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April 2018

Neat & Tangled

Happiness is…MOM!

Happiness begins with Mom! The US & Canada will celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13, but it’s always a good time to call or celebrate mom. Bagoy’s Florist and Home will be carrying my Mother’s Day cards this year.

Watercolors are so relaxing and there aren’t too many things happier than a rainbow of color. This Neat and Tangled Happiness die had just come in the mail for the day and I’m pretty sure it asked for that paper! Ha! So this is how it came together.

 

It was love at first sight when seeing Neat & Tangled recent new release and this die was first on my list! My Favorite Things, “MOM” die-namics was in the wings waiting for just the right card.

As I was working on designs for Mother’s Day, it came to me that Mother’s Day cards are perfect for so many. Being mom is a big job whether you are a kid mom, a cat or dog mom, the mom of your kids friends, a step mom and on and on. It’s easy to drop a note in the mail, or even a text or a call to a friend to let them know they are doing a great job!

The other day I had one of the biggest blessings that came as messages on my IG account (do you follow me?) It was a note regarding photos of potato salad and apple pie I had posted in my IG stories. They were from my adult daughters friends. Both ladies messaged me, “Yum.” Further texts mentioned how they remembered growing up eating those things at our house. Special memories are made in the mundane, every day things, Mom’s! Who would have thought? I love those girls and those kind words were such a blessing!

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Essentials by Ellen

Everyday Hero Lady – Essentials by Ellen

Thankful for all the many Hero Ladies in my life! These images by Brandi Kincaid are perfect to celebrate all of them! And, now are available at Ellen Hutson, LLC.  I have two sisters and am blessed to have both of them in my life. Both are my Hero Ladies! This particular card is inspired by the one who is the most patriotic person I have ever known! So this Hero lady is all decked out in the red, white, and blue!

 

I’ll be sending this card on it’s way to tell her how awesome I think she is! We all need to share that message with our Hero’s! She tirelessly makes every holiday a fun celebration, decorates her home with cheerful, seasonal decor, encourages everyone in their faith in God and is one of the most loving persons I have ever met. Her very life, the fact that she is still alive is nothing short of a miracle. A year ago she was rushed to the hospital, underwent an eleven hour surgery, to repair, a soon to rupture, aorta. Twenty five years earlier both of our parents succumbed to aneurysms within a few months of each other. Thankfully we are now “on alert” to be pro-active in heart health for our family. So even in that circumstance she is a blessing to our family, just by “being her.”

I just love these Leading Ladies by Brandi. She seems to identify all the fun whims and personalities that touch each of us. This Everyday Hero Lady set has wonderful sentiments that personalizes any project for Grandma, Aunt, Niece, Sister, Friend, Daughter and Mom.

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Birthday,Waffle Flower

Jungle Birthday Pull Tab – Waffleflower

A bit of the tropical look to this fun Jungle B-Day, Pull Tab card using Waffleflower products. Had embossed Sizzix Houndstooth for the background of the card using Gathered Twigs distressed oxide to give it that thatched straw kind of beachy look. How I love a beachy, tropical look!

 

Using Waffleflower Rectangle 1 dies to make a frame and then the magic of the Pull Tab die set to make the Pull Tab. What is a party without cake!

 

The Waffleflower video with Channin using the Pull Tab on the ballerina card was great inspiration for this jungle birthday party. The Pull Tab is really creatively designed making it super easy to make a pull-tab style card!

I did use fun foam on the back of the card to pop it up a bit allowing a place for the cake to hide when it’s not pulled out.

 

I love the little arrow detail on the pull tab! All the jungle friends & foliage were colored with copics.

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