Season’s Givings Blog Hop

Click HERE for my Stories of stamps, paper and… Click HERE for my i {heart} papers post! Click HERE for the Fusion Card Challenge/One Year Anniversary Celebration post! Click HERE for Curtain Call/Winter Wonder! So thrilled to be part of Latisha’s Seasons Givings Blog Hop for the 3rd year!  You should have arrived from Lorena’s blog!  I’m

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Neat & Tangled News

I know that I’ve been kind of quiet on my blog….that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been busy!  I’m prepping for a couple new releases and enjoying my time off from work.  The girl is still home with us and we’ve been having fun like eating HERE. I did want to pop in here and

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warm thoughts

So, as the year wraps up, have you been pondering your New Years resolutions? One of mine is to work on Holiday cards throughout the year.  Although I had fun creating 80+ Christmas cards in November, it is something I just don’t want to do again in 2015. I actually don’t have a whole lot

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walking on sunshine.

Are you singing it?! What, really?  HERE you go. paper:  pebbles/home made  stamps:  butterfly reflections ink/head in the clouds  ink:  fresh ink/navy, clear embossing powder  other:  spellbinders, impress glitter washi Don’t you love the stamped sentiment? It’s a Butterfly Reflections Ink exclusive set designed by Shanna Noel called head in the clouds Yup, it’s a

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papertrey ink: december 2014 blog hop

Happy Boxing Day! Today’s the day for the papertrey ink December Blog Hop I was inspired by the gorgeous bar necklaces.  Who doesn’t love the look of gold and silver?   Combining them, that’s a challenge: cardstock:  papertrey ink, chickaniddy crafts/goldie lox  stamps:  papertrey ink phrase play #3/rosie posie  ink:  zing white, delicata silvery shimmer

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stories of stamps, paper and… : warm winter wishes

Merry Christmas Eve! Today is my day up on the Stories of stamps, paper and… For those that don’t know, it’s an italian based challenge blog that runs monthly themes.  The new challenges start on the 1st and run through the month.  The month the challenge is  Christmas with a Bow Throughout the remainder of

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peace love and happiness

Here’s a set of cards that will make good New Years cards: cardstock:  stampin’ up basic black/cherry cobbler  stamps:  paper smooches/pretty phrases  ink:  zing white, wplus9 white  other:  reverse confetti/double edge scallop border confetti cut, impress gold washi I’ve been seeing a lot of black base projects (check out the mambi blog) and love that

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sprinkled with lots of love

Happy Monday! It’s fun to gravitate away from holiday themed cards: cardstock:  recollections/white, stampin’ up/pirouette pink  paper:  teresa collins/nine & co  stamps:  reverse confetti/donut you know  ink:  fresh ink/chocolate & red currant  other:  cork, reverse confetti/donut you know confetti cuts The Reverse Confetti, Donut you Know set is filled with fun sentiments and I adore

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Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: listing of blog sponsored winners

So, this is the final follow up post for the  Holiday Coffee Lovers  Blog Hop All the blog sponsored prizes have been drawn and the winners have been contacted, if they left their contact information. HERE is a google doc that lists a majority of the blog sponsored give-a-ways. This might be a great time

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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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