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I've lived near the sea nearly all my life so I adore aquatic/nautical themed cards and the instant I saw this gorgeous coral die by Alexandra Renke, I HAD to have it for a message-in-a-bottle idea that immediately came to mind.
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Hope you enjoyed today's project and have a splendid Mundane! ;)
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Hi everyone! Happy Satur-YAY! It's Carissa with you here today. I'm so glad you've stopped by today. I'm celebrating the weekend by getting my craft on. I have a project featuring lots of layers and the beautiful new Stitched Together United We Flourish stamp set from Waffle Flower and Essentials By Ellen.
It was my goal to create a lovely layered effect, without my card getting too bulky for mailing. I did this by layering directly on my card base. I also combined stamping and patterned papers in to my layering, which are great ways to add layers and not increase the bulk of your card.
The Stitched Together Stamp Set is a stamp layering stamp set. There are several stamps that, when layered together, give you a beautiful stitched floral globe image. I love that these stamps are easy to line up. In fact, I didn't even have a layering guide when I stamped this and I was able to nestle these stamps right in to each other and create a beautiful layered stamped image.
I did add some dimension to my card by stacking up several plain white die cuts behind my stamped globe image. This is a great way to add dimension and give your stamped piece a very substantial feel on the front of your card.
Be sure to check out today's video tutorial below. I'll be walking you through the creation of this card and give you some tips and tricks along the way.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you've enjoyed this project and I hope it has inspired you to create something handmade on this beautiful Satur-YAY! If you make something today, be sure to tag us and use #EllenHutsonSaturYAY so we can see what you're up to.
Until next time, I hope you have a fabulous day!
XOXO
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Celebrate the unofficial start to summer with a gift from us! Friday through Monday, use the code betterthan to take 20% off your order of $75 or more*!
*Code cannot be used on Mama Elephant products released in the last 90 days or the BCRF Fundraiser. Additionally codes cannot be combined and are valid on in-stock items only. Not good on previous purchases. Sale ends May 28th, 2018 at 11:59PM PDT.
Please note, we anticipate that the number of orders will alter our quick shipping time so please expect that your order may take up to a week to ship. And please understand that we will not be able to combine orders.
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Lydia Evans demonstrates some great tips for spacing & stamping layered images to create a perfect background!
Hello everyone! It's Lydia here and I'm so excited to be sharing my very first video here in the Ellen Hutson Classroom! So today I'm sharing a card made with the very pretty and EXCLUSIVE United We Flourish Stitched Together Stamp & Die Set with Waffle Flower. The set is so pretty and unlike anything I have in my stash.
To start I drew pencil lines all over a card panel so I could get my images spread out evenly. I also create a 'guide', by stamping the world image onto a piece of cardstock and cutting around it, this really helped when positioning stamps on the first layer. I then placed my gridded cardstock panel into my Misti, placed the guide where I wanted to stamp the image, placed the water layer in place over the guide, removed the guide and then stamped the image into position. I used Altenew Mountain Mist Ink for the water layer.
Once I had stamped all of the water images I moved on to Flower Layer 1 which I then stamped using Pinkalicious Ink. Next up I went onto Flower Layer 2 which I used Rubellite Ink. The Leaves layer was the easiest to stamp as this just goes where no other ink colour has been before, I used Olive Ink for this.
To fill in some of the white space on the background I used the 3 little images on the stamp set to create sweet little stitched roses, I used the same colour combo as I used for the flower and leaf areas on the globes. To finish I added a sentiment from the same stamp set that I white heat embossed onto some black cardstock. For a full step by step on how I created this card please check out the video below:
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Lydia there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
Thanks so much for joining us today and I'll see you again soon!
Hugs, Lydia
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Have you seen the new United We Flourish stamp & die combo set, Stitched Together by Waffle Flower? It's an adorable cross-stitch-style layering set. See it in action...
