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Ellen Hutson S'Whale Alcohol Ink Shaker Card

Hey everyone! I've been having technical difficulties the last few days and it's made it take WAY longer than usual to get posts and videos and supplies posted. It's frustrating but hopefully I'll have things back to normal for me ASAP (thankfully on your end everything should be showing up and looking normal).

My card for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge is WAY late because of all this. I ended up doing the voiceover in my car in -20(C) - and that corrupted and I had to completely re-do it - in my car in the cold LOL. Lately my car is the only place quiet enough to get a voiceover done as the kids are so loud there's literally no quiet enough place in the house. Usually it's not too bad but of course the last couple of days it's got cold and snowy again! Anywho - here is the challenge for this week:

You can check out what the rest of the Design Team made with these colors HERE <-----click! and there's still time to play along if you'd like!

Here's what I made:

I did a little playing with alcohol inks and created the background on Yupo paper using Pool ink and the Silver Mixative. I was basically just dropping and dabbing the colors on - nothing too special technique-wise!

I also managed to stamp on the finished alcohol ink background with MFT's Tangy Orange Hybrid ink. I heat set the ink with my heat tool (being careful not to overheat the Yupo paper as I'm not sure how it holds up to heat) and it was good to go.

The window was die cut with Ellen Hutson's Strands wafer die, and the stamped images are all from the EH S'Whale stamp set. I heat embossed the whale onto Distress Watercolor paper and watercolored it in with Daniel Smith Neutral Tint watercolor and a water brush.

I heat embossed the sentiment onto the inside of the card (and couldn't for the life of me get a decent picture of it - it says "Get whale soon") with the same silver embossing powder, stamped the images on the inside to finish it off and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself! 

Ellen Hutson S'Whale Watercolor Cards | Dr PH Martins Hydrus Colors

Hey everyone. Just like I've been saying all week, I'm playing catch up and trying to get back on track with everything. 2018 has definitely been a rough start for me and it boggles my mind that we're almost halfway through January already!!

OK - back to the post. Ellen Hutson released new stamps and dies this week:

You can check out their new release HERE <------click!

I was invited to guest design on the CLASSroom blog to celebrate the release - and am sharing the cards and video here too!

I used the new S'Whale stamp set and coordinating die set to make my cards, along with a new-to-me set of watercolors. The Dr Ph. Martin's Hydrus watercolors have been on the market for however many years, and I got a set of them some time ago, and finally cracked them open to play with and make these cards.

I used hot press watercolor paper for my background and for the stamped and heat embossed images. The backgrounds were basically just me dropping in color and pushing it around (easier to show in the video!).

I popped up the whales and the sentiments with foam tape, and added some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins.

I finished off the insides of the cards by stamping the cluster of fish images repeatedly, added more sentiments and that was it!

To see how these cards came together check out my video below:

 

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!   

Ellen Hutson Photo Lady | Copic Markers and Distress Oxides

OK I'm back with my second post! If you missed my Quick Tip post from earlier you can find it here:

Quick Tip - Creating Stickers out of Die Cuts

Now for the finished card:

I used Ellen Hutson's Leading Ladies - Photo Lady stamp set and coordinating die set for this card. I also found an older polaroid die set that just went perfectly with these images.

I ended up fussy cutting out the phone she's holding, and used a craft knife (I LOVE the PenBlades - they're SUPER sharp and the fact that they retract so easily is a good thing for me. I tend to be a klutz and cutting myself happens way too often so these make that way less likely to happen (so far so good and I've been using them for around a year or so now)) to cut around her hand. In the end it looks like the image was stamped like this with her holding the phone!

I sponged several Distress Oxide inks onto my background and splattered them with water. I did the same thing with the centre of the Polaroid die cut just to make it all "go" together a little better.

I finished off the inside of the card with another sentiment from the set and a couple of the remaining camera images and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!   

Quick Tip - Creating Stickers out of Die Cuts

Hey everyone! I am still having a rather rough time recovering from the root canal I got earlier in the week (I'm not surprised. I've had a root canal done before and it was not a fun process for me during recovery - so this was expected). I'm so far behind with work and deadlines and giveaways too (the giveaways will be coming soon - I have some BIG ones still to do!) and it's just been rough!

That said - I was cleaning out files on my computer and came across videos I hadn't uploaded to my channel (again not surprised LOL. I was posting SO much in the fall and for my Christmas Card series that these ones got buried under everything else) - so I'll be doing that today! 

First up is this Quick Tip video. I haven't done videos like this in a long time - it's on my list to start doing them more regularly again. 

You can watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!

The completed card video will be coming later (after I re-record the voiceover - the original became decided to disappear during the purging of my files but as I still have the edited footage this is a task I can manage right now!)

 

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!   

