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June 08, 2018
June 07, 2018
Creating Colors and Patterns with Distress Oxides, Leading Ladies & Sandy Allnock
Did you know that you can combine Distress Oxide inks to create new colors? Watch Sandy do it while she creates patterned clothes with new Leading Ladies sets coming on Sunday, June 10th! Head over to our new blog to see more!
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May 28, 2018
Alexandra Renke Dies & Embossing Folders
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.
LINK: Enjoy in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for subscribing and giving us a thumbs' up!
TIPS:
- Use the recommended sandwich (in the Gemini Jr. manual) for cutting regular low profile dies.
- If your watercolor paper is warped (after it has dried completely) you can sandwich it inside some clean typing paper and send it through the Gemini to flatten it! Works spiffy! (Use the same sandwich as you would in the aforementioned tip.)
- Make sure your watercolor work is completely dry before die cutting, to ensure sharp/consistent cuts through the paper.
- Use just the two cutting pads + a card stock shim, for embossing with regular/standard embossing folders.
Hope you enjoyed today's project and have a splendid Mundane! ;)
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May 26, 2018
Lots Of Layers - Satur-YAY! 5.26.18 Featuring United We Flourish Stitched Together
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
Watch The Video
You can watch this video in HD on our YouTube channel by clicking HERE. Don't forget to like this video and subscribe while you're there so you don't miss any of our paper crafting video tutorials.
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May 14, 2018
Brayered Background - Floral Fantasies
Today's project was inspired by the Aurora Borealis image from the May Color Badge.
LINK: Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE. Thanks for the thumbs' up and for subscribing to our channel!
How many nine-letter words would you like to block out?
BRAYER TIPS:
- Use a piece of kitchen rubber shelf liner under your ink pad to keep it stationary on your work surface. (I couldn't find mine so my ink pads were scootching all over the place. So annoying.)
- Lift and roll for continuous motion when inking brayer and when applying color to project. (back & forth only inks one spot...)
- Start off the project and roll onto the project for the smoothest application of color; roll all the way off onto the other side.
- Grids can be helpful for masking edges evenly.
- When changing colors of ink, roll prior ink off the brayer onto scratch paper and then load with your next color; avoids cross contamination and muddying of colors.
ALPHA DIE CUT ALIGNMENT TIPS:
- Use a grid mat and washi tape to align and hold alphabet die cuts in position when mounting.
Those little black stars get me every time... *cheesy grin*
Happy Mundane! ;)
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May 08, 2018
Gift Card Packaging + Layton's Legacy Card Drive & Fundraiser Blog Hop
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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May 07, 2018
Sweet Spring Cards from 3 Talented Ladies
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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April 30, 2018
SNEAK PEEK PLAID MAKER - HELLO, MONDAY 04/30/2018
Always classic, never out of style: Buffalo Plaid. Am I right, or am I right? Today I have a sneak peek for you of an upcoming set called the Plaid Maker. There are some tips and a little trick--maybe two?--included. :) Enjoy!
LINK: Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE. Thanks for subscribing and giving us a thumbs' up!
Look for the newest Essentials by Ellen release on May 6th, via the "This Just In" Page! Eye candy and inspiration right at your fingertips! :)
SUPPLIES: (Stamps & dies in today's video release May 6, 2018)
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April 16, 2018
"DRAMA QUEEN" APRIL COLOR BADGE - HELLO, MONDAY 04/16/2018
(click on the pics to enbiggan)
Today I have a quick project featuring mortise (a.k.a. reverse) masking with an abstract look and easy faux chipboard embellishments!
LINK: Watch in HD, like & subscribe over on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for watching!
Hope today's project inspired!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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April 13, 2018
Two Minute Tips: Partial Die Cutting
Heather shares the basics of how to get more with your dies by using partial die cutting. Check it out:
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Heather there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
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April 12, 2018
Distress Oxide Backgrounds with Amy Yang
We are so thrilled to welcome our friend Amy Yang for her first guest post in The Classroom! Amy's amazing use of color always brightens our day and we know you are going to love what she has created today with Distress Oxides!
Make sure you head over to Amy's blog, Handcrafted Cards Made With Love, to see more of her amazing work! While you are visiting her, share some love by leaving a comment on her blog! And if you do it before April 18th, you will have a chance to win a $50 coupon to use in our store!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us, Amy! We hope you can come visit again very soon!
Hello crafty friends! I am so happy and excited to be in the Classroom today sharing two cards featuring the awesome April Leading Ladies stamp sets: Everyday Hero Lady and Hot Mess Lady. On both cards, I used Distress Oxides to create fun backgrounds that let the ladies shine.
For the first card, I stamped the leading lady from Everyday Hero on smooth white cardstock and colored her with Copic markers. These larger stamps are so fun to color! I used the coordinating die to cut her out.
List of Copic markers I used:
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E04
Hair: YR21, E35, E37, E57
Pants: B93, B95, B99
Top: YG05, YG07, YG09
Cape: R24, R37, R37, R59
Sneakers: N0, N03
Crown: YR13, YR19, R35, R59
I decided at this point to add one of the sentiments on her T-shirt. So fun, right?! I love wearing T-shirts and sweaters with sentiments, so when I realized I was able to to replicate that on the leading ladies, I was elated! I applied the T-shirt with antistatic powder and stamped the sentiment with Versamark Ink. I set the white embossing powders with a heat tool.
