Welcome to the February 2017 Essentials by Ellen Release blog hop! Today I have a few cards, a full reveal video, and a GIVEAWAY to share with you today! I made a TON of cards with this release, but will only share one today and the rest over the next week or two so you aren’t overwhelmed! You should have hopped over to me from Sandy Allnock. This is a jammed packed post so let’s get to it and check out the first card I created. Who doesn’t like a little bit of “whipstick” as my daughter calls it…. My favorite lipstick color is red believe it or not. Some people like to wear necklaces or scarfs to dress up. I like putting on a little bit of red whipstick.
Speak of lipsticks! Adorable! And why not a rainbow assortment of lipsticks? I grabbed the Make it Beautiful stamp set and stamped out the lipsticks, colored them with Copics and die cut them with the coordinating die! I wanted to show that the Swing and Slide dies could be used for cards other than slider cards! For this card, I just used it as a background. The lipsticks sure would have been cute swinging and spinning, but for those that might be a little leery of making slider cards, I wanted to show you a different way of using it.
The panel behind the slider cut out was made with distress inks. I adhered that panel to a pink card base and put some foam dimension behind each lipstick and adhered them along the slider line! While it looks like a slider card, it’s not! The lipsticks don’t move. I added a bit of shimmer with the Spectrum Noir glitter overlay pen to the lipsticks and to the pink card base showing thru. I also flicked on some shimmer spray for some added shine! The stars are from the Wonky Backdrops stamp set.
The next stop on the hop is the fabulous Heather Campbell! If you get lost along the hop, please visit the CLASSroom blog for a complete list of all the designers.
If you’d like to see a video on either of these cards, please let me know in the comments.
GIVEAWAY: I have the pleasure of giving away any in stock Essentials by Ellen brand stamp set (Maximum value $25 USD) at Ellen Hutson. To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on today’s post by Tuesday, February 28! There is also an AMAZING Grand Giveaway on the CLASSroom! To enter, be sure to leave a comment there, too! ALL winners will be announced at the CLASSroom on Friday, 3/3! Please check there on that date to see if you are a winner and for further details on claiming your prize!
VIDEO: I’ve also put together a quick video showing you the entire release up close and personal! You can watch the video in HD by clicking HERE.
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THE ENTIRE LIST OF ALL THE NEW PRODUCTS IN THE LATEST RELEASE IS LINKED BELOW FOR YOU
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I like these new girly stamps! Fun cards!
The Day Spa stamp set is so find. Love this release. Thanks for The chance of winning.
*fun not find. Lol*
Love videos!
Love the new products.Fun video.
Oh my! I didn’t realise they were sequin stamps until now, lol! Love both your cards and love the new release too! Fantastic release, thank you for the blog hop Karen x
Laurel, so fun and girly!!
Love this release! Yes, I agree with you Laurel, we need more hinged words or even a hinged alphabet set! Loved your lipstick card.
Gorgeous cards! The ombre vellum background with the black sparkle in front is just stunning! The distress sliver that can be seen is great! Looks a little like a funky galaxy panel!
I would love to watch you create both cards! Please do share the videos 🙂
Great release….love them all
Love this release and YES…I want videos!!! LOVE your videos!!
I’d love to see a video of the sparkle card. Love all these stamps. Thank you.
Fabulous cards!!!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks so much for all your blogs and also videos. Yes I want to see videos. You are always so informative.
Wonderful inspiration! Love this new release!
Great cards… love the sparkly sparkle!
SQUEAL!! LOVING the New Release!! OMG!! Your Slider Card has me SMILING!! =) How FUN!! LOVE the Colors in your other Card!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
I love both of these cards! Thanks for the chance to win.
The Spa set of stamps is so cute and fun and so is your lipstick card.
Sparkle card is pretty and the slider card is great. No way can I choose between the two. I have family who would love to get either.
Such fun happy cards sure to bring a smile!
Thanks for the great video. I loved both of your cards!!! Especially the sparkle card!
Love them all!
Love lipsticks and that lipstick lip stick slider card is fabulous!
I love lipstick! How clever to have adorable lipstick stamps. This is too cute. I would love to see a video on how you made the faux slider. Thank you and great job!
Great cards! Thank you for the release closeup, always better for me when I see products in a video.
Cute release and really great girly card.
The girly girl lipstick card would be for any outing of the girls. It would be the perfect invitation to a spa day or a girly birthday celebration. I also like the ombré background on the vellum. Both cards are wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Both cards are terrific, love the colors and these fun new sets!