Essentials by Ellen Mondo Magnolia | Daniel Smith Watercolor | Giveaway 1

Hello everyone! It's a late start to my series of videos and giveaways and videos that I've been promising y'all. The kids and I had a good Christmas, and just spent time together here at home. It is INSANELY cold here right now (this morning we hit around -47C with the windchill - AKA it's COLD). To top it off the reason I'm behind with  everything (and possibly why my voice sounds off in the video) is I have the WORST tooth pain - I broke one of my teeth and need a root canal. Of course my dentist (and all the ones we tried calling today including emergency) is off for the holidays. So I'm just struggling to get through the day let alone trying to work and create and edit. I don't wish this sort of pain on anyone (and it doesn't help that I have massive dental anxiety from extremely painful procedures when I was younger).

SO - that's my life update for the moment! I'm still going through with my videos and giveaways as planned it just might take me a little bit longer than I'd hoped to get them all up! I am so excited to have passed 60,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel, and have over 12,000 followers on my Prairie Paper & Ink Facebook page and over 9000 followers on my Instagram! You all are helping me create this awesome corner of the interwebs that I enjoy adding inspiration to and hope y'all will enjoy visiting for years to come! <3 <3 <3 

First off is Ellen Hutson LLC - she's provided a coupon code for my followers. You can shop the Ellen Hutson store HERE <-----click! and use the code congratsAmy and save 10% off your order! Valid on in-stock merchandise only. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers. Coupon code EXCLUDES new Mama Elephant products (released in the last 90 days) and BCRF Fundraiser. 

Stay tuned to the end of the post for the giveaway!

I used the Essential by Ellen Mondo Magnolia stamp set, and after heat embossing the image multiple times onto Canson XL watercolor paper I watercolored it with a couple of Daniel Smith watercolors.

I used the coordinating die set to cut out the flower and the inner flower and centre, then stacked them together with foam dimensionals. 

I used one of the sentiments from the Mondo Magnolia set and heat embossed it with the same copper embossing powder that I had used on the outside and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below: 

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!   

Now for the giveaway!!

Ellen has generously donated a $25 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson store! All you need to do to be entered is follow the steps in the Rafflecopter widget below (make sure you're using an e-mail address that you check frequently as it's how I contact the winner). 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you so much Ellen for the gift certificate and the coupon code for my followers! Good luck everyone!

Oh So Sweet Distress Oxide Card | Ellen Hutson with Concord & 9th United We Flourish

Hello everyone!

This month's United We Flourish collab (you can check out all the previous ones here on my Sales & Coupons page!) is with Concord & 9th and it's such a fun set! The set is called Sweet Sprinkles and it's a combo stamp set with the coordinating dies.

Here's the card I created with the new set:

I pulled out my Distress Oxide inks and went on a rainbow theme with this card. The sprinkles stamp in this set made for a quick and easy background. I staggered the image and stamped it with different colors of Distress Oxides - SO fun.

I decided to use the ice cream cone for this card and for both the cones and the "ice cream" I inked up the images with one color of Distress Oxide ink then before stamping I rocked the stamp onto another color of Distress Oxide ink. That way I got the 2 toned images for all the pieces with one stamp impression.

I finished off the inside of the card with a stamped sentiment from the set, and stamped the little sprinkles image "on top" of it with the same rainbow of Distress Oxide inks and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!   

EH Season to Sparkle | AmyR 2017 Christmas Card Series #12

Hello everyone! I'm the hostess this week for the Color Throwdown Challenge!

You can find all the info along with the CTD Design Team inspiration HERE <-----click! and I'd love for you to play along!

Here's what I created:

I pulled out MFT's Framework Background stamp and the Essentials by Ellen Season to Sparkle stamp set and coordinating die set to create my card. I heat embossed nearly everything with Hero Arts Brass embossing powder. I just love how it looks on the black, grey and white card stocks!

The snowflakes were stamped with Delicata Silvery Shimmer ink - it has a subtle shimmer to it - and nearly impossible to see on camera. I think it's pretty and it definitely adds just a touch more than a standard grey dye ink.

I finished off the inside of the card with a heat embossed sentiment from the Season to Sparkle set, stamped the snowflakes with the Silvery Shimmer ink and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!   

Ellen Hutson 11th Anniversary Blog Hop! Cozy Lady Says Treat Yo Self

Hello everyone! Welcome to day 4 of 5 days of hops for Ellen Hutson's 11th anniversary! If you didn't get here from the Ellen Hutson blog you can check it out HERE to find out all that's going on! For this hop we were all encouraged to use our favourite Essentials by Ellen set(s). I knew I had to use the Leading Ladies - Cozy Lady set. I identify rather strongly with the whole theme of this set (and her outfit and messy top bun lol):

I stamped my Cozy Lady onto Neenah Solar White 80lb card stock with Hero Arts Intense Black ink and coloured her in with Copic markers. After colouring I used a white gel pen to add a few highlights and whatnot.

This week's Color Throwdown Challenge inspired my colors for this card - even though it's cold and snowy here in Saskatchewan I like to think that autumn colors like this are still out and about for some of you wherever you are.

After I'd coloured in my Lady Lady and the to-go cup, I used the coordinating dies to cut them both out. I absolutely love that the coordinating die for Cozy Lady cuts around her arm so that you can tuck in the coordinating images from the set. I of course used the to-go cup.

Using the cup inspired me to make a quick little matching To-go Cup gift card holder. I used the Honey Bee Stamps Coffee Gift Card Holder dies and happened to have a Starbucks gift card in colors that went PERFECTLY with this card.

I used the EH Treat Yo Self wafer die (another favourite of mine - I just got it recently but it's been on my list for the longest time. I was so excited to finally get my hands on it) for both the card and to adhere to the "wrap" on the little gift card holder. I used a glue dot to hold the gift card in place.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping the Cozy Lady on the inside with Distress Oxide ink, then masked her hand and stamped the to-go cup with a different color of ink. I then stamped a sentiment from the Cozy Lady set and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <------click!

Next stop on the hop is Carly Tee's fabulous blog! <------click!

Thanks so much for joining me today!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the products  have little icons below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. You can hover over the icons and it will tell you what store that link will take you to. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!   

Ellen Hutson Hello Monday Guest

Hello everyone!!

I'm guest designing over on the CLASSroom blog today for Ellen Hutson. I've stepped into Julie's shoes and am the Hello Monday video contributor today!

You can check out the post and video HERE <--------click! using the new Leading Lady - Photo Lady stamp set.

BUT before you go - leave a comment on this post!! If you leave a comment before November 26th you'll be entered in for a chance to win a $50 coupon to use in the Ellen Hutson store!

Ellen Hutson LLC Abstract Paint Strokes | Distress Oxide Stamping

Hello everyone! Ellen Hutson's November Release went live on November 5th, and all week they've been having mini hops to celebrate - today being one of them!

I'm the last stop on the hop today - if you didn't get here from Laurel's blog <-----click! you can start back at the beginning at the CLASSroom blog <-------click!

I used the new Abstract Paint Strokes stamp set as my focus for today's cards:

I pulled out one of my favourite color combos of Distress Oxide Inks: Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint and Salty Ocean to stamp several of the paint stroke images with.

After all the stamping with the Distress Oxide inks, I heat embossed one of the Abstract Paint Stroke images with Avery Elle Rich Gold Metallic embossing powder. I also heat embossed one of the sentiments from the new Totally Random Sayings stamp set onto a strip of vellum and adhered it to the card front.

My card bases were Neenah Desert Storm 100lb card stock, and I stamped some of the same Abstract Paint Stroke images with the Oxide inks, then added stamped and heat embossed sentiments and that was it!

To see how these cards came together check out my video below:

or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <---------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!  

Two Minute Tips: Creating Stickers with Die Cuts & Xyron

Hey everyone! I'm up on the CLASSroom blog today with a fun Two Minute Tip video! You can check it out HERE <-------click!

Die Cut Scene Cards | Honey Bee Stamps & Ellen Hutson llc United We Flourish Blog Hop

Hello everyone! I'm so excited to be participating in a collaborative blog hop between the Honey Bee Stamps and Ellen Hutson llc teams this morning to celebrate their United We Flourish release!

There's a TON of inspiration along the way as well as giveaway info so be sure to read to the end!

Here's what I created:

I started pulling out different shades of yellow card stock and then got die cutting and ended up making 2 cards because I was having so much fun!

I combined the Sending Sunshine stamps with the coordinating Ray of Sunshine word dies, and the Partly Cloudy (love those little stitched swirls in all the clouds!) and Sunburst A2 Cover Plate dies to create my first scene.

For my second card I stamped the words from the Sending Sunshine set onto die cuts I created with the HB Cloud Borders dies, and adhered those over another Sunburst A2 Die cut sun.

On both cards I was rather liberal with the sequins from the new HB Sunny Days sequin mix - they were just too pretty to limit to just a few ;)

On the insides of both cards I created sentiments using stamps from the Sending Sunshine stamp set. I have to admit the one on the right just makes me snicker - I like tongue-in-cheek sentiments like that.

If you want to see how these cards came together you can watch my video below:

Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <--------click!

Next stop on the hop is Carissa Wiley's fab blog <-----click!

Here's the list of all the stops in case you may have missed any:

Honey Bee Blog

The CLASSroom

Amy Rysavy (you're here!)

