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Butterfly Blossoms

Thursday, September 19, 2019

I don't know if I'm more excited to share today's card with you because it's a beautiful new stamp set that I'm loving, or because of the surprisingly beautiful color combination! You might recall that last Friday I shared this . . .

Conquering Your Creative Fears

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Hello friends! Cheers to Wednesday, you've made it halfway through the week! Today I am sharing over on the Butterfly Reflections Ink website. Would you believe that I own ALL the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks, but am too afraid to use them!? It's true! I see the beautiful backgrounds and . . .

The (Creative) Struggle Bus

Over the weekend I had a front row seat on the creative struggle bus. I threw three cards in the trash (only to later fish out yesterday's after much thought). I jabbed my index finger with the paper piercer. I flipped over an ink pad that ruined the scalloped corner of a finished card that I actually liked! And, this wasn't my first ride on the struggle bus. Oh no. . .

Happy Harvest by Reverse Confetti

Monday, September 16, 2019

Hello friends and happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend. Ours was fairly quiet due to the all the rain, so after stamp camp on Saturday, we did a whole lot of nothing. I didn't even have the energy to craft! Shocking, I know! I tried. I went into my craft room and sat there. . .

September Mood Board

Hello readers and happy Friday! Yay for the weekend! Today I have a card to share with you that is WAY outside of my color comfort zone! Each month, one of my fellow DT members creates . . .

9/12/2019

Autumn Mice

Fall is here friends whether you are jumping on the pumpkin spice bandwagon or not! P.S. - I'm totally here for it! Fall is my absolute favorite time of year because of the cooler weather and the leaf. . .

9/11/2019

Halloween Party In A Box

Hello friends, I hope you are all having a good week so far! Today I am on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog sharing this spooky-cute Halloween inspired box card featuring the . . .

9/10/19

Pretty Pink Posh Sunflowers

Hello! Today I am excited to be sharing two vibrant floral cards featuring the new fall release Sunflower stamp set and coordinating dies from Pretty Pink Posh. There are so many stamp companies . . .

9/9/19

It's A. . .

Today I'd like to talk about my love/hate relationship with a stamping platform. There are many various types of stamping platforms on the market, from the original Misti, to the Tim Holtz . . .

9/6/19

Unicorn Awesomeness

Hello readers and happy Friday! Today I'm actually "working" at the Scrapbook Expo in Marlborough, Massachusetts, teaching the make-n-take at the Stamp On It
booth. . .

9/4/2019

Cats, Carbs and Cards

Hello crafty friends! (I say "friends" because I really do believe in the age old adage, "strangers are friends you've yet to meet.") Today I'm happy to be writing my first post as one of the newest Design Team . . .

9/4/2019

Exciting Announcement

Hello readers and welcome back from a long, holiday weekend! I have an exciting announcement to share with you today. . . I have been selected to join the Design Team at. . .

9/3/2019

Oh Gnome

Hello friends and happy Tuesday, or should I say welcome back to another work week!? Oh gnome, is right!? Monday's are typically tough, but Tuesday's after a 3-day weekend are even worse. . .

8/30/2019

Thankful Friends

Hello friends and happy Friday! TGIF and YAY for the long weekend! We have zero plans on our calendar for the next three days and I couldn't be more happy about that. I'm hoping there will be. . .

8/29/2019

Martha's Pumpkins

Hi friends! Today's card features a stamp set called "Martha's Pumpkins" from Spellbinders/FSJ, but my first question is who is Martha!? And, why did she have pumpkins named after her?

8/28/2019

Hola

Hola, mis amigos! Today we're taking a break from the fall themed cards, just so I can try to appease the readers who maybe aren't yet ready to embrace the fall season. I'm all about keeping, , ,

8/23/2019

Harvest Mouse

Hi readers and happy Friday! I hope you have fun things planned for the weekend ahead! I have lots of work to do in my craft room from preparing for next week's gel cards class to ALL the samples. . .

8/22/2019

Altenew Sunflower Daisy

Hello friends and happy Thursday! I hope you are having a good week so far. Today I'm sharing the first of my fall floral cards using this beautiful Altenew Sunflower Daisy stamp set. If you're. . .

8/20/2019

Tim Holtz Vagabond 2

Ugh, so I wasn't planning on purchasing a new $200 crafting machine anytime
soon. . . But, last week, the stars and moons aligned as such that my aging Sizzix Big Shot died. Bonnie bit the bullet. . .

8/19/2019

Color Layering Fawn

Hello friends and happy Monday! Welcome back from the weekend and cheers to a new cardmaking season! Last Friday, I announced the "end of my summer cards" and today. . .

8/16/2019

So Long Summer

Hi friends! I know it's only August 16th, but let's consider today's card my official cardmaking end of summer. I know, I know. . . Collective groans from the interwebs (or more than likely all those). . .

