Happy New Year | Essentials by Ellen

  Happy New Year!  For most people, it’s all about New Year’s Eve!  Staying up to ring in the new year!  If you’ve been following me a for a while, you know that I’m a definite early bird.  I’m fast asleep by 9:30 and spring out of bed around 1:30.  It’s a horrible sleep cycle

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hey there, valentine | reverse confetti

  Valentine’s Day, already?  You bet, I need to start sooner than later.  I’m sharing this card over on the Reverse Confetti blog!  Check it out HERE. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Big Grumpy New Years | Taylored Expressions

  You may have spotted my WIP photos from the other day, I finished a bunch of these for New Years: I used the Big Grumpy + Big Grumpy – Cat by Taylored Expressions.  They’ve come out with a couple freebie digital sentiments, I especially love the New Years one.  I didn’t send out all

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Cue the Confetti | Reverse Confetti + SALE

  Hello and Happy Wednesday.  I’m starting to build up my Birthday Stash for the new year and have teamed up Reverse Confetti’s Best Sentiments with the Balloons Confetti Cuts: My color palette is: Ice Aqua   |   Mist   |   Grape Soda   |   Stone The sentiment reads: Cue the Confetti, it’s your Birthday Reverse Confetti is

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Special Delivery | Lawn Fawn

  I picked up my Lawn Fawn last week from Ellen Hutson’s and finally had a chance to play with one of the sets this morning.   I used the Special Delivery set.  I’ve been wanting a set that I can use to make a card especially for our Postal Carrier.  He’s a trooper because between

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Winter Greetings | Newton’s Nook Designs

  I’m super excited to be up on the Newton’s Nook Designs blog today.  Here’s a bit of a sneak peek of my project for today: I’m sad to say that this is my final project for the team.  I’ve had such a fun time and wanted to share some of my favorite projects: A

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12 Days | Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas

  I’m finishing up with the Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas!  Day Twelve is Twelve Days of Christmas! Here’s how I was inspired: I used the 12 Days set by Julie Ebersole set.  I was going to do 4 tags, 3 images a piece but if you saw my desk, you would totally understand

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Hello | International Tea Day with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers

  We’re celebrating International Tea Day over on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog today.  It’s another extra fun post, there a linky to add a newly created Tea card to be a Guest Designer on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog!  More details over there! Here’s how I was inspired: I combined a couple of Avery

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just wanted to…

Yay for Tuesday!   I’m probably one of the few people that look forward to Tuesday’s since I have Wednesday’s off:) paper:  teresa collins/something wonderful  stamps:  reverse confetti/be a barista  ink:  memento/rich cocoa  other:  reverse confetti/label me & double edge scallop border confetti cuts, michael’s/glitter cardstock  I consider myself super lucky to be surrounded by

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for the record…

Hello & Happy Monday! The weekend flew by since I was busy with the garage sale.   I have a clean & simple card to share with you today: cardstock:  mft/steel grey, cherry wood veneer  stamps:  neat & tangled/for the record  ink:  fresh ink/charcoal  other:  misc project life card, corner chomper I have some very

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Two Paper Divas Guest Designer: You always pop up…

Good Morning! I’m so excited to let you know that I’m guesting for Two Paper Divas Make sure you check out their BLOG and their STORE! I had so much fun inking up Just Poppin’ By This set reminds me of the retro 50’s, dontcha think? I combined it with the always fun Cosmo Cricket,

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Hello latte!

Hello & Happy Saturday! I’m going into day 2 of my crafty garage sale!  Cross your fingers that I sell everything:) Surprise, Surprise…I have a coffee card to share: cardstock:  recollections/black, misc gold glitter paper  stamps:  precious remembrance/coffee love  ink:  stampin’ up white embossing powder, hero arts dauber  other:  studio calico wood veneer I even

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Curtain Call Totally Tassel: Sponsored by Newton’s Nook

paper:  teresa Collins  stamps:  newton’s nook/winged wishes  ink:  ranger/archival/black  other:  reverse confetti tassel confetti cuts, gold tissue paper, stampin’ up gold sequin trim, recollections clothespin, bella creations library card, gold thread It’s time for a New Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Totally Tassel photo source: maggieholmesdesigns.com We have a wonderful returning sponsor, Newton’s Nook, for the Curtain Call Inspiration:

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Whisker Graphics: It’s been oolong

Hello! Today is my  Whisker Graphics day.  I wanted to share a fun packaging idea using the Whisker Graphics Middy Glassine Bags: I love that the glassine is sheer.  It makes for fun “peek-a-boo” packaging, don’t you think?  I filled this up with a large project life card, a journaling pen & of course, the visible colored

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latte

A girl can never have too much coffee…that goes for the liquid form and any coffee related crafting supplies! This card uses 3 new supplies, can you spot them? cardstock:   papertrey ink kraft  paper:  studio calico  stamps:  create a smile/coffee first  ink:  ranger/archival/black  other:  cherry wood veneer paper, create a smile heart chippies, stamplorations latte

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you add color to my life.

purple I don’t use it much in my designs but I love my Martha chunky wool yarn so I was happy to incorporate the lavender color into my card: cardstock:  recollections/110/white  paper:  studio calico  stamps:  paper smooches hot concoctions/blossoming buds/I heart art  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  paper smooches notebook basic die, Martha wool

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Reverse Confetti May SFYTT: Let your Faith

     Hello and Happy Monday!   The weekend always seems to fly by, doesn’t it?  I can’t believe we’re approaching Mid-May already!   Have you seen the awesome May SFYTT?       I was totally inspired by the sketch and gathered the My Minds Eye/Market Street/Ashbury Heights collection.  I love it for the

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happy mother’s day!!!

        Hello and Happy Mother’s Day to all the Momma’s, Aunties, Grandmother’s, Sister’s…..I received an awesome bouquet from my sweet girl:     She even picked up a bouquet for her grandmother, my Momma.  So SWEET.  I feel so lucky and blessed to have my 2 kids!     I have a

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