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If you are here for the Gelatins Blog Hop, please click here. Morning Crafters! Some of my most wanted Lifestyle Crafts embossing folders are finally shipping! While I was waiting on my new folders to arrive, I experimented with the Faux Letterpress technique. I've tried the technique a couple times before but was not satisfied with the inks I had. This time I tried Lifestyle Crafts letterpress ink and loved it! Here is a comparison photo. Crisp, even impression when using the letterpress ink on letterpress paper. The color is a bit off in this photo - I used the left piece...

I am working on the Paper Crafts Magazine publication call on projects using decorative tapes and came across this amazing video that I just had to share! WOW! WOW! is all that I can say. I just have to submit some projects to this call to justify all the tapes I bought :) Shop here! Submit here! Happy Crafting!

Do you know that besides the monthly releases (march, april), Lifestyle Crafts also has their Core Collection Dies? Fancy Envelope Tabs is one of my all time favorite! Here are 5 fun ways to use the banner tabs die: 1. Use the tabs to make a party decor! (details here) 2. Use a tab to highlight the sentiments on your card. (details here) 3. Gift Wrapping 4. As a tag (details here) 5. Labeling your storage boxes with the tabs.  Fun, right? :) I like how the dies are in pretty big sizes for some creative possibilities:) My blog readers can use...

If you are following Hampton Art Blog, you probably have seen the unboxing videos by other design team members! The ladies did an amazing job! My Clearsnap Colorbox inks arrived first: I made this color chart for quick reference:) The petal box I picked is called Arboretum :) As shown the top two rows in the photo. I am in the mood for muted colors right now:) The (+) means I have a full size pad for the color:) My 10 lb. Hampton Art box arrived yesterday! 10 sets of 4"x8" clear stamps, 10 sets of 4"x8" cling stamps, 10...

Just popping in quickly to share the sale! From April 16 to 22, Lifestyle Crafts is having a sale on two of their paper packs: $10 ($8 with coupon: WAFFLE) for a 24 pack. The designs are just sweet and sassy! Look at the patterns and colors: Chevrons, wild stripes, grids, yellow/blue, gray, teal/orange… Everything is so IN! I ordered two packs for each design:) The patterns and colors just make me happy! Can't wait for them to come!

I am convinced that I can never win anything at a random drawing giveaway. So ever since I saw this on Lawn Fawn blog, I've been looking for them (they are sold out instantly on the official site, everything was gone before I got there…) I was doing my daily checkout on Two Peas, and guess what I found! Yay! You can check out the whole collection here or click on the linked ones below (yes, these are the ones I ordered! I had to do it before I post them here;) Don't forget to check out the daily deal...