A Little Bit of Magic

For this lazy girl, there's nothing like a matte top coat to make a manicure look fresh and new WITHOUT having to re-polish or waiting for a brand new manicure to dry. Really, in this way, a good matte top coat is sheer magic because a matte top coat dries in a matter of about a minute and makes any manicure look super stylin!!!

*Shown here, Nail Aid Pink Natural Growth Therapy base coat, Opi Over The Taupe, Essie Matte About You top coat.

And then there are times when you want to put in the time to add a little something special and that matte polish is, yet again, sheer magic. I ADORE this matte/shine french mani!!! Granted, it isn't PERFECT, but for a first attempt, I'm pretty happy with it! If you haven't tried the matte top coat, you honestly don't know what you're missin!!!

*Shown here, Nail Aid Pink Natural Growth Therapy base coat, Opi Eiffel For This Color, Seche Vite top coat and Essie Matte About You tips.

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Past 7 Days....

BACK To Halloween.... WHEW!

Okay... BACK to Halloween gifting this week! We're makin more goody boxes using The Cutest Halloween Bundle again this week, we are also featuring the tags and labels dies from the July - December 2021 Mini Catalog (lovingly dubbed "the holiday mini"). I've got to admit, this bundle really is the cutest and I'm having SOOOO much fun playing with it simply because of how easy it is to work with. The fact that the punch ALSO punches out the images from the DSP makes this one a super-huge winner for me. I mean.... three goody projects in under an hour!?! That's right! This week's Freebie Friday On A Monday was actually recorded in under 40 minutes! SO DOABLE to get ready for Halloween gifting! As always, the link to the free PDF with supplies used and measurements is below the last pic and if you place a $35 or more from my online store (click "Shop With Me" in the banner at the top of this blog) using this week's Host/Hostess code GHRG

It's An Outrage.... ANOTHER Christmas Project Before Halloween??? You'll Thank Me!

Okay you guys! This is the last Words Of Cheer project for the week. This one features the dies from the Bundle ( CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ) and is CASED directly from the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog page 20: I just reimagined the card pictured in the catalog as a box... but not just ANY box..... A CRACKER BARREL PECAN LOG ROLL BOX!!!! Here is the list of colors/cardstock used (except for the vellum, it is ALL from scraps... YAY): 1 3/4" x 4 5/8" Vellum, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede and Brushed Metallic Cardstock. I finished this off with a scrap piece of linen thread even! THIS is why we keep those scraps! Honestly... nothing went to waste with this one. Below is the video on how to make the box. Normally I wouldn't be posting Christmas projects before Halloween, but COME ON.... this one is SOOOO worth the preview. Besides, now you can get a head start for Christmas gifting.... PECAN LOG ROLLS FOR EVERYONE!!!

Gorgeous Leaves Just In Time

So this week's Freebie Friday On A Monday projects are just in time to kick off tomorrow's Seasonal Sale with Stampin Up! WHOO HOO!!! November 16-18th, you can stock up and save 10% on cardstock, 15% on ink pads, and 20% on dies. Build up your collection of crafting basics—and prepare for another year of top-tier projects—with a steal of a deal on papercrafting products! SHOP THE SALE: CLICK HERE! This week's party/host/hostess code is: K2JZGAZW . Be sure to use this code before checking out this week to get each of these three project make-n-takes for FREE!!! I mean, you might as well earn some free goodies while you're stocking up, right?!? Okay.... so this week's first project came HIGHLY requested! It is just the perfect gift the perfect time of year. I mean, imagine this as a Thanksgiving table setting "Thank you for attending" gift!!! And this is really easy to make, you could make up 5 or even 20 (depending on how big your party is)

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