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ESSENTIALS BY ELLEN JUNE 2023 RELEASE

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Yessirreee, the June 2023 Essentials by Ellen Release is available now!

When I was first introduced to stamping and card making over 30 years ago, postage themed rubber stamps were VERY prevalent and I LOVED using my collection to make collage style greetings and dress up my envelopes! Back then, the art style was reflective of real/vintage postage stamps, as well as date and cancellation markings.

Today, we’ve given it a modern and refreshing whimsical touch and it is so much FUN to play with!

Stroll through the slideshow above to see a few ideas I developed (Alas, there’s never enough hours in the day to execute all the ideas running through my head . . . ) and be sure to check out the Ellen Hutson Instagram Hop for more inspiration and give some comment love to all the contributing designers for a chance to win in the giveaway!

Thanks for stopping by today—if you have time to comment below, I’d love to know which of the products speak to your card-makin’ soul! Also, if you have any questions about these samples, feel free to ask in the comments!

Disclosure: I include affiliate links to the products used in my projects and make a small commission when you purchase via those links, at no extra dimes to you. 🙂 Thank you for buying all the things!

SUPPLIES:

Happy Mail Die - EH

Envelope Slider Dies - EH

Catherine Pooler Do-si-do Ink - EH

Catherine Pooler Samba Ink - EH

Catherine Pooler Suede Shoes Ink - EH

Catherine Pooler Wintergreen Ink - EH

Catherine Pooler Dress Blues Ink - EH

Versamark Ink - EH

Detail White Embossing Powder - EH

Versafine Nocturne Ink - EH

Clear Embossing Powder - EH

Dual Temp Heat Embossing Tool - EH

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers (used for watercolor) - EH

Canson XL Watercolor Paper - EH

Concord & 9th Sorbet Card Stock - EH

Concord & 9th Midnight Card Stock - EH

Neenah Solar White 80# Card Stock - EH

Kraft Card Stock - EH

Dune Wool Felt - EH

Winter White Wool Felt - EH

Coral Wool Felt - EH

Very Light Turquoise Embroidery Floss - EH

Peel n’ Stick Fabric Fuse - EH

Gemini Jr. - EH

Spellbinders Platinum 6 - EH

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HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE CRICUT CARD SUMMIT?

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If you're new around here, you may not have realized yet just how much I enjoy card-making with my Cricut Maker, or why I use it so often now.  It's literally become one of my favorite and funnest tools to work with!

Maybe you're on the fence about whether or not you would really use one or maybe you have one, but you still haven't taken it out of the box.  I know folks that have had theirs sitting unopened for a year or more!  ACK!!! 

That said, I wanted to encourage you to grab your free ticket to the Cricut Card Summit, which is coming up May 16-18th!  I will be presenting at this online event and would LOVE to see you join the fun!  I am an affiliate so if you purchase the All Access Pass via my link, I do receive a commission.

Join me at the CRICUT CARD SUMMIT and learn how to foil using the Foil Quill + the Cricut!

I am not what you'd call a “techie”, BUT, I believe digital cutters, like the Cricut, not only make certain aspects of card-making easier, they expand our creative options!  And, I think it's pretty cool that we live in an era where it's becoming increasingly possible to create and craft more things at home, that not too long ago, would have required pro-grade equipment or a factory setting!  •fist bump•

 

THE BENEFITS OF USING A CRICUT/DIGITAL CUTTER

Just a few things that immediately come to mind for me:

  1. Sometimes, you need something last minute—a pre-designed card can be made faster than you can hop into the car and head to the nearest card shop! And, you still made it yourself!

  2. The Cricut is a multi-purpose craft tool: It can not only cut, it can draw, foil, engrave, score and deboss! That’s a lot of capability in a tool!

