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Isn’t the model TOO CUTE for words!!!! And look at those adorable handmade hats!

My Card:

A little birdie told me...

I created a card for a mom-to-be! This card with one of those cute hats would be awesome!

Materials:

• American Crafts Letterpress Zing Finish Paper
• American Crafts Letterpress Flair
• PTI Ribbon Dark Chocolate
• Maya Road Stick Pin
• Prima Marketing Flower
• Sewing Machine and Thread

For more details about this challenge and the special new release, Blueberry and Strawberry Fairies, from Pixie Dust Studio, go to the Etsy Inspired Challenge Blog! Pixie Dust Studio is kind enough to give away one prize package of the new releases to one lucky participant!

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This week’s shop offers beautifully handmade soaps!!! These would make the perfect Valentine Gift!

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My Card:

The Love Lamp

Materials:

• The Cutting Cafe’ Small Hearts Solid Background
• Impress Rubber Stamps Heart Lamp
• Papertrey Ink Cardstock
• May Arts Silk Ribbon
• Argyle Embossing Folder
• Ranger Inkessentials White Gel Pen
• Kaisercraft Pearls
• Spellbinders Labels 2 Nestabilities

If you would like to know more details about this challenge and the GIVEAWAYS, go to the Etsy Inspired Challenge Blog!

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This week’s shop, Skylar’s Candy Clips, is full of colorful eye candy!

Inspiration...

Here’s my card:

so sorry

Materials:

• The Paper Temptress Cardstock: Balboa Blue Felt Grandee, Teal Grandee, Turquoise Vellum, Pastelle Blue, Autumn Hay Glimmer
• Schlosser Designs Stamps, Build-A-Border
• Sentiment is CTMH
• Perfect Match Hybrid Ink
• American Crafts Ribbon
• Inkessentials white gel pen
• Spellbinders Labels 9 Nestabilties
• Sassafras Lass Brad

If you would like to play along, be sure to look at the Etsy Inspired Blog for details! There are 2 giveaways this week!!!!!!

On a side note, I also purchased some velvet paper from The Paper Temptress and it is DELISH! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND their cardstock! I will definitely be purchasing cardstock from her in the future!

Check out the rest of the Design Team!

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This week’s shop, Linkel Designs, is the home of handcrafted gemstone, vintage and nature inspired jewelry. All of their designs are handmade by Kelly and her mom! How cool is that?!

Here’s some inspiration:

Here’s my card:

Preppy Thank You

Circle cards are all the rage this season! Circles ON cards are EVEN hotter! My card was inspired by Editor of Embellish Magazine, Ashley Newell’s, card here! She has a great cuttlebug tutorial on how to make a circle card and get it to stand up!

Materials:

• All Night Media and CTMH stamps
• Papertrey Ink cardstock and ribbon
• Palette Nior Vintage Cream Ink
• CTMH stick pin
• Nestabilities

Go to The Etsy Inspired Blog for more details! And, if you play along today you may win this:

Kharlie Bug

This week’s shop, Kharlie Bug, offers handmade bags and accessories! I’m certain you’ll find inspiration in the lush fabrics she chooses to use! And, this week, if you play along, you will be entered into a drawing to win some Limelight Papercrafts goodies!!!!! All the details are on the Etsy Inspired Blog! If you make a purchase from Kharlie Bug, you will be given 5 extra entries to win!

Here’s some inspiration:

Thanks to Limelight Papercrafts for these awesome goodies up for grabs:

Here’s my easy peasy card (sorry the picture stinks, my temp camera is bleh):

Hello Fall

Materials:

• Making Memories DSP
• Papertrey Ink Cardstock and Saddle-stitched ribbon
• Stampin Up Rub-ons
• Brown thread w/ sewing machine

This week’s shop brings you some of the most inspiring jewelry! The Salty Cat Co. creates modern metal jewelry handcrafted using copper, brass, sterling silver, gemstones, briolettes, pearls, & more.

