! What?  You didn’t know that I had a Cameo?!  LOL…it has collected quite a bit of dust and the wonderful Ashley Horton of The Cut Shoppe totally held my hand a

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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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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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