wishing you sunshine & rainbows

heeeeeyyyyyy yaaaaaa!!!
ha! 

today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!
it's full of happiness, and rainbows and sunshine - all my favorite things!

be sure to check it out!
and then be sure to tell me what sunshine and rainbows you saw today!
enjoy!

Get Cracking on Christmas: Happy Christmas!

**this is my 2nd post of the day! to see Day 4 of Newton's Nook Designs May Release, scroll down or click here!**

hello!!!

today I'm joining Jenn Shurkus as she continues to Get Cracking on those Christmas cards!! I'm sooooooooo excited to be joining her since I'm still in the Christmas card-making mode! ha!!

be sure to join in the Christmas fun!!
if you create a project, share it on social media with the tag: #getcrackingonchristmas and comment on Jenn's blog for a chance to win!

this time, I used a bunch of some Paper Smooches stamps on my card!

so cute!
I used the Enchanted Elves stamp set for the images! then I colored in the images with Zig Clean Clear Real Brush Markers! once it was all dry, I fussy cut it out!
I love them!! they're sooo cute and whimsical!

I decided to create a snowy mountain scene! so I used the Mountains stencil from Newton's Nook! Fossilized Amber and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inks made the bottom of the mountains, and then I used some white sparkly embossing paste for the snowy caps!

I used Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers for the sky! I splattered some white acrylic paint and water for the background and then used the same sparkly paste and a star stencil! 

the sentiment from Joyful Greetings was heat embossed in white onto black cardstock and then fussy cut out!

don't forget to comment on Jenn's blog post and play along, too, for a chance to win a prize!
enjoy!

thank you fairy much!

hello and happy Saturday!
today I have this fun, little card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

that big bear with fairy wings just cracks me up!
be sure to check it out on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog for more information!
enjoy!

do your own sting!

ok guys...this card CRACKS ME UP!! i saw the sentiment on Pinterest and HAD to make it into a card!!
this card is up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog, so be sure to check it out there!

fun, right?!
ha!
enjoy!

Paper Smooches March 2019 Release Blog Hop!

Hello! 

It's time to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches MARCH 2019 release with you!  ONE new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 10:00 AM Central time zone on March 7th.  You will find the new products at their online store once they go live.  www.papersmoochesstamps.com To add extra fun to our blog hop...there is a prize!  The prize - a $30. gift code to use at the PS online store.  Here are the details:

• Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning) 

• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the blog below

• Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on March 8th to leave a comment. 

• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on March 9th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

Paper Smooches blog

Guests:

Sandy Allnock

Samantha Mann

Design Team:

Alice Lihsuan Huang 

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

Ways to increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop.  If you don't already like the PS FB page, please do https://www.facebook.com/PaperSmooches
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop (follow PS on Twitter - https://twitter.com/papersmooches)
• Share our blog hop on Instagram @papersmooches
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to four extra chances to win on each blog)

Did you know that Paper Smooches offers up a fun challenge each month?  Keep an eye on the PS blog for details.  http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/

Thanks so very much for joining us!

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Yay!!
I'm SOOOOO excited to be part of the new Paper Smooches release! This release has the cutest images and most unique dies!! I love them all!

my first card was inspired by Finding Nemo! (maybe you've heard of the movie?! lol!)

eeeeep, so fun, right?
I used alcohol inks to create the water background, which I looooove! then I used the new Water Dies to add the wave elements! which is sooooo fun!

the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut with the coordinating dies and popped up on foam tape! 

my second card uses that cuuuuuuuuutue beaver image! 

oh, I just love him so much!
I used Distress Inks to create the lake background! so fun! I used Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers for the water, and Twisted Citron for the grassy shore! 

I looooove the Stitched Thanks die, too! I chose to not stitch this time, and let some yellow shine through, in place of a sun! I really like that little pop of color! :)

be sure to hop along to all the stops and tell us what you love most from this release! 
enjoy!

turtle-y awesome card

hello!
it's the weekend!!

today I have this cute little card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog!

looooove it!
be sure to check it out, along with how it came together, on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog! there's still amazing sales going on - grab your wish list stuff now! ha!
enjoy!

Paper Smooches September Blog Hop ***Giveaway***

**this is my 2nd post of the day! to see my card that's up on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog today, scroll down or click here!**

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches SEPTEMBER 2017 release with you!  FOUR new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 8:00pm PT on August 31st.  You will find our new products HERE once they go live.  

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! 

The prize - a $25. gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.

Here are the details:

• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25. prize.
• Just leave a comment on any of the design team blogs listed below or the PS blog for your chance to win!  (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight PT on Sunday, August 27th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on Monday, August 28th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

Alice extended her vacation a bit, so we have a wonderful replacement for her for the blog hop but you will see her creations later this month.  Samantha Mann is stepping in for her and I am super excited about that - woohoo! (yay! that's me!!!)