To create the sunray panel, I first inked trimmed Bristol cardstock with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide using a blending tool. Then, I laid the sunray stencil on top, taped the sides, and inked it with Fossilized Amber.
For the second sentiment on the card, I inked a small area with Wild Honey Distress Oxide. After the ink dried, I applied antistatic powder, inked the sentiment with Versamark Ink and set the white embossing powder with a heat tool. Then, I used the burst die to cut out the sentiment from the Everyday Hero Lady Designer Dies.
To assemble the card, I adhered the sun-ray panel to a top folding A2 sized card base. On top of the panel, I mounted a strip of white cardstock to the bottom to ground the image with foam tape. To finish, I adhered the leading lady and the sentiment with foam tape as well for dimension.
For the second card, I stamped and colored the leading lady and the travel coffee mug from Hot Mess Lady set with Copic markers, and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I added the sentiment on the sweater the same way as I did on the first card.
List of Copic markers I used:
Skin: E000, YR000, E01, E11, E04, R20 (cheeks)
Hair: E11, E15, E17, E19
Skirt: B91, B95, B99
Sweater: V01, V12, V15
Coffee Travel Mug: T0, T02, T04, T07
To create the rainbow circle background, I made little circles on a Bristol cardstock with Distress Oxides using Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Cracked Pistachios, Spiced Marmalade, Mermaid Lagoon, Seedless Preserves) with finger daubers. I started in the middle and inked my way out. To add texture, I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry with a paper towel. Then, I die-cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die.
To assemble the card, I mounted the inked panel to a top folding A2 sized card base with foam tape. To finish, I mounted the images with foam tape as well.
I had so much fun making my cards with these totally loveable and relatable leading ladies. A big thank you to Ellen for having me as a guest and thank you for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day and happy cardmaking!!
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April 11, 2018
Easy Rainbow Background with Therese Calvird
Hi it’s Therese and I have a card and video for you today. These new Leading Ladies are absolutely fabulous and I couldn’t wait to create a card using the Everyday Hero Lady!
I coloured and shaded the main image with Copic markers and added a scene using some gorgeous design paper from the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow Paper Pad and Altenew’s Layered Cityscape Cover Die A.
My sentiment was created using the Be Strong Stamp Set and the Strong die which I think works perfectly with the Hero theme.
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!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Therese
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April 10, 2018
Leading Ladies Card Ideas from 3 Talented Ladies
We are so happy to have 3 of our crazy talented team members here in The Classroom today to share their beautiful creations using 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 GIANT thanks to 3 of our Everyday Heroes, Ardyth, Sandy & Sharon!
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April 08, 2018
New Essentials By Ellen
We are so excited to introduce you to 2 very special new Leading Ladies by Brandi Kincaid! Please say hello to Everyday Hero Lady and Hot Mess Lady!
Leading Ladies - Everyday Hero Lady
Leading Ladies - Hot Mess Lady
We are also excited to share that the Be Strong stamp set and Strong are now available! (They were previously only available as gifts during our 11th anniversary.)
Hear a little bit more about these sweet ladies from Brandi...
Stay tuned this week for lots of fun...
- Monday - Julie will be live on Facebook at 7:30pm PST
- Tuesday - Check out the amazing creations of Ardyth, Sandy & Sharon here in The Classroom AND join Ellen & Brandi live on Facebook at 4pm PST
- Wednesday - Join Therese for an inspiring video
- Thursday - Meet Amy Yang here in The Classroom for a beautiful background tutorial
- Friday - Watch a great Two Minute Tip from Heather
And today we have some stunning inspiration from these amazing women...Kelly, Carissa & Lydia! (Just click on each picture to see more.)
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April 05, 2018
Creating Backgrounds with Small Stamps & Rubeena Ianigro
Hello, crafty friends! I'm Rubeena from A Rare Ruby here to talk about creating easy and fabulous backgrounds with small stamps and/or sentiment stamp sets. I was lucky enough to play with the new Essentials by Ellen Leading Lady sets that were designed by Brandi Kincaid and are being released this Sunday, April 8!
If you're like me and you struggle with using small stamps in a set to put together "scenes," this is a simple way to be able to use them all. When I craft, I start by stamping a bunch of images on regular cardstock and watercolor cardstock. I used Hero Arts Intense Black Ink since it is a great black ink that can be used with both Copic markers and watercolors.
I also stamped several backgrounds using the images from Leading Ladies - Hot Mess Lady by Brandi and the same black ink pad. I stamped a few backgrounds using the words "strong," "beautiful," and "brave" from Strong by Brandi and Altenew's Morning Frost ink pad. Stamping in a very light color creates subtle, lovely backdrops for cards.
Then I die-cut the images using the coordinating dies and colored them with Copic markers. Some people find it easier to color before cutting the images, especially if they're small. Find what works for you - neither way is wrong.
