Hi there! Welcome to the Ellen Hutson October 2020 Release Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Therese Calvird, and your next stop is France Wisniewksi. Today we are celebrating all things holiday-both fall and winter holidays! The newest Ellen Hutson release is full of fantastic goodies in a huge variety of styles, including stitching, autumn, cute, elegant, etc etc etc… truly something for everyone! My first two projects today using my favorite color combo for Christmas: bright, crisp white with a pop of bright red and lots of shimmer and shine!
My first card/tag duo focuses on the gorgeous new Deer Couple die set. I used only the male reindeer for these projects, but the set comes with a sweet male/female pair. To start, I create a super simple tag using some red foil, white cardstock, and a simple Merry Christmas sentiment from new Santa’s List stamp set. (That set is chock full of cute images and fantastic sentiments, definitely a must-see). I die cut a tag using last year’s Shipping Tags dies and some red foil cardstock. I also die cut the classy deer silhouette from some crisp white cardstock, then adhered it to the foil tag using foam adhesive. I trimmed a strip of white cardstock and stamped the Merry Christmas from Santa’s List and added it with more foam adhesive. The final touch was to add a loop of black twine to finish it off.
For my second project, I maintained the simple white with red color scheme, this time adding simple pops of red and allowing the detail of the die to take center stage. I love doing all-white projects for holiday cards; there’s something so classy about an all white card, don’t you think? I began by die cutting the snowy background from white cardstock, then backed it with some sparkly white cardstock.
Next, I die cut a snowy hill using the Essentials By Ellen Landscapes die from some more white cardstock. I adhered it to the snowy backdrop using foam adhsive, then used Crystal Lacquer and some chunky glitter to add “snow” to the top of the die cut. I find it’s important to add lots of different textures and dimensions to these all-white projects to help keep them from being boring.
Next, I used another reindeer die cut from Deer Couple, again popped up with foam adhesive. I also added a little red jewel nose to add another pop of color and yet another texture. The final step was to add the Merry Christmas greeting from Santa’s List on a strip of cardstock stamped in bright red ink, then popped up with some more foam adhesive.
For my second set of projects, I wanted to create a pair of wintry, non-traditional snow-themed projects to utilize the new Sparkly Christmas sentiment set and the Twirling Flurries cover plate die. (If you buy nothing else from this release, buy the Twirling Flurries. That die is ab.so.lute.ly stunning.)
My first project focuses on the Twirling Flurries cover plate die. These stitched cover plate dies are some of my absolute favorite products from the Essentials By Ellen line. They provide just the right amount of texture and interest to a background while still providing a great canvas for a little scene or large scale sentiment. I began this project by ink blending using Pinkfresh Studio’s Ocean Breeze, Summer Shower, and Candy Violet inks with some blending brushes to create an almost Aurora Borealis background. I also spritzed the blended background with some iridescent shimmer spray to make things extra sparkly.
Next, I die cut some white snowflakes using some more sparkling white cardstock. I heat embossed a sentiment from Sparkly Christmas using sparkling silver embossing powder on a strip of aqua cardstock, then adhered it to my shimmery blended background using foam adhesive. I added the sparkly white snowflakes using liquid adhesive, then added some iridescent gems to add some more sparkle and texture.
For my second project, I used the larger sentiment from Sparkly Christmas as the focal point. I began by heat embossing the (super fun and a bit cheeky) sentiment on a piece of pale aqua cardstock, first stamping in dark teal ink, then restamping (using my trusty MISTI) with embossing ink and covering it with silver pearl embossing powder. I then used some medium and dark turquoise inks with blending brushes around the edge of the panel to create almost a glow around the center.
I added some more sparkling white snowflakes around the edge of the card, allowing the darker edges to make those bright, sparkly white snowflakes pop! I added a few iridescent gems and some dots with my white gel pen (snowflakes are all different sizes, right?) and had a mostly-flat, easily-mailed one layer card!
Now, to celebrate this release and blog hop, Ellen Hutson is providing some fun prizes!
Prizes, prizes, we’ve got the prizes! One lucky commenter will win the whole Essentials by Ellen holiday release! And another will receive $25 to spend at ellenhutson.com! For a chance to win, all ya’ gotta’ do is hop along, enjoy the fabulous eye candy, and leave a little love for your fellow crafters: increase your chances by commenting on each stop on the hop! Comments left before 11:59 PDT on October 14 will be entered to win. (Winners are selected randomly.)
That’s all for my projects today! Your next stop is France Wisniewksi. Thanks so much for stopping by, and happy hopping!
Don’t you just love red and white together! So festive and so elegant!
Awesome creations, I especially love the Twinkling Swirls background!
Love your Merry Christmas card & tag! So elegant!
Great cards. The white Deer Couple card (with 1 deer) is stunning!
Awesome all your creations..the tags are perfect! And your cards are super festive!
I love the colors of your cards!
Lovely projects!!
Beautiful!
The ink blended background with the snowflakes are so pretty! The minimal palette on the first card makes it so elegant. Thanks for sharing.
love the pops of red in the first card. so classy!
Love your use of color!
Your cards are beautiful!
I like the bold choices you had for your background colors and snow.
Elegant projects!
Beautiful projects Emily my favourite Benning the non traditional card, that background is just stunning. If you have time can you tell me what white sparkle card stock you use as I bought some, very limited over here and it’s so thick it just won’t cut. I feel as though I have been on an eternal quest looking for a white sparkle cardstock. Hugs to you and the family xx Aileen
Lovely cards! I agree with you about white on white. So, so pretty.
I am loving the twirling flurries cover die, so simple and fun! TFS all your cards.
I love your reindeer card and the gorgeous snowflakes!!
Great backgrounds created here. Love all the samples.
Love the matching red and white card & tag.
All the cards are lovely and so festive.
Beautiful cards!!!
I like all your cards but the white on white with the deer and the red tag with the deer are just stunning.
Beautiful winter cards!
Lovely cards—the blue reminds me so much of winter.
You took a unique and wonderful approach to this great release with such rich colors! I especially love the tag and the great background on the snowflake card. All inspiring – thanks!
Your cards sparkle on the blue background.
These are truly lovely cards and gift tag! I love the blues you chose for your snowflake cards! Awesome stuff, thank you so much for sharing! 🙂
Love your colors and the snow flakes.
Wow! The snowflake background/cards are cool!
Love the snowflakes on turquoise card the most!
Great projects. Thanks for the inspiration.
So beautiful! Gorgeous tag! 💜
Lovely cards and tag!
So fancy, love the snow flake one with the embossing in the background. The colours blended beautifully.
Sweet card and tag with the deer, and your snowflake cards are lovely! Beautiful color combos!
I love all of the glitter and shine in your cards, so pretty!
Lovely, festive cards!
Love these cards!
What wonderful designs! The red & white cards are beautiful!
Being a snowflake fanatic, your snow cards steal the show for me. Beautiful work.
Loving your snowflake cards…so magical!
Great projects. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
This is my favorite holiday release thus far! Thanks for the ideas!
Elegant and inspiring!
Cute Rudolph card, thanks for sharing.
Reindeer on the red foil tag is my favorite!
Love your reindeer card and tag. All white cards are some of my favorites!
I love the color palette you used for the snowflake cards! That background cover plate is amazing!
So pretty and frestive!
Beautiful creations!! I especially love Twirling Flurries with the white snowflakes.
Love your cards! Emily!
I love your snowflake cards, beautiful!
I love the “too sparkly” sentiment. LOL! It’s when I bring out all the glitter,shimmer, and sparkles.
These all feel so fun and festive! Love your color palettes too!
I love how you blended the red on the tag. It really gave it some pop!
So pretty! I really like that debossing snow flurry die and the ink blending.
That reindeer die is just so cute. I love your creations ❤
The snowflake cards are great!
Beautiful projects! I love the card and tag duo! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Your cards are gorgeous! I love all the texture and dimension you added to the white card! 🙂
Very elegant cards…do pretty especially the snowflake cards.
beautiful projects!
beautiful ink blending
Beautiful cards. Love the dark
red on the tag. Makes the deer
pop. thanks for sharing
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First of all, I love the overall layout and style of your blog. Secondly, wowzers with those projects. They look fantastic. So elegant.
Gorgeous cards. I love those beautiful deer and your backgrounds are amazing.
these are all so pretty. Great choice of color combos.
All your cards are terrific, and I agree with you, the twirling flurries cover plate is the best!
Nice set of card samples.
LOVE your cards! They’re beautiful!
Very nice and sparkly cards. Clean and simple but festive.
It’s true, you can never have too much sparkle.
Great set of shares. I like the simple cards as well as the color blends.
Beautiful cards, I love the one with the twirling flurries and snowflakes. Thank you for your crazy inspiration 😊
Such gorgeous cards Emily. Fantastic release too.
Thank you for the inspiration. Keep well.
T x
Oh my goodness! These are all so beautiful Emily!!
Love all of your cards, your sparkley snow and your background on your tag. Thanks for the ideas.
Love that white on white card. Beautiful!
What a wonderfully fun release. Love the light, artsy, fun images.
Thanks for the wonderful inspiration.
What a great release! Such fun cards and inspiration! Thank you!
I love how your background turned out with the Twirling Flurries. I had to order it!!! Thanks for your inspiration!!!
Your projects are so wonderful! I love every one of them! I thought that my favorites were those with the red and white color scheme…and then I arrived at the turquoise and white one. Wow! You are so creative!
These cards are adorable!
Love the simplicity of the white and red and sparkle – very elegant! The backgrounds for your ‘snowy’ cards are very pretty! Thanks for sharing!
Love your deer tags and the twirling flurries cards!!!!
I especially like your elegant red tag with the deer!
Your reindeer card and tag and the wonderful snowflakes card (last) were my favourites but, oh my! All such beautiful creations. I’m really full of Christmas cheer now 🙂
All really beautiful cards!