July 2022 Favorites

Lawn Fawn’s High Five Kit My son’s 25th Birthday Catherine Pooler Designs Guest Ambassador My first official post with Pawsome Stamps Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge – July Sponsor – Twiddler’s Nook Ellen Hutson LLC Guest Designer Mama Elephant + Essentials by Ellen Exclusive set – Ice Cream Stand My girl and I went to Mike’s

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San Juan Islands

Yesterday we flew to Roche Harbor. We had a delicious breakfast at Lime Kiln Cafe. Yup, that’s my steak & eggs, it was delicious and I have 1/2 of it leftover. They make fresh donuts there. I feel so grateful to be able to reap the hubby’s hobby of aviation. The San Juan Islands are

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August Creative Hop – Reverse Confetti

Edited to Add Winner – scroll to bottom of the post. Hello and welcome of the Reverse Confetti August Creative Hop! You should have arrived here from the awesome April’s blog. If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning which is the Reverse Confetti blog.  I’m super excited to reveal my NEW blog! I

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Color for the Ukraine Fundraiser Hop – Day 3

COLOR FOR THE UKRAINE FUNDRAISER HOP Day 3 – a charity event in support of Ukrainians! The war continues and it is important that we continue to help! ALL profits from the sale of ALL SKETCHMARKER products on both Ellen Hutson LLC and Sketchmarker Amazon between August 5-7, 2022, will go to support the people

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Meet me for a cuppa?

What have been your favorites from the Catherine Pooler Designs – All Things Fall Collection?  The Latte & Leaves Bundle is amazing! Fall Calls for Lattes Stamp Set 6×8 Fall Calls for Lattes Dies Blowing Leaves Background Stamp Oh So Good Word Dies Here’s another project featuring the Fall Calls for Lattes: I used the

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Sweetest Duo | Pawsome Stamps

I’m up on the Pawsome Stamps blog today sharing two projects! Here’s a sneak peek of one of them: I’m sharing my quick shaker card method!  Check it out HERE.

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Friend | Reverse Confetti

Can you believe it is the last day of July? I want to dive into all things fall, the weather has been much too hot in the Pacific Northwest.  Here’s a fall themed project that I designed with extras on my desk.  Well, at least an extra heart with the Fall Flowers stamped on it

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cool priority mail

Here’s a quick card I whipped together while crafting with Kate & Kimberly last weekend: I was smart to pack my neglected Simon Says Stamp kits…I didn’t have to spend time picking out cardstock and pattern paper! All supplies are from the July kit! This fits perfectly with CAS●ology Letter and this week over on the

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Create a Smile Guestie: sending sunshine

This is my last week of guesting at create a smile This card is up on the Create a Smile blog today! This is such a clean & simple card.  I love the mix of the card base, which is a Fabriano teamed up with silver glitter paper.  The contrast between the italian paper and

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sweet summer treats!

Here in the Pacific Northwest we have been having an usually warm summer.  Quite frankly, I’m spoiled by our milder temperatures and know that I could never survive the seasons that the east coast and the south has. If I was about 30 years younger, I’d have mass quantities of ice cream to help me

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Chickaniddy: August

I wanted to share my August Chickaniddy projects on my blog. My first project assignment was Back to School This card that reminds me of a fancier note that you’d pass to your school crush: Supplies:  Date Night Paper (DN14OS08, DN14OS07)  Date Night Stickers (DN14EB02)  Enamel Hearts (DN14EB07) All the papers are from the Date

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good coffee…great friends.

Today I’m super excited to spend time with some crafty friends (Kate & Kimberly)!  I’m crossing my fingers that I actually get some crafting done…and perhaps start on my holiday cards! So here’s today’s card: cardstock:  neenah, stampin’ up lost lagoon  paper:  stampin’ up  stamps:  taylored expressions/joe to go  ink:  hero arts hues, sharpie pen

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calypso thanks.

thanks. paper:  stampin’ up calypso coral celebration add on kit  stamps:  paper smooches sentiment sampler  ink:  fresh ink charcoal  other:  stampin’ up banner dies, doily Isn’t that ‘thanks’ perfect?  I love that font from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler. I’ve been smitten with:  3 x 5.5 inch cards coral gold grey banners How lucky am I

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Curtain Call Tropical Trip Reminder: Keep Calm

paper:  authentique/anchored  other:  solid red divine twine, studio calico veneer, reverse confetti/confetti cuts/office edges, crop-a-dile There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Tropical Trip!  You have until August 25th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project! I was inspired by the colors of the photo and translated a

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Create a Smile Guestie: peace

post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for Chickaniddy Crafts. Hello! Happy Wednesday! This is my 3rd week as a Guest Designer over at create a smile I knew I wanted to play with the Jungle Fever set, specifically the Star Gazer Lily image: cardstock:  pti, strathmore watercolor, paper accents vellum  stamps:  create a

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