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Laurel there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
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Are you a fan of needlepoint or cross stitch but just don't have the time it takes to complete a project? If so, this stamp set is for you! This beautiful cross-stitched globe stamp is an elegant pattern that comes together in minutes when stamped with your favorite inks to create a stunning card or piece of wall art!
Have you heard about our United We Flourish campaign? Well, let us tell you a little bit about it...
In 2016 we began celebrating our 10th anniversary with the theme United We Flourish. What does United We Flourish mean? It means that our company would not be here without the amazing companies we work with, the designers who create stunning projects showcasing the wonderful products being created AND you, our fabulous customers! YOU are such a vital part of our creative community - you inspire & encourage us! Your response to United We Flourish was overwhelming and heartwarming. We heard repeatedly from you that you appreciate how our little company works together with the other manufacturers we carry to bring you their products and education showing how to use those products. To thank you for your constant support and encouragement, we have partnered with some of our friends to offer exclusive limited edition stamp & die sets!!! These sets will be available for a limited time (most likely 3-6 months) after each release, depending on how quickly you snap them up. The themes of these stamps sets are uplifting and fun.
And today we are thrilled to share the latest United We Flourish set, Stitched Together by Waffle Flower!
Waffle Flower joined the EH family in 2017 and WF's chief Nina, has been our friend for ages! (Check out her first guest post with us here.) Waffle Flower has a fresh & fun style. The UWF Stitched Together set is a gorgeous layering set, illustrated by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. The set uses small x's to represent stitching and when you stamp all the layers together, you have a beautiful embroidered globe with floral continents! Check out the quick video from Laurel...
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Laurel there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
And check out this awesome layering guide ...
Today we are thrilled to share some irresistible projects from some talented ladies! Grab a cuppa and get ready to be inspired by this talented group! Make sure to leave comment love along the way because two randomly selected commenters will win a $30 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson shop! To enter just leave a comment at each blog by 11:59pm PST on May 26th. The winners will be contacted directly via email.
Posted at 09:00 AM in United We Flourish | Permalink | Comments (5)
Hi everyone! I'm so glad you've stopped by today. It's Carissa here with you today. I'm sharing a fun project featuring the brand new Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel dies.
The Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel die is a fun way to make an interactive card. You can use the reveal wheel to create cards with changing sentiments, or, as I've done today, to create a color changing card. Try decorating the reveal wheel with patterned papers, or stamped images for some more fun options. I can't wait to try all of these different ways to customize this interactive card design.
I'll be using the Sweetest Flavor stamps, dies and reveal wheel window add-on die for my card today. I've linked everything below. I love that Lawn Fawn has several options available to create different looks with the Reveal Wheel. And these small dies and stamps are affordably priced. Always a bonus!
I'll walk you through the creation of this card in the video tutorial below. Be sure you check it out. I'll give you some tips and tricks and show you how easy it is to assemble this interactive card.
The next several photos will give you a peek at the color changing ice cream.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you've enjoyed this project and a look at some of the newest products from Lawn Fawn. Until next time, I hope you have a fabulous day!
XOXO
You can watch this video in HD on our YouTube channel by clicking HERE. Don't forget to subscribe while you're there so you won't miss any of our card making and paper crafting video tutorials.
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Pantone's current color palette is Floral Fantasies and the inspiration behind this month's challenge!!
Please join me, Laurel Beard in congratulating Ashwini! She was randomly selected to receive the $50 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson Store from our last Color Trend Challenge! Congratulations! Please email me at laurelbeard at me dot com to claim your prize! Onto today's challenge!
What are you in inspired by in this photo? The colors? The patterns? The images? Whatever speaks to you in this photo is what we want you to be inspired by!
We have several amazing designers here with us today that created projects based on this inspirational photo! If you click on each of the designer's names, you will be taken directly to their blog where they will have more information and details regarding their designs and what they were inspired by. All of the supplies the designers used will be listed at the end of this post along with the Challenge Link up so you can play along!
How amazing are these projects? I love the different interpretations taken from the inspiration photo! Each project is a work of art! PIN AWAY as they are definitely pin worthy! Thank you ladies so much for joining us today!
