25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020...Day 5...Ellen Hutson

Welcome to the 10th Annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags!

If you are new to the event you can click HERE to see the posts from the last 9 years. There are also links to the Pinterest boards for each of  the past years at the bottom of this post.  There is so much incredible inspiration there.  I am so excited to share that there are 26 sponsors this year, and each of the sponsors and their designers will be joining us as a guest for a day!  

Welcome to Day 5!

If you are just arriving for the first time all the details and the linkup can be found HERE!

I am thrilled to share that we have Ellen Hutson as our sponsor. 

I made 3 tags today using a variety of images and sentiments from Ellen Hutson Light Parade stamps

Please head over to the main post on Tracey's blog for more information on how you can join in on the 

fun and have a chance to win one of our prizes.

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Have a Crafty Mother's Day

Hello and a Happy Mother's Day to all!!  I hope everyone is having a great Mother's Day, and can find a way to connect.  I was able to Zoom my mom, along with my brother, sister and all our kids.

I've got a photo heavy post, as I had a super crafty week...now I know why I am getting nothing done, because I've had so much fun with my cards this week.

Entering at:
Ink to Paper Melissa's Fab Friday:  Happy Mother's Day
Retro Rubber #134:  Spring Flowers (stamps are PTI Brushed Blooms...4 years old (probably))
CAS on Friday #179:  Favorite Flower
Addicted to Stamps and More #388:  Holiday

To create my next 2 cards, I stenciled a panel with Memory Box Modern Flower Power stencil, then cut the panel in half to make 2 cards.  Now, I have a bit of a head start for next year.

Entering at:
Outside the Box #61: May Flowers (Modern Flower Power stencil)
Addicted to CAS #358: Flower

Here is the card I made with the other half of my stenciled panel.

Entered at:
Addicted to CAS #358: Flower
Shopping Our Stash #119: Happy Mother's Day

Next up is a pair of cards I made using my newest Hero Arts stamp called Bookcase Peek a Boo.

Entering at:
The Paper Players #490
Stay Crafty with Hero #7 (this one is for the librarians!!)

Entering at:
Seize the Birthday #190: Monochromatic (I used all the Copic Reds I have in the R3 series)

The next batch of cards happened when I pulled out Drink Glasses Dies and Wine Samplers Stamps from Paper Smooches with the goal of making something for their challenge.  I ended up making 4 cards.

Entering at:
Paper Smooches Anything Goes
AAA Cards #165: Up to One Third and optional repeating image (my martini glass)

Entering at:
Paper Smooches Anything Goes
AAA Cards #165: Up to One Third and optional repeating image (my martini glass)


Special thanks to my daughter, for drawing a straw for this card...

Entering at:
Paper Smooches Anything Goes


I used an image from Perpetual Bliss to pair with the sentiment from Wine Samplers and drew in my own scribbles to indicate the ringing alarm.  Time for wine!

Entering at:
Paper Smooches Anything Goes


It's graduation season, so I have started on some graduation cards.  I just love this sentiment, from PTI Get Lost.

Entering at:
CAS(E) this Sketch #371

Funny thing about this card....I was so excited to see that I had a mini panda with a diploma that would be perfect for a graduation card.  After cutting it out, I thought it seemed strange that the panda would have 2 diplomas...then why did the diplomas have leaves?  Yes, it took me a while to realize that the panda was holding 2 pieces of bamboo.  But, I am still going to use this as a graduation card.

Entered at:
Just Us Girls #535:  Mini

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And, finally, the last card of the day...

Entering at:
Freshly Made Sketches #434

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Your Day Will Be Very Happy

I must admit that it seems a little bit strange to be posting a card, after 26 days of focusing on tags, and yet, here I am with 2 cards for CAS(E) this Sketch #349.

My daughter needed a birthday card for a friend who likes cats.  After rejecting the card on the right as "looks too much like a flag", I made another one with colors more to her liking.  One for her, and one for my stash.

Here is a closer look at the original card.

And the second one I made.

It is not too late to play along at The 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Here is the link, and it will be open until Dec. 6.

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019...Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019.  If you are arriving for the first time, all the details and the link up can be found HERE.

Our sponsor for Day 2 is Ellen Hutson.

I used Hard Candy Christmas stamps and dies, and colored a variety of sweets, which I arranged randomly on my tag.

This candy jar was just begging to be turned into a shaker, don't you think?

Lots and lots of masking helped me fill this jar with multi colored peppermint candies.

Please head over to Tracey's blog for more information on how you can join in on the fun and get a chance to win a prize.

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My Crafty Weekend

I had so much fun getting inky this weekend.  It's going to be a long post!

First up is this card using EH Bookworm Lady inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #396.

Another card to add to my birthday card stash:

I am entering this card at Color Throwdown #551:  Pink, Gold, Black and White, Just Us Girls #496 to make the sentiment the focal point, AAA Birthday #3: For the Girls, and Less is More #399: Celebrations.

Another birthday card, this one using the new Ellen Hutson Big City Die---cut three times and layered over a card front where I blended Distress ink using a PTI Sunburst Stencil.

I am linking this card up at Seize the Birthday #169: Sunshine, CAS on Friday #162: Use a Stencil, Addicted to CAS #163: Heat (from the sun), and AAA Cards #144: Maxi White Space.

Still on a roll with birthday cards, this one for the guys...

This card was inspired by the color scheme at Paper Players #450, the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch #330,  and the Clean and Simple challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More #349.

Can you stand one more birthday card?  With a scooter!  I am seeing scooters all over blog land and also in my town.  This cute scooter is Good Times by Ellen Hutson.  I used the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches #329 (flipped it), Inkspirational Challenge #191--I was inspired by the balloons in the photo, and The Library Challenge #339: Five Weeks in a Balloon.

Change of pace....my last card is a baby card, using a sweet die set I won from Poppystamps last month--Whittle Ducks.  I looked for a sentiment that said something about having your ducks all in a row, but when I couldn't find that, I decided to make a baby card.

I am entering this card at Poppystamps #58: Animal Kingdom and Simon Says Monday Challenge: Waves.

Are you exhausted?  I am!

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