PaperFections

2 Takes on a Trend

Hello, Friends! Today I'm back with another 2 Takes on a Trend inspiration project. Have you ever used a photo or challenge to inspire your creating? If you haven't, you really should! Sometimes it takes you to places you may have not otherwise tried and quite often, the results are surprisingly enlightening and fun! Here's this month's Pin Sights - Color Trend inspiration from Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom: And here are the two cards I was inspired to create: That vivid bright background came from the alcohol ink backgrounds I created in this session << Full background technique details can be found there. This one had all the colors from the inspiration photo! I used the awesome new Essentials by Ellen Bottles of Bubbly dies to cut the bottle out of the brightly colored alcohol ink background and create a shaker card: Confetti to fill the shaker was cut using the new Essentials by Ellen Yay dies from glitter paper. The glittery champagne bottle cord is also from the Bottles of Bubbly die set. That great sentiment is from the Cue the Confetti stamp set; it was stamped in vivid Jet Black Archival ink on the card base. The second... Read more →

United We Flourish: Ellen Hutson & Concord & 9th

Happy Sunday, Friends! Are you in need of a little sweet treat today? If so, the Ellen Hutson and Concord & 9th teams have you covered today! We've both teamed up for another United We Flourish campaign to bring you this oh-so-sweet stamp and die combo set, available exclusively at EllenHutson.com! Here's a look at the awesome Sweet Sprinkles stamp and die set: And here's a card I created with it: The cupcake's frosting was die cut from another one of my Copic Various Ink background making sessions << Full details can be found on that blog post). It was created with Copic RV14 & RV17, with Gold Metallic Mixative added: Then I used the smaller sprinkles stamp to add some glittery gold goodness (aka metallic gold sparkle embossing powder) to the top of the frosting! The cupcake liner was die cut from gold foil cardstock, then run through my paper crimper. The cupcake was popped up on foam tape on the white card base. Another scattering of sprinkles was heat embossed down the left side and the cute sentiment added along the bottom in Rose Bud Memento ink, to match the frosting. :) BLOG HOP & PRIZES! To celebrate... Read more →

Celebration Lady!

Hello, Crafters! Did you see that the new Essentials by Ellen December release is already available in the Ellen Hutson shop? You can find all the fun, new stamps and dies HERE! If you have an occasion to celebrate, these new stamps and dies have you covered!! In this release is another cute new Leading Lady by Brandi Kincaid: Celebration Lady stamp set and coordinating dies! And here's a card I created with her: I imagined Celebration Lady at a holiday party ... either Christmas or New Year's perhaps? :) The glowing background was created with the emboss resist technique: First I stamped the sentiment and confetti/ribbon with Versamark ink, then clear heat embossed them. Next, I used Delicata Golden Glitz metallic pigment ink to sponge over the the Neenah 110 Lb. Solar White card base. It has such a beautiful shimmer in person! Her dress was paper pieced from yet another one of my Copic Various Ink backgrounds I created in this session << Full background technique details can be found there. I just stamped her dress onto the alcohol-inked Yupo paper using my Misti (the Yupo paper is a bit slick and sometimes it takes several impressions to... Read more →

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017!

It's that time of year again, for one of my favorite projects -- Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist! You can find all the instructions for my Copic Various alcohol ink background tag over in the CLASSroom. << Simply leave a comment on that blog post and you'll be entered into a drawing to receive a $25 gift certificate to spend at EllenHutson.com! Or if you are inspired to get creating and join in the challenge fun, you could win a $150 gift certificte! You can find all the details here. Happy Holidays! Read more →