Reverse Confetti March 2022 Release | Day Two

It’s day two of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!  You’re going to LOVE all the new products for this month.  Please note that new product links will not be active until release day/time. We’re so happy to have the following designers for our March + April ‘Fetti Friends: April Cheiron Joy Today we’re featuring: Friendly Florals

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you’re my lucky charm | Lawn Fawn

  I bought several things from the last Lawn Fawn release from Ellen Hutson LLC.  I wanted to join the Lawn Fawnatics Card Sketch Challenge and thought I’d whip up a card.  So this took a bit longer than I had thought but the rainbow goodness is all worth it. I LOVE the Clover Background

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Reverse Confetti March 2022 Release | Day One

  It’s day one of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti!  You’re going to LOVE all the new products for this month.  Please note that new product links will not be active until release day/time. We’re so happy to have the following designers for our March + April ‘Fetti Friends: April Cheiron Joy Today we’re featuring: Sending

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Essentials by Ellen – New Release Day + Instagram Hop

  Today is the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen – New Release Day + Instagram Hop!  Leave comments on participating designer Instagram Posts by March 7th at 11:59 pm pacific to be eligible to win one of three $25 Gift Codes to www.ellenhutson.com. Here’s a peek at my project but you’ll want to

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Essentials by Ellen – Release Week – Final Day

  It’s the final day of the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen Release Week.  The new release will be available tomorrow, Friday, March 4th at 9 am pacific.  We will be celebrating with an Instagram Hop, tons of inspiration and prizes! Today we’re featuring:  Casual Greetings stamp set + designer dies Painted Florals stamp set

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Essentials by Ellen – Release Week – Day Three

  Today is Day Three of the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen Release Week.  Everyday we will be featuring new products in projects we’ll be sharing.  The new release will be available on Friday, March 4th at 9 am pacific.  We will be celebrating with an Instagram Hop, tons of inspiration and prizes!

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Essentials by Ellen – Release Week – Day One | Ellen Hutson LLC

  Today is the start of the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen Release Week.  Everyday we will be featuring new products in projects we’ll be sharing.  The new release will be available on Friday, March 4th at 9 am pacific.  We will be celebrating with an Instagram Hop! Today we’re featuring: Bear Ware

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Monochromatic Card Design with Coffee Inspiration

I had an idea that I playing with in my head after I designed THIS card. I challenged myself to create a more monochromatic design with a caffeinated spin. I’m featuring: *retired I didn’t achieve full monochromatic but that’s okay. I’ve really been on a blue kick and I love how peachy corals so with

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Have a Happy Day | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Frogs I was inspired by the colors +theme. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products from Doodlebugswa: Evidently, I’m still in my blue era. My card was also inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics: This is always such a

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Explore the Under the Sea Collection by Waffle Flower

I’m back with another card featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: This turned out a bit brighter than I’m used to but it’s growing on me. The sentiment was stamped on the stamp color panel as the stenciling. I’m featuring: In case you missed my earlier projects: Here are my other two:

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Explore Hero Arts’ May Collections

Hero Arts has a couple new May Collections: I’m featuring products from the You’ve Got a Friend Collection: Today’s card features: I also snuck in a sentiment from an earlier release: I used a bunch of Hero Arts inks: The stenciling was done on ColorWheel cardstock: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

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Creative Shibori Card Making with Handmade Paper

Did you catch my earlier post about my Shibori Weekend with my girl? This is one of the things we worked on: My girl brought handmade cotton paper that she found at ReCreative. I dipped it into the dye vats. I couldn’t wait to use one of the panels for a card. I combined these Hero

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Shibori Weekend | Pratt Fine Arts Center

Last weekend my girl treated me to Shibori classes on Saturday + Sunday via Pratt. A big thank you to Kentaro Kojima for such a great class. The definition of Shibori: Shibori is a traditional Japanese, manual “shaped-resist” dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting, stitching, or compressing fabric to create intricate patterns. Derived from the

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Hello Duo | Waffle Flower

I’m back with a card duo featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: There are so many amazing new products! Let’s chat about the submarine card first: This card features: I snuck in an earlier released sentiment from: I stenciled the background with these Distress Oxides: My other card mixes: *previously released I

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Mint to Be | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Coffee Date with Laurel | Coffee Loving Papercrafters + Giveaway!

My teamie Laurel Seabrook and I are having a coffee date! We both used her monthly challenge: To see Laurel’s fabulous card, hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! Here’s how I was inspired: I had all kinds of ideas swirling around and then decided to go with that sweet bunny. These are the

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Friend | Alex Syberia Designs

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vases I was inspired by the sketch colors +theme. My card features the following Alex Syberia Designs products: That cork is from my stash and I love how it adds to the design. I can’t wait to see how you’re

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