Keep Smiling!

In tough times, it's always important to keep smiling.

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~Elle~

Lots of Nutsy Love

We're getting close to Valentine's Day. While I won't be making a ton of Valentine creations this year, you may see a couple of lovey-dovey cards in the next couple of weeks. I thought I'd start today's card with a cute critter. It's not a love set, but I think it works.

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~Elle~

Sending hugs scene

As you may have noticed, there wasn't much crafty activity on the blog over the past couple of months. I had a very busy holiday season, and then I took a creative break in early January. A portion of my break was spent organizing supplies and getting ready for a creative new year. The rest was just giving myself a break after a frenzy of Christmas crafting.

I'm finally ready to slowly get back into crafting again and thought I'd make a scene card as the big comeback. This particular scene has been percolating in my brain for a little while now, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

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~Elle~

Smoooooches

While making this card, I imagined the cow saying "Smooooooches" and it cracked me up. I love a pun (or ten).

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~Elle~

Thank You Deer

Couldn't resist a cute deer!

Thanks for checking out my card!
~Elle~

Smile!

I'm sharing a quick project today that I'm entering in an Instagram challenge. The challenge is summer-themed, and I just had to use this fabulous shark from Avery Elle's Sea-Prise set. I added a fun die sentiment and a smattering of stars and dots to tie the scene together.

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~Elle~

Hello Sloth

It's Friday! I wanted to share a friendly sloth today with a birch branch and a dash of rainbow colors.

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~Elle~

Beachy Sunshine

It's time for more work today - though I'd much rather be at the beach. I thought Id add a simple little scene and embellish with a black doily and some enamel dots.

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~Elle~

Happy Fathers' Day Frog Prince

I just couldn't resist a fun fathers' day card with a frog and some fun geometric paper. I've had this patterned paper in my stash for ages and kept meaning to use it. I think it worked out pretty great on this card.

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~Elle~

Alpaca Fun

This fluffy alpaca from Lawn Fawn has been sitting in my colored images stash since winter, and I really wanted to use him on a card along with the fun sentiment. Yes, it's another winter creation, but the fun palette could work for other seasons too.

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~Elle~

Hello Chameleon

It's Friday again! Keeping things very simple today with a cute chameleon card and some color splatters. I've been trying to mix and match some clean and simple designs with more elaborate ones. It's fun to change things up now and again.

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~Elle~

Rainbow Hello

Happy Monday, everyone! I thought I would start this week with a bright and colorful project - something to contrast the blanket of snow that fell just last week.

I've had this idea bouncing around my head for a few days, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I really like the cheerful sentiments and the matching rainbow pattern stripes.

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~

Bits & Pieces: Be Mine

A quick share today - just playing with bits and pieces of things on my desk. I did enjoy using velum on this card. It's an embossed velum that has fun silver or gold elements. Combined with a fun patterned paper and an embossed sentiment, I think it turned out pretty fun.

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~Elle~

Sleepy Musings

It's a sleepy Tueaday today, so I wanted to share a sleepy card featuring the ever-so-amazing Birdie Brown sheep and a happy moon.

For this card, I played around with making my own starry sky. It turned out ok, even if some of my glittery stars are a bit chunky. I used soufflé Sakura pens - which are really cool, but they initially go on clear and get bright and awesome as they dry. Clear pens make it hard to draw delicate thin lines.

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~Elle~

Sheep Birthday

I needed just one more birthday card this week, so a cute sheep to the rescue! I used a palette of browns, blues and yellows. I also used a patterned paper at an angle - it gave an interesting layout that I really ought to play with some more in the future.

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~Elle~

One on a Chameleon

Another sweet Lawn Fawn critter - this time a chameleon. I had a ton of ideas for this tiny stamp set, but I went with something pretty simple this time around. I think it turned out pretty fun and I enjoyed using a more lime-green than I usually gravitate toward in my green tones.


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~Elle~

Love Sheep

I'm still working my way through the lovely Birdie Brown sheep set, and I thought I'd switch gears a little and make a love-inspired card. The sheep with the cute heart just made me think it would make for a fun Valentine.

I know we're past Valentine's day already, but the world could always use a little more love...

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~Elle~

Sheep Thanks

One more quick share with Birdie Brown sheep. Aside from birthday cards, I think thank you cards are one of the card types I always need more of. I paired the fun little scene I created with a chunky scripty thanks. I think they go together great.

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~Elle~

Time to Seal-abrate

I have a couple of birthdays coming up at the end of the month, so I've been playing with birthday card designs. Today's card features Avery Elle's Seal-Abrate stamp set. This set features a punny sentiment which I've stamped on the inside of the card. I think it's a pretty fun design and makes for a playful birthday card.

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~Elle~

Slumber Thanks

Day two of a Birdie Brown marathon, and I thought I'd go in a different direction with today's card. I went for a night scene with a fun starry sky and a slumber sheep jumping over a fence. I think it turned out pretty cute and pushed me to work with a palette I might not have thought of at first.

Thanks for reading!
~Elle~