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MarkerPop: Wishing You Rainbows

15 Jul

Good morning!  I'm sorry for disappearing this week but I've had a few super secret projects that I've been working on that have kept me pretty busy!  But I'm excited that I'll be able to share some of them really soon! ;) Anyway, I'm over at the MarkerPop blog with some sparkly, colorful, rainbow-y ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, design team, markerpop
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lawn fawn, mama elephant, markerpop

Christmas in July Week 1 (+VIDEO and a GIVEAWAY)

4 Jul

Psst!  Ellen Hutson is having a one day sale on all in-stock items!  Head over and save 20% off your order by entering "redwhiteblue" in checkout!  Happy shopping!! Good morning!  I'm excited to introduce a (hopefully) annual video series that I'll be sharing over the month of July!  It's ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, video tutorial
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christmas, christmas in july, distress ink, hero arts, mama elephant

Guesting with Ruby Naz!

24 Jun

The Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is underway!  More than 750 entries as of writing this post!  Head here and here to see my first two cards and enter my giveaway! Good morning!  I am super excited to be Ruby's first official guest for her new blog series: Guesting with Ruby Naz!  Check out ... View Post

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card-making, chibitronics, crafting, guest-designer
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chibitronics, guesting with ruby naz, interactive, mama elephant

Thanks a Ton Bendi Card (+VIDEO)

9 Jun

Don’t forget to enter my 2nd Blogiversary Giveaway for a chance to win $50 to the crafty store of your choice!  You can find that post by clicking here!   Good morning!  I recently discovered Bendi Cards over on SplitCoastStampers and I couldn't wait to give one a try!  I thought the adorable ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, video tutorial
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bendi, distress ink, interactive, mama elephant

Believe You Can!

15 May

Good morning!  Recently I purchased the Mama Elephant Unicorns and Rainbows stamp set from Ruby's destash and I couldn't wait to use it!! I stamped a large herd of unicorns and used my ScanNCut to cut them all out...and I now have enough unicorns to last me for several months!  As a child I ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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distress ink, mama elephant, simon says stamp, zig clean color real brush

Lawnscaping Challenge #129: Calling All Critters

2 May

Challenge #129, sponsored by Ellen Hutson, is to add some critters to your creations!  One lucky winner will win a $25 gift certificate to Ellen Hutson! I created an interactive sliding birthday card using the adorable otters from Lawn Fawn's Year Five stamp set: You can watch the ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, design team, lawnscaping, video tutorial
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interactive, lawn fawn, mama elephant, video tutorial

Christmas Card Challenges #22: Photo Inspiration

1 May

Good afternoon!  We have a fun color palette to inspire you this week! And here’s what I created: It's subtle but I really liked the tone on tone pattern in the inspiration photo and decided to use that as the inspiration for my shaker tag!  I stamped the tree with versamark and then ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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christmas, hero arts, lawn fawn, mama elephant, microbeads

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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christmas, mama elephant, martha stewart

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