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A Blog Named Hero: On the 3rd Day of Christmas

3 Dec

Good evening!  I'm over at A Blog Named Hero where we're celebrating the 10 Days of Christmas with special crafty guests!  Click on the banner above to head over and see who I'm hosting! ;) And here's a sneak of my glitzy holiday card!   ... View Post

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Happy Thanksgiving!

26 Nov

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving to all those who are celebrating today!  My husband and I (and our four-footed herd) are at my parents' home and looking forward to eating lots of turkey and stuffing later this afternoon!  I'll be off most social media for the day but thought I'd share a quick ... View Post

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Thank You For Your Kindness

23 Nov

Good morning and Happy Monday!  Another quick card set to share today!  I've been wanting to use the Papertrey Ink Waves die but didn't want to use it for a typical ocean themed card.  So I decided to simply mix and match five different shades of cardstock and paper-piece them into different ... View Post

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Hero Arts + A Blog Named Hero Holiday Blog Hop and Giveaway!

16 Nov

This is my first post for today!  If you're looking for the Lawnscaping Challenge please click here! Good morning!  I am super excited to be participating in a holiday blog hop with the awesome ladies from A Blog Named Hero and the fabulous design team from Hero Arts!  Make sure you read ... View Post

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Colorburst “Confetti”

13 Nov

Good morning!  I'm still working on my RAK card stash so I created another quick set of colorful cards! I LOVE that sentiment from the Hero Arts Acts of Kindness stamp set and thought that the Ken Oliver Colorburst powders would create really pretty, no mess "confetti."  I've been ... View Post

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Share Handmade Kindness Shaker Pocket Cards

10 Nov

Good morning!  I have a quick set of shaker pocket cards to share today! I finally had a chance to play with my Acts of Kindness stamp set from Hero Arts and I knew I wanted to use the sentiment 'throw kindness around like confetti' in a shaker!  I decided not to make a typical shaker ... View Post

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A Blog Named Hero: Hero Arts Love + a giveaway!

7 Nov

Good evening!  I'm over at A Blog Named Hero with a trio of holiday cards celebrating all things Hero Arts.  Here's a sneak peek: I was very inspired by the beautiful cards recently created by Amy and Suzanne for the Hero Arts blog! And a quick happy mail update!  I just got an order of ... View Post

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My least favorite card to make…

27 Oct

CRAFTY DESTASH - I've updated my destash items.  You can see all of the items here and you can click on the individual photos to open up the photo in Instagram.  Alternatively you can follow my destash account on Instagram @jesscraftydestash!  Happy shopping! Good morning!  I was going through my ... View Post

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