Peace, Love, Joy and embossing paste with Ellen Huston Essentials

Hello everyone! And Happy day after World CardMaking day to you all! I spent the entire day in bed with  a terrible head cold/sinus infection! I am drugged up at the moment so perfect time to blog my next card using the Essentials by Ellen line… Did you see my post yesterday featuring 6 cards from the line? Today I am back with project #7. When I got this release, I just couldn’t put it down! It is all so fantastic! Today’s card uses the Brushstroke Christmas set. I love the big, bold sentiments and the stars and dot splatters on the set! SO much fun.  See the gold dots? Thats the dots! I stamped them in versamark and heat set them with some Enchanted Gold embossing powder!  The sentiment was heat embossed with Liquid Platinum embossing powder, my favorite embossing powder because it seems to go with everything!

Then I applied some embossing paste to this stencil and let it dry.  As a finishing step, I went over the entire panel with some worn lipstick and pumice stone distress inks and voila… All done… Loving all the texture and shine….

If you wish to see videos on ANY of the Essential by Ellen projects I have made, please let me know which ones in the comments… So far, I have two posts featuring these products!!!

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Mama Elephant and Me Challenge: Anything Goes

It’s a big month over at Mama Elephant! They are turning 2 years old! Lots of celebrating will go on this month so be sure to follow them if you don’t already! Today it’s all about the Mama Elephant and Me October Challenge. Wow! October! Since there is so much partying going on over there this month, we decided ANYTHING GOES would be the perfect theme! So bring it! I got inky for this challenge and have to say I love the results….. Isn’t that city scape gorgeous? Hello Central Park…. I so want to go back to NYC! Badly.. I like to visit, not live there because I’m too lazy to walk everywhere, but I sure love visiting……. The background was inked up with distress inks and then I went over the stencil with water. Just plain ole’ H2O.

The die was cut several times…… Inked up with the same distress inks and then I put a coating of glossy accents over the top. Look at the cityscape against the background. How cool is that. Is this something you would like to see a video tutorial on? Let me know in the comments…

You have ALL MONTH to play along in the Mama Elephant and Me challenge so no excuses!!! Be sure to head on over to the challenge blog, see the rest of the design team projects and all the deets on how you can play along and what prize is up for grabs!

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Embossing Paste Skyline

Hi there! Have a quick and easy card to share with you today! It is no secret I love stencils so I paired this stencil up with some Wendy Vecchi embossing paste! After letting it dry (about 30 minutes), I colored it in with some Spectrum Noir Blendable pencils and flicked on some white ink and voila.. Bright, colorful and the dimension from the paste is unexpected!!!  I mounted it on a hot pink card base! Love that bright shot of color when the recipient opens the card.

By now everyone’s kids are back to school! Mine started a few weeks ago while some of my other friend’s kids started this week! How is it? My son loves school and he loves his teacher, so that makes it very easy on this Mom. I miss him to pieces during the day though!!!

Happy Wednesday to you all!

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Christmas in August with Lawn Fawn

So yes, I was in the Christmas spirit today so I took some time out of the day for myself and created this for the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting edge blog hop. This card actually took me a long time to make believe it or not, lol! But I had fun. First I stamped the images from several different Lawn Fawn stamps and colored them! Some images were then die cut while the rest were fussy cut! See the stitched panel background? That is from this Lawn Fawn set that will be available for purchase on the 28th of this month, just 3 more days! This release is amazing! I  die cut the Christmas tree from this set. I did some creative masking and decided to add some stripes to the background using this stencil from Simon Says Stamp.  I added some liquid applique to the gingerbread peeps.  And of course, I would so totally love to have that color fireplace in my house!

As I mentioned before, I am going to play along and join in on the fun over at the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge blog hop! You have until tonight to play along! If you need incentive other than fun and inspiration, there are about a bajillion prizes that can be won also.

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GUEST AT THE ELLEN HUTSON CLASSROOM – ACK! – GIVEAWAY – VIDEO

Yes! The title of this point warranted an all caps because I am yelling with joy and excitement!! I’m a guest over at THE Ellen Hutson CLASSroom today featuring 3 fun Fall themed projects showcasing stamps, dies and Design Memory Craft Faber Castell mediums like Whipped Spackle and  Glass Bead Glitter Gel! I also show some fun ways to stretch your dies! There is also a giveaway to be won, so be sure to read the end of the post!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH ELLEN for having me!! What an honor!!!! YOU ROCK!

