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Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 7 and a GIVEAWAY!!

11 Jun
Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop www.allthesparkle.com

Good morning!  We're in the home stretch of the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!   Here is my 7th entry into the hop!  One more day to go! ;) Today's card is a big mix of stamp companies!  I started off by stamping the cats from Mama Elephant's Purrfect Pair onto a piece of Neenah Solar White ... View Post

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create a smile stamps, lawn fawn, mama elephant, mft stamps

Create a Smile Guest Designer Call!

28 May

I missed the guest designer call for Create a Smile Stamps the last go around but I was determined not to miss it this time!  I discovered their stamps during A Blog Named Hero's collaboration with them earlier this year and I LOVE them! Anyway, this is my first entry into their guest designer ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #17: Anything Goes

29 Mar

It's another Anything Goes week at Christmas Card Challenges and here's my card! I wanted to play along with the Create a Smile Stamps CASe the DT Challenge and I loved this card by Marina!  I created a "background stamp" by stamping the Smiling Snowflakes in random patterns on a piece of ... View Post

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A Blog Named Hero: Mixed Bouquet

25 Mar

Hello!  I'm over on A Blog Named Hero today sharing a card I created using products from Hero Arts and our collaboration partner, Create a Smile Stamps!  Here's a sneak peek...head over to A Blog Named Hero to see the rest of the card!   I am also entering this card in the Sparkle and ... View Post

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Christmas Card Challenges #16: Anything Goes

22 Mar

It's the end of the month so it's time for Anything Goes at Christmas Card Challenges!  Here's my card! I love this Smiling Snowflakes stamp set from Create A Smile Stamps and I thought it'd be fun to use the naughty or nice sentiment to create a spinner card! I started off by cutting two ... View Post

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Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop (day 7) and a GIVEAWAY!

5 Mar
Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop www.allthesparkle.com

We're in the home stretch now! :)  Many thanks to everyone who has been commenting this week!  I read all of them and greatly appreciate your kind words!  I mentioned a giveaway yesterday of a $10 Starbucks card to help get through the Wednesday slump and the winner is Sylvia! "I think this card, ... View Post

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coffee lovers blog hop, create a smile stamps, ellen hutson, simon says stamp, washi

A Blog Named Hero collaboration with Create a Smile Stamps!

4 Mar

This month A Blog Named Hero is collaborating with Create a Smile Stamps!  Here's a sneak peek of the card I created using products from both companies!  Come visit for the full reveal! ;) ... View Post

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