Ellen Hutson August Essentials Challenge - Alcohol Inks

Here is Ellen Hutson August Essentials Challenge - Alcohol Inks. Below is the card I made to attend this challenge:

I used different colors of Ranger's alcohol inks on the Yupo paper to create a green tone background. I also put silver metallic mixative alcohol ink on the background. I dry embossed a dark green cardstock with Stitches Background die from Ellen Huston. Then, I cut the Yupo out and attached at the bottom of dark green cardstock. I cut out "hugs" several times on white cardstock and glitter silver cardstock. I stacked them together to make the word dimensional and attached it on the background. I attached a light green cardstock on to of the background to finish the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up, Yupo paper, glitter cardstock
Inks: Ranger's alcohol inks
Dies: Ellen Huston, Winnie & Walter

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Ellen Hutson April Mix It Up Challenge: Waffle Flower Crafts

Here is Ellen Hutson April Mix It Up challenge: Waffle Flower Crafts, below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:

I stamped the images from Waffle Flower's "Enveloper Birthday" and "Enveloper Little Birdie" sets with black Versafine ink pad and embossed with clear embossing powder on Bristol paper. Then, I watercolored the images with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens and cut it out. I applied Distress Oxide ink pads on the watercolor paper to make the background. Once the background dry, I stamped "oh happy day!" from Essentials by Ellen's "Bold Blooms" set and embossed it. Finish the card by attaching foam tapes under the cut out panel on the background and embellishing the background with Tonic Studio Nuvo glitter drops. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bristol, watercolor paper
Stamps: Waffle Flower Crafts, Essentials by Ellen
Ink Pads: Versafine, Distress Oxide
Others: ZIG Clean Color Real Brush, clear embossing powder, foam tapes, Tonic Studio Nuvo glitter drops

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Peas, Love, Happiness

Here is Paper Smooches March 2017 Challenge - Pantone 2017 Color: Greenery. Below is the challenge photo:

And here is Ellen Huston March Mix it Up Challenge: Paper Smooches. Below is the challenge photo:

Below is the card I made to attend the above two challenges:

I used Essentials by Ellen's Stitches cover plate die to emboss the white cardstock background. Then, I attached the masking tapes and applied the different green Distress ink pads to make the green shade background. I stamped the peas (from Paper Smooches' Vegtastic set) on an oval die cut white cardstock and colored it with Inktense watercolor pencils. I also stamped and white embossed the sentiment on a stripe of black cardstock. Finish the card by attaching the black stripe with foam tapes onto the background and adding three green dew drops to embellish. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: MFT, Bristol paper, PTI

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Die: Essentials by Ellen

Ink Pads: Distress ink pads, Archival ink pad, Versamark

Others: white embossing powder, Inktense watercolor pencils, foam tapes, dew drops

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You're a Delight

Here is Ellen Hutson Mix-it-up challenge: Avery Elle, below is the challenge photo:

And here is Simon Monday Challenge: Be Square, below is the challenge photo:

Below is the card I made for the above two challenges:

I used Essentials by Ellen Stitches Cover plate die to emboss the white cardstock, and cut into a square. I stamped the pineapple with black Versafine ink pad from Avery Elle's Stay Fresh set on a piece of watercolor paper and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored the pineapple with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush and cut out. I stamped the greeting on a stripe of vellum and white embossed. I attached the pineapple on the white embossed background and used foam tapes to lift up the leaves. Finish the card by brush the green Distress ink pad around the card and attach vellum stripe cross the pineapple. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT, watercolor paper
Stamps: Avery Elle
Die: Essentials by Ellen
Ink Pads: Versafine, Versamark, Distress ink pad
Others: ZIG Clean Color Real Brush, vellum, foam tapes, clear & white embossing powder

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Be Merry

It's never too late to start making the Christmas card. Here is the first Christmas card I made for this year. Below is the finished card:

I gold embossed "Be Merry" with Concord & 9th Sophisticated Script Uppercase and Lowercase in the middle of the card background. Then I gold embossed with the stamp set from Essentials by Ellen's Mistletoe and Holly to fill in the whole background. I colored all images with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush. Below is another look of the card:

I would like to have this card to attend the following two challenges:

1) Essentials by Ellen September Mix It Up Challenge with Concord & 9th, below is the challenge photo:

2) Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - Weeks #246-247, below is the challenge photo:

Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Essentials by Ellen, Concord & 9th
Ink Pads: Versamark
Others: gold embossing powder, ZIG Clean Color Real Brush

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Ellen Huston Pin-Sights Challenge

Here is Ellen Huston's special challenge - Pin-Sights Challenge. Below is the challenge photo:

I decided to use the Mondo Hydrangea stamp and die set to make a card. Below is the finished card:

I stamped the hydrangea, petals, and leaf on watercolor paper and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Then, I colored them with ZIG Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors and cut them out with dies. Once they dry, I used yellow, purple, and green colors of Ken Oliver Color Burst Liquid Metals to enhance the watercolors and added some pretty shimmer on the colored images. I flicked some black watercolors on the white cardstock background. I used foam tapes to attach the cut-out petals on the hydrangea and attached the hydrangea on the background with foam tapes as well. Finish the card by stamping "thinking of you" with black Versafine ink pad and clear embossed it. Below is another look of the card:

And here is a side view of the card to see the two layers dimensional with foam tapes:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Neenah, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Essential by Ellen
Dies: Essential by Ellen
Ink Pads: Versafine
Others: ZIG Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors, Ken Oliver Color Burst Liquid Metals, clear embossing powder, foam tapes

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Essentials By Ellen January Mix It Up Challenge

Here is Essentials By Ellen January Mix It Up Challenge - with My Favorite Things. I decided to pick the Essentials by Ellen stamp set of "Bold Blooms" to mix it up with My Favorite Things' background stamp "Roses All Over". Below is the challenge photo:

I stamped the "Roses All Over" background on the black cardstock with Versamark ink pad, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped the rose and leaves from "Bold Blooms" set on another piece of black cardstock with Versamark ink pad and embossed with white embossing powder. Then, I colored the rose and leaves with Finetec Mica Metallic Watercolor Paint with different shades of gold and silver. After they dry, I cut out the rose and leaves (see below):

I attached the rose with foam tapes on the lower right corner of the background and also glued down the leaves. I die cut the "celebrate" word die from Tim Holtz with gold glitter paper and attached it on the upper left of the background. Finish the card by mount the background on a white card. Below is the finished card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up, PTI
Stamps: Essential by Ellen, My Favorite Things
Die: Tim Holtz/Sizzix
Ink Pads: Versamark
Others: Finetec Mica Metallic Watercolor Paints, glitter paper, foam tapes, clear/white embossing powders

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