Tag: essentials by ellen

Mondo hello

Hello and Happy Saturday!  We’re experiencing “Excessive Heat Warnings” in the Pacific Northwest.  It will be in the 90’s today…I got an early start on crafting today. Have you seen the Essentials by Ellen Summer 2016 Release?  It’s crazy awesome!  I wanted to ink up the Mondo Peony set!  I watercolored them with Peerless watercolors.

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Essentials by Ellen Late Summer 2016 Blog Hop!

Hello, and welcome to the Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!  You should have arrived here from the awesome Julia Stainton’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is The CLASSroom. 

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but first, coffee

Hello and Happy Saturday!  I’m looking forward to the long weekend, and have tons of Design Team work to do!  But first, a coffee card: I’m such a fan of premade card bases…I buy them all the time.  The one I used in for today’s card is from Impress.  It doesn’t look like they have

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Just saying hello

Well, the Seattle weather has returned.  This morning is rainy + gloomy.  That’s okay, it’s better than the heat wave we had been experiencing.  I whipped this card up this morning.  I’m taking a break from DT assignments to play! When I saw today’s Inspired by..All The Little Things challenge, I knew that I had

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Many thanks sunshine

Post 2 of 2 for today…click here for my Neat & Tangled post. Post 2 of 2 for today…click here for my Neat & Tangled post. I’m so inspired by challenges that this is a combo of two.  I knew that I wanted to use a smidge of washi since I bought 3 sets of stuff of the stuff

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Essentials by Ellen – Mix it Up Challenge: oh hello friend.

Grateful for the longer days…I took this  photo at 7:30 pm last night.  There is still plenty of natural sunlight. I didn’t originally have a post scheduled today but since I finished up my homework early, I decided to whip up a card! I’m playing along with the Essentials by Ellen – Mix It Up

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you got this!

Whew, I gotta tell you.  I must have been a mechanical engineer in my previous life because I so don’t have that ‘thought process capability’ now.  Mechanical things always throw me for a loop and that relates to crafting how?  Crafty dies with many pieces…scares me every time, just like the ikea bag ‘o nuts

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It’s the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: you got this!

Post 3 of 3 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Spring Fling click HERE for the DeNami Designs Spring Fling Butterflies…Bears….Birds…Oh My!  It’s the start of the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!   The hops happen 4 times a year, following each season.  This time around, we have a total of 50 Super Sponsors!

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Jessica’s 2K Followers Instagram Hop and Giveaway!!

If you follow me on IG, you may have already seen this but you definitely don’t want to miss out on all the fun! Super thrilled that Jessica asked me to join in on the fun!  Check out this gorgeous color palette we could work with when designing a card for the IG hop:  Although

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Essentials by Ellen: Winter 2016 Release Hop!

click HERE for my Neat & Tangled post Winners Announced HERE Hello, and welcome to the Essentials by Ellen Winter 2016 Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!  You should have arrived here from the wonderful Julia Stainton’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at

Read More »

Mondo hello

Hello and Happy Saturday!  We’re experiencing “Excessive Heat Warnings” in the Pacific Northwest.  It will be in the 90’s today…I got an early start on crafting today. Have you seen the Essentials by Ellen Summer 2016 Release?  It’s crazy awesome!  I wanted to ink up the Mondo Peony set!  I watercolored them with Peerless watercolors.

Read More »

Essentials by Ellen Late Summer 2016 Blog Hop!

Hello, and welcome to the Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!  You should have arrived here from the awesome Julia Stainton’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is The CLASSroom. 

Read More »

but first, coffee

Hello and Happy Saturday!  I’m looking forward to the long weekend, and have tons of Design Team work to do!  But first, a coffee card: I’m such a fan of premade card bases…I buy them all the time.  The one I used in for today’s card is from Impress.  It doesn’t look like they have

Read More »

Just saying hello

Well, the Seattle weather has returned.  This morning is rainy + gloomy.  That’s okay, it’s better than the heat wave we had been experiencing.  I whipped this card up this morning.  I’m taking a break from DT assignments to play! When I saw today’s Inspired by..All The Little Things challenge, I knew that I had

Read More »

Many thanks sunshine

Post 2 of 2 for today…click here for my Neat & Tangled post. Post 2 of 2 for today…click here for my Neat & Tangled post. I’m so inspired by challenges that this is a combo of two.  I knew that I wanted to use a smidge of washi since I bought 3 sets of stuff of the stuff

Read More »

Essentials by Ellen – Mix it Up Challenge: oh hello friend.

Grateful for the longer days…I took this  photo at 7:30 pm last night.  There is still plenty of natural sunlight. I didn’t originally have a post scheduled today but since I finished up my homework early, I decided to whip up a card! I’m playing along with the Essentials by Ellen – Mix It Up

Read More »

you got this!

Whew, I gotta tell you.  I must have been a mechanical engineer in my previous life because I so don’t have that ‘thought process capability’ now.  Mechanical things always throw me for a loop and that relates to crafting how?  Crafty dies with many pieces…scares me every time, just like the ikea bag ‘o nuts

Read More »

It’s the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: you got this!

Post 3 of 3 for today…click HERE for the Reverse Confetti Spring Fling click HERE for the DeNami Designs Spring Fling Butterflies…Bears….Birds…Oh My!  It’s the start of the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!   The hops happen 4 times a year, following each season.  This time around, we have a total of 50 Super Sponsors!

Read More »

Jessica’s 2K Followers Instagram Hop and Giveaway!!

If you follow me on IG, you may have already seen this but you definitely don’t want to miss out on all the fun! Super thrilled that Jessica asked me to join in on the fun!  Check out this gorgeous color palette we could work with when designing a card for the IG hop:  Although

Read More »

Essentials by Ellen: Winter 2016 Release Hop!

click HERE for my Neat & Tangled post Winners Announced HERE Hello, and welcome to the Essentials by Ellen Winter 2016 Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!  You should have arrived here from the wonderful Julia Stainton’s blog!  If not, you’ll want to start at

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