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Ellen Hutson October 2021 Release!

October 15, 2021

Hi there! The folks over at Ellen Hutson have a beautiful new Essentials By Ellen release, and I’m excited to be helping them show off some of their new goodies! I used some wrapping paper that I found in my (embarrassingly massive) stash of holiday wrapping paper for the inspiration for today’s project, so let’s get started with the details!

My project today features the beautiful, graphic new Holiday Sprigs stamp set. This holiday floral set is a great size, especially for creating your own patterned paper as I’ve done here, and features both the outline stamps and the solid interior stamps! For my project today, I did a little old-fashioned stamping (I even used a plain old acrylic block instead of my Misti… haven’t done that in a while!!) to create some custom patterned paper. I began by stamping my largest outline image, in this case the poinsettia, randomly over my white card front using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black ink. I then filled in the bare spots, starting with my second largest image, and working my way down to the smallest image.

Once I had my stamped outline pattern complete, it was time to fill in the images with the solid stamps using some of my favorite colored inks. I used some of my favorite Christmas-y colors from Concord and 9th: Poppy, Cranberry, Honeysuckle, Parsley, Clover. Once I had finished stamping my images, I used a black fine tip pen to add some black polka dots to the background to create some super modern looking holiday patterned paper!

For my greeting, I used one of the older Ellen Hutson holiday stamp sets: Retro Holiday Greetings. I love the juxtaposition of the modern background with the retro font of the greeting! I stamped it on a rectangle of white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian ink, then matted the white rectangle with a slightly larger rectangle of Pitch Black cardstock. I die cut a black glitter Essential Rectangles frame, then mounted it on the patterned card front using liquid adhesive. I popped up the matted sentiment with foam tape, then added a few Pretty Pink Posh Graphite gems for some sparkle!

Well, that’s all for today’s project! I have a few more to share with you, but my babies are not going to let me do anymore blogging today. But! Ellen Hutson is running a fantastic Free Gift With Purchase promo to celebrate their new release:

Simply spend $75 on Essentials By Ellen products this weekend (10/15-10/17), and you will receive the Oh What Fun stamp set for free!! Not only are they running a Gift With Purchase promotion, but they also have a Fall Savings category, where you can save 30% on the items in the category! Click here to see all of the goodies in the sale category.

Well, that’s all for my projects today. Thanks so much for reading, and have a marvelous day!

Spellbinders Zenspired Holidays Inspiration!

October 23, 2018

Good morning! After an invigorating weekend away with some dear friends, I am back today with a new blog post using some lovely new holiday goodies from Spellbinders! I was lucky enough to play with the new Christmas Sentiments and Dangling Ornaments stamp sets from the Zenspirations collection by Spellbinders. Let’s get started with the details!

I started by heat embossing the ornaments from the Dangling Ornaments stamp set onto some Arches cold press watercolor paper using Brass embossing powder. I like the richer tones of the Brass when compared to plain gold… just adds a little extra depth to the color scheme. I then used the Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors in shades of Pine, Strawberry, Deep Ocean Liquid Watercolors to color each of the ornaments in a super traditional color scheme. The ornament stamps reminded me very much of those beautiful vintage ornaments that my great-grandmother had on her Christmas tree, and I couldn’t resist painting them with those bright, primary colors.

For the background, I used Mowed Lawn, Barn Door, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks to create a background that reminds me of old, ceramic, multi-colored Christmas lights. I diluted a dab of the new Hero Arts Bronze Glimmer Paints with a bit of water, then splattered it onto the blended background. I fussy cut the watercolored ornaments, then adhered them to the blended card front using dimensional adhesive. I heat embossed the greeting from Christmas Sentiments onto a strip of vellum, then folded the edges over the bottom of the card front to “hide” the strips of adhesive.

I mounted the whole front panel on an A2 card base.

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you will check out the entire Zenspirations collection from Spellbinders. There are some really beautiful stamps and dies in the collection… and they’re so fun to paint! I think they’d be great blended or with alcohol inks, too. Thanks so much for dropping by, and have a marvelous day!

Concord and 9th Feature Friday, Volume 2!

August 17, 2018

Good morning! Today is the second installment of the Where Creativity Meets C9‘s Feature Friday for Concord and 9th’s 3rd Birthday Month! Today, we are focusing on the So Happy For You stamps and dies. I’ve combined these pretty, simple florals with some cool blues and greens and grays to create a pair of cards. Let’s get started with the details!

For my first card, I created a custom floral pattern for the background of my card base using the new So Happy For You stamp set. I started with my largest floral image, stamping it randomly across the card front, then moved to my next largest floral image in a different shade of blue, then foliage, etc, until I had created a pretty flowery background. I then used the Posie Fill-In coordinating dies to die cut “FRIEND” from the center of the floral background, reserving all of the pieces to create a peekaboo die cut sentiment. I die cut the “friend” three more times from plain white scrap card stock, adhered them all together, then nestled them in the negative space of the card front’s die cut “friend.” The dimension added by the extra die cuts helps to emphasize the greeting. I added the rest of the stamped greeting from Posie Fill-In on a strip of white card stock, then popped it up with dimensional foam tape. The final step was to add some gems for sparkle and texture.

