OCTOBER 2019 ESSENTIALS BY ELLEN RELEASE

To see the whole release and oodles of inspo, click on the link → Essentials by Ellen October 2019 Release

The Essentials by Ellen October 2019 Release is here! YAAAASSSSSS!!! •fist pump•

And we are hopping with lots of eye candy to spark some creative magic!

Here are a few samples to hopefully inspire:

Feat. Lil' Squatch Stamp Set by Julie Ebersole + Lil' Squatch Die Set by Julie Ebersole | Mountain Holiday by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps | Landscapes by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

Big Foot, Sasquatch or Yeti—makes no difference when you’re a legend! •wink•

Feat. Totally Random Sayings Volume 3 Stamp Set by Julie Ebersole |Speech Bubbles by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

Inside, it reads “And that is all.” (also from Totally Random Sayings Volume 3 Stamp Set by Julie Ebersole) . This is a great set for mixing and matching with lots of different images—the typeset is modern with sassy undertones, but not overly formal or stuffy. I like that in a sentiment set. How ‘bout you?

Feat. Voice in my Head Volume 2 Stamp Set by Julie Ebersole | Voices In My Head by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps | Speech Bubbles by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

The voices in my head have a lot to say . . . Vol. 2 is more quirk, more sass, more me. . . •chinkle•

This is one of my most favorite ways to use those speech bubble dies . . .

Feat. Sew Cute Snowman Die Set | Sew Cute Ornament Die Set | The Color Pop Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt | The Arctic Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt | The Bear Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt

Non-breakable FELT ornaments for the Holiday WIN!!! YASSSSSS!!! #givemeallthefelt . These two die sets were actually designed by Heather Meeson—the ornaments turned out so CUUUUUTE!!! I can’t even . . .

I’ll be sharing more samples soon. Hope you’ll come back. Meantime, here’s the scoop!

PRIZES:

We've got fun prizes!!! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop and one will win the whole October Essentials by Ellen release!!! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Sunday, October 13th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.

The crazy good hop roster:

• Ardyth

• Sandy

• Elena

• Carolyn

• Michele

• Laurel

• Nichol

• Adelina

• Sharon

• Therese

• Kelly

• Lisa

• Emily

• Jessica

• Carly

• Carissa

• Julie . ← YOU ARE HERE

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INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT LINKS

• Lil' Squatch Stamp Set by Julie Ebersole

• Lil' Squatch Die Set by Julie Ebersole

• Mondo Chrysanthemum Stamp Set by Julie Ebersole

• Mondo Chrysanthemum Die Set by Julie Ebersole

• Sew Cute Ornament Die Set

• Sew Cute Snowman Die Set

• Totally Random Sayings Volume 3 Stamp Set by Julie Ebersole

• Voice in my Head Volume 2 Stamp Set by Julie Ebersole

• The Color Pop Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt / The Color Pop Collection, DMC Embroidery Floss, Essentials By Ellen

• The Flannel Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt / The Flannel Collection, DMC Embroidery Floss, Essentials By Ellen

• The Arctic Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt / The Arctic Collection, DMC Embroidery Floss, Essentials By Ellen

• The Snowman Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt / The Snowman Collection, DMC Embroidery Floss, Essentials By Ellen

• The Bear Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt / The Bear Collection, DMC Embroidery Floss, Essentials By Ellen

• The Ornament Collection, Essentials By Ellen Wool Felt / The Ornament Collection, DMC Embroidery Floss, Essentials By Ellen

HARD CANDY CHRISTMAS

Brandi’s Hard Candy Christmas set is so much fun for making shaker cards! •fist pump•

I stamped a ton of the candy in yellows, greens and pinks and then die cut them so I’d have lots at the ready to use as filler and embellishment both. They’re so cute mixed in with some sparkly sequins!

I used double layers of foam tape so things could shake around freely and was careful not to “over-stuff” the fillers. Gosh, I actually think this is one of the prettiest—and sweetest, LOL!—holiday cards I’ve ever made!

The candies adorning the front of the card were garnished with Diamond Stickles. HAH! Don’t let the culinary terms fool ya’, tho—this is strictly EYE candy. •wink•

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SUPPLIES (affiliate links used wherever possible):

• Hard Candy Christmas By Brandi Kincaid, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps

• Hard Candy Christmas By Brandi Kincaid, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

• Crystal Clear Plastic, Medium Weight 8 1/2" x 11" (10 pk), Essentials by Ellen

• Solar White - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

• Jet Black Amalgam Ink Pad, Gina K Designs Ink Pad

• Melon Ice, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Lime Rickey, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Limoncello, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• It's A Girl, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Party Dress, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Tiara, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• R20 - Blush, COPIC Sketch Marker

• R21 - Sardonyx, COPIC Sketch Marker

• Uni-ball Impact Gel Pen, Gold

• 3mm Clear White Stars, HAI Sequins

• Round Iridescent Rainbow Mix, HAI Sequins (these are a substitute for the ones I used in this design, which are no longer available)

• Gold Foil Spots, HAI Washi Tape

• Ranger Stickles, Diamond

• Thermoweb Sticky Dot Mini Runner

• Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

• Mini MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool (6-1/8 X 7), My Sweet Petunia

• Crafter's Companion Gemini Junior

• Platinum 6 Die Cutting And Embossing Machine, Spellbinders Tools

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GODZILLA STRIKES!

