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Archives for 2015

My Favorite Cards of 2015 with a New Year’s Giveaway!

31 Dec

Good morning and Happy New Year's Eve!  I'm happy to be wrapping up my first full calendar year of crafty blogging and I thought it would be fun to revisit some of my favorite cards from 2015! I decided to pick one card from each month and here they are!  You can click on the photo to be taken ... View Post

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card-making, crafting

Ken Oliver Crafts Creative Team: Hello Friend

30 Dec

Good morning and Happy New Year's Eve eve! ;)  Today I'm sharing a card featuring stand-alone dies with Colorburst powders and Stick-It adhesive! I started by spraying a large piece of watercolor paper with water.  While it was still wet I sprinkled Merlot, Alizarin Crimson, and Pthalo Green ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, design team, ken oliver crafts creative team
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ellen hutson, papertrey ink

Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird

27 Dec

Good morning!  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and lucrative post-holiday crafty shopping! ;)  I am personally recovering from an excess of Christmas cookies *she says as she eats another one*... Today is my last guest post for Concord & 9th.  I really loved having the opportunity to ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, guest-designer
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concord & 9th, distress ink

Missing You!

24 Dec

Good morning and Merry Christmas Eve!  It's a busy day around here but I did want to stop by and share a quick card using the Written in the Stars stamp set from the December release of Concord & 9th! I love these cute little buildings and I thought they'd be perfect for a long distance ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, design team, guest-designer
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concord & 9th

Lawnscaping FIT December Hop

23 Dec

This is my second post for today!  For the Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia please scroll down or click here! Today is the last Friday of the month so it’s time for the Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team Blog Hop, sponsored by The Ink Road!  This month we’re ... View Post

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bloghop, card-making, crafting, design team, lawnscaping fit
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lawn fawn

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

23 Dec

This is my first post for today!  For the Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team December Blog Hop please click here! Good morning!  I'm really excited to be participating in Taheerah Atchia's Advent Calendar Extravaganza! Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the ... View Post

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bloghop, card-making, crafting
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mama elephant, wplus9

Lawnscaping Challenge #120: Christmas

21 Dec

Giveaway Winner: Thanks again to everyone who left such sweet comments on my Coffee Lovers Blog Hop card...I had hoped to create a few more cards last week but life got in the way.  My giveaway winner is Alanna with this comment: Alanna, please contact me at jessica@allthesparkle.com and I'll ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting, design team, lawnscaping fit
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lawn fawn

CAS-Muses Challenge: Ruby Naz

18 Dec

Good morning!  Today I have the extreme pleasure of playing along with the CAS-Muses challenge!  The CAS-Muse for November was my good friend Ruby and as soon as I saw her palette I knew I wanted to play along! In her CAS-Muses interview Ruby shared several cards and I really gravitated ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting
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altenew, kuretake gansai tambi

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