no 522

Odd blog post title, eh?

It was one of those...hmmm...what do I call this one?

I had a ball playing with my newest Crate Paper goodies, the Portrait Collection.  Good grief, all their lines rock and I have to say that I think that the CP Girls rock...so many of their styles just 'speak' to me...

Any ideas as to what the NO 522 means?  I think it is just random but if anybody knows for sure, please let me know:)

I tend to make a lot of non-sentiment cards...makes it customizable later.  

Really love the latest CPS sketch:

Pop over to my Flashback Friday blog to read about the winner of my Flashback Friday Back-to-Basic Blog Candy!  I've also listed the responses to my question:  What is your favorite crafty tool?

Have a super day!!!

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springtime cameo.

Hello and welcome to the EAD Designs Blog Hop!
{it officially starts at 10 am EST}

Today's theme is Spring it on!

You should have arrived here from Liz's blog:  Liz's Paper Loft

If not, you'll want to start at the beginning which is the EAD Designs Blog!

What do you think of when you hear the word "Spring"?

I think of bright, fun colors and blooms...

Surprise...Surprise...Cameo Frames in Rub-Ons/Hot Pink!

All the paper is PTI and the bloom is Prima...doesn't it scream Spring?

I was inspired by the 365 Cards Super Sunday Sketch:

{hi girls!!}

I also wanted to squeak in a card for the Paper Smooches Wedding Festivities...how exciting that Kim was married over the weekend!!!!

Can you believe that all the paper I used on this 4.25 x 4.25 inch card is from Crate's Holiday line?  I paper pieced the Paper Smooches Friendly Flowers bloom and finished off the card with the fabbie co-branding vinyl rub-on by EAD Designs/Paper Smooches.  I colored in the heart with a copic:)

psssttt....there's some blog candy over at the Flashback Friday challenge blog:)

Okie dokie...hop over to Stephanie's at {Dream Create Inspire}

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classic wedding

Classic Wedding...what does that mean to you?  I think of a formal ceremony & reception.  Do 'regular' people still do those?

I made this for a dear friend of mine that is getting married this summer...you know who you are so please don't look any further since you haven't received the card yet!

We spent some quality time together at Paper Source looking for wedding invite ideas for her...sooo many options that it was overwhelming for her.

She ended up going home with some embossed DIY invites...not sure if she'll keep them, but they are gorgeous.

Anywho's......I made this card to send to her....used my new Crate Paper Goodness, the sentiment is ala SRM.

I'm so very excited for her wedding...I haven't been to one in a long time..I'll live vicariously through her...if you follow me on Pinterest, I have several wedding oriented boards...the inspiration is never ending.

My card was inspired by the fab sketch over at Get Sketchy!

**chit chat**

Just a reminder that the E.A.D Designs March Steal ends today!

Flashback Friday 9.0 is going strong but it ends tomorrow at 11:59 pm PST!  So linkie up!!!

I've been trying to keep up with my google reader and commenting and haven't been doing so well on the commenting...been falling asleep pretty early...training is going great at the new job but it wipes me out!  Soooo....be patient with me:)

Thanks sooo much for stoppin' by!!!

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Lucky Me...

Happy Thursday!

The work week is quickly coming to an end...whew...another b-u-s-y week for me...

Today I have some fun E.A.D Designs stuff to chat about!

Check out our BRAND new EAD Designs Color Challenge:

LOVE the coordinating Feel'n Irish Stickerz!

Here are the deets on the challenge:

25% off for everyone who plays

$20 GC to one random winner

The challenge runs through February 24th.

Seriously, what do you have to lose except, well 25%!!!

I'm still trying to dehoard...this time I've used some Crate paper goodness on my card:

Check it out...I tend to buy things and love it so much that I don't use the schtuff...I know, I know...either you can sympathize with me or you're shaking your head in confusion...anywho's....trying to break old habits:)

I love that sentiment from the Feel'n Irish Stickerz set...am I the only one that hears Sonny & Cher right now...haha...

Here's the beauty of the Stickerz, you can smack them on anything...light panels, dark panels...you can bling them up like I did with some Chocolate Delight Queen & Co pearls...{chocolate delight, gotta love that name}...

All the patterned paper is Crate....so are the layered chippies...this card actually has an ivory base that seems to have faded out in my pic but it is there....I managed to get some stitching in too...

I was inspired by the latest Clean & Simple Sketch:

I look forward to seeing you join in the Feel'n Irish Color Challenge!!!!

BTW, I'm the hostess over at the E.A.D Designs bloggie...would you pop over there and leave me some bloggie love?

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sweet!

Happy E.A.D Designs Monday!

It's Blog Hoppin' time!

{officially starts at 10 am EST}

You should have arrived here from Liz's blog:

Liz's Paper Loft

If not, start at the beginning of the hop which is the E.A.D Designs blog because there are TONS of announcements!!!!!