VIEW THE FULL RELEASE HERE

Welcome to the September EBE Release Hop!

So. I KNOW. I KNOW Dino-mite Christmas is, in fact, a holiday themed DINOSAUR set, but I just could not resist having “Godzilla” stomp into the city with birthday wishes. It just cracks me up!!! Did you ever watch Godzilla movies when you were a kid?

I had to incorporate Brandi’s Backyard Party set for the greetings and cake. Godzilla’s flaming breath is the latté steam from A Breve Note. When everything just falls into place like this, ya’ gotta run with it. Am I right?!

VIEW THE FULL RELEASE HERE

Inside, the card reads, “You party animal” (also from the Backyard Party set). I mean, seriously . . . •chinkle•

My granddaughter (almost 7 yrs. old) love dinosaurs and to my surprise, can identify/name a number of different types—she knows more than I do!

• • • PRIZE INFO • • •

We've got super fun prizes!!! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop and one will win the whole September Essentials by Ellen release!!! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Sunday, September 15th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.

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I’m glad you came by and your eyes will be happy when you check out all the creations along the way!

HOP ROSTER:

• Ardyth

• Emily

• Kelly

• Erica

• Michele

• Adelina

• Laurel

• Carissa

• Carolyn

• Lisa

• Mindy

• Julie ← YOU ARE HERE

• Sandy

• Therese

• Brandi

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PROJECT SUPPLIES:

• Dinomite Christmas By Brandi Kincaid, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps

• Dinomite Christmas By Brandi Kincaid, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

• Backyard Party by Brandi Kincaid, Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps

• Backyard Party by Brandi Kincaid, Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies

• A Breve Note by Julie Ebersole, Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps

• A Breve Note by Julie Ebersole, Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies

• Big City by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

• VersaFine Clair Ink Pad, Nocturne

• Set of 36, ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker

• Cold Press Watercolor Paper Pad 9x12, Canson Arches French Bound

• Solar White - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

• Oyster Gray 100 lb - 25pk, Essentials By Ellen Cardstock

• Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

• Small Fine Point (23638), Pentel Arts Aquash Water Brush

• Detailer, ZIG Watercolor BrusH20

• Medium, ZIG Watercolor BrusH20

• Ranger Stickles, Yellow

• Black and White Diagonal Stripe, HAI Washi Tape

• Crafter's Companion Gemini Junior

• Platinum 6 Die Cutting And Embossing Machine, Spellbinders Tools

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YOU'RE MY BOO

Black Star Sequins embellishments that I used as props for this photo; source: Ellen Hutson LLC

I seriously have too much fun making Halloween designs—check out my ombré spider web for these two cheeky ghosts! YAASSSSSS!!!

I blended my ink colors onto white card stock first, and then die cut the web; that way if I wanted to die cut more, the paper was ready. Beats blending individual die cuts, am I right?!

So cute, I can’t even . . .

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SUPPLIES:

• Happy Haunting by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps

• Pumpkin to Talk About, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps

• Happy Haunting by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

• Spiderwebs, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

• Solar White - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

• Detail White, Hero Arts Embossing Powder

• It's A Girl, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Coral Cabana, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• Orange Twist, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• 3 Pack Blending Brushes, The Stamp Market Tools

• Life Changing Blender Brush - 2 Pack, Picket Fence Studios (LCB-2)

• VersaFine Clair Ink Pad, Nocturne

• VersaMark Ink Pad

• Stampendous Embossing Powder, Detail White, 0.76 oz.

• Pure White Fine, Avery Elle Embossing Powder

• Embossing Gun (Wagner), Hero Arts

• Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

• Mini, Glue Dots Sheets

• Crafter's Companion Gemini Junior

• Platinum 6 Die Cutting And Embossing Machine, Spellbinders Tools

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CLEAN AND SIMPLE MONDO AMARYLLIS

Modern, clean AND easy to reproduce? Yes, please! Stamp flowers in a pretty mid-tone pink, white emboss greeting onto scraps of card stock that look pretty together, trim and pop them up onto the card front. •BOOM•

NOTE: I will say this photo is a tad deceptive—I really had a hard time shooting it without overexposing it—I had to slip a quarter sheet of that deep pink (actually more of a deep pink red color) underneath it for more contrast. In reality, that color of paper is a tad more pink and not quite as deep as the photo shows.

Anyhoo, I was so stoked over how this turned out, I bet it would look awesome in a variety of color combos—time to dive into the scrap bin! (wink)

Have a fab day!

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SUPPLIES:

• Mondo Amaryllis by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps

• Party Dress, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

• VersaMark Ink Pad

• Detail White, Hero Arts Embossing Powder

• Stampendous Embossing Powder, Detail White, 0.76 oz.

• Pure White Fine, Avery Elle Embossing Powder

• Solar White - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

• Hero Hues Peony, Hero Arts Cardstock

• Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Gold Coins, 25 pk

• Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Lollipop, 10 pk

• Embossing Gun (Wagner), Hero Arts

• Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer by Tim Holtz

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