Holly Jolly Christmas | Evelin T Designs

  Hello!  Today is my final day over on the Evelin T Designs blog.  I’ve been on Evelin’s team since last May and have enjoyed her designs. Bonus points that she has several caffeinated designs.  Here are a couple of my favorite projects: Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas

I’m playing along with Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas.  Day Ten is Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer😳 Here’s how I was inspired: I combined Bravehearted, [retired] Antlers + Crafty Ladies Say.  The antlers have been cut from cork.  The nose is from the Elf Cookie Sprinkles embellishment mix by Twiddlers Nook.  It worked

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Happy Holidays | National Cocoa Day with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers

  We’re so excited to be celebrating National Cocoa Day over on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog today.  It’s an extra fun post, there’s a linky to link up a newly created Cocoa card to be a Guest Designer on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog!  More details over there! Here’s how I was inspired: I

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Special Delivery | My Favorite Things

  Isn’t it funny that something that I had to have, sat for a year, never to be inked up.  My teamie over on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s team, Kathy, posted this card last year and I just loved it.  Well, I’m finally inking up that set for today: The images in this set are

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A Marshmallow World | Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas

  I’m playing along with Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas.  Day Seven is A Marshmallow World. Well, this one was easy for me in design but just getting the elements together was something that took a bit of time: Marshmallows make me think of cocoa and why not Peppermint Cocoa? I combined the cup from

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Home for the Holidays | Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas

  I’m playing along with Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas.  Day Six is Home for the Holidays. This one is a bit bittersweet for me….more about that in a smidge.   I started off with another Slate Gray panel and used the circle die from Alpine Window.  All those sweet images are from the Over the

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Peace on Earth | Reverse Confetti December Creative Hop

  Hello, and welcome to the Reverse Confetti December Creative Hop!  You should have arrived here from Olga Matyushevskaya’s blog.  If not, you’ll want to start over on the Reverse Confetti blog so you don’t miss any of the inspiration. I have a couple projects to share, here is the first one,  I decided to

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White Christmas | Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas

  I’m playing along with Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas.  Day Five is White Christmas. I had a ton of fun putting this one together: I combined: Mountain Holiday Over The River I used another Slate Gray tag base.  The mountains have been filled in with Catherine Pooler’s Mint To Be. The girl’s outfit has

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CFC133 Summer Hearts: domo arigato

post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for the Neat & Tangled/Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L hop! We’re back with a new challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays! CFC133:  summer lovin’ CFC133: June 27- July 18 Theme: Hearts in summer colors Remember to incorporate the theme AND a Clean and Simple Design! In addition to getting

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Poppy Sketches #7: thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Hello! We’re back with a new challenge over at Poppy Sketches Our super sponsor is Pretty Pink Posh I played with Pretty Pink Posh’s Sweetheart Mix & Gold Heart Confetti I’ve been enjoying making shaker cards with glassine envelopes: paper:  dear lizzy/5th & frolick other:  pretty pink posh sweetheart/gold heart sequins, pti happy die, studio

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live the life

I’m not quite sure why it’s taken me so long to pick up the Amy Tangerine/Plus one paper pad.  It’s calling my name…the colors…the graphics…everything.    I contrasted the boldness of the colors from the Plus One collection with some watercoloring with distress markers {another Julie Ebersole technique and purchase}.  Don’t you love that mason

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Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Foil

Hello!  I’m sharing a project that focuses on Foil.  My assignment was to also capture the Men in my life.  I decided to design a project that is inspired by Darin.  Supplies:  Paper (CN14SPO01, DN14OS10, DB14OS01) Over a year ago, Darin started to build an airplane.  What was on his bucket list has become a

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birthday wishes!

Yay for Friday! Actually Thursday’s are my Friday’s but that doesn’t mean I don’t love Friday’s! Here’s my card for today: cardstock:  pti  paper:  carta bella ahoy there  stamps:  reverse confetti label me/sweet thing ink:  hero arts hues/black other:  reverse confetti/confetti cuts/petals ‘n posies, mme enamel dots, lifestyle crafts embossing folder I’ve been seeing a

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just for fun

A just for fun card, that seldom happens on this blog. One of my newest Technique Tuesday sets Chickadees I’ve been seeing this cutie pie set around and had to join in the fun. Watercoloring seems to be my coloring method these days.  I just love the whimsical look it gives a card…the splotchier the

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happy.

Happy Wednesday! Here’s a card that uses a bunch of new goodies: I popped into J’s a couple weeks ago and was thrilled to see the Jillibean, Chilled Cucumber Soup collection! See that cute Ellie? Don’t you love her expression?  It makes me oh-so-happy. A big shout out to my bloggie friend, Evelin, who is

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Danielle’s special delivery blog hop!

Post 2 of 2 for me today…click HERE for my card inspired by CASE study. Hello and Welcome to Danielle Wall’s Special Delivery Blog Hop!  Danielle is the powerhouse behind Neat & Tangled and Little Tangles!  She had her lovely baby girl and we’re all thrilled for her! A big shout out to the lovely

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hello

Post 1 of 2 for me today…click HERE for a very NEAT Baby Blog Hop Can you guess how I was inspired? I used the Lawn Fawn Flutter By set along with Winnie & Walter’s, The Big, the Bold and the Happy set. Can you believe it, this is a one layer card!  I don’t

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neat & tangled blog hop!

Hello & Happy Monday! The Neat & Tangled team is hopping today!  We’re pleased to announce the Neat & Tangled Nice and Neat dies collection! You should have arrived here from Kristen’s fabulous blog.  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Neat & Tangled Blog! GIVEAWAYYou have

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