  3. Cut, draw/foil, engrave designs can be resized as needed (they’re not “fixed” to a specific size)

  4. Need multiples? The Cricut can render the same design on repeat as much as you like!


If you want to learn how to maximize all the different card-making techniques you can do with this machine, the Cricut Card Summit is the perfect introduction:

PRESENTATION SAMPLES

Registration is totally free, with the presentations lasting 24 hours from the time they go live. Please note that if you want early and on-going access, and all the VIP bonus materials, make sure to snag the All Access Pass (affil).

ALL ACCESS PASS BONUS MATERIALS

It’s going to be a fun event, with some great giveaways, too!

Hope you can join us!

Disclosure: I include affiliate links to the products used in my projects and make a small commission when you purchase via those links, at no extra dimes to you. 🙂 Your support is appreciated more than I can say!

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BIRTHDAY VIBES

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Disclosure: I include affiliate links to the products used in my projects and make a small commission when you purchase via those links, at no extra dimes to you. 🙂 Your support is appreciated more than I can say!

ESSENTIALS BY ELLEN APRIL 2023 RELEASE IS AVAILABLE NOW (affil)

I am addicted to “type”. I love words, letter forms and typography. There’s a lotta’ my beloved type in this release and the larger the type, the more it makes me giddy. I’m sharing a few samples I made with my new stamps, dies and hot foil designs but there’s a lot more inspo and goodness over on the release page, so check it out by clicking the photo above, or the link directly beneath.

Closer details can be seen in the slide show below:

I share more insights and details on the products I designed and the samples above in a recent video on the Ellen Hutson YouTube Channel right HERE.

Someone on Instagram asked about the colors I used so I am listing the color palette I stuck with for all my samples down below in the supplies. Note, some are paper colors that have been discontinued 😭 but I have included suggestions for alternatives I think would be lovely and are very similar in hue.

Hope you get a chance to join the Ellen Hutson Release Hop over on Instagram—there’s a giveaway and all you need to do is leave some comment love on the hop stops, to toss your name into the hat for an opportunity to win! The eye candy is DELISH!!!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you found the above inspiring!

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LOVE, FRIENDSHIP & VALENTINE RELEASE TODAY!

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A new release is here—YAY!!! All the samples on the release page (affil. link) have been givin’ me the vapors!

There’s an Instagram hop going on—skedaddle on over to see eye candy from the design team, toss your name into the hat for prizes and just flat out be inspired! Link: Instagram Hop starts at @ellenhutsonllc

I’m sharing a few samples here, that I’ve shared on my Instagram, in case you don’t follow me there. Hey, I totally get it; not everyone is on all the social medias—not everyone actually “likes” social medias. #amirite? #itsOK

feat. BIG LOVE STAMP SET/DIE (affil link)

Glued some strips of colorful card stock onto my base card, triple die cut LOVE and layered the letters together to create faux chipboard and clear embossed “ya’” over the stripes. A deviation from my normal white; love it so much, I wanna marry it! LOL!

feat. SO CHEWSY STAMP SET/DIE (background hearts from BIG LOVE) (affil links)

Stamped a random background of hearts in my color scheme and popped the die cut image onto a mini Action Wobbler (affil link)—it will compress down when you slip it into the envelope but as you slide it out, it will bobble! One of my favorite interactive mechanisms because it comes already preassembled and you just slap it on there. BAM!!!

I couldn’t capture the shine of the Rose Gold hot foil stamping on the mailboxes, but it is soooooo pretty IRL!

  1. Die cut from watercolor paper (affil link)

  2. Hot foil images

  3. Watercolor over top of foiled designs (it resists the paint/water like heat embossing does)

  4. Assemble

  5. Rinse & Repeat 🤣

Seriously, I could hot foil stamp all.day.long. And, the results on watercolor paper? CHEF’S KISS!!! #allthehearteyes

I like chocolate, but I LOVE dark chocolate and truffles most especially and this set is so fun to play around with because of the different truffle shapes and variety of “toppings”. That rich, chocolatey ink effect was achieved by first stamping the solid images using Catherine Pooler Spiced Ink, then ink blending directly onto the stamp using a sponge and Catherine Pooler Icing On the Cake and stamping over the top again to create some shading and dimension. I then stamped the detail images over top with Versamark and white embossed them.