Carissa Wiley

Carly Tee Minner

Carolyn Peeler

Julia Stainton

Lisa Adametz

Lisa Cisneros

Melissa Bickford

Nicole Sphor

Taniesa Vlasak

Now for the GIVEAWAY info - to celebrate, two randomly selected commenters will win a $30 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson shop. To enter just leave a comment on the Ellen Hutson Classroom blog or the Honey Bee blog by 11:59pm PST on Friday, September 8^th.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! :)

ETA: I wanted to add this note from Melissa (owner of Honey Bee Stamps): Honey Bee Stamps is Sending Sunshine to Texas. For the State of Texas and helping with the recovery, we are donating a portion of the sales to the JJ Watt Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. This fund gives 100% of all donations back to those in need.

I am so proud to be working with such wonderful and generous people/companies (SOOOOO many of my crafting friends in Texas are rallying together and collecting donations and helping those in need - it's been wonderful to see!!).

 I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!  

NEW Essentials by Ellen | United We Flourish | Honey Bee Stamps Sending Sunshine

Happy Sunday! I'm SO excited to give y'all a heads up that the latest Ellen Hutson Essentials by Ellen collab for their Untied We Flourish campaign is with Honey Bee Stamps!!

I'll have cards and video to share with y'all later this week using this exclusive set but wanted to get on here and let y'all know about it as well as show all the products that coordinate with this new set. So many of the stamps and dies and new sequins Honey Bee has released lately coordinate PERFECTLY with this new EH set!

There will be a fun blog hop Sept 1st to celebrate this release plus give a ton of inspiration - I can't wait to see what all the other designers created!

And if you haven't checked out my Sales & Coupons page lately - I have links to the previous United We Flourish sets:

I showed the previous collab sets in a haul video HERE <------click!

I created these cards using the Lawn Fawn collab set:

If you missed that post you can check it out HERE <--------click!

Alrighty then - I'm off to get creative and hopefully get some videos edited today (I keep teasing y'all with promises of more Halloween cards - things have been made/filmed - just gotta get it all edited and uploaded!). I hope y'all have a WONDERFUL day! <3 
 

 

Ellen Hutson Mermaid's Tail Rainbow Card | Distress Oxide Inks

Happy Friday!!! I hope y'all have fun plans for the weekend!

Like I mention in the video - the idea for this card came when I was in bed (letting my mind wander generally means I'm running through to-do lists and grocery lists and cleaning lists.....typical mom stuff - but there's also card ideas being thought up too LOL) and I HAD to get it made while the idea was fresh.

I made THIS card using the Ellen Hutson Mermaid's Tail set when it was first released, and then this idea occurred to me:

I've been a tad obsessed with all things rainbow lately, and my Distress Oxide inks never leave my desk (I literally keep them piled up on a corner of my desk) - so using the Oxide inks to create a rainbow of mermaid tails was a no-brainer:

I heat embossed the tails multiple times with white embossing powder onto Bristol Smooth card stock, then sponged on the Distress Oxide Inks.

I popped up all the tails onto the card front with foam dimensionals, added a sentiment stamped in black and some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Confetti sequins.

I finished off the inside of the card by stamping all the tails in the same Distress Oxide colors then adding another sentiment from the Mermaid's Tail set and that was it!

To see how this card came together check out my video below:

Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!   

Lawn Fawn Love Ya Bunches | Scene Building 2 Ways

Hello everyone! I've had this Lawn Fawn Love Ya Bunches stamp set sitting front and centre on my desk ever since I showed it to y'all in this haul video. It's exclusive to Ellen Hutson as part of their United We Flourish campaign. I had to add it to my Lawn Fawn collection LOL - but I did want to actually ink it up and use it so I made 2 different cards with it:

I decided to create 2 completely different "scenes" for these cards - one using several different Lawn Cuts die sets and the other using Distress Oxides to create a watercolored/splattered background.

I started off by stamping most of the images in the set onto Neenah 80lb Solar White card stock with Hero Arts Intense Black ink then colouring them in with Copic markers.

For my first card I created my scene by die cutting several different colors of card stock using the Lawn Fawn Leafy Tree Backdrop: Portrait set (and the leaf die from the Landscape set) along with the sun and clouds from the Spring Showers set.

For my second card I created a watercolored background using Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Inks. I added a die cut sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Scripty Hello Lawn Cuts and attached the vine and monkeys to look like they were swinging off of it.

I finished off the insides of both cards with more images and sentiments from the Love Ya Bunches set and that was it!

To see how these cards came together check out my video below:

Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <------click!

I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube. If the product images have sets of letters below the image it means there's more than one place it can be purchased. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, MFT = My Favourite Things, SnS = Scrap N Stamp (Canada) etc. Compensated affiliate links used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and YouTube channel up and running and enables me to work from home with my kids! I appreciate your support more than words can say!

I occasionally receive product for free from stores/manufacturer with no obligation on my part to use/review - I only use and share what I personally love. Everything else I purchase myself!