On to the projects!!! I’ve got three of them so please head on over to the CLASSroom and check it out! Here’s a sneakie of the projects you will find over there:

And here are the goodies I used for these 3 projects, all found at Ellen Hutson!:

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In celebrate of my exciting news, I made one other project using the same supplies, but a different theme!  I went bright, bold and sparkly on this one and filmed a video too!!!

 

You can watch the video here or over on my youtube channel in HD! If you like it be sure to give me a thumbs up. Apparently it does something for youtube, lol! If you don’t like it, well..  Keep it to yourself! BAHAHAHHA.

 

 

And the goodies used for this project all found at Ellen Hutson:

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GIVEAWAY TIME

Now, what you have all been waiting for. GIVEAWAY TIME! Let’s take a look at what the amazingly kind and generous Ellen Hutson has put together to give to one of YOU! Look at all those goodies! My goodness! Looks like it is perfectly coordinated with the projects I made. Coincidence? NOPE! Ellen really put her whole heart into putting together the perfect prize package for you all! You can be eligible for the win by leaving me a comment between August 15th-August 19th! I will use random.org to choose the winner on August 2oth and will post it on my blog that day!

So there you have it!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!! BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY GUEST POST AT ELLEN HUTSON.   Have an amazingly wonderful day!

HOLA

HOLA! I’ve been majorly under the weather! This morning is the first day I have opened my computer! Propped up on my lap with a blanket and hot cocoa…. Sinus infections STINK!!!   I thought I’d share this card I made ions ago! Did some masking and some water coloring here! Pretty straight forward I’d say! I hope everyone has a good week! My son goes back to school in a week, sniff sniff! I am so sad that I have a 3rd grader in the house.

All supplies are listed below from multiple sources…. (EH =Ellen Hutson, BM =BlueMoon Scrapbooking, SSS = Simon Says Stamp,   AZ =Amazon).

Goodies used:

EH – Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Big Words SSS – Mama Elephant Clear Stamp BIG WORDS Set ME1306-034 SSS – Onyx Black Ink – Versafine EH – VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black AZ – Tsukineko Full-Size VersaFine Instant Dry Pigment Ink, Onyx Black EH – Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549 Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 24 COLOR SET EH – Kuretake Gansai Tambi, 36 Color Set Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES Brush Ranger 3M Scotch ROLL GREEN MASKING TAPE Post-It Adhesive 2650-G Eclipse Art Masking Tape ScotchBlue Painter's Tape, Advanced Multi-Surface, .94-Inch by 60-Yard ScotchBlue Painter's Tape, Multi-Use, .94-Inch by 60-Yard EH – 3M Post-It Labeling Tape, 2 in x 36 yd

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Shaker card meets Winnie and Walter

Hi there! Today I’ve got my second ever shaker card ready to roll! I didn’t film the process this time, lol! I’ve paired the shaker with some Winnie and Walter stamps, Pretty Pink Posh dies, WPlus9 inks and cardstock and some fun sequins I just found in my stash! See the vertical lines on the card base? I made that using my score-board. All supplies are linked below to multiple sources. I am in the process of getting a hosted blog so the supply list will look a lot more cleaner soon…. I love this Winnie and Walter stamp set…  I use the same set to make this vibrant chalkboard style card.  Today, I used it to make this one. See how universal this set is?  It made for some fun images inside the window. The snail is on the bottom left, but the poor little bugger got covered up with sequins, lol!

Hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by today! If you’ve got any questions, just leave a comment! 🙂 Or just leave a comment anyways, lol!

All supplies are listed below from multiple sources…. (EH =Ellen Hutson, BM =BlueMoon Scrapbooking, SSS = Simon Says Stamp,   AZ =Amazon).

Goodies used (linked to multiple sources) – Yes, once I get a hosted blog all this will look much, much better!

Winnie & Walter YOU’VE GOT LOVE MAIL Clear Stamps EH – Pretty Pink Posh Dies, Stitched Duo 1 SSS – Pretty Pink Posh STITCHED DUO 1 Steel Craft Die SD1 EH – Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Femme Frames SSS – *Mama Elephant FEMME FRAMES Creative Cuts Steel Die MEL-001D Prima Flowers PEONY Color Bloom Spray Mist 573904 EH – Martha Stewart Scoring Board SSS – Martha Stewart Scoring Board WPLUS9 Flamingo Dye Ink WPLUS9 – Wild Mango Dye Ink WPLUS9 – Sweet Nectar Dye Ink WPLUS9 – Original 10 Collection Wplus9 Lake House Cardstock Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets EH – A Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk EH – Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape 3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent

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