Hello, and welcome to the Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! You should be arriving here from the blog of Broni Holcombe.
I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!
My first card share showcases the awesome new Bear Ware Stamp Set and coordinating dies paired with the new Sock Monkey Surprise Stamps and coordinating dies. These stamp sets work together so well and also look great with the new Silver Linings cloud dies!
The balloons, bunny, and party hat from the Bear Ware Stamp Set and the monkey from the Sock Monkey Surprise Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock and colored in with Copic Markers before die cutting with the coordinating Bear Ware Dies and Sock Monkey Surprise Dies.
To create the colorful "sky" background, I trimmed a piece of watercolor cardstock 4" x 5 1/4' and blended Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron, and Dried Marigold Distress Inks before spritzing with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotting it dry with a paper towel.
A greeting from the Sock Monkey Surprise Stamp Set was stamped with black ink on the front panel as shown. Clouds were die cut from white cardstock and vellum using the Silver Linings Dies and then they were adhered to the colorful background as shown. Gold thread was adhered to the back of each balloon and then the balloons, monkey, and bunny were adhered to the front of the card as shown.
The inside of the card is finished with additional stamped greetings from the Sock Monkey Surprise Stamp Set and black ink.
I finished the front of the card with a sprinkling of Pretty Pink Posh Mini Gold Star Confetti.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of this sock monkey birthday balloons card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.
My second card share today features the awesome pineapple and floral images from the Stay Golden Stamp Set and coordinating dies against a pretty embossed resist Distress Ink background.
The pineapple, flowers, and leaves from the Stay Golden Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock using an assortment of Hero Arts inks and then die cut with the coordinating Stay Golden dies.
A greeting from the Stay Golden Stamp Set was stamped on watercolor cardstock using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I applied Salty Ocean Distress Ink over the greeting, spritzed the panel with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotted it dry with a paper towel. Along both long sides of the border, I die cut a Mama Elephant Fine Trimmings border and then hand stitched gold thread through the die cut holes for two pretty stitched borders.
I assembled the die cut images as shown and finished the flowers with mini pearls and tied additional gold thread around the pineapple.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of this sock monkey birthday balloons card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.
S H O P P I N G
Click the thumbnails below to shop the entire Ellen Hutson Late Summer Release:
G I V E A W A Y
And, yay!!! I also get to give away an Essentials by Ellen stamp set! The winner may chose ANY Essentials by Ellen brand stamp set (Maximum value $25 USD) currently in stock at Ellen Hutson.com To enter my giveaway, please leave a comment on today’s post by Tuesday, August 23rd!
- There is also a crazy good Grand Giveaway in the CLASSroom! To enter, be sure to leave a comment there, also by Tuesday, August 23rd
- ALL winners will be announced at the CLASSroom on Friday, August 26th! Please check there on that date to see if you are a winner and for further details on claiming your prize!
K E E P H O P P I N G
Your next stop along the hop is the amazing Jennifer McGuire!
If you get lost along the hop, please visit the CLASSroom blog for a complete list of all the designers.
Happy hoppin’!