For my second project, I wanted to create an almost farmhouse themed card using the new Shiplap Sentiments stamp set combined with the pretty florals from So Happy For You. I began by stamping the Shiplap Sentiments background using just a regular stamping block onto some plain white card stock. I then die cut several of the blooms and foliage from the So Happy For You combo from plain white card stock and stamped them in the same colors from the previous card. I layered them all in the corner of the shiplap background, adding a greeting from Shiplap Sentiments with foam tape. A few more jewels finished it off.

Well, that’s all for me today! Be sure to check out the rest of the new birthday release from Concord and 9th… soo many fantastic new sets, including a floral that I’ve absolutely been swooning over! They also have some fantastic sales going on in their Sale section! I’d highly encourage you to go check it out! Thanks so much for dropping by today. Have a marvelous weekend!

Pattern Happy Blog Hop with Ellen Hutson!

March 30, 2018

Good morning! Today, some of the ladies from Ellen Hutson have a treat for you. We are helping to introduce a new product line to the Ellen Hutson lineup: Pattern Happy. If you’re unfamiliar with this particular company, definitely go take a look at the products that are now available in the Ellen Hutson shop! They’re darling. They offer some really adorable patterned papers in addition to the sweetest stamps. I’m talking rainbows, flowers, and hearts. Doesn’t get much cuter than that!! For my projects today, I chose to work with Bloom Builder, Mini Greetings, and the Mini Containers dies, in addition to some of the fabulous patterned papers.

One of the things that struck me most with the patterned papers was the ability to customize the black and white stack called Color Me. I chose to color just a few of the hearts from this fairly simple pattern. Nothing more classic than black and white with a pop of pink! I used just one Copic marker on this A2 panel, then added some Crystal Lacquer over the top of the colored hearts to give some dimension.

Next, I trimmed three very thin strips of black card stock and adhered them to my colored heart panel. I also die cut a simple little label from the Mini Containers dies from some bright pink card stock, then added a heat embossed greeting from the Mini Greetings stamp set and popped it up with foam adhesive. I love when you can use a piece of patterned paper to make an easy but big impact on your card front!

For my second card today, I wanted to combine the fabulous thin black and white stripe patterned paper from the Geofetti paper pack with the pretty, graphic flowers from the Bloom Builder stamp set. I stamped the flower using pretty pink and green inks from Altenew, then added the details to the center of the flower and the greeting (from Mini Greetings) using Versafine and clear embossing powder. One of my favorite pattern combinations is to put stripes and flowers together… so perfect, and super chic this spring! I trimmed two strips of the black and white striped paper and adhered it to the edge of my card front, then trimmed down the long edges of my stamped panel. I added two very thin strips of turquoise card stock to the edge just to add a little pop and help define the edges of the white panel. The final step was to pop up the stamped panel with some dimensional adhesive!

Well, that’s all for my stop on the blog hop! What do you think of these adorable products!? Aren’t they fabulous? Not only do we have bunches of inspiration, we have prizes!!! Make sure to leave comments at each stop on the hop for a chance to win one of two Pattern Happy prize packs! Leave your comments before April 5th, at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be contacted via email.

Reverse Confetti Sketch For You To Try!

March 16, 2018

Good morning! Reverse Confetti has a fun monthly challenge, called Sketch For You To Try. Each month, they provide a card sketch for you to use as a basis for your own project to link up to the blog post.

Here is this month’s sketch:

For my project, I used the Something Wonderful stamp set to create a pretty bouquet. It’s starting to feel like spring in my neck of the woods (at least the longer days and sunny weather outside my window look like spring… temps have been lying, though.) I love black and pink during the winter… in my cards, in my clothes… but for some reason, about mid-February, my mind switches gears to navy and coral, sometimes together, sometimes apart. You’ll see lots of coral in my projects over the next few weeks. 😉

I stamped the pretty, lacy bouquet from Something Wonderful three times using the three lightest shades in the Tea Party ink bundle from Altenew, then fussy cut them (but you could also use the coordinating dies). I also die cut and heat embossed a greeting from the Kindness Cards stamp and die set using Platinum Embossing Powder.

I arranged the flowers in a pretty bouquet on my navy A2 card front, then adhered it with dimensional foam adhesive, adding the sentiment die cuts and strip to the bottom corner. I also added a few little floral dots (I can’t remember the name of the stamp set I used… sorry!) using white pigment ink on the blue background, just to give a bit of interest to the card base. The final step was to add some sequins to represent the three small circles at the bottom left of the card sketch.

Now it’s your turn! Use the sketch and your Reverse Confetti supplies to create as many cards as you like and enter them in the linkup! You have until March 29, 2018 to enter your projects to be eligible to win a $20 shopping spree in the Reverse Confetti store!

That’s all for me today! Have a marvelous day, friends!

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