Of course, I could not forget about sentiments. I love heat embossed sentiments on black cardstock. I stamped several of them at the same time with VersaMark Ink on black cardstock and heat-embossed with Hero Arts Embossing Powder in white. If you follow me and my work, you'll know that I'm all about being organized and efficient. I like to create in batches so this process works really well for me. If you like to focus on one card, one sentiment at a time, then continue to do what works for you!
Now that I have all the pieces ready, let's put together some cards. I am going to focus on two of the finished cards and then share the entire set at the end.
These are the two cards I finished first.
I trimmed down one of the backgrounds that I stamped using images from Leading Ladies - Hot Mess Lady by Brandi and colored with Copic markers. I added dots using a gray Copic marker and then trimmed the sheet down to 4" by 5.25". Adding dots helps to "complete" the background so there isn't so much white space. However, you can also leave it without the dots (as you'll see at the end). I mounted the sheet onto a folded A2-size white card base with foam tape. I then mounted the colored Hot Mess Lady in the center and one of the sentiments with foam tape. See how quick it was to put this card together?
For the next card with the stamped sentiments, I added some black paint splatters (a common signature card move of mine, ha!). I mounted the Everyday Hero Lady and a sentiment with foam tape. Seriously, so easy! Of course, I had to trim off her feet so that I could have more of my background showing. The decisions one makes when crafting! Now, let me share what I ended up doing with the remaining backgrounds and colored images.
I shared my process for the top left card. For the top right, I did the same thing but did not add gray dots. For the bottom left, I added black paint splatters instead of the dots. For the bottom right card, I added a layer of vellum over the background to make it more subtle.
I did things a bit differently for two of the cards here as I decided to use the stamped sentiment background with the Hot Mess Lady. My black paint splatters do not seem to stop. I just love adding that element to my cards. For the top right card, I mounted the small images around the girl and added two sentiments. This set is just amazing because it's all me! And if you're wondering, I actually watercolored her. It is so fun to try a different medium. For the bottom left card, I also watercolored her and only added the sentiment. And for the last card on the bottom right, I added the Everyday Hero Lady and decided to keep her whole this time. I mounted the sentiment over her.
I hope you were inspired by my work and will be creating some great backgrounds yourself! Feel free to tag me on social media if you do so. Thank you so much for stopping by!
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***The new Essentials by Ellen Leading Ladies & Be Strong will be available on April 8th!***
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April 04, 2018
Improvised Ink Dauber with The Everyday Hero Lady & Brandi Kincaid
What's an Everyday Hero supposed to do when she can't find her ink dauber? Improvise of course! Check out how Brandi solved her crafty problem and created this adorable card with the new Everyday Hero Lady (available this Sunday, April 8th)!
I knew from the moment I designed her that I wanted to use the Everyday Hero Lady in a way that made her feel really, well, super. She might not have x-ray vision, be able to fly, or move mountains with one pinky, but she can multitask like a champion, make all her friends and family feel loved and supported, be a available at a moments notice, juggle her work, hobbies, and home life, and even when balls drop as they often do, she picks them up with grace, and tries again. In my book, being someone who shows up for life and gives a go with kindness and honesty, no matter how imperfect it all feels, that’s an everyday hero.
I kept thinking of our Everyday Hero Lady bursting out of light, a bright, happy, glorious pop of color that she shines in front of, and the minute I saw the stencil set from Honeybee Stamps, I knew I needed to use it to make that happen. Of course, as all well intended projects often do, this one hit some snags. I’d reached for my little ink dauber only to find that it was purged due to lack of use during my last office clean out. Asking myself what our hero lady would do, I went to the cupboards and search for alternatives. After trying a few methods, I found those simple cotton balls borrowed from he bathroom draw were perfect for this project.
Dabbing the cotton ball onto the ink pad and then filling in the stencil sections, I remembering watching my mother sponge paint all those walls and sweatshirts when we were little, and just when I worried I was bringing back more 1992 than I’d imagine, I pulled back the stencil to reveal the first layer and fell in love!
This, my friends, is where the second bump occurred, when I realized that in my excitement, I’d grabbed the wrong stencil and the layered idea I’d planned wasn’t going to happen that way. The daughter of a creative and resourceful Everyday Hero Lady myself, I decided not to give up, layering another color over the first, and of course, loving the result once again.
With the style now a bit different than my original vision, the yellow shirt I’d colored for my lady felt out of place, so I grabbed one of the awesome rainbow striped sheets from the Lawn Fawn paper pack and got to work. I stamped, cut, and glued my way to a colorful new top for my lady, adorning it with the simple “Kindness Matters” sentiment stamp so she can wear the words she holds so dear.
For a bit more pizazz, I used a small dot of glue to affix one of the little gems to her crown. Smaller gems fit inside the small circle, and larger ones just over, but no matter which way you go, adding a dimensional pop to her crown is just what she needs to shine a little brighter.
All that was left were a few foam adhesive dots to raise her up from the base a bit, and the “Everyday Hero” sentiment as a nod to what she brings to the table everyday.
This last step was just what I wanted to say to remind my friend who’s getting this card in the mail soon of how awesome she is.
