Ellen Hutson LLC Anniversary: Just Right

Did you hear that Ellen Hutson LLC is celebrating 10 years?!!!  Isn’t that awesome?!!!  A super big Congratulations!!!!  They’re celebrating with several sales!  The Early Bird gets a great deal! After 9 am today: Cyber Monday: Well, I had to whip up a card for today…I just love the New Essentials by Ellen – Tree

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25 Day of Christmas Tags :: Reverse Confetti

I’m thrilled to be part of Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags Event.  Today features Reverse Confetti: For all of the details of this mega event, read the details HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: LOL…that sentiment gets me every time!  So funny and sigh, so true…it’s from the Naughty or Nice set. I was able to

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Happy National Espresso Day!

Happy National Espresso Day!!!!!  I couldn’t let this day go by without posting a coffee card, could I? Look at this sweet Savvy Floral Cup: I wanted the cup to look like one from Anthropologie….chunky and freestyle painted.  It’s been colored with various Zig Clean Color Markers.  The sentiment is from a (now retired) My

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Hero Arts: Happy Happy Holiday

I’m back with another Hero Arts Holiday card…Eep!  Check out these cute Holiday Animals: I’ve stamped them with Blackboard Shadow Ink and colored them with various copics.  The Pretty Pink Posh Scallop Frame was cut with Hero Arts Foliage Mixed Layering Paper. The pink background is Cosmo Cricket Pixie Paint – Candy.  I wish you

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Hero Arts: Have a cozy Christmas

Happy Monday!  I had so much stamping up a storm yesterday!  Here’s one of the cards that I designed.  I’m slowly building up my holiday card stash. You all know how much I adore green….doesn’t it look fabulous with lilac?  The Hero Arts Holiday Mittens set is so cute!  The bottom panel has been inked

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

It’s a good Sunday morning when you finish your Thanksgiving grocery shopping and have breakfast at Starbucks by 8:30 am!  Bonus points that the grocery store wasn’t even BUSY.  We both hate grocery shopping so I make sure I drag D along too…our reward was Starbucks. I’m playing along with a couple challenges this morning…

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Color Throwdown: Peace & Joy

Stampin’ Up, that’s basically what started this whole thing.  I was a big fan of Splitcoaststampers, filled up a gallery and moved to this place that I call home.  I recently celebrated my 9th blogaversary.  Time definitely flies and I truly never would have imagined how much designing and blogging would become a part of

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Hero Arts: home for the holidays

Hello!  I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today with my teamie, Mariana.  I’m featuring one of the November Add-on stamp sets:   Mini Christmas along with the Merry Christmas Banner Here’s a sneak peek of my project… Pop over to the Hero Arts blog for all the details! Hero Arts Mini Christmas Hero Arts

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25 Days of Christmas Tags – Nordic Knit Tag

I wanted to link up a tag for Tracey McNeely’s 25 Day of Christmas Tags.  It’s been so busy on my blog so I’m glad I was able to squeeze in a day! First of all, I was inspired by Kimberly’s tag: This gal deserves a shout out…not only did she design the stamp set

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The Heart Desires Challenge #6 – One Sip Narwhal

post 2 of 2…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Crazy for Christmas Hello and Happy Wednesday!  Half way through the week and I’m looking forward to the weekend!  Have you seen the fun Lawn Fawn Narwhal and Friends Lawn Cuts in The Heart Desires store?!   I’ve combined her with the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid

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Sending Warm Thoughts | Catherine Pooler

The Catherine Pooler – Stay Cozy Collection is now available in the shop! I decided to shake things up a bit today: My card features: *previously released I decided to make a bit of a shaker design with the gorgeous Whistler sequin mix. I stamped the Brrr! background in Aquatini onto a panel that I

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Sweater Weather | Simon Says Stamp

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Candy For today’s card was inspired by the sketch and colors. I’m featuring the following product: This new set was sitting on my desk and I couldn’t wait to ink it up. The Concord & 9th cardstocks I used: The

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Stay Cozy set | Catherine Pooler Release Day

The Catherine Pooler – Stay Cozy Collection is now available in the shop! I decided to put together a card set featuring some of the new products: My cards features: *previously released I started with a basic design and progressively added more. Let’s chat about the Winter Greetings card: A pretty basic design, really letting

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Sip Sip Hooray | Catherine Pooler

Coming soon Catherine Pooler – Stay Cozy Collection! Save the date, Wednesday, October 21 is the day it is available in the shop. Check out today’s card: My card features: *previously released The Catherine Pooler inks I used: Do you spy the smidge of glitter on the whip? The sentiment was stamped in Aquatini. The

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Mushroom Bouquet | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello, I’m back with a card duo that I designed for my Mom. My daughter gave her two bags of matsutake – japanese mushrooms that she received from a coworker. I knew that I had to whip up some card using the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: This is the first one that

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Hey Pumpkin | Inspired by Challenge

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Pumpkins For today’s card was inspired by the theme. I combined the following products: Keeping things real, I actually started with a design that was based on pumpkins and the color palette. I started pulling things from my stash and

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Merry & Bright | Simon Says Stamp

Have you checked out Simon Says Stamp’s NEW SENDING CHEER Release?! There are so many amazing products! I’m back with another card featuring the fabulous: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: I also used Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock: My overall design was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches that expires in less than 2

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Fancy Scandi | My Pretty Things Blog Hop

My Pretty Things is celebrating the magic of the holiday season by sharing handmade papercrafts created with joy and love. From thoughtful cards to festive tags, each creation is a little reminder that the most meaningful gifts come straight from the heart. So cozy up with a cup of hot tea, hop along with us for

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A Note of Thanks | 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. It’s a bit of a sneak peek for a new release that is dropping next week! These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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