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Archives for April 2016

Butterfly Reflections Ink: Mother’s Day Dahlias

17 Apr

Good morning!  I'm over on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog with a watercolored Mother's Day card!  I hope you'll stop by and check it out! Here's a sneak peek: ... View Post

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butterfly reflections ink, card-making, crafting
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lawn fawn, twine, wplus9

Lawnscaping Challenge: Foxy Shaker

11 Apr

This is my second post for today!  If you're looking for my guest-designer post for So Suzy Stamps please scroll down or click here! Good morning!  I'm over at the Lawnscaping blog with a foxy shaker for our Beautiful Florals challenge!  I hope you'll head over and check it out! :) Here's a ... View Post

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

Guest-Designing for So Suzy Stamps

11 Apr

Good morning!  I'm back for my second guest-designer post for So Suzy Stamps!  For my first week, I focused on using the same stamp in different ways and you can find that post here!  This week I wanted to explore a topic that is near and dear to my heart: sparkles, shimmers, and metallics!  (The ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, guest-designer
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distress ink, ken oliver crafts, liquid metals, so suzy stamps

Christmas Card Challenges #19: Photo Inspiration

10 Apr

Good afternoon!  We’ve got a fun inspiration photo for you this week at Christmas Card Challenges! I went fairly literal with my interpretation of the inspiration photo but had a lot of fun making a dimensional "gift" for my card! I started off by stamping the sentiment on a stitched ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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christmas, mama elephant, martha stewart

A Blog Named Hero: Peace

7 Apr

Good evening!  I'm over at A Blog Named Hero with a peaceful holiday card featuring Hero Arts and our April collaboration partner, Newton's Nook!  I hope you'll head over and check it out! :) ... View Post

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ABNH, card-making, crafting, design team
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hero arts, newton's nook

Lawnscaping Challenge #127: Beautiful Florals

4 Apr

Whew, last post for today!  You can find the Spring 2016 Release post for The Ton here and my Guest-Designer post for So Suzy Stamps here!  Psst...there are giveaways for both posts so I hope you'll check them out! Challenge #127, sponsored by Ellen Hutson, is to use a flower or two in your ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting, design team, lawnscaping
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distress ink, lawn fawn, no line watercoloring

Guest-Designing for So Suzy Stamps (+ a giveaway)!

4 Apr

Today's a busy day on my blog!  For the Spring 2016 Release for the Ton please scroll down or click here!  Later you can find my Lawnscaping Challenge post here! I am so excited to be guest-designing for So Suzy Stamps today!  Suzy is one of the nicest ladies in the crafting industry and I'm very ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, guest-designer
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distress ink, guest designer, so suzy stamps, zig clean color real brush

Christmas Card Challenges #18: Anything Goes

3 Apr

This is my second post for today!  For my first post please scroll down or click here! Good afternoon!  It's time for another Anything Goes week at Christmas Card Challenges and I had so much fun that I ended up with an extra non-Christmas card using the same stamps that I shared earlier this ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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critter, interactive, mama elephant

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