Love this release. The stamps are so much fun!
Those lipsticks! ha! I really like the sparkle set. Fun!
Love the sparkle and shine you incorporated in your cards.
I truly love your lipstick card! I can already tell that the slider dies are going to be a must have.
I’m looking forward to seeing more use of those sliding Dies! Super Cute! Thanks for sharing.
Love your backgrounds!
Love your backgrounds. They are amazing. This new release is really fun!!!
Both cards are terrific! Love the layout of your sparkle card.
Beautiful release!!! Love your cards!!! The first one is really funny!!! Your choice of colors is amazing!!!
Oh that slider card is so cute! Love the colors in the second card ♥
Cute cards! Love the slider card.
You gotta love sliders?
Absolutely love the girlie theme to this release – and your cards are so fun.
Lovely designs Laurel, the lipstick card is super cute, thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day!
Cute cards! Love the lipsticks!
Love! Sparkly and colorful~~
I love the background on the lipstick card
Love the card-so cute!
The lipstick card is so cute. Thank you for sharing.
The spa card is hilarious. I love the cucumbers!!
Lots of great products, I can’t pick my favorite.
Beautiful cards and nice release. Thanks for sharing.
Love your glamorous designs 🙂
Lovely release & cards! TFS 🙂
Lovin’ on the otter stamps and dies … cuteness overload! Great cards and projects to share the release … thank you!
What a cute idea, using the slider for makeup!
The first card is so fun and what a perfect card to give someone you’re giving maybe an Ulta GC or their favorite makeup. Love the sparkle card and thank for the tip of inking the back side of vellum – never thought of that & will try it.
what fun and fabulous “girlfriend ” cards!! Thanks for sharing the video too-what a super release!
Laurel …. WOW, what a fantastic release. I love the Make it Beautiful bundle. I can see many cards for my granddaughters with that one. But the Spa Day set made me LOL. That is such a great set!! Thank you for sharing your great layouts and color combinations.
Fun and beautiful cards! Yes on the video!
Laurel, thank you for the inspiration. I love the fact that you used stamps from different sets to make up your cards. It shows how versatile stamps can be.
I love the lipsticks!!! Great cards!
Great cards! Also great idea to share that the sliders Don’t have to be used in only that way! Lipstick cards is so cute! I really want that set! Have a couple of young grandaught ers I could make cards for…they’re really to young for the real thing, but they love putting it on for pretend!
Love the new releases! So many cute stamps
Cool cards. I would love to see a video on the lipstick slider card
Great card projects!
Nice cards! Not sure I would need this set but your work is cute. The sparkle card is simple but well stated!
Beautiful cards! Thank you so much for doing the close up of the new collection. I am totally with you on needing more hinged words/letters. Ah-maze-ing! Just love it all!
great release!!
I love the video. Thanks for sharing!
Love the sparkle card. Well done,tfs
Especially liking the sparkle!
Who doesn’t feel a little more put together with “whipstick” (how adorable is your daughter??). I love the spa set and your lipstick card is gorgeous!!
Well done!
Just love the lipstick slider card; what fun!
Rainbow lipstick? So fun, Laurel! And I love your sparkly creation!
Such a cute card.
Love the lipsticks card. Even though it’s not a slider it could be a really cute one! Thanks for the inspiration as always.
Awesome use of the Sparkle set. TFS.
Love the lipstick card, clever idea 🙂
I received the sparkle stamps and dies as a thank you during the Black Friday event last fall. I love this set so much! Thanks for sharing your creations with us!
Okay, making my list. So far I want them ALL! So cute!
Pretty cards and
the lipstick slider
is fun!
Carla from Utah
Love the lipsticks on the slider!
Love the lipstick card! So cute!
Love the slider lipsticks, very clever!
Love the lipstick card. Although, at first I had visions of various colors of lipstick being smeared all over the front of your beautiful card. Great use of the slider die!
So much fun! Thanks for the video with the entire release. Helps narrow down my selection. Ahem.
Very nice cards. Really like the soft look of the vellum. Thanks for sharing with all of on this blog hop!
I just love those slider dies!
Such feminine cuteness all over the place! A girly card is hard to resist, and yours are precious. Love this release. Thanks for the sweet inspiration and the chance to win, too.
Adorable and punny release from Ellen Hutson!! Love your coloring and shading with the lipsticks, soft magic!
