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Pumpkins and Pie: Ellen Hutson August Release Blog Hop with giveaways

Happy Essentials by Ellen Release Day!!! We’ve got Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas covered with this release!   I made so many cards  (I have shared them all on Instagram if you want to check it out for a jump start)….. but for today’s hop, I want to share the two cards inspired by the photo color collage where I drew all the inspiration from….  I love the inks and yellows and reds together! There is just something about that color combination that speaks to me…..

Let’s first talk pumpkins!  Inspired by the paint circles, I stamped a bunch of pumpkins from the Happy Haunting stamp set with a permanent ink, loosely watercolored them and then slapped on a sentiment for good measure! Halloween doesn’t have to be about ghosts and spookiness!

I used the Altenew Pan Watercolors. They are highly pigmented and creamy so they were the perfect choice for coloring in these pumpkins! 🙂

Next up, let’s move to Thanksgiving. I like food!  Sweets unfortunately….. But not turkey really. But pie??? Oh yea… So I took some of the elements from the Bear Ware 4 stamp set and created this layout, again inspired by the paint circles in the photo collage. Same watercolors. Just more watered down….

These little stamps were made to coordinate with the Bear Ware bears but hey, they can make a cute card just on their own!

I’ll move on to Christmas cards with this release in my next post, but for now… Check out the hoppers… GIVEAWAYS PEOPLE!

Blog Hop Order: 

PRIZES: We’ve got super fun prizes!!! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop and one will win the ENTIRE July 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.

 

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*Video: 5 easy peasy ways to make Rainbow Cards

Oh giddy giddy gumdrops! I, along with a few other amazing crafters,  had the honor of collaborating with It’s Me JD for a fun colorful video hop! The theme is rainbows! I created 5 cards all incorporating some sort of rainbow color! And you know what? You already have what you need in your craft room more than likely!

I love color! Bright colors! Don’t you? Be sure to head to the video and leave a comment there! LOADS of giveaways I say!

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Crafting with Kids: My daughter’s Debut Video Tutorial

Hello and welcome to the 2nd Annual Cutest Video Hop Ever! My daughter and I are excited to be joining Emily Leiphart for this fun hop, crafting with our kids  and inspiring the next generation of crafters! We hope you have as much fun watching us craft with our kids, as much as we enjoyed creating these projects to share with you.  There are loads of giveaways too… Now onto my daughter’s first video tutorial………..

I mean, can you even…. She is absolutely adorable and has some awesome ink blending skills!!! And her imagination… Did you catch the end of the video where she shared her story that went along with the card?

Yay Lily! And a big thanks to Simon Hurley for providing the stamps, inks and stencils for Lily to use!!!!!!! For all the details of this amazingly cute video hop, check out Emily’s post!

Video Hop Order:

Emily Leiphart

Simon Hurley

Catherine Pooler

Laurel Beard – YOU ARE HERE

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jill Dewey Hawkins

Laura Bassen

Marie-Pierre Capistran

Samantha Mann

Evelin Tee

Ujjwal Gupta

Ashlea Cornell

Jenny Colacicco

Natalie Elphinstone

SPONSORS + PRIZES

Thank you so much to all of the wonderful individuals and companies who have donated a total of 30 prizes for this fun event! The winners will be randomly chosen from all comments left on each of our videos. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning! Comments will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on April 17, 2019 and winners will be announced on Emily’s blog on April 24, 2019.

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Top Flight Stamps Birthday Blog Hop

It is Topflight Stamps 2nd birthday!  To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with up some of our favorite crafters to bring you a blog hop showcasing some of the fabulous products available from Topflight Stamps.   Please hop along with us all and show all of the crafters some love!

I created this card (coffee, are you surprised???) using some cute stamps from the Top Flight store! A very simple card but there is something about brightly colored images against a black background.

 

Blog Hop Order:

Giveaway:

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes!  Topflight Stamps is giving one lucky winner a $50 Gift Certificate, and each stop on the hop has an additional $15 Gift Certificate up for grabs.  To be in with a chance to win, make sure to visit every stop on the hop and leave a comment by April 8th.

Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on April 9th.  Good Luck!

DISCOUNT:  20% off all orders over $20 through the end of the month Sunday 31 March.   

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*Video: Handmade Mother’s Day Cards in just minutes

Mother’s Day is coming up and I have three very quick Mother’s Day cards to share with you using some stamps and dies from the Catherine Pooler release that just became available two days ago!

And a few still shots of the cards:

 

I created three very different cards with the same stamp and die. 🙂 The favorite me has to be the middle! The gold texture and dimension? So pretty! Which is your favorite? I linked below to all the supplies I used in today’s projects. To see the entire release, which is filled with a BUNCH MORE, click here!

Giveaway:

Up for grabs is a $25 gift certificate to the Catherine Pooler store! Just leave a comment ON THE VIDEO (not this blog post) to enter. The winner will be announced on Catherine’s blog.


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