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Archives for February 2018

Liquid Watercolors two ways!

28 Feb
Liquid Watercolors by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Hero Arts

Good morning!  I've been continuing to experiment with the new liquid watercolors from Hero Arts and today I wanted to share two fun and easy cards I created using two different watercolor techniques! For the first congratulations card I dropped strawberry, dandelion, pine, indigo, and mulled ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, design team, hero arts
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hero arts, liquid watercolors

Altenew Build-A-Flower Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

26 Feb
Build-A-Flower Aster by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Altenew

Good morning!  I am so excited to join Altenew to celebrate one year of their amazing Build-A-Flower collection!  Each month Altenew releases a new flower stamp and die bundle and after a year there is a veritable garden of gorgeous florals to choose from! Build-A-Flower – ... View Post

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bloghop, card-making, crafting, guest-designer
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altenew, zig clean color real brush

Guest-Designing for My Favorite Things

22 Feb

Good morning!  I'm so excited to share that I'm guest-designing on the My Favorite Things Youtube channel today!  You can watch the video below or in HD on the MFT Stamps Youtube channel! Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate ... View Post

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10 Comments
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card-making, crafting, guest-designer
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alcohol ink, my favorite things

Waffleflower Spring 2018 Release Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

22 Feb
Hoppy Birthday by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Waffleflower

Good morning!  I am so thrilled to be a stop on the hop celebrating the Spring 2018 release for Waffleflower!  One of my favorite things about Waffleflower is their collaboration with artists to create innovative and really interesting stamp sets!  And when I saw the adorable critter stamps ... View Post

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bloghop, card-making, crafting, guest-designer
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distress ink, shaker, waffleflower

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #23: Try a New Technique

19 Feb
Sea You Soon by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Lawn Fawnatics

Good morning!!  It’s time for a new Lawn Fawnatics challenge and we're challenging you to try a new technique!  I was lucky enough to receive the new Lawn Fawn Pivot Pop-Up die from Kelly Marie a few weeks ago and I decided to make my first pivot pop-up card!  **Spoiler alert...I LOVED it...the Lawn ... View Post

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card-making, challenge, crafting, design team, lawn fawnatics
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copic, interactive, lawn fawn, lawn fawnatics

Hero Arts: Impressionistic Stamping with Liquid Watercolors

19 Feb

Good morning!  Today I'm over on the Hero Arts blog with a video sharing how to create cards using an impressionistic watercolor look with our new liquid watercolors!  Head over for a closer look!  Here's a sneak peek:   ... View Post

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

You Are Magical!

18 Feb
You Are Magical by Jessica Frost-Ballas

Good morning!  Jess here with a bright and sparkly card using products from Neat and Tangled and Nuvo by Tonic!  From the time I was a little girl I've always been in love with unicorns!  So when I saw the Magical Day stamp set over at Neat and Tangled I knew it would be perfect matched with some ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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neat and tangled, nuvo, tonic

Winnie & Walter 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

16 Feb
Happy by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Winnie and Walter

Good morning!  I am so excited to join Shay, the amazing Winnie & Walter design team, and other guests for a fun blog hop celebrating the 4th Birthday of Winnie & Walter!  I created two cards for the hop following some of the challenges they've been posting as part of their big birthday ... View Post

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bloghop, card-making, crafting, guest-designer
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alcohol ink, winnie and walter

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