Etsy

I recently re-opened my Etsy shop.  It's been awhile since I was on there.  With my recent pregnancy I lost all interest in all hobbies I once loved which included crafting and reading.  Now that the little one is here I am ready to get back to everything my "normal" self loves. 

Here's a link to my Etsy shop:  19Eighty Expressions on Etsy

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Here are some of my latest creations:

Oh how I missed crafting!!!

My Treausry Made the Front Page!

Just had to share my joy!  This morning I kept getting emails up the wazzoo from Etsy stating this person likes my item, this person added me to their circle, this person favorited my shop, etc.  I had no clue what the heck was going on!  Was Etsy messing with me?  Was it spam?  What the heck?

When I got home from taking my husband out to lunch for Father's Day I decided to take a look at my Etsy account.  I noticed that a treasury I made yesterday, Ode to Dad, had a ton of hits.  Wow.  OK.  That's super cool.  That explains the massive influx of people checking out my shop.  Then I got an email from RCTees thanking me for featuring their super cute men's Ghost Elephant Tee in my treasury which made the fron page of Etsy!

Wait what?
Say that again?
Did you say FRONT PAGE?

Woohoo!  I had no clue at all!  Now all those emails make complete sense!

Go check out my Ode to Dad treasury to see what landed me on the front page!

What a weekend!

This weekend was amazing!  I had four days off from work and it seems that's exactly what I needed to get my "create" on!  I was a busy working bee all weekend crafting left and right.  So much so that I even taught myself something new!  I'll get into that in another post though.

I decided to step away from greeting cards for a bit because I have all these ideas floating around in my head that I keep saying I am going to work on but never get around to.  Well, that changed this weekend.  I finally started working on something outside my norm and today's post is all about it.  Tags.  Yup, like gift tags.

I started out with a design I used on one of my favorite cards, Spring Butterflies.  I decided to feature them on this set of tags.  I love the design with the butterfly wings popping of the paper.  It's so simple yet so pretty.  

Yellow, pink, and purple make these 3D butterfly tags perfect for spring!

Embossing and inking on both the tag and butterfly add a touch of elegance to the tag

Set of 5 tags all ready to be gifted

A purple ribbon completes the spring-themed tag

Flowers, butterflies, and swirls

These weren't the only tags I made this weekend.  In a few days I'll go into detail about my adventure in the vintage-inspired world of papermaking which so happens to be something new to me.  Oh so fun! 

Oh, I forgot to mention, unfortunately there were no winners in the contest I held over the weekend on my Facebook page.  No one guessed the correct theme of the set I was working on (yes, I worked on more than just tags this weekend).  I plan on holding more contests with giveaways in the future.  Hope you all can join in on the fun.  Check me out on Facebook at the 19Eighty Expressions fan page!  

One more thing!  Look out for an announcement I have.  I'm excited about it.  That will be coming in the next few days.

Giveaway!!

I am holding a little contest on my 19Eighty Expressions Facebook page.  Here are the details!

1.  Become a fan of 19Eighty Expressions on Facebook

2.  Guess the theme of my latest project and leave a comment on 19Eighty Expressions' Facebook page with your guess.

3.  Share the giveaway with friends and family via Facebook or any other social media outlet.

That's all!  Super easy.

The first person to guess the theme correctly will receive a set (that's a clue) of my newest creation.
 
The winner will be announced on Monday, May 30th.

Good luck and have a great day!!


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Welcome!

I am not new to blogging nor am I new to blogging about the cards I make but I figured it was time to make a separate blog for the purpose of showcasing my creativity.  My "life" blog was getting taken over by cards!

So here we are.  A little about me.  I live in southern California (no it's not always sunny and warm), am married to an amazing guy, and have a beautiful (sometimes too much so...that's terrifying) daughter who I like to refer to as a pre-pre-teen.  I swear they act like teenagers earlier and earlier these days!  We have two adorable little dogs that make life so much more fun with all the laughs they bring.  I am purposely forgetting that they also like to chew up things like my brand new Spot Bot carpet cleaner attachment nozzle.  I work fulltime but manage to make time to be creative.  For some reason I have to always have something going on.  I am not one to be idle too long.       

I like to think I have always been creative.  I just didn't always exhibit my creativeness.  As a child I loved to write short stories and draw but as I got older that changed.  I soon became creative with clothing (I wore some weird stuff for awhile) but then went into the military (yes...little ol' me was in the military) and lost my creativity.  I was into being free, on my own, and living it up instead.  I've been out for quite some time now, life has settled down, and finally I have captured my creativity again but this time in the form of papercrafting.

How did I even start papercrafting?  It always seemed like something older people did.  I always stayed away from it.  Much of my family and some of my friends scrapbook and invited me to participate.  My answer was always, "NO".  For one, I am way too much of a perfectionist when it comes to making things.  Two, if I start something new I jump in with all I have and all the stores have but I knew scrapbooking was expensive.  I finally relented last year.  I don't know why.  Maybe it was my husband hinting at me to preserve our pictures, which I always intended to print and put in a photo album but never did, that did it.

I started with scrapbooking our vacations.  After a few pages of that Christmas started looming over my head so I started making Christmas & birthday cards (just because people's birthdays just happened to be during that time) and there's where I was hooked!  I ended buying every tool I saw that I thought I needed (I knew that would happen).  I spent a lot.  Way way too much but now I feel I have a good stash and can create anything my imagination comes up with.

I love making cards the most.  I recently started selling them on etsy and have gotten a pretty good response both there and from outside sources.  It's something I enjoy and I hope to continue with this new endeavor.

To see my work you can visit my etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/19eighty or follow me on Facebook at 19Eighty Expressions.  I am also on Twitter @19EightyExprssn.