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DIY Distress Ink Pads and Blogiversary Giveaway Winner!

15 May

Good morning and Happy Friday!!  If you're a regular follower you know that I adore my distress inks, right?  Like...if my house was on fire, after I saved my husband, four-footed herd, and harp...my distress inks would be next! ;)  So when I saw Tim Holtz's announcement about the DIY distress ink ... View Post

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A Blog Named Hero Challenge: CAS

10 May

This is my second post for today!  If you're looking for Christmas Card Challenges please scroll down or click here! This week A Blog Named Hero is challenging you to create something CAS (clean and simple)!  This month we are collaborating with WPlus9 and I couldn't wait to mix some of the ... View Post

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Fossilized Amber distress ink!

5 May

Okay, so I'll admit Fossilized Amber is not my favorite distress ink color but that's mostly just because I'm not a big fan of yellow.  However, I'm committed to making this distress ink series so I made it work! ;) I didn't think that this color went particularly well with gold or silver so ... View Post

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A Blog Named Hero: Thank My Lucky Stars

4 May

Good evening!  This month A Blog Named Hero is collaborating with one of my favorite stamp companies, WPlus9 and I'm over on the blog sharing a collaborative card!  Head on over and say hi! :) ... View Post

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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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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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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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A Blog Named Hero Challenge: Embossing

10 Apr

This week A Blog Named Hero is challenging you to create something using embossing!  You can use dry or heat-embossing...there are so many different ways you could interpret this challenge! Here's my card! I started off by stamping the large background Hero Arts stamp with versamark and ... View Post

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