NOW IT'S TIME WHERE WE INVITE YOU TO PLAY ALONG IN OUR CHALLENGE!
Wanda's project supplies:
Nicole's project supplies:
Laurel's project supplies:
Now it's time to play along. Please link up your projects below! We can't wait to see what you make!!! Remember, a randomly selected participant will win a $50 shopping spree to the shop! :)
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Have you seen the Pantone Floral Fantasies palette? We love the dreamy pastels with the color of the year, Ultra Violet and dramatic pop of navy! Today Carolyn and Lisa have some gorgeous cards to share that were inspired by this palette. Check them out (and just click on the pictures to see more)...
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The Pantone "Floral Fantasies" palette is everything that our dreams are made of this spring! The palette is a dreamy collection of pastels with a bold, rich navy and the color of the year, Ultra Violet! How can you use it? Check out this awesome card & video from Therese!
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Therese there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
We've compiled a list of these gorgeous colors in inks, markers, cardstock and more so grab your favorite spring stamps and see what you can create! And we'd love for you to join the Color Trend Challenge so come on back this Thursday!
Distress Oxide Ink
Distress Inks
Pigment Inks
Hero Arts Dye Inks
Altenew Dye Inks
Copic Markers
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
Sequins & Gems
Cardstock
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Today's project was inspired by the Aurora Borealis image from the May Color Badge.
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How many nine-letter words would you like to block out?
BRAYER TIPS:
ALPHA DIE CUT ALIGNMENT TIPS:
Those little black stars get me every time... *cheesy grin*
Happy Mundane! ;)
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Celebrate the women in your life - mothers, sisters, friends - and celebrate yourself too, with a gift from us! Sunday through Tuesday, use the code momsday18 to take 20% off your order*!
*Code cannot be used on Mama Elephant products released in the last 90 days or the BCRF Fundraiser. Additionally codes cannot be combined and are valid on in-stock items only. Not good on previous purchases. Sale ends May 15th, 2018 at 11:59PM PDT.
Please note, we anticipate that the number of orders will alter our quick shipping time so please expect that your order may take up to a week to ship. And please understand that we will not be able to combine orders.
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It’s Justine here for another post featuring the new May Release! What is your favourite product so far? I decided to use my favourites from this release - Parcel Box and Mondo Sakura to create a fun gift card holder.
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I wanted to create a card that held a gift card that I couldn’t see. I always seem to have to create my cards around the colour palette of the gift card itself and sometimes I just want to create. This little box is perfect for that!
I used non-permanent adhesive to adhere the box to the front of the card so it stays put but won’t rip the black and white card base when the receiver takes it off.
How do you pick your colours for flowers? I usually google an image of the flower itself (if I know the type) or I just go wild and use whatever. Do you prefer to stick to the natural colour or just go with it?
It was wonderful joining you again this month and I look forward to creating even more fun inspirational cards over on my channel throughout the month!
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Carly is sharing 3 of her favorite ways to use word & alphabet dies - inlaid, shaker & stacked! Check out her quick video...
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Hi, it’s Jan Tinklenberg, and I was so geeked to learn of this release and the new Mondo Sakura set by Julie Ebersole! I love Julie’s stamps, especially her Mondo floral sets, and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with this set, which was to create a bokeh background using Copic markers.
I started out by stamping the flowers with my MISTI with Memento London Gray, because I wanted a soft look, not quite light enough for line-free coloring, but not as dark as a black would be.
I looked at a lot of photos of sakura flowers to choose my colors. I colored the flowers with Copics, using the second red violet blending group, which starts with RV10 and goes to RV19. I also used R59 for the deepest red. The leaves were colored with YG21, YG23, and YG25. I used the Toner Grays, T0 and T1, to add some shadows on the petals. I used the colorless blender (0) to help blend the colors on the largest flower.
