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Hello, and welcome to the Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!
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!
You should have arrived at my blog from Sharon Harnist’s blog.
If you get lost along the hop, please visit the CLASSroom blog for a complete list of all the designers.
Now how about my creations for today?! I’m so excited to show you! First up, I’ve used Mondo Peony stamp set and the matching dies along with a sentiment from the Lovely stamp set to create this framed encouragement that now sits above my craft table. I smile every time I see it!
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The beautiful peony was stamped and die cut 3 times. I colored each one with my Clean Color pens and then hand cut a few of the petals from 2 of them to pop up over the full image. I did the same with one set of leaves. The background was all stamped and colored with Distress inks. The beautiful, encouraging sentiment was stamped and heat embossed; then I added some flicks of color as well as a few drops of Glossy Accents.
Up next is a fun card I created using Silver Linings designer dies, along with a sentiment from the Warm Fuzzies stamp set.
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This card was created from 2 panels of watercolor paper that were used to soak up mixtures of Color Burst and water from my craft sheet. The teal panel had been white embossed by first smooshing Versamark through an acrylic stencil I created using the raindrops die. The orange/yellow panel was cut/embossed using the 2 sun rays dies. Then I die cut a cloud and stamped the sentiment on it. I just love the teal/orange color combo!
So there you have it! Don't forget to leave a comment to win!
Now it’s time for your next stop on the blog hop ---> Nichol Magouirk
Happy hoppin’ and have fun!


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