card design

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PEAS AND CARROTS: ELLEN AND JULIE LIVE ON YOUTUBE

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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!!!

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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!!!

EBE SUMMER OF STAMPING STAY COOL

Here’s three ideas for using all the fun shapes in Stay Cool! As I was developing the concept for this set, it was fun to imagine what I would want to do with all these shapes—I have a tendency to work backwards and think with the end result in mind, and then figure out what is needed to get to that point.

Nothing’s more chill than plenty of scoops of ice cream on a sugar cone, right?! This particular design played out well on a 4-bar size note card; it’s all one layer, except for the sentiment and I’m super stoked to have coordinating dies for cutting them out. Not that I mind fussy-cutting; it’s just super convenient not wield the scissors for things that are more intricate. Besides, I couldn’t do it that perfectly by hand anyway… Ask me how I know… (chortle)

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I stamped the waves here starting towards the BOTTOM on my top panel and worked my way up using a MISTI so I could slide the paper easily; I eyeballed, rather than actually measuring. Used Mint-to-be, Lime Rickey and All That Jazz inks. The sun was stamped with Limoncello, and then I blended Orange Twist along the lower portion on the stamp and stamped over it; repeated one more time with Tutti Frutti to get that blended sun effect. LOVE. And, as long as I’m working from lightest to darkest inks, I usually don’t have to clean off the stamp when switching colors.

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I’m also stoked that I included some textural stamps in this set—that pin dot background was stamped in a quadrant pattern with Mint-to-be and it makes great visual support for the popsicles without overpowering them! The popsicles were stamped tone on tone, using inks a little darker than the scraps of card stock they were stamped on and the sentiment was “shadow” or “3D” stamped. Sometimes, I like this better than stamping onto white; it doesn’t look so much like a sticker when you camouflage that border edge from the die cutting.

Have you seen all the colors of twine in the shop? I have a drawer full—I love having an assortment of colors available for cards and tags—I even use them in lieu of ribbon when gift wrapping small packages!

Hope you’re keepin’ cool this summer!

If you’d like more info on products that coordinate well with the Stay Cool , 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!

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EBE SUMMER OF STAMPING WEEK 4 RELEASE NOW LIVE

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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!

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!

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.

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!).

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)

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!

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EBE SUMMER OF STAMPING RELEASE 3 NOW LIVE

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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!

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!!!

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)

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!

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!

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 IT'S A JUNGLE

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This one features a “grass hut” background using the Never-ending Fringe die and some of that glorious Lia Griffith Crepe Paper! I LOVE how it compliments the whole idea!

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These tiki guys just CRACK ME!!! And, even tho I’m not an avid fan of the Survivor show, I thought it was HILARIOUS to have the tikis telling you like it is; the inside of the card reads: “Have a wild and wonderful birthday!” The dudes look like they were tie-dyed. LOVE THAT.

Palm fronds borrowed from Aloha Stamps & Dies.

Palm fronds borrowed from Aloha Stamps & Dies.

Here I just cut a circle into my top panel and popped it up on the base card so I could layer all these images—it’s nothing fancy, right?! But it just draws your eye in to all these little details by clustering them together.

Yes, that’s my sloppy watercolor on all these samples; keepin’ it loose and keepin’ it real, my friends! (chortle)

Hope you’ve been enjoying all the eye candy here on the blog with these latest sets! If you haven’t yet, you can subscribe to email updates (scroll down to the bottom of the page, on the right) so you’ll know when I blog the next release’s samples. And, man, it’s a really cute one, too!

If you’d like more info on products that coordinate well with the It’s A Jungle, 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!