Once I got the flowers colored in, I laid in a soft background using the Copic Toner Gray marker assortment, with darker grays behind the flowers, moving out to the lighter grays towards the edge of the card stock. I then started adding different sizes of circles to create the bokeh effects with the lightest RV10, some of the slightly darker grays, and I added some blender pen circles to push the color much lighter. I overlapped circles and made sure to have some go off the edge. Grouping background elements in the center of the card stock will make your piece look crowded and awkward. The trick of creating a nice background is to make it look like you are looking through a window, with background elements only partially seen around the edges, or like cutting a piece of patterned fabric, where elements will be on the edge and cut in half. Once I finished coloring, I cut the piece using the largest MFT Stamps Wonky Stitched Rectangle die and popped it above my card base with a white Scrapbook Adhesive 3-D Creative Sheet.
The final touch in coloring was to add some white highlights to the stamens using a Sakura Gelly Roll 05 white gel pen.
I used the matching dies to die cut the word “beautiful” from Bazzill Card Shoppe Candy Bar card stock and adhered it to the card front with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen. I stamped the words “you” and “are” from the Mondo Sakura set in Versamark on the same color card stock and heat embossed in Hero Arts White EP, then cut it in a thin strip and mounted it above “beautiful” on the card front. I added some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins to the card for a little bling.
Thank you for geeking out with me over this set, and I hope you have as much fun coloring it as I did!
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Emily shares her tips for adding depth to Copic coloring. Check it out:
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We're humbled to be part of a very VERY special hop, coordinated by Lea Lawson . Please visit Lea's blog post HERE to learn more details about this incredible, deeply heart-felt effort!
There is a huge Card Drive blog hop going on in Layton's honor, with tons of amazing inspiration! Lea is also coordinating a fundraising effort, where every $5 donated gets you an entry into the prize drawing. There are over $2000 in prizes, sponsored by some of the most amazing stamping & papercrafting companies in the industry! {You can also see all the prizes HERE.}
We're honored to be among these fine sponsors!
SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
DONATE! - directly to Layton's Legacy YouCaring Fundraiser. For every $5 donated, you will be entered into the drawing for one of the prizes above!! All winners will be drawn from donations made thru the YouCaring Site. **Prizes will be drawn and announced on Lea's blog on Saturday, May 19th**.
SHARE! - We fully understand that not everyone is able to donate, but sharing about the fundraiser gives it more visibility! Please feel free to share the YouCaring Link or this post on all your social media outlets!
CREATE! - this is also a card drive, and if you'd like to create a card using the theme/moodboard below, that would be so lovingly welcomed! Lea will be including these handmade treasures with the giftcards when she hands them over to the NICU social worker, and her dream is that the NICU will be covered in beautiful creations inspired by Layton!! Link them up HERE, and then please email Lea directly at [email protected] to get the address for sending - and note that she will need them to arrive by May 31st.
Here is a list of all the creative folks you see in this hop:
Based on Lea's inspiring mood board above, Julie will be demoing a Starbucks Gift Card Packaging LIVE tonight, 7:30 PST on the Ellen Hutson Facebook Page HERE! Please join us!
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We are so happy to have 3 of our talented design team here in The Classroom today to share their creations with the latest Essentials by Ellen stamps & dies! Check them out (and just click on the pictures to see more)!
Thanks so much for stopping by and MONDO thanks to Elena, Ardyth & Michele for sharing their talent with us!
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We are delighted to bring you a new Essentials by Ellen release! This month we have 7 amazing designs from Julie Ebersole...
Mondo Sakura
Plaid Maker
Totally Random Sayings Vol. 2
Block Words
Classic Block Alpha
Parcel Box
Stay tuned for lots of fun this week...
And today, check out the amazing cards that Emily, Carissa, Julia, & Julie have created! (Just click on each picture to see more!)
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We are mad for plaid this spring and Julie has two great ways to create plaid cards! Check them out...
Watercolor Plaid
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Julie there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
Stamped Plaid
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Julie there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
P.S. Do you love the new Plaid Maker stamp set as much as we do? It will be available tomorrow, Sunday the 6th at 9am PST!
