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Emily Midgett

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas: Day 1

Apologies for the technical difficulties earlier; here’s my post for the 12 Tags of Christmas!

Hi there! Every year, Ellen Hutson hosts the 12 Tags of Christmas, designed to get everybody in the holiday tag-making spirit!! This year, we’re switching things up a bit, providing you with a holiday song theme and some coordinating tag inspiration! Therese Calvird is our hostess today, providing us with our song inspiration: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! I’ve created a quick little shaker tag for today’s inspiration, so let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping the cute little reindeer head from the Essentials By Ellen Holiday Characters stamp set using Intens-ified Black ink from Hero Arts. I colored the image using my Copic markers, die cut it out using the coordinating dies, and added a cute little red nose using a Raspberry jewel from Pretty Pink Posh.

I then die cut the frame, backer, and acetate backer using the Circle Scallop Tag die from Honey Bee Stamps. I filled the shaker with some Sparkling Clear sequins. I adhered Rudolph to the shaker front, then added a greeting from Mondo Holly. I added a red and white twine bow and loop to finish it off!

Well, that’s all for me today! Be sure to check out the Ellen Hutson blog for all of the details on how you can get linked up to the contest for the 12 Tags of Christmas! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Honey Bee Stamps!

Good morning! Today, I have the pleasure of helping represent Honey Bee Stamps for Tracey McNeeley’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags event! Each year, Tracey hosts a month of fantastic tag inspiration, focusing on a different company each day, and today we are focusing on the gorgeous holiday products from Honey Bee Stamps!

Honey Bee Stamps has some absolutely fantastic new holiday products that debuted this year. I created this icy winter tag using some of the new products and some older, so let’s get started with the details!

I began by die cutting the new Winter Prism cover plate die, then cutting a section of the detailed die using the Stitched Polygon dies. I also die cut a glittery white Stitched Polygon die, adhering the Winter Prism die cut over the top with liquid adhesive to create some tone-on-tone sparkly texture.

Next, I die cut a Winter die cut greeting from some pale aqua cardstock and some heavyweight vellum. I heat embossed the rest of the greeting on some more aqua cardstock using some sparkly aqua embossing powder. Next, I die cut a few snowflakes using the Layering Snowflakes die set.

I adhered all of the pieces to the tag front using foam and liquid adhesive, adding a few gems to the center of the snowflakes. I punched a hole in the top of the tag and threaded a simple silk ribbon through the top to create a loop to hang the tag!

Well, that’s all for this project! I hope you’ll check out the other inspiration and giveaways on Tracey McNeeley’s blog! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Black Friday Sales!!

Oh my gosh, you guys…. there are some absolutely fantastic sales happening in this paper crafty industry! Best part- you can shop from home in your jammies! That is a win for me, for sure.

Some of my favorite companies:

Ellen Hutson: All items in the Gratitude Category are 20-80% off their original prices! Save an additional 20% on the products in the GRATITUDE19 category with the code GRATITUDE19. You must use the code to receive the discount!

Hero Arts: Free Shipping on orders of $25 or more, and all orders will receive a super cute enamel pin (to add to your ever growing pin collection!)

Honey Bee Stamps: Take 25% off of all Honey Bee Stamps Products on Thursday and Friday!

Altenew: Some incredible deals happening today and tomorrow! A few of my personal favorites:
~$200 off 100 Crisp Dye Ink Oval Set
~35% off Mega Alphabet Ultimate Die Bundle
~30% off Spring & Summer Watercolor Marker Bundle
~25% off Watercolor 36 Pan Set
~Receive FREE Our Family 12 x 12 Patterned Papers ($15.99 value) on orders over $69 from 11/27/2019 at 12:01 am EST through 11/28/2019 at 11:59 pm EST. The free gift will be added to cart automatically. Not valid on previous orders. While supplies last.
~11/25 – 12/02: Black Friday Special Shipping Offer

  • Free U.S. shipping on orders over $30 with code USFREE at checkout! Shop HERE!
  • $5 Off international shipping on orders over $50 with code SHIP5OFF at checkout!

Waffleflower:

Waffle Flower Flash Sale - 50% Off Last Chance Items

That’s just a small sampling of all of the sales happening this weekend…. Happy shopping! I know I will be! 🙂

Altenew Color Therapy Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! Happy Monday! Today, I’m excited to be a stop on the Altenew Color Therapy blog hop! This hop celebrates all things coloring, which, if you’ve visited my blog before, you know is one of my most favorite things, in any and all mediums. I absolutely love Kathy Racoosin’s 30 Day Coloring Challenge. It provides me with a wonderful daily excuse to get out my coloring mediums and just play! From Altenew:

Altenew is collaborating with the amazing Kathy Racoosin from The Daily Marker to inspire crafters to find joy through coloring. Kathy is celebrating her 14th 30 Day Coloring Challenge until the end of November 2019. This blog hop is meant to encourage you to participate by coloring something and share it on social media using the hashtag #thedailymarker30day. We hope they find “Me Time” and enjoy the benefits that coloring will give. 