Here is some inspiration:

If you decide to participate in this week’s challenge, you could win THIS:

AND, another lucky winner will win some FREE Unity Stamps!!!!! Check out the Etsy Inspired Challenge Blog for deets

Etsy Inspired #54 is CERTAIN to get those creative juices flowing!!!! Take a looksie at her jewelry and photographs by clicking the banner above!

Here’s some eye candy:

EIC54

If you’d like to play along, be sure to check out the Etsy Inspired Blog and make your way around the DT’s blogs!

Here’s my creation:

thanks a million

Materials:

• Close To My Heart stamps
• American Crafts Paper, Amplified and Moda Bella
• Basic Grey Opaline half pearls
• Pink Paislee Pixie Stix glitter
• Versamagic turquoise Ink
• Close To My Heart Ocean Ink

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HELLO and Welcome to The Etsy Inspired Birthday Blog Hop!

You’re probably enroute from Joy’s blog. If you’re happening upon my blog today, won’t you join us in the Etsy Inspired Blog Hop!!! There are games, prizes, chatting, and SCOR-PAL is our sponsor and has offered up some AWESOME GOODIES!!!! Please start at Ashley’s blog! We have a NEW BLOG too, just click on the banner above!!!!!

The GAME is at the end of the post as well as where to Hop to next!!!

This week we were able to pick our OWN store!!!! Here is one of my personal faves:

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Here is some eye candy:

My card:

Elegant Thanks

Materials:

• CTMH Stamps and Pin
• Anna Griffin Darcy Paper
• Papertrey Ink cardstock and saddle-stitched ribbon
• Fiskars threaded water punch

MATCH THE FACT with THE DESIGN TEAM MEMBER!!!!

DT Members:

1. Joy
2. Kerry
3. De
4. Kristen
5. Tiffany
6. Ashley
7. Emily
8. Heather
9. Lee
10. Shannon
11. Sarah, OUR ROCK STAR GUEST DESIGNER THIS MONTH!!!!

Facts:

1. I hate to swim.
2. I’ve been a hair model for Tony & Guy Hair Salon.
3. I share custody of my dogs with my Ex.
4. I was on the Dance Team in High School
5. I can’t stand coffee!
6. I have 2 kids.
7. I have a collection of Care Bears.
8. I love Dr. Pepper with lemon squeezed in it.
9. I can’t sleep with anything on my feet.
10. In Middle School, I raised Guide Dogs for the blind through 4-H.
11. I have TRUE arachnaphobia…to the point where it physically disables me when I see one. I can’t even use paper with spiders on it!

Just leave a comment with your guesses and the winners will be announced September 11th!!!!!

Now, please give me a HUGE WARM welcome for our awesome guest today, you all know and love her, Markie’s Mom, Faith!!!!!!

Since NO ONE won the $25 Paper Makeup gift certificate last week, I’m giving you all one more shot to win. All you have to do is refer a friend that is new to the challenge. When your friend posts their creation link, just have them tell me that you referred them. YOU will then be entered in a drawing to win the $25 gift certificate! Each friend you refer gets you one entry into the drawing! Now, go get your friends EtsyInspired!

If you are happen to inspired by me today, please let Ashley know that Tiffany sent ya I SURE COULD USE A $25 Gift Certificate to Paper Makeup Stamps

Blog ya later!!!

This week’s Etsy Shop is DEAR to my heart!!!

Vol. 25 is Jessica Rose’s Etsy Shop and she is my favorite artist!!! She designs stamps for Stamping Bella and has designed stamps for Unity Stamp Co. as well! I have many of her Unity Stamps and am currently saving up for her Stamping Bella line! Here’s some eye candy:

For my creations this week, I went to Jessica’s Blog and downloaded the FREE templates to incorporate into my own artwork! I encourage all of you to do the same!

Matching Card & tag Materials:

• KI Memories Festive Sheer
• Collage Press Camden dsp
• Making Memories Paperie dsp
• Fancy Pants ball trim
• SU ribbon and bigger brad
• pink embroidery floss

If you would like to play along this week just go to Vol. 25, choose something that inspires you and post a link to your creation on Ashley’s blog!