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hand made card with a blue and green receding squares stenciled background, a die cut center with inlaid flowers and leaves in teal blue and white and a black sentiment
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Simon Says Stamp Inlaid Bubble Flower Card

Today I’m playing with four more products from the recent You Are My Favorite Release from Simon Says Stamp.  I thought that combining these bold design elements would create a striking card.

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May 23, 2025 7 Comments
Purple hand-made card with an oval cut in the center with three bachelor's buttons flowers on the left side with sentiments at the bottom center
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Spellbinders Layered Wildflowers

Lisa Horton designed this release from Spellbinders, and I love the details she has placed into the die-cuts to add such great depth and detail without additional work.  They are truly amazing

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May 22, 2025 5 Comments
hand-made pink and white card with a white embossed background, two die-cut oval panels, and die-cut flowers
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Simon Says Stamp Poised Primula Card

The Poised Primula up close has beautiful etched details drawing interest to the piece.  The stenciled background noise adds color and interest without taking over.  The Hopping Hexagons 3D Embossing Folder’s beautiful repeating texture is the perfect clean background to the art piece. 

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May 21, 2025 6 Comments
hand-made oval topped card with different colors of embossed books and a gold wax seal in the right hand corner
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More Spellbinders Club Cards

Good morning, crafty friends, and thanks so much for stopping in.  Yesterday was a cold and rainy day here, the grass really needed it, so I didn’t mind, and it gave me an opportunity to catch up on More Spellbinders Club Cards to share.   

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May 19, 2025 8 Comments
hand-made card with a blue and green bubble background and a white bunny holding a chocolate ice cream cone sitting on a brown park bench under a tree
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Simon Says Stamp The Little Things

Good morning, crafty friends. I have an adorable Simon Says Stamp The Little Things card to share with you today. With this sweet 6 x 8 stamp and die set, you can mix and match the images to create fun cityscapes. I opted for the two-scooper ice cream-licking bunny sitting on a park bench under a tree.

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May 16, 2025 4 Comments
hand-made card with colored pencils all across the front and a black and white birthday greeting
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Spellbinders May Clubs Blog Hop and Giveaway

Hi, card-making friends, and welcome back. I’m excited to participate today in the Spellbinders May Clubs Blog Hop and Giveaway. We have tons of inspiration and some fantastic prizes from the lovely folks over at Spellbinders.

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May 15, 2025 47 Comments
hand made japanese Kokeshi doll card colored in blues and pinks with an embossed background
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Spring in Kyoto

Today, I have a new release from Spellbinders to share with you.  Alex Syberia of Alex Syberia Designs designed Spring in Kyoto.  This beautiful look at Spring in Kyoto includes a creative selection of products, including a 3/D Floral Fans embossing Folder. 

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May 10, 2025 6 Comments
hand made teal card with a rainbow of die cut crayons across it
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Crayon Teacher Cards

Hey, card-making friends. Today, I have 3 cards to share with you all with a Crayon Teacher Cards theme. I’m working again with Spellbinders Monthly Club kits, and I had a blast combining them to create today’s card shares.

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May 8, 2025 4 Comments
hand made green, orange and yellow embossed card with an orange and yellow die cut butterfly
CARDS | Copic colored cards

Fresh Sprigs Embossing Folder Card

I decided to have a little more fun with this Fresh Sprigs Embossing Folder Card.  I LOVE embossing folders.  They are so quick and easy to use, and this new one from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release, Fresh Sprigs, has a beautiful design that is super easy to color. 

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May 7, 2025 8 Comments
a retro feel hand made card with a two tone teal background, a teal stitched chair with a gray cat sitting atop some books with a yellow lamp over a plant in a purple pot
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Spellbinders May Monthly Clubs Stitched

It’s that time again, the 6th of the month, and that means NEW CLUBS from Spellbinders.  I’m starting the month off with my favorite this month, the Spellbinders May Monthly Clubs Stitched. 

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May 6, 2025 7 Comments
hand made birthday card with a little mouse perched on top of a green and pink party hat blowing out three candles on his pink and yellow cake.
CARDS | Copic colored cards

Spellbinders Spring House Mouse Cards

Today, I’m sharing 2 Spellbinders Spring House Mouse Cards, using new stamps from the Spellbinders line.  I just adore these little guys, and they are always so much fun to color

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April 23, 2025 6 Comments
handmade cards with a yellow and pink backgrounds with white gerber daisies with pink highlights and green leaves
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New Spellbinders – Yana’s Daisies

Check out the New Spellbinders – Yana’s Daisies.  Yes, the talented Yana has another new collection out consisting of Press Plates, coordinating stencils, and dies.

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April 10, 2025 9 Comments
hand made die cut card with a vintage teal blue mailbox with gold trim, a pink and white envelope in the slot and decorated with pink and yellow roses
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Spellbinders April Club Kick Off

Today, I’m sharing Spellbinders April Club Kick Off, and I’m starting with my four favorite kits for this month.  The Large Die of the Month, the BetterPress of the Month, the 3D Embossing Folder of the month and the Embossing Club.

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April 6, 2025 7 Comments
Easter card with a blue and green argyle stenciled background and a copic colored light gray bunny head with a teal bow tie
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Simon Says Stamp Argyle Bunny

Bunnies and carrots are all over my work table today, and I’m having so much fun coloring them all.  So here is my first card, Simon Says Stamp Argyle Bunny.

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April 4, 2025 6 Comments
Green and Orange Glimmer Foiled Mosaic background hand made card with orange and green die cut flowers and leaves to celebrate St. Patrick's day
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St. Paddy’s Day Glimmer Cards

I have a couple of St. Paddy’s Day Glimmer Cards to share with you to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  I combined a few of the new Spellbinders Clubs for these again.  The main focus is the BetterPress Club of the Month, Mosaic Quilted Memories.

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March 17, 2025 8 Comments
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Spellbinders Mini Wax Seals

Hi, card-making friends. Yesterday, Spellbinders released a pile of new products, which you can view here. Today, I’m sharing four projects created with the NEW

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March 11, 2025 10 Comments
hand made white easter card with 6 colored and die cut chicks in eggs and a pink sentiment
CARDS | Copic colored cards

Simon Says Stamp Eggstra Special Easter Card

Today I’m sharing Simon Says Stamp Eggstra’s Special Easter Card. This is a new Easter-themed 6 x 8 Stamp and Die set with an adorable selection of little round chicks. They are super easy to color and cut out, and there’s a fabulous selection of sentiments to go with them.

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March 9, 2025 5 Comments
hand made mint colored valentine card with a gold frame, a white heart created from small white leaves, with gold berries, a gold sentiment in the center and a white wax seal with a gold rose in the center
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Spellbinders Stylized Lattice Valentine Card | BLOG HOP & Give Away

I wanted to do something entirely different for this hop.  This card is created entirely with the Deluxe Caboodle Club Kits for January.  The Stylized Lattice 3D Embossing Folder, the leaves that create the heart are from the Large Die of the Month Club, the hugs sentiment is from the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month and the Wax seal, is Floral Jewel, Wax Seal Club.

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January 23, 2025 44 Comments
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