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Big {Sad} News
Hey everyone. I just wanted to step in for a minute and let you all know that due to things that are going on in real life I have decided to retire from designing. I will finish out the month at ScrapbookGraphics and then that will be it. I’m incredibly sad about it, as I have enjoyed designing and being a part of the whole digiscrap community for a while now. I’ve LOVED keeping a blog, giving away freebies, and creating new things that people actually want to scrap their precious memories with. I am really going to miss all of that and all of YOU. I hope to be able to have just enough free time so that I can still stop by here occasionally with a little freebie, just to keep in touch and to keep my Photoshop skills from dying a complete death. 
I will be finishing the daily download (all of the days are written, scheduled, and automatically ready to go at midnight every night so you don’t have to wait on me!), but if you missed some days or just want to get all of it NOW, I’ve added it to my shop and it’s just $1.50. That includes 24 papers, 89 elements, an alpha, and 6 quick pages! Of course, it will still be offered piece-by-piece for free here on the blog.
And I’m having a Goodbye sale, so please be sure and stop by my shop! After the end of the month it will all be gone!
Love, hugs, and all that good stuff,
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Oh Ellie, I’m SO sorry to hear this!!
I do hope you can come back when things in your life settle down a bit. We’ll miss you!
Oh I’m so SAD to hear this…but if anyone knows how life can interfere with your personal hobbies and interests it’s ME! I lived that for too long and am on the other side of it now. I hope you are able to still make some personal time for yourself and I wish you the best!! Thanks so much for all you have created and I hope someday you’ll be able to return to it!!
I am so sad by this! I love your designs. You are so talented. You will be missed!!! (((HUGS!)))
Ellie, I am so sorry for you! I know you as a designer since… forever. It was about the day boys turned one, two years ago. I have (or had) all your first freebies, I was in your first CT, and it was the first team I was in too. I am really sorry for you! But sometimes we need to do things like these. {{hugs}}
Ellie – just wanted to send you warm wishes as you re-prioritize your life. You will be sorely missed (ie: I’ll have to find a new blog to stalk!) ha! WE hope you come back soon!
Oh, we’re going to miss you. I’ve followed your work for a couple years now and I really will miss your products! You are very talented and will be missed.
Best wishes in your future endeavors and thank you so much for these and ALL freebies you’ve offered to your fans.
So very sad news, but I can understand how life can take you down a different path than you intend or expect sometimes. I love your work. Maybe you can get back into it. I’m sure we’ll all be here when you do! Best Wishes and God Bless You!
Sorry to hear you are moving on. Thanks for all you freebies. You were one of the first designers I started following. Congratulations in all you have achieved and created. You are a special lady. I hope things work out for the best for you and your family.
this is the worst news i’ve read in a long time. you are the very first designer that i came across when I got into this digital stuff. But i know that family must come first and we all understand. Just know that you are going to be missed something awful and hopefully once life gets back on track for you you will return. Good luck and thank you for all you’ve given us
Oh, Ellie, you will be missed so much! I can only imagine how hard this decision was to make. I love your style and have so many of your kits… Wishing you all the best. Take care.
This is very sad news, but I hope that the decision to step away from designing helps the other areas of your life that drove this decision. Best wishes to you and I hope we are lucky enough to see you enter back into selling your designs. I really enjoy your work – it has a wonderful sweetness about it. And thanks for the daily freebies this month, and for making the full set available at SBG today. It’s a really fun set.
Take care and may life treat you kindly.
My best wishes to you and many blessings to your family. Thanks for all you’e given us. Take care, Cris
Sweet Ellie,
I am so sad that you will no longer be designing. I’ve read many of your blog posts. I’ve enjoyed many of your freebies. I have admired your work for years. Digital design won’t be the same without you!
Good Luck in your future!!!
I’m so sad that you will be leaving. I love your designs. I hope that “real life” gets back under control for you and that all will be well. Good luck. Thanks for all the freebies and design tips.
Sad to see you leave. I hope things are ok and if they are not they get better soon.
There will be a big hole in your place in the Scrapping world after you step back. Maybe with the pressure off you will still be around a teensy little bit? Best of luck to you, dear!
Nooooooooooooo you can’t do this!!!! :-( I forbid it! :-( You are the first designer that I decided was worth my money. Your I still go to your shop first when I need to buy a new digi set. You can’t leave me now! This is a disaster. I don’t have money right now to buy all of your products. I was hoping to do it little by little. You make the absolute cutest stuff. I hope you change your mind.
I’m sorry to see you go, but I understand that priorities must be set. I wish you the best!
Oh Ellie!
I started digiscrap because of you! I love love your designs! I will be SOOOOOOOOO sad to see you go
You are such an amazing talent, and your absence will most certainly be noticed!! All the very very best for you in the future, and thank you for the great kits and freebies!!!
