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ESSENTIALS BY ELLEN HOLIDAY 2021 RELEASE IS NOW LIVE

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Have you determined what you wanna make for your holiday cards this year? Cuz you’re in luck today! The Ellen Hutson Holiday 2021 Release just dropped! We’ve got snowflakes, stockings, festive holiday botanicals, bold typography and some lighthearted snark for the insides of your greetings (HINT: take a close look at Sending Holiday Cheer on that release page; just sayin’ . . . ) that will elicit some laughs from the recipients of your creations!

feat. Essentials Snowflakes Die Set / Oh What Fun Stamp Set (Gift with $75 purchase)

feat. Essentials Snowflakes Die Set / Oh What Fun Stamp Set (Gift with $75 purchase)

Today I wanted to highlight the Gift With Purchase Set “Oh What Fun”—I adore the modern lettering and how nicely it plays with this “eclipse” technique, using the new Essentials Sowflakes set (the largest of the set was used to create the eclipse, and the other sizes were layered all over to create a faux embossing folder effect!

“On What Fun” will be included with any orders of $75 at ellenhutson.com Oct 15-17 (while supplies last; please see the website for details).

The ombré inking effect on the sentiment was achieved by inking and stamping first with Rockin’ Red (a stamp positioning tool, like the MISTI, is key to creating this effect with precision), then inking the lower half of the sentiment with Peppermint Scrub, blending the edge with a smooth blending sponge, to avoid a hard line, and stamping again directly over the first impression. The end result will be a beautifully smooth transition from the red to the deeper almost wine hue. I’m a sucker for ombré . . .

If you’re not familiar with the “eclipse” technique, you can see me demonstrate it during a LIVE with Ellen that we did for Summer of Stamping. It’s definitely one of my all-time favorite techniques. Because easy.

As for the faux embossing folder effect? I have a tip for ya’:

Apply Stick-It Sheet adhesive to the back of your card stock BEFORE die cutting the snowflakes; then you can just peel and stick ‘em wherever you want on your card front all quick-like. When you trim off snowflakes that end up hanging off the edge of your card front, many of them can be positioned elsewhere you feel there are any gaps (along the outer straight edges). •fist pump•

I’ll be sharing more samples in the coming days—thanks so much for reading!

NEW ESSENTIALS BY ELLEN FEBRUARY 2019

Featured set: A Breve Note

I love using Liquid Appliqué to make fluffy. puffy white effects, like the vanilla ice cream on this card! •all the heart eyes• By the by, I’ve never had an affogato, but I think I should soon. Cuz I think I would kinda love it. OK, probably love it a latté! •chinkle•

After my card was finished, I squeezed a round-ish shape where I thought a scoop of ice cream would look good and “puffed” it. If you’ve never used Liquid Appliqué before, here’s a tip (or two):

TIP:

  • If you heat Liquid Appliqué right away, while it’s still wet, it puffs up “irregularly” and uneven, which, depending on the effect you’re going for, looks great, and what I did on this design. Don’t get too close with your heat gun; stay just close enough to watch it puff (you don’t want to scorch it) and then continue heating it gently, so it gets heated all the way thru, for maximum puff.

  • If you don’t heat it thoroughly, it will kinda deflate/collapse down because the gooey stuff on the inside is still wet. You can rectify that by heating it back up (gently) again. It will rise/puff back up and just continue gently heating it until it no longer deflates/collapses and holds its form.

  • If you wait overnight to heat Liquid Appliqué, it will have dried thoroughly and you will end up with a “smooth and consistent” puff—think freshly fallen snow, before any creature has had a chance to make tracks across it.

Inside caption: “Better latté than never” (from A Breve Note)

I actually used my Clean Color Real Brush Markers to lay down color where I wanted it, and then went over some of them lightly with a water brush to blend the colors out as I wanted. It’s kind of an earthy color scheme, but I really like it! (The specific colors I used are listed down below in the supplies) You can intensify the pale colors by going over them and building up the color but you really only need a light touch with the mid-darker colors; those are pretty intense on their own and a little goes a loooong way when you begin to blend them out with a waterbrush. Just sayin’…

The coffee themed stamp sets in this release make me so giddy—I’m caffeine fiend! The whole release is live now—you can see this latest collection here: Essentials by Ellen February 2019 Release. There’s a ton of creative “fuel” in the way of samples and ideas!

I’ll be sharing more samples in the coming days so I hope you’ll come back and see what else I’ve had fun making with this release!

Do you have a particular favorite?