I created a super colorful project today using the Altenew Winter Wonderland watercolor brush markers and the Precious Peony stamps and dies. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping a few of the individual floral sprays from Precious Peony using Ink on 3 Fadeout Ink on some hot press watercolor paper. I then used the Winter Wonderland Watercolor Brush Markers to do some no-line watercoloring on these pretty peony images in one of my favorite “fiesta” color schemes- bright yellows, oranges, and fuchsia. I die cut both sprays with the coordinating dies.

Next, I stamped some elements from the Baroque Motifs stamp set onto a panel of deep fuchsia cardstock using Magenta ink. I also blended some more Magenta ink on the opposite corner of the card front using blending brushes.

I created the sentiment using the Sentiment Strips stamp set and the Tall Alpha die set. I first white heat embossed the greeting from Sentiment Strips on a strip of pretty marigold yellow cardstock, then die cut “sweet” from some more yellow cardstock using the Tall Alpha die set, adhering all of the pieces to the card front using liquid adhesive. I cut one of the peony die cuts in half and created a unique bouquet for the damask corner of the card front, adhering the die cuts using foam adhesive. The last step was to add some pretty sparkles for a touch of bling!

Well, that’s all for my project today! I hope you’ll participate in the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge…. it’s so much fun, and so relaxing! Now, for some fun giveaway information!

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and Kathy from The Daily Maker is also giving away her original 5”x7” watercolor artwork(including a custom frame). Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 11/22/2019 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 11/24/2019.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Your next stop is Jaycee Gaspar. Here’s the full hop list in case you get lost:

Altenew Card Blog
Kathy Racoosin
Ashlea Cornell
Anna Komenda
Emily Midgett <— you are here
Jaycee Gaspar
Gayatri Murali
Hussena Calcuttawala
Kymona Tracey
Keeway Tsao
Laurie Willison
Kristina Pokazanieva
LauraJane
Lilith Eeckels
Nenette S. Madero
Norine Borys
TaeEun Yoo
Maryam Perez
Tania Ahmed
Vicky Papaioannou
Virginia Lu

Some more Essentials by Ellen inspiration+SALE!

Hi there! I have a few more projects to share with you using some of the newest goodies from the November Essentials By Ellen release! This release is just so darn pretty, and in addition to pretty flowers and butterflies, we also have some fantastic and versatile basics that are sure to be staples in your craft room! It’s also Ellen Hutson’s Lucky 13th Anniversary, and we’re celebrating with the sale! (I’ll get to all of those details at the end of the post. 😉 ) Let’s get started with the details!

For today’s projects, I created a matching card and gift box using the new In the Weeds stamps, keeping things simple by using just one color of ink and allowing the detail in the stamp set to do the work for me!

For the treat box, I first die cut two sections of the new Treat Box die from white cardstock. I then masked the bottom of the new Treat Box die stamped the image from In the Weeds using Hydrangea ink. I colored a length of white silk ribbon a matching shade of purple using a Copic marker, then used it to close the treat box. I also die cut a tiny tag from the new Mini Tags die set, then stamped it with the Good Luck sentiment from the new Small Sayings stamp set, adding it to the loop of the bow as a little tag for the treat box. Simple, cute, but oh, so pretty!

I used the same color scheme to create the matching card. I stamped the beautiful image from In the Weeds using Hydrangea ink on an A2 panel of cardstock, adding a few more stamped images on the edge, overlapping them a touch to create a continuous line of flowers. I also added a touch of pale yellow to the centers of the flowers using a pale yellow Copic marker.

I stamped a greeting using the fantastic new That Thing You Did stamp set. (Don’t you just love the sassy, fabulous sentiments in this one?) I stamped it on a strip of white cardstock using dark gray ink. I trimmed a slightly larger rectangle of white cardstock, then using the same Copic marker used for the ribbon for the treat box, colored a custom panel of cardstock and mounted it behind the sentiment strip. I mounted that on another slightly larger panel of charcoal cardstock, and then mounted the whole thing on the floral panel with foam adhesive. The final touch was to add some pretty Pearl White gems for a bit of sparkle.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, to further entice you to take a peek at the new goodies at Ellen Hutson, we are having a fabulous sale to celebrate 13 lucky years in business!

Simply fill your cart, add code LUCKY13 to at checkout, and receive 20% savings and a free gift with your order!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy shopping!