PEAS AND CARROTS: ELLEN AND JULIE LIVE ON YOUTUBE

So… Ellen and I went LIVE on YouTube… We had some technical difficulties… And, we laughed. A LOT. And, I had fun re-making this card ↑ and sharing tips not only for this, but for clean and simple card-making in general. If you weren’t able to join us, you can catch the replay HERE.

Because my desktop computer is not close to my “work” desk, I left it off and therefore, I couldn’t see the comments on the chat. Ellen did her best to keep an eye on those and relay them to me, while she was running the back-end of things, because I am obviously sooooo not a good multi-tasker.

To the folks who asked what colors I used on my project, the supplies list is below!

We truly, TRULY appreciate the support all of you give us! Thank you for showing up, for listening to us dish and cackle—well, I cackle—and share the back-story of how our friendship came to be.

And, for hanging in there while I muddled my way through an entire LIVE demo! OY!

THANK YOU EVER SO MUCHLY!!!

I refer to Ellen and myself as peas & carrots with a whole lot of fondness and affection; we’ve been friends and crafty co-conspirators for a long, loooooong time. (grin) The photo above was taken the very day she had invited me to lunch at her house and we met FOR REALZ for the very first time!

GOOD TIMES!!!

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SUPPLIES:

• All the Feels by Julie Ebersole, Summer of Stamping Designer Dies

• Swing N Slide By Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies (used the wavy channel die to create my stencil)

• Tutti Frutti, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Limoncello, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Mint To Be, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Lime Rickey, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• All That Jazz, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Large Blending Brushes 4 Pack, Catherine Pooler Tools

• Blending Brushes 4 Pack, Catherine Pooler Tools

• Solar White - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

• Solar White Heavyweight 110 lb - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

• Stainless Tweezers, Elisa's Backporch Design

• Jewel Picker, Marvy Uchida

• Chisel Tip, ZIG 2 Way Glue

• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz.

• X-Press It Tape Runner

• Tombow Mono Sand Eraser (512A)

• Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer by Tim Holtz

• Crafter's Companion Gemini Junior (motorized)

• Platinum 6 Die Cutting And Embossing Machine, Spellbinders Tools (manual)

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

LIVE ON YOUTUBE WITH ELLEN

Smackin’ my forehead because I forgot to share this tidbit—Wanna hang out with me and Ellen while we chat and craft? We’ll be LIVE on YouTube 10 AM Thursday, August 5! Yes, that’s tomorrow!

HERE’S A LINK: ELLEN AND JULIE LIVE ON YOUTUBE

The link will not be LIVE until the schedule time, so if you get there early, just snag a cuppa’!

Hope to see you there! And, no worries if ya’ can’t make it; there should be a replay shortly afterwards!

EBE SUMMER OF STAMPING WEEK 4 RELEASE NOW LIVE

Summer of Stamping Week 4 release is available now in the shop! Check out our Instagram Hop, beginning HERE, for tons more inspo and opportunities to win prizes! Leave some comment love at each stop along the way to throw your name into the giveaways hat!

Below, I’m highlighting Everything’s Beachy and the new hot foil stamp “Good Vibes Only” in my projects today!

feat. EVERYTHING’S BEACHY

As in pretty much all my card-making of late, I’ve been watercoloring everything—if I have to color, that’s my pick. This layout isn’t anything particularly special, but it’s one of my favorites—I split that top panel where I wanted the sea and the sand to meet using one of the Landscapes Dies , and watercolored just the edges of each separately; they were popped up with a slight gap between them and I embellished with some of those clear droplets I love so much! I really dig having the sunbrella hanging off the edge there, too. Adds interest!

feat. EVERYTHING’S BEACHY

I used the same Landscapes Dies to create the division—but this time I went on the angle, and very lightly ink blended the beach with a hint of Shea Butter and Sand Castle. The water’s edge was gently blended with All That Jazz and then I went over part of that with Lime Rickey to create another color.

feat. EVERYTHING’S BEACHY

I love having the pop of colored surfboards with the surfer dude there at one end of a series of uncolored boards; I must confess it actually turned out even better IRL than what I was picturing in my head (or chicken scratch sketches, LOL!).

feat. GOOD VIBES ONLY Hot foil Stamp

And this last one? I’m crazy CRAZY happy about the retro style of this brand new hot foil stamp! I just made a monochromatic background by stamping the Swirl Background in Limoncello over Sour Lemon card stock (I did have to stamp several times to get the intensity of ink color I wanted—easy with a MISTI). Man, oh man, I guess I could have taken it further, but for me just the simple gold foiling (Gemini Foil Press) right over the top of that was absolute PERFECTION!!!