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Laurie Schmidlin

Michele Boyer

Samantha Mann

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)

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Yay!!!
Surprise! Today I'm part of the Paper Smooches Crew! And I couldn't be happier or more excited!! Thank you Kim, for the invite and kind words!!!! *heart eyes*

Ok, so today I have 2 cards and 1 planner spread to share with you! Let's get to it! :)

My first card uses Dinky Doodles 1 and Daily Diary stamp sets! 

LOVE it!!!

So adorable right?! I turned that little monster into a crab, and then created a tiny beach scene with Distress Oxide Inks, within the AWESOME new Postage Stamp Dies!!!
I die cut out the largest size frame 4 times and adhered them together! LOVE the stacked height!

I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto a strip of black cardstock! And I finished off the card with some gold thread around the frame, and some gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine splatters! 

My 2nd card uses the BEYOND ADORABLE Monster Dies!!!! I die cut out the outline of the monster (and his arm!) 4 times and stacked it all together!

Then added color by blending some Distress Oxide Inks in Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio!

I added some glossy accents to the eyes (they look like googly eyes now!! ha!) and added some glitter to his horns!! LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY!
The watercolor background was created with Distress Oxide Inks in Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral and Spiced Marmalade!

Then I added the sentiment from Halloween Sampler onto a banner of black cardstock!! So cute, right?! Those little white gel pen details I added with to the monster make me giggle, too!

My last project is a planner spread!

If you aren't aware (I mostly post my planner spread on my Instagram only), I use a planner EVERY DAY. But I don't decorate the weekly pages. I need those to be function only! LOL! But I go crazy with the monthly spreads! I call it "art planning" a mix of art journaling, and using a planner!!
So here's my spread before the pen!

What do you think?!

I started by using some white gesso on my pages, then added the watercolor rainbow look with Distress Paints! August is a busy month with both of my boys' celebrating birthdays and back to school! And this year, we even got to see the Solar Eclipse in 100% totality!! Pretty cool!

I hope you're inspired and love what you see!
Don't forget to enter for your chance(s!!) to win!! 

Enjoy!

turtley awesome, dude!

hello and happy Sunday!
today I have a card up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog! :) yahoooo!!!

head on over to see the whole thing, and to read about all of the sweet products I used from the shop! 
enjoy!

BRI #Hashtag Stamps Blog Hop

hello!!!

i'm so excited to be participating in the AWESOME Butterfly Reflections Ink #Hashtag Stamps Blog Hop along with some other AMAZING ladies! we're featuring the new and SO COOL stamp sets created exclusively for Butterfly Reflections Ink, #Hashtag and #Hashtag Bossy! (spoiler alert: the giveaway information is below!)

you should have arrived here from Kim's blog, and if you did, then you saw her FLAWLESS and perfect card! she amazes me!! :)

now, let's get on to my card! 

i started by using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color in those adorable images from the Paper Smooches Spectrum stamp set! once the images were dry, I fussy cut them out. i added some blue watercolor to the background with some water, an old piece of plastic packaging and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink! :)  

i heat embossed the phrases and popped them up onto some black cardstock! 

now it's time for you to head over to Gladys' blog for some more awesome inspiration! but first!!! you didn't think we'd have a hop without a prize, did you?!

To be eligible to win  win one of two prizes: 4x6 #Hashtag Stamp Set or 3x4 #Hashtag Bossy Stamp Set, leave a comment on all blogs by Monday, December 26th at noon. Winners will be announced on the Butterfly Reflections Ink Blog on Tuesday, December 27th.

let's fiesta!

hello!

today i'm playing along with the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge! it's an anything goes challenge - couldn't be easier to play along!! ha!

i made a set of cute cute birthday cards, and i just love how they came out!

so cute, right?! ha! 
i used some gold embossing paste and a stencil to create the background. once it was dry, i used some Distress Inks (Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass for the blues and Worn Lipstick and Dried Marigold for the pinks!) 

i watercolored the images in with my Inktense Colored Pencils and some of my favvvvvvvvorite watercolor paper! it's so smooth and not very textured, but the colors really move on there! perfection! that cute little cactus is from the ADORABLE Southwestern Charm stamp set! Emily Leiphart from Art from the Heart actually sent it to me as a prize last year! LOOOOVE it!! and the bird is from one of my all time favorite Paper Smooches sets - Birthday Buddies! 

The little critters were popped up over the banners and backgrounds, and that's all she wrote folks! so much fun! i LOVE the colors! they make me happy to see! ha!
enjoy!