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Altenew 7th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway (over $1,400 in Total Prizes)

Posted on April 9, 2021April 4, 2021by Lisa

Hi there and welcome to my stop on Day 2 of the Altenew 7th Anniversary Blog Hop! I’m so glad you’re here to help us celebrate! Before I share my card I just had to let you know about all the awesome prizes up for grabs… Did someone say PRIZES?!?! We have over $1,400 in […]

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Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Daisy Release Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020by Lisa

Hi there and welcome to my stop on the Altenew Craft-A-Flower Daisy release blog hop! I’m so glad you’re here. The Craft-A-Flower: Daisy Layering Die Set can be used with cardstock to make clean and simple designs — there’s even a bundle where you can pick up Altenew’s gradient cardstock and save 5%! But if […]

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OMG! WOW! MOM!

Posted on May 4, 2020May 4, 2020by Lisa

Hey there! Just a heads-up in case ya didn’t know already: Mother’s Day is THIS Sunday! It kinda snuck on me and I needed to get my cards in the mail, stat! The new Mondo OMG and my friend Julie came to the rescue! I remembered that genius girl posted a card where she turned […]

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Altenew February 2020 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Posted on February 13, 2020February 9, 2020by Lisa

Hi there and welcome to my stop on the Altenew February release blog hop! I’m so glad you’re here! I’ve got two cards to share with you today — so let’s hop to it. New Watercolors! Feast your eyes on the new Altenew set of 24 watercolors! I had so much fun playing with this […]

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With Deepest Sympathy

Posted on November 18, 2019by Lisa

As a cardmaker, sympathy cards are the hardest cards that I make. I try to keep them on the simple side so that I can get them done and in the mail, and that’s what I did here on this card for my cousin. His wife passed away recently from cancer and I’m getting all […]

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Altenew Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Posted on October 28, 2019November 1, 2019by Lisa

Hi there and welcome to my stop on the Altenew Metallic Watercolor Release Blog Hop! I’m so glad you’re here! These new colors are so pretty you all! And I love that them come in a metal tin with full size pans — check it out: As soon as I saw these gorgeous colors I […]

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