Thanks for following along on this simple, but really fun to pull together card!
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***The new Essentials by Ellen Leading Ladies - Everyday Hero Lady will be available on April 8th!***
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April 02, 2018
Sneak Peek - Hot Mess Leading Lady by Brandi Kincaid
(click on the pics to enbiggan)
LINK: Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE. Thanks for the thumbs up and for subscribing!
Hope you enjoyed this sneak peek and have a happy Mundane! ;)
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March 25, 2018
Two Minute Tips: A Quick Watercolor Card
Emily Midgett has some great tips for creating this stunning & simple watercolor card! Check it out:
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Emily there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
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March 22, 2018
Try A New Watercolor Technique - A National Craft Month Celebration with Right at Home + Ellen Hutson LLC
We are so excited to be celebrating National Craft Month today with our sweet friend Nicole from Right At Home Stamps! Nicole is hosting a week long celebration of our favorite hobby! Each day there is a different challenge, guest designers, and prizes up for grabs for those who participate. In order to join in on the fun you must make a project inspired by the challenge and post it to one of the following forums:
- Post to the Right at Home Facebook group (link will be provided in post on RAH blog)
- Post on Instagram with #NCMwithRAH and tagging @rightathome
- Post to personal blog and add the link to your post in the comments of the RAH blog post
For today's challenge, I've tested out three new watercolor techniques...
#1. Alcohol
Adding rubbing alcohol to wet watercolor creates pretty blooms, similar to effects you can achieve with alcohol inks.
#2. Water Droplets
Droplets of water & liquid watercolor are spread with air and a pipette for a fun abstract look. Very fun to play with!
#3. Plastic Wrap
Plastic wrap pressed into wet watercolor and left to dry, creates a fun texture.
See a little bit more about how to achieve these looks in this quick video...
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love & a thumbs up and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
To turn all these fun backgrounds into cards, I die cut them into stitched rectangles. I added a hand-cut slope of watercolored "grass" and then the Right At Home Holidays Are On The Way car filled & topped with watercolored flower die cuts.
Thanks so much for stopping by and make sure to head over the the Right At Home blog to see what Nicole has created!
Hugs!
Carly
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March 20, 2018
Using Avery Elle Liquid Watercolors with Emily Midgett
Good morning! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing my thoughts on the new Avery Elle Liquid Watercolors! I have used a different brand of liquid watercolors several years ago, and I have to say, these are very similar in quality, but at a much more affordable price point, especially for a beginner! I’ve created a video showcasing a few different techniques that you can easily do with these pretty colors, including an ombre background wash and some tips on no-line watercoloring.
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Emily there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
In case you can’t watch the video, I will share some of the process, as well.
To create the subtle wash on the background panel, I used Avery Elle’s Liquid Watercolors in shades of Sugar Plum and Sea Glass mixed with some Shimmer Spritz and my 1” Silver Black Velvet wash brush (try saying that three times fast!). I started by taping my slightly-larger-than-A2 Arches Cold Press watercolor panel to a cutting board, then propping it up at an angle against some washi tape, used my wash brush to add concentrated color to the top of the panel, then after cleaning my brush and leaving it very wet, pulled the color down into a subtle ombre. I flipped the cutting board and repeated the process with the Sea Glass, as well. The sparkle of the Shimmer Spritz cannot be captured accurately in a photo… this background is super subtle and super sparkly. Gorgeous.
Next, I began work on the Hydrangea blooms from Avery Elle’s Floral Bouquet stamp and die set. I started by die cutting the main blooms and some leaves from Arches Cold Press watercolor paper, then stamping the images using my MISTI and some very pale blue ink. I then began watercoloring the images using Sugar Plum and a Sugar Plum/Sapphire mixture for the flowers, then Celery and a Celery/Sapphire mixture for the foliage. As I mention in the video, one of the main elements to remember is to keep the wet sections away from each other. So, I start by watercoloring one petal, then find another petal that is not right up against that wet petal. As long as you keep the wet petals apart, your individual elements will remain distinct and crisp. I also mention in the video that watercoloring is all about layers; use the Sugar Plum as your first layer, then add a drop of Sapphire to several drops of Sugar Plum to add your second layer to create shadows and depth. (This is one of the nicest aspects of the liquid watercolors; you can create a formula for your colors and always be able to recreate the same color just by knowing how many drops you use! The possibilities are endless!) Repeat the process with the leaves using first the Celery, then the Celery/Sapphire combination.
After the watercoloring has been completed, it’s time to assemble the card. I first die cut the My Favorite Things Vertical Cover Up frame from some white card stock and mounted it to the ombre watercolor panel with foam adhesive. I added the watercolored hydrangea and foliage using both foam and liquid adhesive to the corner and a Many Thanks die cut from the Essentials By Ellen line to the frame using liquid adhesive. Some lilac Nuvo drops added some texture.
A few thoughts about the Avery Elle Liquid watercolors:
~Watercolor paper is important. If you use good quality watercolor paper (I’ve used Arches Cold Press here), the colors move and blend beautifully. You can even reactivate the color after it’s dried a bit on the paper. If you’re like me and you can’t resist the urge to stop fussing with your projects, this is especially helpful haha!
