12 Tags of Christmas – Day 6 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Six and the Christmas Carol is Jingle Bells with Angela Simpson + Guest Designer Brenda Noelke. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the Ellen

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 5 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Five and the Christmas Carol is I’ll be Home for Christmas with Guest Designers Elena Roussakis + Becky Roberts. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 4 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Four and the Christmas Carol is Let it Snow with Lisa + Guest Designer Caryn. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 3 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Three and the Christmas Carol is Feliz Navidad with Therese + Guest Designer Tiffany. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 2 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Have you checked out the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas?  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day Two and the song is Puppy for Hanukkah with Heather and Guest Designer Suzanna. Don’t forget to leave comments on the other 12 tags posts over on the

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so sorry for your loss | global design project

  Sympathy cards are always a challenge.  I designed this for a dear friend of mine who recently lost her mother.  I’m to that age where unfortunately I think this is going to be happening more often and it breaks my heart.   I’m a non-traditional maker of sympathy cards, the thought of designing a stark

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12 Tags of Christmas – Day 1 – Ellen Hutson LLC

  Today is the start of the Ellen Hutson LLC – 12 Tags of Christmas!  Link up for a chance to win!  Read all about it HERE.  Today is Day One and leave a comment on the post over on the Ellen Hutson blog HERE. I hope to play daily [fingers crossed], Day One’s Christmas

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Thank You | Reverse Confetti December Stock Your Stash

  Hello and Happy December!  I’m so happy to be sharing my project for the Reverse Confetti – December Stock Your Stash Challenge theme:  Thank You I went with a winter theme card and rose gold embossing powder. I started off with the Brilliance and Open Drop Cover Panels in Premier Polar White.  I love

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Sending Encourage- MINT | Lawn Fawn

  Happy Monday.  It’s always tough to get back into the swing of things after a long weekend.  I decided to whip up a card this morning. I’ve been wanting to ink up the Lawn Fawn – How you Bean?  Mint Add-On.  I colored them like the Starlight Chocolate Mints.    I LOVE the Stitched

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Joy | Reverse Confetti

  How was your Thanksgiving?  Ours was great, all the kids under one roof!  We dropped my boy off at the airport this morning and he’s back to his place in New York.  I think I took a 3 hour nap and decided to finish up this card. Minimal stamping, do you see the J

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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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hello.

I’m no tag’nista like Erin but love the look of them AND bonus points that they are typically less time consuming than cards: cardstock:  chickaniddy crafts goldie lox paper:  chickaniddy crafts date night/spiffy tags/together is better  other:  technique tuesday hello die, chickaniddy crafts date night illustration stickers, bright white twine divine twine, whisker graphics kraft

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congratulations!

So happy when Beverly Brown contacted me about a Surprise Bridal Party linky event she was coordinating for Ren-Yi.    I met Ren-Yi through the bloggie world and was on the Little Tangles Design Team.   I actually had the opportunity to meet up with Ren-Yi the first time the kids & I visited NYC.

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