Life’s A Picnic!

Hi there! I’m popping in to share a few more projects using some new products from the latest Essentials By Ellen release, as well as sharing a fantastic sale that ends on 7/17/19! I have two projects to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!

For my first project, I have a super clean and simple project using the new Life’s A Picnic stamp set from the latest Essentials By Ellen release. I stamped the watermelon wedges onto some Neenah Solar White card stock using Intense Black ink and colored them with my Copic markers. I then die cut the fruits using the coordinating dies. I also stamped the super cute punny sentiment on a rectangle of white card stock.

To add a bit of interest to the plain background of the card, I used the frame die from the Oh Happy Day Shaker Dies from The Stamp Market. I die cut the outer frame from some more white card stock and adhered it to the A2 card base using foam adhesive. I added the watermelon and the sentiment using foam tape, then stamped a few hungry little ants leading up to the watermelon pieces.

For my second project, I stamped several of the elements in the Life’s A Picnic stamp set using Intense Black ink, then colored them with my Copic markers (which are on sale–from an already-discounted price–in the Happy Colors sale!). I die cut them using the coordinating dies.

I stamped a red gingham “tablecloth” using the Essentials By Ellen Plaid Maker stamp set and some Ruby Red ink. I trimmed the panel into a triangular shape so that it was overhanging the edge of the picnic table, then trimmed a thin rectangle of brown card stock and arranged the delicious picnic, adhering it to the card base using a combination of liquid and foam adhesive to create lots of dimension. I white embossed a greeting from Life’s A Picnic onto a rectangle of Pitch Black card stock and adhered it with foam adhesive. Such a cute little scene! I can’t wait to pair this yummy food with the Leading Ladies!

Well, that’s all for my projects today.

Now, for some information on the sale! Save 25% on products in the Happy Colors sale… some of them are already discounted, so take another 25% off of those already low prices!! There are a few products that I noticed (out of 156 pages of sale items!!!) that I thought I’d direct you to:

~Daniel Smith Dot Chart– A great way to test out the Daniel Smith watercolors and figure out which colors you love. The Essentials and Primatek samplers are on sale, as well.
~Copics-these are already at a great discounted price, but during the sale you can take an extra 25% off!!
~Lots of Altenew-including the new Pen Sketched Flowers that I used in this post.

I highly encourage you to check out the entire sale…. it’s a marvelous array of products to help you add lots of color to your projects!! Simply fill your cart, and then add code HAPPYCOLORS to receive your discount at checkout!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!