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Hi there! Elena here with a girly take on a graduation party, using the new Essentials by Ellen May release that will be available on Sunday, May 6th at 9am PDT!
I love, love, love these new sets! The Plaid Maker set and Monko Sakura flowers don't look like obvious choices for a graduation party, but I hope you love them together as much as I do.
I started out with a quote on my letterboard - it made me smile!
To create all of the party decor, I stamped a few sheets of plaid. Yes, a few sheets. It sounds daunting, but this set is so forgiving! I can see stamping wrapping paper with it for Christmas - eek! In the meantime, I did a classic black and white check and used it to create cupcake wrappers and little flags
I also stamped a bunch of the large flower cluster found in Mondo Sakura. It is so gorgeous, isn't it? I put 2 of them together to top the cake, and one, standing upright, made the perfect and most dramatic cupcake topper.
I wrapped water bottles with the plaid paper that I stamped, and cut some of the flowers to add just a hint of them, without overwhelming the plaid
I used the letters found in the Block Words dies to monogram each water bottle, and placed them onto a tag included in the Parcel box die set.
Speaking of the Parcel box die, I used it to add a gift card to the front of store-bought clear favor boxes. By wrapping the clear boxes in more plaid paper, and adding more floral touches to the fronts of the Parcel boxes, I reinforced my party theme.
These favor boxes are my favorite things on the table by far!
As a last touch, I created a table sign. I wanted to include a few sentiments to show the grad how great she did! The little YAY on the cupcake flags, and GREAT JOB here are just a few easy ways to celebrate your grad!
I hope you like what I created! Thanks for stopping by!
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To align, or misalign, that is your option!
Welcome to The Classroom today! I have the honor of sneaking a few peeks of The Essentials by Ellen May 2018 release coming soon to your craftrooms!
I know you're going to love all the new goodies that Ellen and Julie have for us this month! I can’t tell you how happy I was when I saw this Block Words set of dies in the release!
I love the 3/4 inch size, the fabulous choice of words, that could be cut from any card stock, or even patterned paper! Julie has also added Totally Random Words Vol. II set to this release! so you can stamp the die cuts, and add an additional script-y sentiment, too!
I’ve chosen to cut my Block Words from Neenah Solar White #110 card stock. Leaving these die cuts in place makes for easy alignment of the stamps - or to purposely mis-align for another fun look ... here are a few that I've stamped using Catherine Pooler Shea Butter, Black Jack, and Polished inks:
Hello has been stamped leaving just a hint of white for a highlight at the top edge of the letters. Using my Mini-MISTI made quick work of stamping each word until my heart was content!
Okay, one more new product peek... are you ready to see the newest, next most wonderful MONDO bloom by Julie set? Introducing...Mondo Sakura!
Notice the set contains the words You, and Hello? Certainly they could be stamped on their own, but the Block Words dies include them, to coordinate with this gorgeous set. A few more script-y add-on sentiments are included, too...for the front of your card, or a beautiful addition to the inside! There is a Mondo Sakura die, and bonus the set includes two stand-alone, wonderful, beautiful word dies, too!
Okay, I've teased enough! Ready to see how they all came together?
Isn’t that stamp just MONDO beautiful? I hope I’ve tantalized you with these products from our May Essentials by Ellen release...even more fun new products will be available on May 6th at 9am PDT in the Ellen Hutson store!
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Image Sources: Cake, Sign, Globe, Cookies, Place Setting & Waffles
A season of celebration has begun! Spring is finally here (at least in the PNW) and we are excited to celebrate our moms, dads and grads! We also have a brand new Essentials by Ellen release happening this coming Sunday, May 6th at 9am PDT and it is going to be perfect for your spring celebrations!
While we are counting down to Sunday, we also have some amazing moms, dads & grads products in the store right now...
Perfect for Mother's Day...
Perfect for Father's Day...
Perfect for Graduation...
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