~They mix like a dream. You can always recreate a custom color because you can measure exactly how many drops you’re adding to your palette. Perfect for those of us who are slightly OCD in our cardmaking!!
~If pan paints overwhelm you (by virtue of the sheer volume of colors available or the cost), then the liquid watercolors are a great place to start. You can mix and match to create almost any color imaginable, and the price point is fantastic. You can get a very inexpensive palette from Wal Mart or your local big box craft store, add a few drops of color, and you’re good to go!
~You can very easily create deep, vibrant color or super subtle pastel colors by adding a little or a lot of water to your paint pans.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my quick overview and initial thoughts on the Avery Elle Liquid Watercolors! They are all available in the Ellen Hutson store right now, so head on over and check them out! You won’t be sorry!
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March 12, 2018
Creating a Watercolor Look with Copic Markers - Hello, Monday 03/12/2018
Hey, y'all! Hope your Monday is off to a fab start! Today I'm sharing how I like to get a watercolor look using Copic Markers on plain old Neenah Solar White card stock!
LINK: Enjoy in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE; thanks for giving us a thumbs' up and subscribing!
These li'l cuties are playing hide & seek in the bamboo forest, LOL! :)
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March 10, 2018
Easy Two Step Stamping Background with Justine Hovey
One of our awesome new Ellen Hutson LLC Design Ambassadors, Justine Hovey, has created an wonderful video tutorial today! Check it out:
Watch in HD on our YouTube Channel HERE! Thanks for sharing some comment love and a thumbs up with Justine there and be certain to subscribe to our channel for other fantastic videos!
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March 08, 2018
2 Distress Ink Watercoloring Techniques with Yoonsun Hur
We are just tickled to welcome our friend Yoonsun Hur back to The Classroom today! Yoonsun has two great watercoloring techniques to share today and we know you are going be as wowed with her watercoloring as we are!!!
Make sure you head over to Yoonsun's blog, Rejoicing Crafts, to see more of her stunning work! While you are visiting her, share some love by leaving a comment on her blog! And if you do it before March 13th, you will have a chance to win a $50 coupon to use in our store!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us, Yoonsun! We hope you can come visit us again soon!
Hello crafty friends! It’s Yoonsun here and I am guest designing with Ellen Hutson this month. I am so happy to be a part of the amazing company!!
Today I have two fun cards to share with you with my favorite, watercolor technique!
Key technique 1: Watercoloring with Distress markers & watercolored pencils.
I stamped the images from the Wasabi stamp set onto watercolor paper in black pigment ink.
I stamped udon image on Post-It Note in the same black, cut the stamped image, then I used the negative piece for stamping tiny flowers (from the So Matcha stamp set) on the surface of udon bowl.
I colored the stamped images with Distress markers and watercolored pencils – I like to have rough texture from watercolored pencils.
Key technique 2: Watercolored bamboo background with Distress inks
I stamped bamboo image from the So Matcha stamp set on watercolor paper panel using Mowed Lawn & Crushed Olive Distress inks.
I brushed over the stamped images with clean water - Distress inks react with water!!
Once the panel was completely dry, I added green colored ink splatters around the watercolored bamboo.
I hope you enjoyed my fun cards and the watercolor technique today. Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!!
Hugs,
Yoonsun
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March 07, 2018
A Star Wars Inspired Card with Ardyth Percy-Robb
Good morning! Ardyth here with a fun card using some of the products from the March release in a way that Julie probably didn’t foresee!
As soon as I saw the girl with two buns, my mind jumped to a galaxy far, far away and I wondered how I could make it work. The card has two main components - the girl and the background.
I started by stamping her with Catherine Pooler Midnight, using my MISTI, on Neenah 110 lb cardstock.
Then I coloured her with Copics. I ignored her sandals and coloured her feet brown, like boots.
I added some black dots to her eyes with a black Memento marker
When she was finished, I used the matching die to cut her out.
Next, I created her light sabre using one of the chopstick dies. I coloured it with Copics.
Next, the background. I started with a 4.25 x 5.5 panel of Ranger Watercolor cardstock. I cut a circle mask from a post it note and used repositionable adhesive to hold it down.
I layered Catherine Pooler inks in blues, working from lightest to darkest, and added some dark purple and black around the edges.
Before removing the mask, I spritzed the panel with water to create ‘stars’. These inks are really vibrant and react well with water.
When the panel was dry, I cut it with an Avery Elle Double-Pierced Rectangle die.
I cut a sentiment strip using the Fortune Cookie dies and blended Melon Ice and Lime Rickey on the ends of it before stamping my sentiment with Midnight ink.
I used a Quickie glue pen with it’s tiny tip to glue the light sabre down and then added some StarDust Stickles for sparkle.
Then I popped up the girl with foam tape, positioning her on the sentiment strip to ground her.
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March 06, 2018
Soy Special Cards from 3 Talented Ladies
We are so happy to have 3 of our very talented team members here in The Classroom today to share their beautiful creations using the latest Essentials by Ellen stamp & die sets! Check them out (and just click on the pictures to see more)!
