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Archives for 2015

A Blog Named Hero: Poppies and Texture Paste!

25 Apr

Good evening!  Today I'm over at A Blog Named Hero sharing a card created with Hero Arts and this month's collaboration partner, Altenew!  I'd love for you to stop by and say hi! :) ... View Post

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ABNH, card-making, crafting, design team
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altenew, hero arts

Craft Room Tour

24 Apr
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Good morning and Happy Friday!  I'm excited to share a more detailed look into my crafting space with you today! Here’s the basic layout of my craft room: When you’re standing in the doorway to my music studio this is what you’ll see: And if you’re standing in the opposite corner next ... View Post

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craft storage ideas, crafting, design team, new house

Butterfly Reflections Ink: Narwhals, Narwhals…

22 Apr

You know it....you're singing the song now, right?!  Ha ha, and if you're not...head here and watch this before you go check out my card at Butterfly Reflections Ink! Here's a sneak peek...yep, I totally went there... ;) ... View Post

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butterfly reflections ink, card-making, crafting, design team

Hero Arts Ombre Ink Pads

21 Apr

I am totally in love with the Hero Arts ombre ink pads and I cannot wait until the new colors are released in a few weeks!  I was inspired to make time to play around with them after seeing Jennifer McGuire's video last week and I ended up making more and more backgrounds... ;) I won't go into ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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hero arts, mama elephant, mft stamps, penny black

Christmas Card Challenges #20: Cookies!

19 Apr

Hi and welcome to another Christmas Card Challenge!  This week we've got a fun (and yummy) inspiration photo for you! Here's my card: I think this might just take the award for busiest card I've ever made...it really didn't start off that way but it kinda snowballed.  Leaving off the ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team

Shaker Saturday #8

18 Apr

Good morning!  Thanks for stopping by for Shaker Saturday!  Today's card was heavily inspired by the "snow" outside my window today.  All of the trees are in full-bloom around here and with the breeze this afternoon, there was a constant flurry of petals past my window. I took this photo of our ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, shaker saturday
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distress ink, heat-embossing, mama elephant, papertrey ink

Happy 1st Birthday Rogue!

17 Apr

With a houseful of rescued pets we tend to celebrate adoption days rather than pet birthdays...but that's primarily because we don't actually know the birthdays of our dogs or rabbit.  We still don't know the exact date for Rogue but we've got a much firmer idea.  We adopted her on June 20th and was ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, pets
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avery elle, kuretake gansai tambi, mft stamps, rogue

Wishing on a star!

15 Apr

This is my second post of the day.  If you're looking for my Butterfly Reflections Ink card, please scroll down or click here! Good morning!  Sorry I didn't have a post yesterday...I realized that it was the first day I've skipped since January.  As you'll see, I was a little busy with this ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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chibitronics, distress ink, hero arts, mama elephant

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