Voices in My Head Blog Hop (Ellen Hutson Summer of Stamping)

Good morning! It's time for the next Essentials by Ellen Summer of Stamping Release, and Julie has nailed it with 3 new sets in her Voices in My Head series! We're having a blog hop today (details below) so be sure to hop and comment for your chance to win!

I was inspired by every cartoon we've ever seen that had a 'good' voice and a 'bad' voice speaking to someone, and these sets worked together with the original VIMH set perfectly to create what I had envisioned!

I kept the colour to a minimum - pale red for the 'bad' voice and blue for the 'good' voice, blended through a negative mask created by the speech bubble die from High Five, another EBE set that works well with these ladies.

I  used an older sentiment from Unicorns and Rainbows that I thought was appropriate!


Blog Hop Details:
We’ve got a super fun prize!!! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop!!! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! And don’t forget to comment here too for a bonus entry! Comment before Saturday, August 1st at 11:59pm PDT. The winner will be notified by email.

EH Blog 

Carissa 

Ardyth  <<You are here!

Laurel 

Sandy 

Lisa

Michele 

Therese

Jessica

Julie

"Wheel-ie" Great Cards (#spreadjoynotgerms Blog Hop)

Good morning! Today I'm excited to be part of a HUGE blog hop (and I made a video too - link below)!

There are over 150 bloggers participating and take a look at all the wonderful sponsors! We've made happy cards to make you smile!

For full details, please check out Catherine's post and HedgeHog Hollow's post.

Scroll down for the next person in the hop.

Prizes will be randomly drawn from all the blogs and all the comments so leave as many comments on as many blogs as you can!

Some of the companies are offering discounts and freebies - be sure to check out their blogs for more information!  

Deadline to enter is April 24 for prizes. Winners will be announced on Monday, April 27 on Catherine Pooler's blogs.  

Next person in the hop: TaeEun

I made a video to show how I used one little die to create all these cards!

Three Sweet Card Ideas using Catherine Pooler Forever 13 (Plus Blog Hop!)

click here for my 30 Days Colouring post.

Good morning! Today the Ellen Hutson Design Ambassadors are hopping with some products from Catherine Pooler's latest release - Forever 13! Details are below.

As I often do, I fixated (who, me?!) on one stamp from Sweet Life and explored it for a while. Here's the evolution of my thinking:

Watermelon semi-circle stamped in rows to create a solid, vertical background. Finished with a sentiment and a smile made from the watermelon rind and a solid dot stamp from the set. 

Similar idea, but horizontal, and I created full circles with the semi-circle stamp rather than offsetting them. I started adding tone on tone 'decorative elements' and of course I immediately saw those dots as eyes.

So I made some bees, and created my own sentiment with some masking. This card also has 3 of the patterned papers on it and I want you to notice something. Both the dot patterns fit perfectly on an A2 size card - there is symmetry when I used them as borders - that, my friends, is called good design, which we always get with Catherine's products!

Blog Hop Details:

One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Sunday, March 29th at 11:59pm PDT. Winner will be notified by email.

Ashlea Cornell 

Emily Mydlowski

Adelina Starace  

Michele Ferguson  

Kelly Griglione  

Laurel Beard  

Ardyth Percy-Robb  <<You are here!

Carly Tee Minner  

Julie Ebersole 

Therese Calvird  

Lisa Spangler  

Simple Double-Shaker Card (Ellen Hutson August Release Blog Hop)

Yay! The newest Essentials by Ellen Release is now available! We're having a blog hop to celebrate - see details below!

This release is full of Halloween and Holiday goodies and you're going to love it!

I made a simple double-shaker card with two ghoulishly adorable guys! And do they look like they might be 'glowing'? Check out my video for tips for making this simple shaker card and to see what gives them their healthy-greenish hue!

Blog Hop Details:

We've got super fun prizes! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop and one will win the whole August Essentials by Ellen release! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Thursday, August 15th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.