Thanks for stopping by and matcha thanks to Emily, Elena & Carolyn!!!
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March 04, 2018
New Essentials By Ellen!
We are thrilled to share our latest Essentials by Ellen release with you! This month we have 7 amazing designs from Julie Ebersole...
So Matcha
Wasabi
Wasabi is a cool stamp & fill set. Learn more about it from Julie...
And check out this awesome layering guide...
Wasabi Accessories
Good Fortune & Fortune Cookie
Hear a little bit more about all of these awesome sets from Julie...
Stay tuned for lots of fun this week...
- Monday - Join Julie live on Facebook at 7:30pm PST
- Tuesday - Check out the gorgeous creations of Carolyn, Emily & Elena
- Wednesday - Meet Ardyth here in The Classroom for an idea that is out of this world
- Thursday - Our sweet guest Yoonsun Hur has a few beautiful ideas for you
- Saturday - Justine will have her first EBE video to share
And today, check out some of the awesome cards that Sandy Allnock, Carly Tee Minner, Carissa Wiley & Jennifer McGuire have created! (Just click on each picture to see more.)
Jennifer McGuire
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March 02, 2018
3 Copic Alcohol Ink Backgrounds by Sharon Harnist
Konnichiwa, Crafters! I think y'all probably know by now that Copic alcohol inks are some of my favorite inks to play with, so today I'll walk you through creating some of my very favorite types of backgrounds using Copic Various Ink Refills! I thought these vibrant handmade backgrounds would be perfect for the upcoming Essentials by Ellen release this Sunday, March 4 by Julie Ebersole -- in particular the adorable Japanese So Matcha girls in their kimonos! I always think of gorgeous brightly colored silk fabric when I think of kimonos, so that's what I tried to replicate today. Although I used Copic alcohol inks, Ranger Alcohol Inks work just the same!
So let's get started . . .
Alcohol ink has a tendency to dry very quickly since the alcohol evaporates when exposed to air. To give yourself more time to manipulate the ink, use a coated paper such as Yupo. Yupo is available in either white or translucent; I'm using white today. The coated paper allows the ink to flow and move around on the surface of the paper, so you can work with it longer. I like to first mist the paper with either plain rubbing alcohol or Copic Colorless Blender Solution. The solution helps to move the ink around on the paper, similar to watercoloring:
Next, I randomly placed a few drops of Copic Various Ink Refill colors and let them start blending together. You don't need a lot of drops of color ... a little goes a long way and you can always add more later.
TIP: You can tilt the paper to get the colors to move around, or simply blow air (either using a straw or just your mouth) to help the colors move around and blend. Moving the color around will help take away the round "droplet" effect (which may or may not be the effect you are going for). Below, I used two shades of blue-green (BG45 and BG57):
Next, I wanted a vivid pink-red so I used RV17, RV25, and R27:
Above, you can see where I initially misted the Colorless Blender Solution only on the left two-thirds of the Yupo paper and was working with just that portion of the paper, leaving the right third of the paper dry. Then I decided to finish the paper in the same colors and misted the right third. This created that vertical line of "veining" where the colors met and dried. So if that's a look you like, keep that technique in mind! You can also see where some of the alcohol sprayed over onto the left two-thirds of the of the first dried ink, creating the texture of little droplets! (Click on the photo for a larger view and you should be able to see this effect better).
My final color pairing was Y17 and Ranger Metallic Gold Mixative . . . {Love}! Keep in mind the Metallic Mixative is thicker than alcohol inks and won't move around as much. If you don't like the results after adding it to your project, you can either add it to your paper first and then the drops of Various Ink will help disperse it, or drop or spray more Copic Colorless Blender directly onto the Mixative to help it move around.
To create the kimonos, I used my Misti to stamp the girls in Copic-friendly Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Since the Yupo paper is coated, it tends to be a little slippery when trying to stamp on it. I wanted the option to be able to stamp again, in case some areas didn't stamp well. As you can see below, if I were using the whole girl image I would have wanted to re-stamp her hair. But since I knew I would cut out and paper piece only the kimono, this image worked fine.
These are the Copic Various Ink Refill combos I used for each of the kimonos:
To finish the card, I stamped the bamboo stalks from this stamp set onto a Neenah 110 Lb. Solar White card base with Versamark and clear heat embossed them, to create the look of white silk! I love how it turned out in person, but it was difficult to capture on camera! (Click on the photo for a larger view that hopefully will show the background better):
Next, I placed a 1-inch strip of more alcohol ink background paper I created (with Copic YG05, G46, and Gold Mixative) along the bottom edge. Then I black heat embossed the darling sentiment onto gold metallic cardstock:
Thanks "so matcha" for joining me today! I can't wait to see what you do with this technique and this adorable So Matcha stamp set that will be available Sunday!
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{Essentials by Ellen Thanks So Matcha clear stamps & coordinating Thanks So Matcha designer dies available Sun, March 4}
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March 01, 2018
Watercolor Stamping & Backgrounds with Meghan from Periwinkle Studio
We are thrilled to welcome our talented new friend Meghan Peterson of Periwinkle Studio to The Classroom today! Meghan has a little sneak peek of the Essentials by Ellen March release (happening this Sunday, March 4th) and she has some fabulous background ideas to share! We know you are going to love them!!!
