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Stamp-a-faire 2017: Bronze Gilded Embellishments

27 Aug
Thinking of You by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Papertrey Ink

Good afternoon and happy Sunday!!  If you follow me on instagram you might have seen my post a few days ago sharing the news; but if not, I am thrilled to share that I was invited to guest-design for Papertrey Ink's Stamp-A-Faire 2017 and my challenge has just gone live over on the Papertrey Ink ... View Post

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papertrey ink

Crafty Christmas Collaboration #5: Tracey McNeely (+GIVEAWAYS!)

25 Jun

Good morning and welcome to the next month of my Crafty Christmas Collaboration series!  If you're new to my Crafty Christmas Collaborations you can find them here!  Basically the idea is that I know I need to start working on Christmas cards pretty early in the year in order to be ready with enough ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, crafty christmas collaboration
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birch press, crafty christmas collaboration, honeybee stamps, papertrey ink, pretty pink posh, shaker card, tag

Crafty Christmas Collaboration #1: Emily Midgett (+GIVEAWAYS!)

25 Jan
Crafty Christmas Collaboration with Jessica Frost-Ballas

Good morning!  I'm excited to announce a new holiday card series on my blog!  Last December, for the first time ever, I sent out every single Christmas card I had in my stash and actually had to make a few last-minute cards.  Seriously not a fan of the last-minute Christmas card hustle.  So this ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, crafty christmas collaboration
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christmas card, crafty christmas collaboration, distress ink, ink blending, papertrey ink, winnie and walter

Christmas in July Week 2 (+VIDEO and a GIVEAWAY)

11 Jul

This is my second post for today!  For my Lawnscaping solo post please scroll down or click here.  Also to celebrate the new MarkerPop design team we're giving away 5 $20 gift certificates.  For more information and to enter click here! Good morning and welcome back to the second week of my ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, video tutorial
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christmas, christmas in july, lawn fawn, lil inker designs, memory box, papertrey ink

Happy Easter (and a bunch of other things!)

27 Mar

Good morning and Happy Easter!  This is kind of a hodge podge post but hopefully not too hard to follow! :) First off, I have a few winners to announce!  My Starbucks winner is: And my Watercolor winner is: Ladies, please send me an email via the contact button on the menu bar and I'll ... View Post

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card-making, crafting, holiday, home
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concord & 9th, easter, holiday, home tour, papertrey ink

Christmas Card Challenges #16: Photo Inspiration

20 Mar

I've got a few giveaways currently going on...a Starbucks giveaway to celebrate the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and a watercolor giveaway showcasing the awesome Daniel Smith watercolors!  Hope you'll check them out! ;) This is my second post for today.  For my Butterfly Reflections Ink post ... View Post

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card-making, christmas card challenges, crafting, design team
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papertrey ink

Penny Black Florals

11 Mar

Good morning!  I wanted to share a quick pair of CAS cards that I made in about 15 minutes!!  I've long admired all of the gorgeous floral cards that Virginia Lu creates using the Penny Black floral stamps and after she posted this card earlier this week I had to finally get some for myself! ;) (And ... View Post

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card-making, crafting
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hero arts, papertrey ink, penny black, zig clean color real brush

30 Day Coloring Challenge – Week 1

7 Feb

Good morning!  I've been participating in Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge and sharing my daily coloring on instagram and facebook; however, I realized that some of my blog followers aren't on IG or FB so I thought I'd share each week here as well!  I've wanted to do the coloring ... View Post

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crafting
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clearly besotted, copic markers, ellen hutson, papertrey ink, tim holtz, zig clean color real brush

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