• Adelina Starace
• Ardyth Percy-Robb
• Carissa Wiley
• Carly Tee Minner
• Carolyn Peeler
• Elena Roussakis
• Emily Midgett
• Julie Ebersole
• Kelly Griglione
• Laurel Beard
• Lisa Spangler
• Michele Ferguson
• Sandy Allnock
• Sharon Harnist
• Therese Calvird

Tips for Simple No-Line Colouring (Ellen Hutson Christmas in July Blog Hop)

Happy Christmas in July! Today some of the Ellen Hutson Design Ambassadors are hopping to celebrate and maybe even get an early start on our holiday crafting! (Details below).

PLUS, there's a sale!

I used the Mondo Holly set, some grey ink and some red copics to do some very simple no-line colouring to give my monochromatic card a festive pop!

Here's a video:

BLOG HOP DETAILS:
We've got a super fun prize!!! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Wednesday, July 31st at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.

Therese Calvird

Emily Midgett

Laurel Beard

Carolyn Peeler

Ardyth Percy-Robb <<you are here

Lisa Spangler

Adelina Starace

Kelly Griglione

Michele Ferguson

Sandy Allnock

Carly Tee Minner

Spotlight Stamping (Ellen Hutson/Power Poppy Blog Hop)

Today some of the Ellen Hutson Design Ambassadors are hopping with Power Poppy Designers, to show of the newest release that is available now! (Hop details are below)

I did some spot light stamping, and started by stamping the Big Sexy Blooms stamp with pale gray ink on white card stock.

Then I inked the lower left area with black ink and stamped another piece of card stock before colouring in the daisy with Copic markers.

I used a circle die to cut out the daisy, and then used larger circle dies to create frames, which I also coloured with Copic markers.

I stamped a sentiment from Strong & Beautiful and coloured in the outline letters so that they would be more visible on the stamped background.

And I finished with some Pretty Pink Posh jewels that matched the colours I chose for the double-frame.

Here's a video:

Blog Hop Details:
We've got fun prizes!!! We are giving away $25 to the EH shop and $25 to the Power Poppy shop! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Two random & lucky commenters will win! Comment before Sunday, July 7th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.

• Allison Cope
• Adelina Starace
• Barbara Walker
• Christine Okken
• Ardyth Percy-Robb
• Julie Koerber
• Broni Holcombe
• Carly Tee Minner
• Kathy Jones
• Emily Midgett
• Stacy Morgan
• Kelly Griglione
• Jennifer Dove
• Sandy Allnock
• Leslie Miller
• Therese Calvird
• Nancy Sheads
• Rhea Weigand

Tall Card with Extended Die Cut (Scrap 'n Stamp Stamp out Cancer Blog Hop)

I'm excited to be part of the Scrap 'n Stap Stamp Out Cancer blog hop today! My friend, Nancy, is a member of the DT and invited me to participate. Please visit her blog to read about her experience. And stay to check out her cards - she has a beautiful clean and simple style!

I decided to go to my Pinterest board for some inspiration. Are you like me? I pin and pin and then forget to go back when I need inspiration! LOL!

When I got there, I found this:

I was inspired by the pretty florals in bright colours, the subtle sentiment on a white panel, and I thought a tall card would be a perfect way to try something new.

I started by watercolouring the Hero Arts Flower Garden coverplate die cut from watercolour cardstock, using Catherine Pooler re-inkers. Re-inkers give a more vibrant result than the ink pads.

I spritzed the panel with the new Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray and then I cut it with my trimmer.

My Oyster cardbase was 4.25 x 8.5, and I cut a white panel that was 4 x 8.25 for the flowers and sentiment,

I created a panel for my sentiment that would hide the gap between the two pieces of the die cut and then added a stamped and die cut sentiment using Essentials by Ellen products.

For a finishing touch, I added some Nuvo Dream Drops in the flower centres and as embellishments on the sentiment panel. I used the same colour on all areas, but I love how they took on the colours of the flowers underneath!

Blog roll:

Tara

Nancy E

Jessica

Susan

Kim

Meghan

Deborah

Kia

Ardyth <<You are here

Dawn

Sandi

Chala

Amy

Laurie

Here's a video: