Did you know that today is World Cardmaking Day? It’s pretty much every crafter’s dream holiday. An excuse to lock the door and get knee deep in cardstock and glue…or in the case of today’s post, an excuse to visit a ton of blogs that are all offering you a first peek at the newest collection of stamps and dies available from Ellen Hutson. Papercrafter extraordinaire Julie Ebersole has designed a line of incredibly trendy and versatile products that are exclusively available at Ellen Hutson and today is the big day that you can grab ’em up.
I’m here along with twenty other crafty temptresses to show you my take on these new products. So, let’s get scrolling – because I’m sure you are ready for me to stop talking and start crafting.
Each of the cards you’ll see in this post are decididly simple, which means you can pump out a stack of cards in little to no time at all. These days, I am a very big fan of quick and easy.
SUPPLIES:
Cozy Christmas | Brushstroke Christmas | Merry & Bright Stamp Set | Memento Luxe Ink in Pear Tart // Love Letter
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Apply ink the “Joy” stamp and use a wet wipe to remove ink from the dot over the “j” 2. Stamp “Peace” and “Love” on either side of “Joy” greeting 3. Stamp holly leaf image in red and green ink
Watercolors are a great way to add texture without doing much work at all . Just swipe on some color. No need to be neat or precise. Love that.
SUPPLIES:
Cozy Christmas | Merry & Bright Stamp Set| Memento Luxe Ink in Teal Zeal | Watercolor set | Watercolor Paper | Martha Stewart Iridescent Glitter Glue
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Paint blue background onto front of card and allow to dry 2. Stamp swirly line from Merry & Bright stamp set 3. Stamp tree, star and “Merry Christmas” greeting 4. Add yellow glitter glue to star and dots of white glitter glue to create snowfall
When I received the products in this new release, I was so excited to see a laurel wreath die. I love a good laurel wreath and it’s about time someone created one for all of us papercrafters. To create this card, I turned it upside down and added a simple twine bow.
SUPPLIES:
Laurel Wreath Die | Merry & Bright Handwritten Dies | Merry & Bright Stamp Set| Memento Luxe Ink in Love Letter | Ellen Hutson Craft-a-Board | Copic Markers in YG11, Y13, YG17 | Red & White Baker’s Twine
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Die cut wreath from green cardstock and from Craft-a-board 2. Use Copics to add shading to edges of wreath 3. Adhere cardstock wreath to Craft-A-Board 4. Adhere bow to wreath 5. Die cut “happy” sentiment from red cardstock 6. Cut banner from white cardstock and stamp “holidays” greeting in red ink.
SUPPLIES:
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Stamp leaves 2. Stamp “Thank You” greeting on a small strip of white paper 3. Mount strip on kraft paper and adhere to front of card
SUPPLIES:
Merry & Bright Stamp Set | Bokeh Dots Stamp Set | Solid Red Baker’s Twine
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Stamp large circle in shades of green 2. Stamp greeting 3. Adhere red twine bow
This last project may just be my very fave. If you are unfamiliar with the hilarity of “Treat Yo Self” do your self a favor and indulge in next thirty-five seconds. Considering that Halloween is right around the corner, it only made sense to put this die to use for the holiday. I printed out the “Trick or” portion and added it to the die.
SUPPLIES:
Treat Yo Self Die | Vellum | Crop-a-dile Tool | Fiskars Pinking Shears | Orange Striped Treat Bags | Black Striped Treat Bags | Purple Baker’s Twine | Xyron 3″ Sticker Maker
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Cut die from orange cardstock 2. Run through sticker maker 3. Print out banner with additional greeting and adhere to die 4. Cut tag shape from vellum and add eyelet with Crop-a-dile 5. Trim bottom tag with pinking shears
And now that you’ve scrolled your way through all these projects, you’ve earned a chance to win one of my favorite stamp sets! Please leave a comment here by October 8th; winners will be announced October 9th!