Make sure you head over to Meghan's blog, Periwinkle Studio, to see more of her dreamy work! While you are visiting her, share some love by leaving a comment on her blog! And if you do it before March 8th, you will have a chance to win a $50 coupon to use in our store!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us, Meghan! We hope you can come back to The Classroom very soon!
Watercolor Stamping and Backgrounds
Hello! I am so thrilled to be guest designing for Ellen Hutson, and it was so fun to work with such a unique release. And today I’m going to use most of this release in a technique I adore – creating watercolor looking backgrounds and stamping without actual watercolor.
We all love distress ink backgrounds, but with watercolor stamping on top you can create another great look. I picked my color palette and then found the lightest shades of distress inks and blended them on my cardstock. For the most watercolor-esque look, blending the colors in random places helps create the look.
As you can see in the photo, my blending is not perfect, which is fine for this technique. Then I took some pretty images from the “So Matcha” stamp set and arranged them into a cluster on my acrylic block. I then took the same colors of distress inks I used on my background and pressed them onto my images, making sure they overlapped. (Tip: when using analogous colors, you can usually just press directly onto your stamps, but if you’re using very different colors, use a small ink blender so you don’t contaminate your ink pads).
Another tip, because these images have just delicate and intricate lines, I don’t add water to blend the colors together. One, because it’ll look blended enough on the fine lines, and two, because if you add water it will easily bleed out and warp the look of the image. This also makes the images stand out a bit more from our background of the exact same colors.
The blended background plus our blended stamped images give this background a faux watercolor look. If you would like to enhance this look, you can drop water droplets from a brush and let them interact with the distress ink.
To finish off this card, I used the “Fortune Cookie” dies to cut one of the fortune cookie shapes out of Kraft cardstock. I then lightly blended some brown ink to the bottom left part for so minimal shading. This die cuts slits in the fortune cookie where you can slip in the fortune. I am obsessed with this idea – you create your own fortunes! And the sentiments for the fortunes are so awesome – they’re perfect so many different kinds of cards. So I picked out the fortune I wanted from the “Good Fortune” stamp set, stamped it onto the die cut white cardstock and slipped it into the slit.
Also, often when I create full backgrounds like this, I like to help give some visual balance to the card by using some horizontal lines to help break up the expanse of the background. For this card, I used three white stripes of cardstock behind my fortune cookie. I then blended some color onto the edges of them – and I’m not 100% if that was the right decision, but there you go haha.
And the card is done!
My second is done using the same technique except with larger and thicker-lined images from the “Rustic Flowers” stamp set, so I used 1 or 2 spritz of water to help blend the color and lighten it a bit, which makes the flowers and leaves blend more into the background for a cohesive look. Don’t spray much more than this though, because the images will start to lose their shape. Again, I used the exact same colors for the background as I did for the images.
When you apply your ink to your stamps, either using the mini distress cubes directly or using a finger dauber, make sure to put your lightest color down first, and put down more than you think you’ll need. The lightest colors, especially yellow, will get mixed and lost very easily. When deciding how much or where I want to put my color on the stamps, I honestly only make sure I have a relatively even amount of each color – I don’t think about placement a ton and it always turns out great!
I then added those small clusters of flowers from the “So Matcha” stamp set to fill in any gaps, using the same colors of distress inks. I used the same design for this card – the gold strips of paper to break up the background. Gold or silver papers are a great way to add shine/texture without distracting from colors in a card.
My third card uses the same technique, but uses lighter colors for the background and darker shades for the stamped images. I wanted these beautiful bamboo images from the “So Matcha” stamp set to stand out again the green background we created. I also varied my stamping technique – I alternated between spraying the images with a spritz of water and using no water at all. This also helps to create even more faux texture. In this card, my sentiment was my focal point so I used white strips to frame it. The sentiments are from the amazing fortune cookie sentiment stamp set. I added some gold watercolor splatter for fun.
My other two cards are bonus cards because they’re swnot made with the technique we’ve been using. These are made with actual watercolor backgrounds. This one I used watercolor to create a twilight sky for these pretty lanterns to hang in. I stamped the bamboo lightly in gray so as not to distract from our colorful sky, and added these two cute friends. I added many clear rhinestones in the sky to emulate smaller points of light/lanterns in the sky and added the sentiment right above the girls’ heads.
My last card, I used a portion of a yellow and pink watercolor background as a backdrop to our glittery fortune cookies of varying shades of gold. I framed our focal point with Kraft cardstock stripes for a clean look.
Thanks so much for joining me today! Again, it is so awesome to be a part of a Ellen Hutson release, and happy shopping!
xoxo Meghan
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The new Essentials by Ellen stamps & dies will be available on Sunday, March 4th!
