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February 28, 2018

Coloring Gold Embossed Images

Good morning and welcome to the CLASSroom.  I don't know about you but I have become a little overwhelmed with all the coloring choices available to us today.  I have several different kinds of markers, watercolor paint, acrylic paint, watercolor pencils, etc., but I still love using Distress Reinkers when coloring gold embossed images.  My clean and simple card today was made using the cherry blossom images from the Impression Obsession Pink Clouds by Pink Ink and the sentiment is a sneak peek from one of Julie's new sets being released on March 4th.

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Secure the flowers, foliage and sentiment stamps and white cardstock and in the Mini MISTI, apply versa to the images and stamp the images. 

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Sprinkle the image with gold embossing powder and heat with heat gun.  I always use Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder for fine lined images.

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Use a small brush and pure Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo reinkers to paint the images.  I like to use the lids of my coordinating Distress Inks as a palette for my reinkers so whatever is left when I'm finished will be there the next time I use it.

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Cut out all the images with scissors to avoid having the white outlines left by die cutting.  There is nothing wrong with cutting out the images with dies and having the white outline around the images.  I just personally prefer using the images without the borders. There is a coordinating Pink Clouds die set you may want to use.

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Use a Rose Pink Copic marker to create a border for the background layer that perfectly matches the pink flowers. Attach the border layer to the base image layer with ATG adhesive.


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Apply mounting tape to the back of the image layer and attach to the card base.

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Gently form the flowers and leaves using a molding pad and the stylus from the Garden Tool Set.

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Create dimension and interest to the background image by arranging and attaching extra flowers and leaves with glossy accents.

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I used the Pink Rose marker to add a little extra color to the flower centers but was very careful to use a soft touch so the alcohol ink wouldn't damage the gold embossing.

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I love how elegant the colored gold embossed images look against the all white background.  The arrangement of cherry blossoms was a perfect choice to use with the Sending Good Fortune Your Way sentiment.  You are going to love the sentiments in Julie's new set. I can't wait for you to see all of them.  Thanks for coming by the CLASSroom and I hope you have a great day.

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Tags: card making, clean and simple, coloring, coloring with reinkers, embossing, heat embossing, heat gun, painting with reinkers, paper crafting, stamping

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December 30, 2017

How To Use Confetti Paste - Satur-YAY 12.30.2017

Hey everyone!  Happy Satur-YAY!  I'm celebrating the weekend by getting my craft on, and I hope you are too!  Today, it's all about the party.  I'm using the brand new Sweet Sprinkles stamp and die set, along with confetti paste, to create some fun and very sparkly cards.  They're so sparkly, you don't even NEED glitter paper!  (WHAT?!?!)

SaturYAY Finals-8I love this new Sweet Sprinkles stamp set designed by Concord & 9th.  It's the newest in the Essentials By Ellen United We Flourish line.  This Concord & 9th stamp set is available exclusively at Ellen Hutson.  I am a huge fan of Concord & 9th.  They're stamp and die sets are always so versatile and this one is no exception.  You can create so many different things from this stamp set....a cupcake, an ice cream, cotton candy....even a poop emoji. ;)  So many options with just one stamp set!

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I'll be showing you how to use confetti paste in today's video.  I'll be using the Bo Bunny Gold Confetti paste today.  I love the festive vibe that a background full of confetti paste gives.  It definitely says PAR-TAY!

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In addition, I'll also show you how you can make your own confetti paste too!  I'll be using the adorable sesame seed sequins from Hai that come in the December Party Bundle and some Collage Medium for this.  This was a fabulous idea from my friend Carly.  She's always inspiring me!

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These confetti pastes are easy to use.  They dry fairly quickly.  They can be used to create backgrounds, or to doll up a stamped image.  They can also be used in conjunction with a stencil to create confetti patterns for your next card project.  Be sure to check out the video tutorial below. 

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I've included links to all the products used in these projects below.

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I can't wait to see what you're creating this weekend.  Be sure to post it on social media using #EllenHutsonSaturYAY so we can check it out.  You can also tag @ellenhutsonllc and @carissawiley.  We love to see what you're up to!

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Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you've enjoyed these projects...and I hope they're keeping your party mood going strong!  You're going to need it with New Year's just around the corner.  Until next time, Happy Satur-YAY and I hope you have a fabulous 2018!