So cute. I love the colors and sparkle on your cards.
Laurel, great cards! You are so very talented and I’m so happy you share your talent with us. Thank you, thank you !
Great cards.
The idea for the lipsticks on the slider is genius! So cute!
Love the lipsticks! Great idea to make them the focal point of the card, and genius to use the slider as a background. Thank you for the cool ideas.
Love your overview video and LOVE your ideas–the facial with the embossing paste is KILLING ME!!! EEP!!! Clever girl!!!
What a great idea for another use of the slider die! Love what you did with your projects.
What an incredible release! Love the ombré on vellum and your use of the slider with the lipstick….cuuuute!
Great cards, love your lipstick card and really who doesn’t love sparkle? 🙂
I love your cards and I love the sparkle. I am afraid my grand-girls have caught on to the sparkle addiction going on in my house. ( I was trying to downplay it!) It’s ok, because they are totally into sparkle also, so we have a great time! Thanks so much.
Love the new release. Lovely cards and thanks for a chance at winning ?
Love your cards Laurel! Thank you for sharing all of the amazing products in this awesome release. I love the Hinged Thanks die, and I’m with you…keep em coming!!
I love your creativity…it always inspires me. Sweet cards!
Neat cards. I have never seen one of those hinged dies before. Cool.
thank you for sharing the beautiful cards.
FUN FUN FUN
No lack of glitter here! I love sparkle and shine and you really came through!
Fun cards!! And the glittery sparkle too.
So many wonderful sentiments in these new card sets by Ellen and group!
Love the Otterly Awesome stamp set!!! Just too cute! Thanks for showing us all the new goodies, Laurel. YOU are otterly awesome! 🙂 ~ Andrea
I just love the enthusiasm in your video, I would be as excited if I got to play with all of these goodies too. Amazing cards!
Great cards! I always enjoy seeing what you make and I do enjoy your videos. Thanks for participating in the blog hop!!
Great cards! Loving the lipstick one-very unique!
Sequin stamps. Yeah!!!! Great cards.
Fun cards! I really like the vellum on your card, adds a nice layer! Pretty!
Love the cards! It has inspired me to get out my vellum and be creative with it! Thanks!
Love your technique and can’t wait to get my hands on this new release.
Laurel, these are great cards. Your demos show some alternatives for using these stamps and dies that I wouldn’t have thought to do. Thanks for sharing your creative techniques and helpful hints.
Lovely release & cards! Thank you for sharing ? !
Love the lineup of lipsticks and that sparkle set is such a versatile fun one!
So many cute stamp sets! Thanks for sharing:)
Such cute, unique cards! Lovin’ all these new sets! Thanks for the inspiration!
Amazing collection.
Fun cards and great release video.
I love the cards and the collection! I want to use everything! Thanks for sharing!
Love your slider card! Really fun!
This will be a great addition to our collections for sure! Thanks for featuring them, your cards are great!
Fun cards from an awesome release!
Love your mask idea!
Cute cards
I love your cards, so fun
Great cards.
Super cute cards!
So fun and fabulous… I love whipstick…. so cute…. the sparkle card is so sparkly… Thanks so much for sharing.
Love the sliding lip sticks! Thanks for sharing!
adorable. . . what a fun slider card.
What’s not to love about both of these…so fun and cute…maybe I love the lipstick card a wee bit better! 🙂
Love your fun slider card!
Cool releasy and beautiful cards ! 6
Love the sparkle on both cards and the rainbow of lipsticks on the first one even though I don’t wear any.
Girlie fun….what would we do without lipstick!
Love what you created. So much fun!!!
Wonderful cards especially the rainbow lipstick.
Cute stamping.
What darling cards! I love it!
Laurel, both of these cards show off this release at its best!
Super fun! Love the lipsticks!
Thank you for the excellent video show casing this great release.
Really fun cards!
Very pretty, love the vibrant colors of the lipstick.
Super COOL release! I love the slider dies!
Hi Laurel ~ This release not only has some “otterly” fun stamps and dies, but I’ve been searching for stamp sets that have sentiments for weekly cards to my sister-in-law who is getting treatments for two forms of cancer. Make it Beautiful and Mirror Mirror would be awesome for this purpose. Thanks for sharing your adorable cards….my daughter loves “whipstick” too!! LOL ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
Very fun!
