Pattern Happy + Ellen Hutson LLC: Spring Hop!

The Coffee Loving Cardmakers | a2z Scrapbooking Collaboration Hop is HERE. SugarPea Designs Birthday Blog Hop HERE. Hero Arts April My Monthly Hero Countdown to Creativity is HERE. Hello and welcome to the Pattern Happy + Ellen Hutson LLC Hop!  You should have arrived here from the Pattern Happy and Ellen Hutson LLC – The CLASSroom blog!  

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Hero Arts April My Monthly Hero Countdown to Creativity!

SugarPea Designs Birthday Blog Hop HERE. Pattern Happy + Ellen Hutson LLC Blog Hop HERE.  The Coffee Loving Cardmakers | a2z Scrapbooking Collaboration Hop is HERE. I’m up on the Hero Arts blog sharing a card that features images from the April My Monthly Hero kit!  Remember to leave comments on any/all of the Countdown to Creativity posts

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SugarPea Designs 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

The Coffee Loving Cardmakers | a2z Scrapbooking Collaboration Hop is HERE.  Pattern Happy + Ellen Hutson LLC Blog Hop HERE. Hero Arts April My Monthly Hero Countdown to Creativity is HERE. Hello and welcome to the SugarPea Designs 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from my fabulous teamie, Amy Rohl.  If not, you’ll want to

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SugarPea Designs: Birthday Wishes

Hello!  I’m up on the SugarPea Designs blog today playing along with the Mix It Up Challenge: Both the sketch and the inspiration photo are awesome, aren’t they?!  I decided to play along with the sketch today, here’s a sneak peek: Please pop over to the SugarPea Designs blog for all the details!

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Hero Arts: Antique Keys

 Hello!  Today I’m up on the Hero Arts blog featuring the Antique Keys Bold Prints: I decided to whip up a card to post on my blog that uses the same stamp but in a different way: I heat embossed the Antique Keys Bold Prints on a panel from the Midnight Mixed Layering Paper pack

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Reverse Confetti: happy birthday to ewe

Hello + Happy Monday!  Did you have a great weekend?  I did but it always go by so quickly, doesn’t it?  I have a fun card using Reverse Confetti products. The All About Ewe set is so cute, isn’t it?!  Let’s start from the bottom and work our way up.   I used an Avocado card base

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Hero Arts: Sunburst Thank you

Hello + Happy Sunday!  I’m here to share a thank you card that I made especially for my Momma: Generally I make her floral designs but decided to go abit more graphic.  I write on a sticky note on the inside so that she can regift the card. I combined the Hero Arts CG732 Sunburst Bold

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100% Genuine Birthday Wishes

Hello + Happy Saturday!  Today is my girl’s birthday.  I can’t believe that she turns 23 years old…how can I have a 23 year old daughter…LOL.  Here’s a card that I made especially for her.  I think I mentioned earlier that she picked up knitting. Patting myself on the back for actually using a stamp set

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Fancy Pants Designs: happy heart

Hey There! I’m thrilled to be joining the Fancy Pants Designs team, in case you missed it, here’s the Announcement!  I have a project to share to introduce myself!  Here’s a bit of a sneak peek but for all the details, I’d love for you to visit me on the Fancy Pants Designs blog!

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Reverse Confetti January 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 January + February ‘Fetti Friends: Kellianne Wilson Maria Russell Melissa Phillips Today we’re

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Reverse Confetti January 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 January + February ‘Fetti Friends: Kellianne Wilson Maria Russell Melissa Phillips Today we’re

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You’re Awesome | Lawn Fawn

When I saw the Lawn Fawn – Cerealsly Awesome, I knew that had to get that set, plus a couple others.  I’m generally not a Valentine’s Day girl but this year the change in themes has been especially refreshing.  I managed to design 2 sets of 2 cards: This is my first set.  The overall

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You Warm My Heart | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #1

  Happy New Year!  I’m so excited to announce a brand new card challenge… Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Today is the kickoff to a great year of challenges, inspiration and prizes!  Every month there will be a sponsor and this month is Reverse Confetti! For all the details about the challenge, please visit the challenge

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Happy New Year | Essentials by Ellen

  Sadly this will be the third year in a row that I won’t be hostessing a small New Year’s Day gathering.  This year it is because of the snow. To get me in the New Year’s spirit, I decided to ink up the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen Wasabi set. I combined

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Let’s Celebrate | Reverse Confetti – SALE!

  Hey, did you see that Reverse Confetti is having 20% off their entire store? Today’s card was made especially for my hubby’s Great Aunt who is turning 100 years old next week!  How amazing is that?! This card was based on THIS design that caught my eye.  My design is 3.75 x 5.50 inches.

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Make a Wish! Waffle Flower

  I decided to play along with Waffle Flower’s Week 3 Challenge: I combined Waffle Flower’s: Nesting Coffee Cups Star Wish Panel Die Poinsettia Panel Die Snowflake Background Stencil Nesting Stitched Circles Tiny Terrarium The Blue + White challenge is a good one for me.  I don’t tend to gravitate to blues.  I stenciled the

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Boba Birthday | Mama Elephant

I’m back with another custom birthday card, this time for a Boba lover!  My boy told me it was one of his bestie’s birthday last week and when I started to ask him what kind of card I could send her, he said boba. Let’s start with the card base.  I found these at Target

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it’s your birthday | Lawn Fawn

  Although I’ve been a long time fan of Lawn Fawn, it has been in the last couple of years that I’ve been consistently buying their products.  I just recently added the Woodland Critter Huggers + Woodland Critter Huggers – Winter Add-On to my collection.  I picked them both up from Doodlebugswa.com.  A designer that

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Avo Happy New Year | Essentials by Ellen + SALE

I’m officially done with designing 2021 holiday cards.  70 cards went to the post office yesterday.  Today’s card is not originally how my design started. I started off with a completely different design but didn’t like it so I started this card.  Here’s the ‘funny’ thing, it started off as an A2 [4.25 x 5.5]. 

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