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XOXO

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May 27, 2017

Satur-YAY 5.27.2017 A Look At Distress Oxide Inks

Hey everyone!  Happy Satur-YAY!  We're celebrating the weekend by getting our craft on.  And today, I'm going to give you a look at the Ranger Distress Oxide Inks.  You're going to love these inks!

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The Distress Oxide inks are a unique fusion of pigment and dye ink.  They're water reactive like traditional Distress Inks.  The pigment ink properties of them make them better for stamping and make blending easier (for those of you who are blending challenged like myself).

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Here are the top reasons I love Distress Oxide Inks

  1. They're water reactive, making them perfect for techniques, watercolor and more.
  2. The pigment properties of this ink make it great for embossing.
  3. The opaque nature of these inks leave you with beautiful, solid stamped images.
  4. The vibrant colors are true to my favorite original Distress Inks and make rainbow blending a breeze.
  5. They blend like butter.
  6. When sprayed with water, the inks create an oxidized effect and leave you with a velvety, chalk like look.
  7. The pigment properties keep these colors true, even on dark card stock.

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In the video tutorial below, I'm going to take you through some of the basics of the Distress Oxide inks and walk you through a couple of projects.  Be sure to check that out!  I think you'll find it very helpful.

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I created two types of backgrounds.  The first background I created by pressing my paper in to wet Oxide Ink on my craft mat.  I then layered some ink blending on top to intensify and add color in areas.  I dropped some water droplets on top of my background to lift color in random areas.

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The second background was created with ink blending.  This technique is definitely more controllable and predictable than the first technique.  I actually did my ink blending on traditional Neenah Solar White card stock.  I wanted to use this particular card stock to show you that blending is easier with these.  I find it very difficult to achieve a smooth blended look on traditional Neenah card stock...so if I can create that smooth look with the Oxide Inks on Neenah...I've found the holy grail of ink blending.

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I finished both of the cards off with a misting of Sparkle Shimmer Spritz to make them very sparkly.  This can be tricky.  You don't want the mist to be so heavy that you move the ink.  Make sure you spray in light mists from high above to avoid reactivating your Distress Oxide Inks.  I love the super shimmery effect you can achieve with this Spritz.

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Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you've enjoyed this look at the Ranger Distress Oxide Inks.  And I hope I've inspired you to get in your craft space and get creating.  There's no better way to celebrate the weekend.

Until next time, I hope you have a fabulous Satur-YAY!

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November 16, 2016

Honey Bee Country Blooms by Kittie Caracciolo

Good Wednesday morning and welcome to the CLASSroom.  Our team focus this week is Honey Bee Stamps products and my project was made using the Country Blooms set. The floral spray images in this set are so sweet and perfect to use  to create a clean, simple, fast and easy black and white project. The sentiment is the lower case Thanks by Impression Obsession.KC Country Blooms right

Set the white 3 3/4” by  5.00” piece of cardstock on the Mini MISTI and lay the stamps face down where you want the images to be stamped. Close the top to attach the stamps.

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Apply Onyx Black Versafine to the stamps and close the top to stamp the image.  I love how easy it is to get a clean stamped images using my MISTI.2

Apply Ranger Super Fine Black Embossing Powder and heat with your heat gun. Note:  I failed to get a picture or to mention that I prepared my cardstock using my Embossing Magic Bag before stamping so the black powder wouldn’t stick where I didn’t want it to. 

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The black background layer is 4” x 5 1/4”, the white sentiment strip is 1 3/8” x 4.00” and the black sentiment layer is 1 1/2” x 4.00”

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Attach flower layer to the black layer using ATG adhesive.

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Attach thin strips of mounting tape to the back of the flower layer and sentiment strip and attach to the card base.

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Place a 1/4” strip of Be Creative Tape on a clean surface, remove the tape backing and roll the strip with your finger to create a rolled strip of adhesive to use to attach the sentiment.

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Attach the rolled tape to the back of the sentiment and attach to the sentiment layer. 11

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I think popping up the sentiment adds more interest than being attached flat to the surface. The rolled double stick tape makes it pretty easy even on the thin die cut letters.

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Thanks for coming by and be sure to check out all the new Honey Bee Stamps.  

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