8/15/2019

Cheers to 90 Years

This weekend we will celebrate my Grandpa's 90th birthday and I couldn't wait to create a very special card for him. He is the most amazing, hardworking, generous and loyal man I know. . .

8/13/2019

Gina Marie Designs Dies

If you're anything like me, you love to craft, but you're also always looking for ways to save money doing something you love. It's no secret that this can be an expensive hobby, especially when. . .

8/12/2019

Power Pumps

Hello friends and welcome back from the weekend! We're back to the Monday grind, so today we're rocking some heels. And fancy schmancy red-laquered Christian Louboutin stiletto's at that. . .

8/9/2019

Crafty Friends

Hello crafty friends and happy Friday! TGIF! I hope you have fun things planned for the weekend ahead. Speaking of crafty friends, and before we get to today's crafty friends cards. . .

8/8/2019

August My Monthly Hero

Hear ye! Hear ye! Calling all brave knights and crafty maidens! The August Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit is here and it is a fantastical assortment of fairytale products fit for royalty. . .

8/7/2019

Color Layering Iris

Hello! Today I am sharing a beautiful floral card featuring a monochromatic color palette. Purple is a color that has grown on me through the years and is still not one I use frequently. . .

8/5/2019

Soy Happy For You

Hi friends! Because Monday's are typically never fun or happy, let's start today off with fun and happy! Smiling sushi and punny sentiments! I hope today's card will make you smile, because. . .

8/2/2019

Happy (Pastel) Home

Hi readers and TGIF! I hope you have fun things planned for the weekend ahead! Today I am sharing the last in a series of slimline cards this week. I hope by sharing a few designs like this. . .

8/1/2019

Marvelous Perfumes

Hello friends and happy August! It wasn't my intention at the beginning of the week to create ALL slimline cards to share with you over the past few days, but, after enjoying having so much . . .

7/30/2019

More Hippos on Holiday

Hello friends, I'm back sharing another slimline card today featuring the same Hippos on Holiday that I used in yesterday's card! While today's card features the same stamp set and layout, I opted for. . .

7/26/2019

Ho Ho Ho

Hello friends and happy Friday! Congratulations for making it through the work week! I'm ready for the weekend! Today is the second (and last!) day I'll be sharing Christmas in July cards. . .

7/25/2019

North Pole Littles

Happy July 25th, otherwise known as Christmas in July! Ugh, I'm not even a Christmas in December person, so here I am sharing my first Christmas card of 2019. Five months early. It's kind of. . .

7/24/2019

Pucker Up

Hi friends and happy Wednesday! Yesterday I shared this fun lemon waterfall card made using the Pucker Up stamp set by SugarPea Designs and today I am sharing two more ways to use. . .

7/23/2019

SugarPea Designs

Okay, so my "Shark Week" inspiration only lasted one day. . . I did create another shark themed card to share with you today, but when I looked at the images I was not happy with how the photography. . .

7/22/2019

Shark Week 2019

Hello readers and happy Monday! Welcome back from a very H-O-T weekend! It was WAAAAAAYYyyy too hot and humid for me, so I was happily crafting away in my craft room. . .

7/19/2019

Color Layering Sea & Sky

Hi friends and happy Fri-YAY! I hope you have fun (and cool) plans for the weekend ahead considering it will be 10,000 degrees outside here in Massachusetts! Okay, maybe I added. . .

7/17/2019

Panda Party by SSS

Hi friends, the July Simon Says Stamp kit "Party Like a Panda" has been released and it will leave you in a pure panda-monium!
The 6×8 Simon exclusive, Party Like a Panda stamp set features. . .

7/15/2019

An Experiment in Color

Hello friends and happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend. Monday's are always so tough to bounce back from. . . Today's post is a bit of an experimentation in color. . .

7/12/2019

Strong Women Make Waves

Yes! Yes! Yes! Amen to Taylored Expressions for creating this beautiful Be A Mermaid stamp set with a killer empowering, "strong women make waves" sentiment!

7/11/2019

Hello Beautiful Mermaid

Hello friends and thanks for taking the time to visit my website! If this is your first time, welcome! I hope to inspire you with a little creativity. Want to learn a little bit more about me? Please click here. . .

7/10/2019

Bee Yourself SSS Card Kit

Hello readers and Happy Wednesday! Today I'm sharing the first two cards I created using the July Bee Yourself card kit from Simon Says Stamp. I have really enjoying receiving these . . .

7/9/2019

July Create w/ Crystal

Hello and welcome to only the second month of my Create w/ Crystal monthly cardmaking "club!" In May, I asked some fellow crafty friends who would be interested in a FREE little "kit."