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February 26, 2018
Stamp & Fill with Two-Step Stamp Images - Hello, Monday 02/26/2018
(click on the pics to enbiggan)
Sometimes you want to color something in; other times, you wish there were a quick and easy way to fill an image with color. Today I'm sharing a sneak peek of a new set I illustrated that I am especially fond of--inspired by an amazing month long trip to Japan I took last fall with my mama, where my daughter and her family live (her husband is an Air Framer for the US Navy!).
The upcoming set featured in today's video is aptly named, "Wasabi" and features outline images as well as solid "fillers" that can be used to apply color quickly to an image. This has often been referred to as "two-step" stamping. I share more insights in today's video.
LINK: Watch in HD HERE! Thanks for the thumbs' up and for subscribing to our channel!
By the way, "udon" means noodles in Japanese. :)
With this release going live Mar 4th, you'll be seeing lots of sneak peeks all week--keep your eyes peeled!
Happy Mundane!
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February 24, 2018
How To Add Shading To Stamped Images With Colored Pencils -Satur-YAY 2.24.2018
Hey everyone! Welcome to Satur-YAY! We're celebrating the weekend by getting our craft on! There's no better way to spend the weekend (in my humble opinion). I can't wait to see what you're making this weekend, so be sure to share it using #EllenHutsonSaturYAY!
Today I'll be using the Sweet Sprinkles United We Flourish stamp and die set to create a sweet card that could really be used for any occasion! I love the feminine feel of the cupcake combined with a little bit of kraft card stock to add a little bit of rustic charm.
I'll be using my Prismacolor Colored Pencils to add a little bit of shading to this solid stamped image. You'll see how this quick and easy step can really add depth and dimension to a solid stamped image. You can also use this technique to add shading to a colored image. If you don't have the right combination of markers to create light and dark on your image, try using colored pencils over the top of your coloring to add depth and dimension instead!
Here are a couple of tips for adding shading to your stamped and colored images.
- There's no need for your colored pencil to be a specific or exact shade. Just choose a pencil that is slightly darker than the stamped or colored image you want to add shading to. There's no exact science...and that's what makes it so darn easy!
- In order to created the illusion that you've used multiple colors, start with a heavier hand to lay down more color in the areas you want darkest. Lighten your pressure as you move to the lighter shade to vary the color. This will make it look like you used 3 or 4 colors.
- You can add highlights to an image by adding a touch of white colored pencil. This one pencil in your stash can go a long way in adding lighter highlights to all of your images.
- Don't be afraid to play. Often times, when we are willing to experiment with new things, we find unexpected discoveries along the way.
I've also done a little de-bossing using the little scattered hearts included in the Sweet Sprinkles stamp and die set. It's a fun and unexpected way to use your dies and get more out of them.
Be sure to check out today's video tutorial. I'll be walking you through the creation of today's card and give you a few more tips and tricks (and maybe giggles) along the way.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you've enjoyed today's project. I can't wait to see what you're creating on this fabulous Satur-YAY! Be sure to share your projects with me!
Until next time, I hope you have a fabulous day!
XOXO
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Sweet Sprinkles
Let's end our United We Flourish week on a sugar high note with Sweet Sprinkles by Concord & 9th!
Check out these yummy projects by our talented team and sweet friends (just click on each little picture to see more)...
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February 22, 2018
Sending Sunshine & Better Together
Get ready for some serious eye candy today as we talk about TWO of our United We Flourish sets...
The United We Flourish Sending Sunshine set designed by our kind & wonderful friends at Honey Bee, is the perfect way to brighten a gray day!
Check out these sunny cards from our talented team and sweet friends (just click on each little picture to see more)...
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But there's more... :)
The adorable birds in the United We Flourish Better Together by our kind friends at Hero Arts will definitely make your heart sing!
Check out Heather Campbell's awesome tips for adding details to stamped images with white gel pens...
And check out some of the tweet creations by our talented team and the amazing Hero Arts team (just click on each little picture to see more)...
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February 21, 2018
G'Day Mate
These little cuties had us at G'Day! The United We Flourish G'Day Mate set designed by our sweet & funny friends at Avery Elle, makes us smile with it's weird...we mean limited edition critters!
Hear the story behind the stamps from the amazing artist herself, our sweet Heather Campbell...
And check out some one of a kind creations from our talented team and sweet friends (just click on each little picture to see more)...
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February 19, 2018
Good Friends
Good friends are impossible to forget and so are these cuties from the United We Flourish set Good Friends, designed by our amazing friends at My Favorite Things Stamps!Check out a whole litter of adorable creations from our talented team and some of our good friends (just click on each little picture to see more)...
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February 18, 2018
United We Flourish
United We Flourish began as the theme for our tenth anniversary celebration and became so much more! United We Flourish is now the essence of everything we do because Ellen Hutson LLC would not be here without the love, support & creativity of our amazing customers, talented designers and wonderful companies we work with! United We Flourish has also come to life as limited edition stamp & die sets created with some of our pals.
And can you believe we have already released 7 beautiful & amazing United We Flourish sets with 7 of our fantastic friends?! Neither can we!!! We do have a few more up our sleeves later this spring & summer but in the meantime, we are going to spend this week spotlighting all the United We Flourish sets so far because we love them so much!
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