In 20 yrs from now our kids or grandkids will be looking through albums and seeing your work!!!
Oh no….
Although I’m sad, because for me too you were one of the first designers I scrapped with when I started digi, I hope this will turn out to be a good decision for your personal life. Take care!! And thanks for all the things you have created, always loved it 
{{{hugs}}} I have no doubt that this was a difficult decision to make. I applaud your choice to put your family & self first. Hang in there!
That is really sad news. Hope that in the future you will be able to get back to designing again.
I’m so sorry to hear the news, but I wish you well in what ever you will be doing. I love your stuff and I will keep you on my Google reader just in case!
You rock, Ellie!
SO sorry to hear you’re leaving for now. I really hope we’ll be hearing from you again.
Your freebies started me off digiscrapping & designing forum sigs, and I loved all the challenges you used to run – I’ve just rushed off to spend my last lot of winnings on your gorgeous kits. I think I ended up with about half of your store in my collection!
Good luck with everything you do xx
Dear Ellie,
What can I say that hasnt already been said……Its sad to see you retiring from designing as Ive been a fan of yours for a while now. As a mum of 4 nearly fully grown children I understand your need to step back and put you and your family first. There is no doubt you and your unique style will be missed in the scrapbooking/sigtag communities…Im not the first and I wont be the last to wish you all the very best and success in all that you do. Thank you for spoiling us with your fab freebies….your creative generosity is very much appreciated. Dont be a stranger……blessed be! xoxo
Oh Ellie!
I am soooo sad about this. Like many others have posted you were one of the first great designers I found when I started my digiscrap endeavor. I understand how much time designing takes away from you though. I hope you get things turned around real soon. You will be missed by many. Best of luck to you!
Thanks for sharing your talents with us, I’ll miss your designs. Good Luck as you take more time for yourself and your family.
So sorry to see you go! I love your designs. I also was hoping to be able to buy your stuff little by little. I’m going to try to get what I can before the end of the month. Thanks for your wonderful talent you shared with us!
On my…totally not what I was expecting! I am sure this was a very difficult decision for you to make and you will be very missed!!! I love your designs and have so many of you kits, thank you for sharing your talent with all of us. I wish you the best in all you do!! Take care, Fonnetta
I just want you to know that you have brought a lot of happiness to a lot of people with your wonderful designs. We’ll be thinking of you and hoping that everything settles down for you soon!
I wish you all the luck in your new endeavors, but I will secretly be hoping you don’t stay away too long. I absolutely love your work, lucky for me I have been working on collecting it for a while and with your great sale I should be able to get it all by the end of the month. Simply love your style and have so enjoyed your blog, the post on how to make that cute dinosaur was so fun for me, I use that all the time now.
Best wishes!
Ellie! I am so sorry to hear that you are leaving, but I too understand that life has it’s ups and downs and certain periods of time where we can do certain things, and then we have to put them aside! I love all your designs, you are truly so very talented. And I hope that life and family treat you well! Good luck in all that you continue on with!
You are a true talent in scrapland. I hope you will change your mind, but I do understand. Thank you so much for sharing and leaving you some love.
Ellie- I just wanted to say thank you for all the cutest freebies! I absolutely LOVE your stuff! You truly are one of THE BEST designers out there. Good luck with everything! You will be missed, for sure!
Oh this is just so sad!
I just hope you would find some day the time again for what yo are loved. But real life must go before the virtual life!
Oh, I’m so sad! A year & a half ago, you are the first designer I downloaded a freebie from, which I made my first LO with, and one of the first I took the plunge and bought from. I hope after a break you’ll want to come back because you are so talented.
Good luck with whatever you choose to do. 
Oh Ellie…I’m so sad to hear that. I certainly will miss your designs. And FMNZ just doesn’t look as good as FEMNZ
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Ellie, Your designs are awesome! Thanks for sharing your talent with us! Best wishes to you and your family!
Ack! What will I do?! Like others, you were the first designer I decided was worth my money! You have such a tremendous talent and I love all of your work. I have been so selective and you were my one designer that I’ve followed over the past two years.
That being said, I wish you all the best with your education and everything else you decide to do.
P.S. I’ll still come back here to see how you are doing!
Oh Nooooooo!! I’m so sad!! SO sad! ::ssnniiff::: You’re the only one I prefer to use! Waaaa!! Hope dh will let me buy your store
I am SO sad to hear that you are retiring! I wish you the best in your personal life & I hope you can return to designing in the future. You are so talented & are definitely one of my favorite designers! Thanks for all your wonderful work & for the great sale too!
We will miss you!
Wow, I am astoundingly sad about this and I think I shall be buying as many of your kits as I can afford to as your work is of an incredible quality. I seriously hope that everything is ok for you and this is a positive change of lifestyle. You are a very talented woman. All the very best xXx