You Bake Everything Better - Hero Arts/Your Paper Insider

I got these great vintage casserole dishes from Hero Arts a while ago and decided the papers in the latest Your Paper Insider box were perfect with them!  I added frame and stenciling from Miss Ink Stamps.

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Don't Make Me Prove It - Caffeine Fueled Paperplay

 

I have this one up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters.

Hope you'll join me over there for the details!

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - November 2025 Edition

Welcome back to the Crafty Elves!  We post every 25th of the month Christmas Cards... we're building our stash all year long so we're ready for the Holidays.  When you leave here, be sure to hop on over to my fellow Crafty Elves' places, Debra and Michael, to see what they have for you today!

I used some fab new dies from Brass & Bliss Craft Co for my card and papers from Your Paper Insider!

This Gumball Machine die set is SO cute!  And great for any kind of card.  And I used a Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder along with that beautiful white sparkly paper from YPI.

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Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - November 2025

It's that time again!  It's the start of a new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge!  We're celebrating Not 2 Shabby Shop and I've got a card using an adorable old stamp set from the shop! 

And those beautiful papers are from the latest Your Paper Insider Box!  Over on Instagram you'll find a reel so you can see how shimmery those papers are.

So sweet right??  Be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters and see what the team has created for you today and then play along for your chance to win a $15 gift code to the Not 2 Shabby Shop!  Good Luck!

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Miss Ink Stamps - You're Still Hot

Made a cool background with some EVO Paper, Alcohol Inks and added foil with Transfer Gel Duo and the Lava Lamp Stencil.

To this fiery background I added a heart and lips from Postage Hearts and a sentiment from the Perfect Match set!

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Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #CCCC46 - October 2025

It's time for a new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

I'm sharing details for this one over on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog in my Caffeine Fueled Paper Play post!

You'll also find a link there for the CCCC Challenge and be sure to check out what my teamies have made for you today!

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2025 National Coffee Day Instagram Hop!

The Coffee Loving Papercrafters are hopping over on Instagram with lots of sponsors to celebrate National Coffee Day!

I made a couple cards for today ... this one using papers from Your Paper Insider and dies from AJVD!

I stenciled the cup with an AJVD stencil.

And I created this one using products from Brass & Bliss Craft Co.

I stenciled this one and added some Therm O Web Magical Shattered Glass Deco Foil!

A Jillian Vance Design, Your Paper Insider, Brass & Bliss Craft Co and Therm O Web are all sponsors of the hop and offering up prizes!

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Some Pig - Miss Ink Stamps Release Day

Today is the day all the new stuff is available in the shop over at Miss Ink Stamps!

I'm using the adorable Some Pig set for today!

Head on over to the Miss Ink Stamps account on Instagram for your chances to win some free stuff!

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Big Shiny Birthday Balloons - Your Paper Insider

I've used some of my favorite papers from the current Your Paper Insider quarterly subscription box along with purple glitter paper from prior boxes and some new dies from Stamp Market for this one!

How about that metallic???  Yum!  I created the background with a gorgeous purple paper and a Free With Purchase stencil from Miss Ink.  I added Therm O Web Transfer Gel Duo through the stencil and let it dry.  Then I ran it through my Fuse with deco foil.  I popped the balloons up onto the background and then cut a bunch of stars from the silver glitter paper and created a star covered balloon and scattered a few around on the background.

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Congrats On Your Retirement - Your Paper Insider

OMG there is a lot of gorgeous in the current Your Paper Insider box!  I used some of them along with beautiful dies from A Jillian Vance Design... that chunky glitter paper!... the only paper not in the current box is the green I cut the vine from, but that matched the gorgeous floral perfectly and was from a previous box.

I decided it would make the perfect retirement card!

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Hi Lacy Florals - Miss Ink Stamps

I'm loving the yellows and purples in the latest Your Paper Insider Box and combined them with fabulous dies from Miss Ink Stamps today!

Sometimes you just want to say hi!  And how about that gorgeous yellow fiber paper ... it looks so lacy and it's perfect with the flowers from Oh Happy Day and the Hi Swirl Frame set.

The glittery Hi and scallop frame give me heart eyes.

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Snappy Birthday! - Trinity Stamps and Your Paper Insider

Hello!  I recently picked up that super cute Insta-Snap - Instant Camera Die Set over at Trinity Stamps!  I used it with papers from the current quarterly Your Paper Insider Box (The gorggeous purples, yellow and metallic papers) and floral dies from Brass and Bliss Craft Co.

There are dies in the set to add a polaroid pull out but for today, I just stuck with the shaped card.  I created the sentiment using one of the adorable word dies in the camera set and the birthday word from another Trinity sentiment set.

That's me for today!  thanks for stopping!

 

Miss Ink Stamps - Under Your Spell

You've got me under your spell!  Making some Magic with Miss Ink Stamps!  I came across that glitter as I was re-organizing my craft room (still on going..lol) and there was just enough left for a shaker so I made one!

I created a shaker window using the Magnolia Frame die with a larger circle.  I placed them both on my cardstock and adhered them in place with some Pixie Tape.

I cut out a circle of acetate slightly smaller than the circle I used for the frame and adhered it to the back side of the window.

Then I cut out the Magnolia Frame from that pretty glitter paper (from the latest Your Paper Insider Box) and adhered it to the window.

Finally I added pop up tape to the back and before peeling off the backing paper from the foam tape, I brushed across the window with some anti static powder.  I dumped the glitter onto the stenciled panel in the center of the area where my shaker would be and then peeled off the foam tape backing and placed the window over the glitter.

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Sending You Rainbows and Sunflowers

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this one.

I hope you'll hop on over there and join me... and this one has a little sneak of what's coming in your next Your Paper Insider box!

And don't forget there is an Inventory Reduction Sale going on over in the A Jillian Vance Design shop!

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - February 2025 Edition!

Welcome back!  I can't believe it's the 25th of the month already and time for the Craft Elves Countdown to Christmas!  My friends Debra and Michael and I share the Christmas cards we make each month on the 25th.  I only have one card again this month.. it suck up on me!

I used some of my favorite dies from A Jillian Vance Design, a foiled gel print and papers from Lawn Fawn and Your Paper Insider!

I love Sam E Snowman!  He could be a shaker too!

That's me for today!  Be sure to hop on over to Debra's and Michael's places for more holiday inspiration!

Come again soon!