Hi there, I'm Carolyn and I'm delighted you're here to join me on today's Summer of Stamping (SOS) lauch for Ellen Hutson! My card features the first Ellen Hutson Summer of Stamping exclusive set, the ultra cute S'more The Merrier by Lawn Fawn, which is sold as a stamp/die combo. This set ...

Today the Ellen Hutson team is celebrating our team leader Carly and her husband Shaun who are expecting a little one very soon! I made this sweet card to fete them on this special day. Carly, I can only imagine how full your heart is as you look forward to welcoming your little one in the ...

Another week of blogland discoveries: I wanted to try Frozen Coconut Lemonade love Elly Rodgers Illustrations Color Palettes of Iconic Film Scenes Buckeye Crunch Bars fun Birthday Party Backdrop ideas (one shown) Homemade Kit Kat Bars look interesting Movies re-imagined as Vintage Book Covers...

Happy Friday! Sweet n Sassy stamps has released a new Digi set for today's kick-off of the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer hop! The set is called Sunshine in a Cup and it has all of the summer-feels!!! I can't wait to play more with this set, but for now I quickly whipped this up! I just love t...

Happy Monday and welcome to the May My Monthly Hero Blog Hop! Today I'm sharing stenciled sun backgrounds cards featuring lots of amazing new dies from the May Add Ons. The stand alone dies this month are absolutely incredible. Y'all know how much I love die cutting! V I D E O T U T O R I A L W...

Welcome! It's two days until the My Favorite Things Stamps May Release! At 10am Eastern time on Tuesday, May 5, the May release will be live, and all of the new products shown in the past few days will be available. Today I chose the Mother's Day Bouquet stamp set, paired with the Circle C...

Welcome, I'm glad you're here! My name is Carolyn and I'm thrilled to be a part of today's celebration of crafty happiness. For the past several weeks, baking in my kitchen and crafting in my studio have been a source of joy, and I hope that you have also been able to find an escape from o...

Hi friends, how are you doing? This week has been a difficult one for me and my company. Amongst all the big decisions that needed to be made and conference calls/emails, being able to escape into my studio was a Godsend. If you're also finding the stress building up, my wish for you is that ...

Hello Bella Blvd Fans and Friends! This is Patricia to share my first post with you as a Creative Team Member! I have been a fan of Stephanie's designs and use of color in her products. The Bella Blvd products work perfectly with my eclectic and sometimes clean and simple style! Although I l...

Today is the newest MFT release and I have two cards to share with you using the newest stamp set by Stacey Yacula called Sky High. Here is an image of it: I think this one is so so cute (but I think ALL of her sets are so so cute which is why I work with them each month!). I wanted to make ...

Today I'm joining my creative friends at Ellen Hutson to celebrate her HUGE March release of Essentials by Ellen product with a blog hop and giveaway. This release is the largest she has done since I first joined her team, and there is a LOT to love in it. I fell in love with the Succulent Sen...

The new LawnFawnatics Challenge is Bring It Back ... to revisit the older and neglected supplies in your stash ... when I saw the stack of Washi Tape, I knew right where I was starting. I love making Washi Tape backgrounds ... and today I used GREEN. My MISTI Cover (or Mousepad) is the perf...

The theme at A Blog Named Hero is Birthdays ... and as always, I need more masculine birthday cards for my stash. And as with so many other manufacturers in my studio, I have quite a few Hero Arts products that are still new in the package, so I used three of them on this card design. I start...

Hey everyone! This week's Color Throwdown challenge is up: You can check out what the rest of the DT created with these colors HERE <-------click! and play along yourself if you'd like! Here's what I made: I'm including these cards as part of my 2020 Valentine Series (if you missed any of th...

~ Hello! The latest Color Throwdown is now live! We have a great love/Valentine combo to play with this week: Red, Light Gray, Dark Gray, and White. ~ ~ I made Valentine cards for my grandkids using an older Papertrey Ink set called Happy Hearts and the Hearts Cover Die. ~ ~ I wanted to ...

After a long day at the office, I'm usually in search of some quick and easy creativity. Tonight I decided to combine the Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketch. I went hunting through my piles of 6" paper pads searching for papers in the three colors. I put together one card base and went s...

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown! This week we have a really great color combo: Pink, Green, and Navy! ~ ~ I needed a get well card for a certain sweet little girl and the adorable bear from the Essentials by Ellen All Inside stamp set is just perfect! ~ ~...

Our current prompt at Jingle Belles is to Use What Santa Brought You (create a card featuring something new in your stash). Since I am my own Santa, I got exactly what I wanted for Christmas ... like these stamps from new releases at Reverse Confetti. I just loved the Candy Canes with Holl...

~ Hello there, everyone! Happy Wednesday!! Are you ready for a new Color Throwdown challenge? This week our generic colors are Navy, Teal, and Mustard. ~ ~ I needed a birthday card for my almost 30 year old nephew, and botanicals are always a good bet for masculine cards. I used a group of ...

Welcome! I'm tickled pink to be celebrating with Pretty Pink Posh today--it's their sixth birthday! And just like any birthday party, there are GIFTS involved--scroll to the end of my post for more details on that! My first card uses the sweet Party Friends stamp set and coordinating die se...

I have been a lover of gnomes long before they were popular ... now you see gnomes everywhere. Here's a fun little gnome card I made in 2008. When I saw the Gnome Sweet Gnome Challenge at Shopping Our Stash, I knew I had to join the fun. I used my new L'il Gnome die from Simon Says Stamp, whi...

***Updated with new winner: Jo has let me know that she has some of the things in the prize already and would love to pass it on to someone who could really use it. How generous! New winner is: Karen Kuschel My goal is to include more water coloring in my projects this year, this giveaway is...

Hello everyone!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I'm so excited to participate in the Season's Givings Blog Hop again! This is an AMAZING hop with a ton of fabulous and wonderful designers in the industry - and EVERY stop on this hop has a giveaway!! I will have the list of all the stops on this hop in the...

COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU EVERYONE! MY WINNER IS NATALIE WINTERSTEIN HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020! MANY BLESSINGS FOR A HAPPY, HEALTHY, CREATIVE YEAR AHEAD! Thank you very much for coming by my blog today to celebrate "Season's Givings" with a giant blog hop and awesome prize giveaways! This ...

~ Happy New Year, everyone!! It's time for the very first Color Throwdown challenge of 2020! Amy Rohl is our hostess and here are the generic colors she's chosen for us to play with: Red, Brown, and White. ~ ~ I recently got the new Altenew Mega Blessings 4 stamp set along with the Mega Bles...