The theme for the hop is:

Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin

....I made a Valentine's Day card with a SWEET cupcake:

I used the Sweet Treats Stickerz set:

The interior of my shaped card has the "Sweet" Stickerz....all my paper is Crate's Christmas line...did some fun stitching:)

I was inspired by the Cardabilities sketch:

Check out this month's STEAL:

A Big Woot Woot for Court who is our February Guest Designer!!!!  She ROCKS!!!!   We are super happy to also tell you that we've added to new Girls to the team!!!!

Lauren & Liz!!

Welcome Aboard Lauren & Liz...we're sooooo thrilled to have ya!

Make sure that you do the Hop so you leave all the gals some EAD Designs Bloggie Love!!!

Okay, now off you hop to Stephanie's {Dream Create Inspire}....

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bee mine

Woo Hoo for Monday's!

Monday's mean it is the E.A.D Designs Blog Hop!

{officially starts at 10 am EST}

You should have arrived her from our spectacular January Guest Designer...Lauren at:

Lauren's Creative

If not, be sure that you start from the E.A.D Designs blog...you don't want to miss out on any of the fun...

Most of you know that I like making a scene...a card scene that is:

Oh yeah...now how fun is THIS valentine?!  I used the Valentine Garden Stickerz which happen to be 1/2 off....yes....1/2 off...they are only $1.25 for a 7 x 6 inch sheet....a PERFECT way for you to try out some Stickerz or just take advantage of the fabbie price and stock up...you can seriously use the images year round...all the Valentine Garden Stickerz that I used on my card are on pop dots...I tucked the flower stems into the rolling hills:)

Can you believe that the paper that I used is Christmas stuff?  Yuppers..Crate Paper Snow Day...LOVE the stuff and actually my bloggie friend Lindsay used it on a recent card and it inspired me:)  I used Cosmo Cricket's tiny type for the Bee Mine sentiment...

Check out the NEWEST Stickerz that have hit the E.A.D Designs shop!

Feel'n Irish

Irish Sweets

It's Party Time

Don't forget about the January Steal:

There is also the E.A.D Designs Turtle Love Color Challenge!

challenge runs through January 27th

Check out the SWEET Turtle Love Stickerz:

Just for playing with us in the color challenge gives you a 25% coupon to the store and you might just be lucky and win a $20 Gift Certificate to EAD DESIGNS!!

Whew...I think I got everything:)

Now hop on over to Stephanie's at 

{Dream Create Inspire}

Have a super Monday!!!

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silhouettes...

Hi Guys!

Happy Thursday...I'm exhausted...trying to defeat some reverse insomnia...I can get to sleep fine, actually tend to fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow but can't seem to STAY asleep...I'm getting old...grrrr...I have so much to do and by the time I get home from work, I'm too pooped to do any of it.  Trying to really take advantage of crock pot cooking so that we have leftovers...glad to have some time off next week to hopefully catch up on things, like sleep:)

Okay, I wanted to show my Curio card...I-oh-so-love this Basic Grey line...I purchased the 6x6 and a ton of the accessories from Ellen Hutson's store.

One of my FAVORITE accessories is the Basic Grey Woolies...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them...AND I've been really diggin' silhouettes so this is an extremely hoarded piece that I finally decided to use:)  I didn't do a whole lot of embellishing, didn't want to take away from the great botanical print paper but did manage to incorporate the fabbie wrinkle ribbon from Sherry...always find thee perfect color to use with my projects...THANKS Sherry!!!

I was so very inspired by the Card Patterns #94:

Next up is a Crate Paper Restoration card...here's another line that I've been shamefully hoarding...

This card has a ton going on...it combines a total of 4 different patterns...lookie, lookie...used the large nestie on this card...you can see it peeking through:)  I also added some Crate chippies...used the banner punch and threaded through my new Twinery pink goodness....This is what I call a wonderfully busy card...love the mix of the patterns and texture. 

My cousin's ex-wife recently got married so I made this especially for her:)  I do tend to keep in contact with my ex-relatives...just had lunch with my ex-step-mother-in-law yesterday....

Check out this FAB sketch over on Cardabilities...love it:

Okie dokie...I'll be back tomorrow with Flashback Friday 6.0!

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on Comet, on Cupid...

I've been slowly building up my Crate Paper stash...I found the 6x6 Snowy Day pad and had to buy it...I don't think a girl can have too many Christmas Collections...

Such a wonderful mix of colors and patterns...my fav!  I fussy cut the tree and the big scallops...added some glitter to the tree...did some zig zagging too:)  Lotsa PTI buttons and Queen & Co pearls..
Can you read the A Muse sentiment?

on Comet,

on Cupid,

on Dasher,

and Visa!

LOL...isn't that perfect to send to a fellow shopping buddie?  Well, it's perfect for the Twisted Sketch:

The twist?  Friends..any how, any way! 



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