Keep Calm and Drink Coffee

September 29 is National Coffee Day, but everyday is coffee day around here! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wendy Chapman Bellino (@wendy_c_b) This morning I'm hopping through the "Super Sponsor" links on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog hop.There are 29 "Super Sponsors" and all you have to do is leave a comment on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog to be eligible...

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Love You Mas.

I've always loved the short expression, " Love you more than the stars." I would say it to my children every night before they went to bed. My oldest son and I would come up with infinite examples to top each other. We'd keep saying it to each other as I walked out of their room and finally out of earshot. My youngest liked to "get the last word in" and would yell the last phrase from his bed after...

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Pulp and Deckle!

Welcome to my stop on the Falling for Handmade Paper Blog Hop! Today we have a dozen talented bloggers sharing projects featuring handmade paper paired with Club Scrap's Falling Leaves collection. Click HERE for a full list of bloggers. Be sure to leave a comment on every participating blog to be entered into a random drawing for a prize! There will be two lucky recipients: One will receive an Arnold...

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Fishy Wishes

I am all about a good punny birthday card, especially one that wobbles! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Made By Wendy Bellino (@made_by_wendy_bellino) Bugaboo Stamps Make is Snappy Birthday Fishes digital imageThere's still time to join this week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge! Bugaboo Stamps is our sponsor this week and they are offering a $12 gift...

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Good Advice and Other Nonsense

One of my favorite books as a little girl was Goops and How to be Them. It is a book of nonsense verse written for children and I thought the poems were hilarious!  The Goops make wonderful examples of how not to behave by cleverly illustrating proper manners from improper manners. The Goops they lick their fingers,/And the Goops they lick their knives, /They spill their broth on the tablecloth...

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Back to School!

I love fall... and school supplies! My favorite part of fall was "back to school" shopping. New clothes, shoes, haircuts, and school supplies! When I was in elementary school in the early '80s, we had to cover our textbooks. It was a creative process using brown paper bags that mom saved after grocery shopping. We weren't really recycling, but you didn't throw those things away. You might need...

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