For more WCMD inspiration featuring the Ellen Hutson Essentials Collection by Julie Ebersole, visit these bloggers! There are prizes to be won – so don’t miss out on a single blog!
http://parkermolly.blogspot.com
http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/
http://paperfections.typepad.com/
http://mypapersecret.blogspot.com/
karolyns-paperkraft.blogspot.com
http://nicholmagouirk.typepad.com
http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/
http://www.prettypinkposh.com/blog
http://redballooncards.blogspot.com
The “happy wreath” card is my fave. I seem to love the work happy and it always makes me smile. All your cards makes me smile!
Thanks for sharing your creativity!
kReN@http://afourthlife.blogspot.com
Wow your cards are always stunning love this new set…
Your CAS designs are stunning!!
Clean and simple. Very nice. You really outdid yourself with examples and they were all great. Thank you.
Love the Let It Snow watercolor card!
Amber, I always love to see your projects, they are always wonderful, I did not see that clip before, thanks for shedding light on the concept of “Treat yo Self”! so funny!
Love all of your inspiration! I will be making my own cards this year, but you have given me several ideas for clean and simple creations! Cool! Thank you, and Julie and Ellen, too!
I’ll make some and use up some of my old stash of store bought from pre-cardmaking days
Beautiful cards with the new release. Your Let It Snow watercolor card is gorgeous.
I make my own cards for the special people in my life. Beautiful cards and fun release!
Such beautiful cards and I thank you for including such clear and detailed instructions for each. This is my first time visiting your blog and it won’t be the last!
Love the simplicity of your cards and the little tree is my favorite!
GREAT cards today! thanks for sharing! love how you dotted the J in Joy!
I love your clean style!
Your designs are so clean and simple, and elegant. I love what you’ve done with the new designs.
I’m a huge fan of plain and simple.
the cards are beautiful. The card wrapped like a present was cute. Stamping the dot of the I as the holly was a nice touch. thanks for sharing.
Happy WCMD
Love your creative use of the stamps! That scribbled wrreath is such a good idea!
Great examples of how less is more…great job!
Oh! Would love to win – I love your cards such a great look!
Cue, cute, cute!
DIY of course! Beautiful cards – love the watercolor background and how you stamped the swirl under the tree.
Love your clean and elegant card designs! Also the instructions you provide.
love that you did Halloween with this set to show us how much more we can do.
Love the way you thought outside of the box with the Treat yo self die! All of your cards are wonderful. Christmas cards: DIY for the last 10 years.
Awesome cards and thank you for all the tips and techniques! I will make my cards for Christmas, I enjoy making Christmas cards the most! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome cards! Thank you for the step by step instructions and photos.
DIY all the way 🙂
You’re cards are just beautiful, Love the watercolor background. Adore the wreath card. So different yet so nice. Thank you for sharing such great ideas.
Love the simple designs. They look so elegant. Thanks
Love your cards. They are so stunning… What an amazing work 🙂
I love your beautiful cards, Amber!! I will be making my holiday cards this year.
Love the clean and simple cards you created! Thanks for the instructions!! DIY for me this year!!!
I’m a DYI. Love your quick and simple samples!
Love all your cards! Amazing!
Wow. I love your cards and how quickly you can make multiples of them. I think it’s going to be DIY this year.
OMG simply stunning!
Amazing cards!!! Thanks for all of the little helpful tips and the chance to win.
Love the clean and simple, just wonderful
I’ll be making my own cards again this year so I REALLY appreciate your simple and wonderful examples!! I LOVE how you used the treat.yo.self. die!!
DIY. I’ve been making Christmas cards for years and love it! Your cards are awesome! This is such a great release! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Great cards
I’ll definitely be DIY with my holiday cards this year.
I plan to make my own cards this year. These stamps and dies will make it easy to come up with many different cards. Thank you for sharing your cards with us.
Love the soft colors you used on your cards. Your tutorials were very helpful.
refreshing clean & simply yet powerful images for the crafty world-LOVE IT. i like how less is more without looking plain.- Thanks!!
cool how you can make a style from such different stamps! I make them–last year’s card featured zombies…the kids voted.
Clean and simple, love it! Making a wrath with the large circle? So clever and cute!
WOW- fresh and clean cards. Very pretty and creative!
I love cards that aren’t overdone – and yours are fresh and clean!
So many ideas, so little time. Sigh.
Absolutely love the the clean and simple cards. Each one is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win!