Oh my, oh my goodness! Every Ellen Hutson release seems to out do the one before. I don’t know how Julie et al keep coming up with these super cute, must have products! I am going to need to get another job. Sigh! Thank you Laurel, for sharing all the products and your adorable cards!
I abosolutey love your spa mask. 😀
The lipstick card is clever, I love it!
Great set and preview. Thanks!
Super cute way to use those lipsticks, and the background on your sparkle card is so pretty. Thanks for the videos, and the inspiration too!
Your cards are great. Thanks for showing the complete release. The Thanks die is pretty cool!
wow so fun!
I love these colorful and fun cards!
Great cards! The lipsticks are awesome!
‘woving’ your whipstick!! and thank you for the great alternative idea for slider dies.
awesome work! thanks for sharing 🙂
Loved your lipsticks and the way you used the slider die. I had a great laugh when I saw the paste on the mask. Genius.
I am in love with the otters and the swing and slide die set.
very fun cards and great clean simple design
That spa stamp you used with embossing powder for the face mask is adorable!! Nice to see a different way to use the spinner dies.
Oh my .. I am not a girly spa girl but the lipstick slider card is amazing !! Amazing ideas, thank you
Laurel, i really like how you enjoy presenting each stamp set, lovely release, thanks for sharing, good luck!
I love the girly theme, right up my alley!
I think those slider dies would be very handy. I love the lipstick card!
The video is a wonderful overview of this release.
Can’t wait to see the rest of what youv’ve done, this whole release is great! What a good idea to use the slider die that way 🙂
Fantastic cards!
I love the “Sparkle” sentiment…can picture using it on many projects!
I love how you made the sparkle “sparkle”. Great projects!
I love this release! So many cute designs! I do love your sparkle card, and the way you designed it is so clever! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great release!Thank you for the video and the inspiration!
Love the lipsticks….
Love the alternative way to use the slider die; great idea! I think I need the sparkle set. I have a few friends it would be perfect for! Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Just love those lipsticks!
Love your cards!
LOVE your cards Laurel and thanks for the time spent doing this overview for sharing ALL of this beautiful release!
Cute cards! I love the one with the lipsticks. Thanks for sharing!
Great cards! I especially love all the different colored lipsticks and I have to also get the Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens because the detail they add are amazing!
Thanks for sharing your clever cards with us, Laurel! This is a great release AND blog hop AND giveaway!
These cards is so pretty. And so girly girl.
Great cards.
The first is unique – haven’t seen many stamps
dealing with makeup.
thanks for sharing.
LOVE your cards and this new release!!!
The lipstick slider card is genius! Love the sparkle!
I’m a newbie and there is so much to learn stamps, watercolors, Copic – I’m on overload. Thanks for all your help in your blogs.
I love your lipstick slider! How fun is that!
delightfully girly cards. Love the sliding lipstick – so fun:)
Laurel, I love these cute lipsticks! Really fun card!
Very cute cards–love the lipstick card!
Love your backgrounds and the sliding lipsticks. Great new release!
Those tiny lipsticks are so cute. I love the backgrounds you have created for your cards.
Love the otters and the thanks dies
Everybody needs to show off their sparkle!
Fabtabulous cards! The first one is a great girlfriend card and I love the watercolour background on your second card. Beautiful!!
Gorgeous cards!
Such an exciting release!! Thanks for the demos!
Really loved the sequin sparkle card and great tip about using the heat gun on the back of the card when heating vellum to help prevent warping!!! Very unique and love the stamp set and die!
Cute cards! Those sliders are pretty sweet. Love what you created with them.
Love Day Spa stamp set
Fun lipstick card!
Cute cards. Love me some sparkle!!
Love the ombre card and the cute lipstick card using the slider die!
Great release. Love your video. Thanks so much for the chance to win.
These cards are wonderful, Laurel. Love the lippy one, especially. Also, the soft look on the background to the sparkle card–sets off all that glittery goodness so well.
Those lipsticks are just so much fun!!!
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What a great release and blog hop!! Love your fun creations, especially the slider card… so cool!
What a great release! Cute lipstick card.
The lipsticks are so cute!
Love the sparkly cards! The “whip stick” slider is so cute and fun! You are so creative, love them both!
I thought I liked the nail polish until I saw the lady with the mask and cukes for her eyes. What a hoot!
Love your whipstick slide. SOOOO FUN!
Beautiful cards and what a great release!!!
Loving the cards you make. Hoping to win.
Love your cards! The lipsticks are awesome!
