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Crafty Hurricane Harvey Relief

Crafters, if you are looking for a way to help with disaster relief for my fellow Texans, AND organize your crafting space, this is one way you can help! One of my favorite craft-related companies, Stamp-N-Storage, is donating 15% of ALL SALES through Tues, Sept 5, 2017 to benefit Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief! You can read more about their efforts HERE and shop their website HERE. My favorites are their Marker Nook: and Distress Combo Holder: They come to you as smooth, sanded "naked" wood, ready to be used as is, or you can stain/paint as you wish. I spray paint mine all white, to match my other craft room furniture. <3 Bless you, Stamp-N-Storage!! Many thanks to everyone who has inquired about my family ... we are all safe and drying out! Fortunately, we had no damage in my immediate area -- just landlocked for a day, by a flooded street. Counting our blessings, and praying for all those affected. Read more →

Announcement & Year End Deal!

As the year winds down this week, I will have a few last projects of the year to share with you this week. While I'm still working on those, there's an announcement over on the Taylored Expressions blog today that I'm excited about: I'll be returning to the Taylored Expressions Blog Design Team in 2016! You can find the full announcement here, which includes two new additions to the team! I have SO enjoyed the last eight months on the team and am looking forward to 2016! And just in case you may be cleaning out and reorganizing your crafting space over the holidays (like me!), this sale just may help! These are the awesome ink pad/reinker/marker holders and Marker Nook I use in my studio, so I can personally attest to how well all of these holders are constructed out of wood, the quality and sturdiness. The sale runs until Monday, January 4 at midnight and includes 10% off all Stamp-n-Storage products (excluding the Roll-Top Desk). If you don't know where to begin with reorganizing your space, you may be interested in their Starter Kits. If you happen to already have their fantastic paper holders, you may be interested... Read more →

Happy Holidays!

With the official start of the holiday season today, I am celebrating over in the CLASSroom with this build-a-scene card and Taylored Expressions dies, combined with a beautiful Essentials by Ellen Mistletoe & Holly stamp set ... I hope you will join me there for all the details! I also wanted to mention these fantastic Black Friday sales starting today: Ellen Hutson LLC is thrilled to be celebrating their online store's 9th year! The celebration begins on TODAY (Fri, Nov 27) with special savings and will continue with inspiration and chances to win some fab prizes through December 12th as we host our annual 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist (my absolute favorite project of the year)! <== Click the graphic to begin saving! Here are your discount times and codes: EARLY BIRD SAVINGS: Shop early for best selection - the early bird does get the worm! For nine (9) hours beginning at 12:00am Friday, November 27th Pacific Standard Time (3:00am Eastern Standard Time), running through 9:00am PST, save 20% on every item currently in stock. At checkout please enter the following one time use coupon code to redeem your discount: early2015 ANNIVERSARY SAVINGS: If you are not... Read more →

Good Things!

GOOD THING #1: Hello, friends! Just a mid-week PSA reminder that you still have until this Friday, August 28 to save 40% off ALL the products (41 pages worth!) in Ellen Hutson's Overstock category HERE. Click on the image above and use the coupon code "goodthings" at checkout, to receive your discount! I also wanted to let you know I updated my Kirarina WiNK info (3 posts below) with this new photo ... I never could get a good photo with my camera under my studio lights of how pretty and shimmery the colors are, but wouldn't you know it -- when snapping a quick photo with my phone today, it showed up well! Here it is: GOOD THING #2: Look at those awesome opaque White Pearl dots on black cardstock ... amazing and great for doodling or adding pretty touches to your Copic colored images! GOOD THING #3: Ellen Hutson carries those pretty Kirarina WiNK pens in her store HERE, so you can pick some up while shopping her sale . . . Happy shopping! :) Read more →

True Stamp Event!

Hi, Everyone -- This evening I have a little PSA about a great upcoming stamping event I just found out about! About the Event: True Stamp is an innovative one-day event bringing together top-notch stamping sponsors and instructors in a LIVE, online environment. Attendees will get the best in paper crafting instruction, right to their computers. Featuring some of your favorite stamp companies as sponsors, such as Technique Tuesday, Lawn Fawn, Simon Says Stamp, Raisin Boat, Paper Smooches, and Unity Stamp Co., you're promised a full day of inspiration, creativity and fun! AND it's all recorded, so if you want to watch you can revisit your favorite classes again and again - and it's all included in the one low registration fee. . Date: True Stamp is scheduled for Saturday, March 9, 2013. Mark off the whole day to spend stamping away! . Cost: ALL SIX classes and full replays of the event are included in the one low registration fee of $97. But readers of my blog can save $20 by entering code CREATE at checkout! Discount ends next Monday, February 18, 2013. . For more info, including class descriptions, please visit the True Stamp 2013 website. Here's a... Read more →

More Free Shipping From The Copic Store!

It looks like you all REALLY liked the free shipping from the Copic online store the first of the month, so they are doing it again! Just click the banner above to get started. Some of the things you'll find there that maybe your local or online retailer might not carry, are things like sets of "papercrafting" colors of Original (square body) markers: Have fun shopping! I'm coloring & crafting this weekend for Gina K's April stamp release that starts this coming Thursday, with a few changes and surprises coming! You can keep up with all the announcements for what's in store, over at the StampTV Forums. See you then! ~ Sharon Read more →

FeedBlitz Notices

It seems a few of you are having trouble with the emailed FeedBlitz notices that come out when I post an article to my blog. Yes, the look has changed -- I was able to customize it. In order to click through to my site now, you need to click on my blog banner picture within that email (sometimes it shows VERY small within the email, especially on Outlook's preview pane but is always near the top of the email). Alternately, in that email BELOW the "In This Issue" box, if you click on the article title, that link should take you to that specific article. If you continue to have problems, please either email me (link below my photo) or leave a comment here on this post and I'll try to help you out. Thanks so much for your support and for visiting my blog! I'll be back tomorrow with my Weekend Sketch Challenge! Read more →