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Hi everyone! Hope your Monday is sunny and bright!  I'm kicking off a new series that I'll be sharing from time to time on Mondays. I've been super original in coming up with the name, too :) Here it goes! MONDAY FAVORITES I know it's not everyone's favorite day, so I'm hoping a little crafty fave share will brighten those start-of-week blues!  I'll be popping in with a review of my favorites - new and old - from paper to stamps to inks to possibly items beyond the crafty world! This post will be influenced by new finds, current trending items on my desk, and products I just can't seem to put down. For my first Monday Favorites post, I'm sharing a roundup of my absolute favorite paper patterns! These beauties have been adorning my craft space for the last couple of weeks. Some are older picks and others newer picks, but I love how they pair together and the oodles of possibilities with these colorful fun designs! In each Monday Favorites feature, I...

Happy Sunday, Friends! I hope you've all enjoyed your weekend immensely!   I have a jam-packed post lined up today, with five colorful cards - some inspired by challenges, others to showcase some new favorite products. It's been so fun playing with these colorful tones, and the pops of black throughout.  And all the yummy texture... :) To start the post off I'm sharing two cards that I'm entering into  Papertrey's Spot Color Words challenge  and  Papertrey's Transformation Tuesday challenge . First up, for Betsy's awesome Make it Monday Spot Color Word challenge , I am sharing this pastel card. I love this super simple and fun technique! I changed mine up a tad by adding some dimension to the letters and to the rest of the card, but I still followed the general idea (of localized color on a word die).  To learn how to do this, check out Betsy's awesome video  here .    To start this card, I stamped Rustic Wreath and Peonies on Parade s...