Just when I think I will never do a slider card…I see this and now think there’s a good chance I will do a slider!! I also vote for a video on the making of the Spread the Sparkle card — love the black on your design! Thanks for sharing!
Fun cards!
Fun slider card
the lipstick card is so cute
The lipstick slider card is my favorite.
Two fabulous cards! What a great idea to make a slider card with lipsticks!
love this release and the spa day set.
Laurel – I got that Sparkle set during the Black Friday sale and I love it so! Thanks for more inspiration – now it will be come a new stamp set again to me.
Pretty cards. Love the colors on the lipstick card.
Lots of lovelies =)
Thanks for the in depth look at a creative, imaginative release. Love your cards as well.
Great cards, thanks for sharing!
Such an adorable release! Loving all the examples! My girls would love your slider card but with nail polish ;o)
My Favorites are the Otter stamp set, Wonky backgrounds and slider dies!
Thanks for the chance to win!
~God bless~
Very sweet. Lipstick and sparkle. Can’t have enough of either. Loving the otters.
I love the lipstick slider card! Great idea.
The cards you created are great! The lipstick card is so fun, love it!
Super fun cards, Laurel! So girly and sweet!!!
Love that green face!
Great cards. Loved the video! Thanks!!!
How fabulous are those lipsticks?!!! Love the shine, too!
Super colorful lipstick card! The sparkle one is pretty too!
Fun creative new products and love your cards. The lipstick and sequins are so cute.
I REALLY love the sparkle card. Such an elegant color scheme and design.
Fabulous release and super cute cards! I really like the “whipstick” one! 🙂
Love your beautiful cards!!! Colors are so pretty
Great card!
I love your cards and the new release!
I wuv whipstick too! You convinced me to buy the swing n slide. Thanks Laurel. 🙂
Fabulous card!! I love the slider!!
Great cards, love them all. Your ideas were great.
Beautiful cards. Love the sequin stamps.
Great card! Would love to win the giveaway.
I just love those “Spa Day” stamps! So cute. Thanks for sharing.
I would love any of these sets!
Cute & so girly… Love it! Great ideas!
The lipstick card is great! I think it would be fabulous as a slider card!!
Love the colours popping through the slider opening, on your first card.
I wish I could see the Sparkle card in person! It is beautiful in the picture, but I know all of the sparkling goodness just won’t show up in any photo. And, your lipstick card is so clever! Using the slider die to basically add dimension was such a great idea! I love your cards and thank you for sharing them!
Love a rainbow of lipstick!
Love your lipstick card!!
The cards are absolutely precious–my favorite is the stamped sequins!
Nothing like some bright and cheery whipstick to start the day out right! Loving those cute sequin images!
Love the moving lipstick card – so fun!!!!
Super cute and fun cards!
Beautiful cards, Laurel! The sparkle card is just lovely with the use of vellum.
Love this card and love this blog hop!!! Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Lovely by Julie Ebersole is my fav!
Oh dear your slider LIpstick (not realy slider) card is genius
Love the second card too
love the colors of the new lipstick BLUE hmmmm
Great post great Video thanks for sharing Miss Lady
Love them all
wish I am the lucky one
amen
So fun!! The lipstick is just so cute!
These are a must have in my house with 2 girls. Love your card Laurel. I would have never thought to use the slider dies without actually making sliders, cool idea.
Oh, I would love to see videos on how you made your cards. Love watching your videos.
That lipstick card is hilarious! Love that idea!
Love the glamorous stampset! These cards are tooo tooo cute!
I love this little set of lipstick stamps.
Wow awesome cards. Love the lipstick.
Love the color scheme and the interactive detail!
Lovely cards! Those lipsticks are so cute and colorful.
Thanks for sharing the giveaway.
Love the lipstick slider card.. how perfect for a teen girl!!!
I would love to see videos on both cards. I’ve never embossed on vellum. I’m just now learning as I get more comfortable with stamping. I love having the videos to watch so that I can learn the techniques.
Love this! Great release that you show off so well!
Just love that lipstick card. Really love it all
Fantastic backgrounds!
I love that you included color in the background of the slide on your lipstick card. So much better than white–clever!
Laurel, your lipstick card is so cute. Love that you were able to make it look like a slider card, but it’s not. One can’t go wrong with sparkles and bling either. Great release!
Simply delightful!
That Sparkle card is great! Isn’t this a fun release? I especially like the Wonky backdrop set!!