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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Roll with It | Echo Park Paper

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vintage Display For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I had squirreled away this paper collection and it’s perfect for today’s challenge! First of all, this paper is glorious and has the right amount of texture.

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August Edition | Guest Designer – Woodblock Wednesday

Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Vikki Hein Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, August 26. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a

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Summer Cocktails | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… This is my final Design Team post for Doodlebugswa. The team is going away but the shop is still open! You’ll still see me posting projects on my own because I’m such a fan of Cathy! My card for today features: I wanted to share some of my recent

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Friendship | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! have a Brass & Bliss Craft Co card to share. It features the following products: I cut the leaves out with watercolor paper, spritzed them with water and used watered down Distress Oxide inks to color them. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:

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Halloween Felt Stitch & Create | Spellbinders

Hope this Raises Your Spirits! I love cute Halloween. Scary Halloween…not so much. I don’t do scary movies, scary rides, scary anything. But THIS little feline? Absolutely my kind of Halloween. Check out the Spellbinders Felt Fright Night Feline. It’s part of the amazing NEW Nichol Spohr’s Halloween Felt Stitch & Create Collection. I love being able to bring

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Hey Sunshine | Spellbinders + Pretty Pink Posh

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Ice Cream Cones For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I combined these Hero Arts products: I had so much fun putting this one together. Of course, I had to add the little fruit! Can you

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Oh Hey Duo | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: I kinda love how this card duo turned out! Thanks for stopping by!

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Merry Christmas in Red + Pink | Spellbinders

There’s something about pink + red for the holidays. I love it so much. Today’s card features the gorgeous Spellbinders Dear Santa Collection. I’ve combined: I also snuck in the bow from: Thanks to Freshly Made Sketches for the inspiration! I played along with their latest sketch challenge. Can we talk about those Dear Santa Ornaments?! I need to

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Happy 100th Birthday | Simon Says Stamp

Yesterday was my former Mother -in-Law’s 100th birthday! If you’ve been following me, you might know that I’ve been having a card drive for this awesome centenarian. It closes on August 31st, meaning the cards need to be mailed on or before that date. More details in a smidge, let’s chat about the card first.

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Dear Santa Postage Style | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Seashells For today’s card was inspired by the sketch. I combined these Spellbinders products: I also squeezed in the sentiment from the previously released: Let’s chat about the new Dear Santa Collection → SO CUTE. Good grief, the possibilities are

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