If you have any trouble with embossing powder sticking where you don’t want it in this situation, make sure the solid images are fully dry —you can use your heat tool to warm the paper and evaporate any moisture—and by applying anti-static powder over the surface and THEN stamping and heat embossing the detail images.

I am old enough to remember the satisfying sound of the Librarian’s date stamp going “tttthhhhhunk!” onto a library card. When I got home with my books, I would slip the card out and then tuck it back into the pocket, repeatedly. No idea WHY I would do that, but I suspect it marked the beginning of my love affair with office supplies and stationery products. Go figure!

Hey, weirdough!

When you open this one, you’ll see a sweet surprise inside!

feat. JAMMIN’ STAMP SET/DIE (affil link)

I call this a Peek-a-boo Pop Out card—the li’l Bread Slice is hand-trimmed slightly smaller than the actual die cut window and mounted onto foam tape for dimension. Before mounting him through the window, I flush-mounted Jam to the inside of the card in a spot where, when you opened it, she would appear and be peeking over Bread’s “shoulder”—err, ahem—CRUST. (snort)

By the way, that decorative edge along the card front is actually one of the “WAVES” dies; I thought it made for an awesome, shallow and imperfect scalloped edge. (fist pump). Gently blended a little ink along the edge to make it pop a wee bit more.

I must admit that the “just because”, non-occasion-specific card is probably my most favorite of cards to make and receive.

How ‘about you?

Disclosure: I include affiliate links to the products used in my projects and make a small commission when you purchase via those links, at no extra dimes to you. 🙂 Your support is appreciated more than I can say!

OTHER SUPPLIES

The color palette I used for these samples:

Tools:

Embellishments:

Miscellaneous:

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IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON!

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The Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2022 Release is now live and available at ellenhutson.com (affil. link)

You can follow the Instagram hop at 9am Pacific and leave some comment love all along the way to enter the giveaways—who doesn’t love a prize, #amiright?

Snow Much Fun is based on the memory of getting my Christmas wish last year; snow. AND LOTS OF IT! My driveway had the grand littles whooping and swooping down into the front yard, building snowmen and warming their hands by a fire the Mister started when darkness fell and the twinkling tree lights came on. I watched them from the window, with my hands wrapped around a mug of coffee and Baileys. The scene outside wasn’t perfect picturesque nor Instagram worthy, but hearing the shouts and squeals of pure happy and seeing those grinning faces with rosy cheeks? Priceless!!!

feat. SNOW MUCH FUN STAMP/DIE (affil. link)

Hooray for snow days! Sure hope we get one or two this year!

Bundled Up makes me think of all things cozy and warm. And, I love a good solid/2 step stamp set sooooooo much!

NEW: BUNDLED UP STAMP SET & DIE / OH WHAT FUN! (last year’s gift with purchase set) (affil. links)

That knit pattern, those warm wintery colors . . . I just love this combo! It’s like . . . warm fuzzies all around!

OK, this next one is interactive—soooo much fun to play with and so stinkin’ CAYUUUTE!!! Even if I do say so m’self! (chinkle)

feat. SNOW ANGELS STAMP & DIE COMBO (affil. link)

But . . . WHAT DOES IT DO, Julie? Well, ladies & gentlemen, you can watch a little preview below on my Instagram. 😁

You can also see a full-fledged assembly video right on the release page → Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2022 Release (affil. link)—just scroll down the page towards the bottom, and you’ll see the video player. You can also watch it on the Ellen Hutson YouTube Channel HERE.

So, the color scheme I used on my samples? None other than my go-to inks by Catherine Pooler (EH affil. links):

I have more to share, but I’m tuckered at the moment—please stay tuned for more inspo to come!

Thanks for stopping by!

Disclosure: I include affiliate links to the products used in my projects and make a small commission when you purchase via those links, at no extra cost to you.

Thank you for buying all the things!