brayered backgrounds + a few of my favorite essentials by ellen sets

What do you get when you use a rubber brayer and ink pads on white cardstock? A quick & easy background for handmade cards!

I love how using a brayer creates custom patterned paper with the look of texture! It's great for stamping on!

I used Mondo Sakura, a much-loved but not much-stamped set from my Essentials by Ellen collection. I'm a little intimidated by the coloring so I gave myself a little wiggle room by creating a colored & textured background with a rubber brayer. 

You can see more in this quick video...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Carly

supplies:

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Essentials by Ellen Mondo Sakura Stamps
Essentials By Ellen Totally Random Sayings Vol. 2 Stamps
Essentials by Ellen Block Words Dies
Catherine Pooler It's A Girl Ink
Copic Markers RV10, RV13, G00 & BG34
Solar White Cardstock
Rubber Brayer

my 5 favorite card making products + the EH anniversary sale!

Ellen Hutson LLC is celebrating 12 years this week and I'm so darn proud that I have been a part of the last six! 
We are celebrating with a lot of fun things this week, including a sale! You can take 20% off your EH orders today and tomorrow with the code celebration18. AND there are some amazing gifts with purchase too...

In case you aren't sure where to start with your shopping, here's a list of my top 5 favs right now!

Essentials by Ellen Pop-Up Mittens
This die set is getting sooooo much use in my craft room right now! I adore the clean lines of the snowflake and the pop-up mechanism is so cool!

The Stamp Market Beyond Grateful Bundle
I haven't finished my Christmas cards yet but I'm working on a bunch of thank you cards with this awesome set! I just love how the stamps & dies work together. And I love how bold they are!

Honey Bee Bee Bold Alpha
I love letters & words and using them to make shaker cards with cheeky sentiments. The Bee Bold Alpha from Honey Bee is a great size, perfect for filling a card and great for shakers!

Essentials by Ellen Classic Block Alpha
Speaking of letter dies, this is another set that I love and use bunches! It's works wonderfully with the Bee Bold set but is also nice for projects that need smaller letters.

Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste
Ok, so this made my top 5 last year too but I just can't stop! I'm on my 4th jar and I just LOVE it! 

Have a great day & have fun shopping!
Carly

glittery snowflake tags

I'm thrilled to be joining my Ellen Hutson team today for Tracey's amazing 25 Days of Christmas Tags! This is such a cool event and its so inspiring to see everyone's tags!!! Can you believe this is the 8th year?!

Before I send you off to see the rest of the tags, I want to share my glittery snowflake tags with you. I've made a quick process video...

A few notes...

• Glimmer Paste is water-based and pretty easy to clean up but much easier to clean up while wet so don't wait! LOL!
• You can heat set the Glimmer Paste with a heat gun but it can be a little smelly so work in a well-ventilated area.
• Get crazy with your snowflake colors! Why not have a bright green snowflake?! And if you don't have Copic markers, try colored or inked cardstock.

Now head on over to Tracey's blog for more tags!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

supplies:

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Pop-Up Mittens by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

Ginger House by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps

Be Creative Tape, 5mm (1/4")

2 Way Glue, Chisel Tip

Tonic Nuvo Glimmer Paste, Moonstone

COPIC Sketch Marker R20, Blush

COPIC Sketch Marker R22, Light Prawn

COPIC Sketch Marker R24, Prawn

COPIC Sketch Marker YG11, Mignonette

COPIC Sketch Marker YG41, Pale Cobalt Green

COPIC Sketch Marker G02, Spectrum Green

COPIC Sketch Marker BG10, Cool Shadow

COPIC Sketch Marker BG11, Moon White

COPIC Sketch Marker BG32 Aqua Mint

COPIC Sketch Marker BV00, Mauve Shadow

COPIC Sketch Marker BV02, Prune

COPIC Sketch Marker BV04, Blue Berry

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix

Lawn Fawn Hemp Cord, Black

faux watercolor stamping technique

I am over on The Stamp Market blog talking about one of my favorite stamping techniques, faux watercolor! Come on over and say hi!

Hugs!
Carly

3 ways to use pattern dies

I'm over on the Ellen Hutson blog today with a super quick video on 3 ways I'm using the new Essentials by Ellen pattern dies and having a blast doing it!

Come on over!

Hugs!
Carly

mittens card with new essentials by ellen

The new Pop Up Mittens die set from Essentials by Ellen is full of such adorable winter shapes! I have to admit that I haven't even used the pop-up mechanism yet because I have been having so much fun playing with the snowflakes & mittens!

For this card, I die cut the mittens from felt and made layered snowflake embellishments by adhering 3 snowflake die cuts together & coating with Glossy Accents.

I added little hearts to the mittens because...

• I have a pair of mittens that look just like that.
• I'm addicted to Nuvo Glimmer Paste and I needed to add glitter somewhere, haha!

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs!

Carly

supplies:

affiliate links may be used at no additional cost to you. thank you!  

Pop-Up Mittens by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Bear Ware 2 by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Home & Hearth by Julie Ebersole

Tonic Nuvo Glimmer Paste, Moonstone

Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink Pad, Clear

Brutus Monroe Ultra Fine Embossing Powder, Alabaster

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Environment Desert Storm, 25 pk

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix

Ranger Accents, Mini Glossy Accents

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Single Color, White (10)

Kuretake Gansai Tambi, 12 Color Set