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Hi there! I just wanted to pop in and share that I have a new Exploring with Emily video up on the Ellen Hutson channel today! If you haven’t heard about my new series with Ellen Hutson, here’s a bit of information: each month, I will focus on a new coloring medium or technique and create a video with some tips and tricks on using that medium with Ellen Hutson stamps! This month, I combined two different mediums. Here’s a little sneak peek:

I hope you’ll check out the video! Here’s a link to the Ellen Hutson blog post, where all of the products are listed! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous weekend! 

Good morning! Today, I am honored to take part in the December 2018 Altenew Stamp and Die release blog hop! Altenew has another stunning stamp and die release, filled with beautiful florals, gorgeous sentiments, and even some new patterned paper! You should have arrived here from Svitlana Shayevich’s blog and your next stop is Lilith Eeckels‘s blog. You can always start at the Altenew Card Blog if you get lost! Make sure you read all the way to the end for the giveaway information! 

For my first project, I wanted to do something unique and fun with the beautiful new Mega Greetings 3 and the coordinating Mega Friend die. I began by playing with my alcohol inks in shades of peach, coral, and rose gold on some Yupo vellum paper. While that was drying, I die cut the Mega Friend die from some rose gold glitter paper and heat embossed the coordinating sentiment from Mega Greetings 3 using Rose Gold embossing powder.  

Once my vellum alcohol ink panel was dry, I mounted it to a panel of pale pink card stock, which allowed some of the pretty peachy pink color to show through the background. I added the die cut greeting and sentiment strip, then added some rose gold jewels to finish it off.

For my next project, I used the beautiful new Ruffled Flowers stamp and die set. The florals in this stamp set are just beautiful, simple but charming, and super easy to layer, especially when coupled with the handy dandy layering guides that Altenew now includes in the stamp packaging! (Seriously, those things are amazing!) I stamped the flowers using the Rose Petal, Shades of Purple, and Sea Shore ink sets. 

After I had completed my stamping, I die cut a Tree Ring Die from white card stock, then arranged my florals on the Tree Ring die cut and mounted them onto my A2 card base using foam tape. I also added a greeting from Flower Arrangment die cut in black, and a few jewels to fill out the bare spots on the card front. 

For this project, I used the gorgeous new Delicate Primrose stamp and die set. I love that so many of Altenew’s floral sets give you the option of using the layering stamps for a more graphic look as well as the outlines to get some coloring practice in! I chose to do some Copic coloring with this project, coloring the primroses a pretty shade of bluish purple, with dark gray leaves. 

I also used one of the new Mega Greetings 3 for a sentiment strip coupled with the new Mega Friend die cut from some pretty charcoal glitter card stock. I wanted a bold background to go with my non-traditional color choices, so I chose a piece of deep magenta card stock, then spritzed it with some Iridescent Shimmer Spray over the Elegant Swirls stencil. A few gems here and there added some more texture and sparkle to the card front. 

For my final project today, I wanted to do some no-line watercoloring with the gorgeous new Wispy Begonia stamp and die set. I began by stamping the main floral image twice, some foliage, and some little filler flowers from Focus On You  onto some Arches Cold Press watercolor paper using Ink On 3 fadeout ink, then watercoloring them using my Daniel Smith watercolors. 

For my card base, I masked off the edges of some white card stock using painter’s tape, then blended Coral Bliss ink using the Life Changing Blender Brushes, concentrating the color towards the edges of the open section, leaving the very center white. I stamped a greeting from Wispy Begonia using Jet Black ink, then arranged my little floral bouquet and adhered it using foam tape. The final touch was to add some jewels. 

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, for some fun giveaway information. Altenew is giving away SIX $50 shopping sprees to the Altenew store! Simply comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 12/18/2018 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 12/22/2018.

Altenew has also generously provided a $30 gift certificate for my to give away to my own blog readers, as well! All you have to do to win is 1) be a blog follower (either via email or wordpress, bloglovin, etc) and 2) leave me a comment telling me your favorite new product from today’s release! Winner will be announced on 12/18/2018, so be sure to be a follower to find out if you’re the lucky one! 

Your next stop is  Lilith Eeckels‘s blog. Thank you so much for visiting today, and happy hopping! 

Good morning! I have a special post for you today. Ellen Hutson is celebrating 12 fabulous years as one of our favorite places on the interwebs, and the Design Ambassadors are sharing our favorite Essentials By Ellen stamp sets with you today! No surprise here, my favorite Essentials By Ellen stamp set is the amazing, absolutely gorgeous in all mediums Mondo Peony set. I’m not entirely sure why peonies are my favorite flowers… something about the graceful curve to their petals just makes my eyes turn to hearts. I have an embarrassingly large collection of peony stamps, but the sheer size and the variety of shapes included in the Mondo Peony set from Ellen Hutson makes it my most favorite.

For my project, I of course had to create a cluster of beautiful peony blooms, so I began by stamping three of the blooms from the Mondo Peony set using Hero Arts Intense Black ink, then stamping them again on masking paper. While the masking paper was still adhered, I stamped foliage using the same black Copic-friendly ink.

After my stamping was complete, it was time to start coloring. I have really been enjoying using my hex chart from Sandy Allnock when choosing my Copic markers. It allows me to see how colors might work together, even if they’re not necessarily from the same color family or in numerical order. I used: RV23, RV55, V05, V06, V09 for the pink peony petals. The addition of the V09 adds some purple to this bright pink bloom, creating lots of depth, and I just love the almost watermelon color that this combination creates.

After I’d finished coloring all of my images, I stamped and die cut the greeting from Mondo Sakura and the coordinating die set, which includes some beautiful word dies. I white embossed the greeting on some strips of black card stock, then die cut the “beautiful” from both black glitter card stock and twice more from regular white card stock. I then adhered all of the die cuts together to create a dimensional die cut. I adhered the greeting with liquid and foam adhesive, then added some Rose Gold gems from Pretty Pink Posh to finish it off.

Now, to celebrate 12 fantastic years of Ellen Hutson, she’s having a sale!

Use the coupon code celebration18 to receive 20% off of your order through midnight on 11/20/2018! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and go get your shop on!

Good morning! Some of the ladies from the Hero Arts Creative Team are hopping along today to show you how well the fabulous products from Hero Arts play with the products from Marvy Uchida! It’s always so fun to try different mediums with different brands, so I hope you’ll enjoy a sample of some of the fun products that Marvy Uchida carries for papercrafters! You should have arrived from Ilina’s blog, and your next stop is Janette’s blog. On to the project!

I love using non-traditional colors for holiday cards. There’s something so fun about opening a Christmas card and seeing something unique and elegant. Marvy Uchida was kind enough to send me a set of the Le Plume markers to play with. They’re a water-based dye marker, and they were perfect for doing a bit of watercoloring! I began by heat embossing the Hero Arts Holiday Foliage Bold Prints background die using Silver Embossing Powder onto some Bristol card stock. I chose to work with Bristol over another brand because the Holiday Foliage background is so very detailed and intricate; I didn’t want any of those beautiful details to get lost in the embossing! I then used the lovely cool shades included in the Le Plume marker set to do some watercoloring in a non-traditional but still wintry color scheme. The markers blended beautifully with a damp paintbrush!

For the greeting, I used silver embossing powder to stamp the classic “season’s greetings” from the Hero Arts Holiday Greetings stamp set, then layered the sentiment strip on a vellum die cut using the new Fancy Ornaments Infinity Dies. I punched a hole in the top of the vellum die cut, threaded some pretty aqua twine and added a twine bow. I trimmed the watercolored panel down and layered it on a piece of minty pool paper.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Now, for some fun giveaway information! Leave a comment on the blogs participating in the blog hop to be entered to win one of two prize packs from Hero Arts and Marvy Uchida! The giveaway closes on Sunday, October 21. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Find out all of the details on the Hero Arts blog and get linked up to all of the blog hop stops.

Thanks so much for stopping by!