I’ll be sharing more of the samples I made for the release page here on my blog this week—thanks for stopping by today and don’t forget to cruise the Instagram Hop! May the odds be ever in your favour! (grin)

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If you’d like more info on products that coordinate well with the Everything’s Beachy and the Good Vibes Hot Foil Stamp, please visit the full release page HERE.

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

EBE SUMMER OF STAMPING RELEASE 3 NOW LIVE

A darling release, Summer Circles, by Pretty Pink Posh exclusively for the Essentials by Ellen Summer of Stamping is now available in the shop and we’re hopping on Instagram with some FAB inspo and prizes to be won!

To enter the giveaways, follow the hop, which begins HERE on the Ellen Hutson Instagram and leave some comment love along the way!

Below, I’m sharing still shots of the projects I created for the release page with this set—I’m so pleased with how they turned out!

feat. SUMMER CIRCLES BY PRETTY PINK POSH FOR ELLEN HUTSON

The beach-themed images in the set are so fun! I watercolored the images before cutting them out with the matching die (sentiment borrowed from Good Day) I’ve been watercoloring most of my projects of late, but this would also be adorable if you white embossed the images on bright colors of card stock and kept the same layout!

I ink blended Limoncello ink onto some Color Me Strips for a quick and easy accent. BOOM!!!

feat. SUMMER CIRCLES BY PRETTY PINK POSH FOR ELLEN HUTSON

These images and the matching dies are just begging to be made into shaker tags! Used these adorable tiny gold and iridescent stars for the bits inside—love how they sparkle! (borrowed and attached the “hanging tag” from the Shaker Globe)

feat. SUMMER CIRCLES BY PRETTY PINK POSH FOR ELLEN HUTSON

More of those Color Me Strips used here, but scroll down to the final photo and you’ll see this card has a super fun twist to it!

feat. SUMMER CIRCLES BY PRETTY PINK POSH FOR ELLEN HUTSON

I used the “sun” shaped and circle dies that coordinate with the stamp set to create this window on the front panel for the sunshine to peek through! It’s nigh impossible to see that detail in a flat-lay, so I tried to take an angled shot this way so you could see the fun peek-a-boo effect! AND, heck yeah, it still will fit into a standard A-2 envelope for mailing! (fist pump)

CAN YOU HEAR ME MONKEY CLAPPING???!!!

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Thanks for stopping by!

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If you’d like more info on products that coordinate well with the Mondo Anthurium, please visit the release page HERE.

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

EBE SUMMER OF STAMPING MONDO ANTHURIUM

EBE SUMMER OF STAMPING 2021

Sharing more inspo today in the way of samples made with the Mondo Anthurium. (matching dies HERE).

The Hibiscus and Plumeria are more widely known tropical flowers, but Anthuriums always make me stop right in my tracks because they are so exotic and unique looking—makes me feel like I’m deep in the heart of a lush, tropical jungle or drifting in a canoe along a secret river with gorgeous vegetation all around . . .

This one I clear embossed with Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn ink onto watercolor paper, prior to watercoloring; white embossed the stripes background onto a separate panel and then blended the palest blue gently over the top so it enhanced but didn’t distract from the Anthuriums.

Here I clear embossed Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide onto VELLUM card stock before mounting to a simple white card; the gold washi tape just adds one more stroke of elegance to an otherwise super simple design and brings out the gold embossed sentiment a wee bit more.

Anthuriums come in beautiful hues of soft and medium pinks and even bold reds! But, the white ones are equally stunning and I couldn’t tell you which ones I like the most because I find them all just gorgeous (happy eyes, happy sighs)

Thank you for visiting me on the blog today! Have a gooder! (chinkle!)

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If you’d like more info on products that coordinate well with the Mondo Anthurium, please visit the release page HERE.

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