new halloween stamps & dies from essentials by ellen

Have you heard that there are new Essentials by Ellen sets hitting the Ellen Hutson shop this Friday? I'm excited for everyone to see the super cute Halloween & fall goodies and every day this week our EH team is revealing a little bit more...

This is Boos Inside, a super cute set of Halloween mugs! For this card I stamped the ghost mug, covered it in Glossy Accents and when the Glossy Accents was dry, I ink blended over the top.

Here's the Pumpkin Mug die cut covered with Glossy Accents, a tag from the Modern Tag set with the Hocus Pocus stamps, and all attached to a little gift of Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate.

And there's a new Candy Corn Add-On for the EBE Pyramid Box. It's cute as a shaker too! 

Pop over to the EH blog when you have time to see more!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

outdoorsy card with mft stamps

There's only one more day until the MFT Stamps September release and I've got a simple but sweet adventure card to share with you!

I'm truly an indoorsy person, you will never find me camping but the new MFT Happy Camper set is so darn cute! And I love the "I Love Adventures With You" sentiment so much!

I stamped & colored two trees and the sentiment on my card front. Then I added some stamped, cut and colored trees and the car with foam adhesive to create a little dimension.

And with a little black splatter, the card was done! I love how simple and sweet it is.

To see more of what's coming from MFT this September, pop over to the MFT blog and YT.

Hugs!

Carly

new essentials by ellen are coming soon!

I've got great news for your fall cardmaking...there's a new Essentials by Ellen release coming this Friday! And its a fab release!!!

Want a little preview? Well I can definitely do that because today our EH team is revealing a few of the new sets. First up, here's a little peek of the new Ghost Ancestors set...

I love the silly sense of humor this set has! I went for a clean and simple card (because of course I did, LOL) with the feel of a ghost family photo wall. 

I stamped the portraits in black and colored just one element simply with Copics.

Next there's the Ghost Hugger and Hey Boos die sets. I can't stop thinking about all the things I want to make with these!!!

Can you even believe how cute this little ghost is? I used it on a simple card with the interactive ghost hands holding the sentiment but can you imagine all the other things...and the candy!!! You know I love candy, LOL!

My background is foiled with the Tiny Stars Background and then I blended Distress Oxide Tattered Rose over the top. And I layered a white cardstock and vellum ghost so it felt extra "ghosty".

Pop over to the EH blog when you have a time because my teammates are so talented and they are going to knock your socks off! And mark your calendars for Friday ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Carly

be merry shaker card + 2 days until the mft september release

I'm sure I've said this before but I think it bears repeating before I show you my card for today's countdown to the MFT Stamps September release...I've never met a word die that I didn't want to turn into a shaker window. Haha!

I used the MFT Be Merry die and look at that fantastic die cut window! Can you blame me for making it into a shaker?!

And in addition to filling my shaker with rhinestones and sequins, I used the sweet little holly die cuts from the Christmas Garnish set (designed to work with the Barware Basics and Long Stem Barware die sets) as shaker bits. 

To see more of the MFT September release, make sure you pop over to the MFT blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you again tomorrow for the last little sneak peek!

Hugs!

Carly

mft september countdown day 3

As we are counting down to the MFT Stamps release, I created a card using the adorable MFT Cozy Days With You stamps and some simple masking...

I started by stamping the kitten with the cocoa on my card panel. Then I stamped him again on a post-it note, cut the post-it note kitty out and placed him over the stamped one as a mask. 

Then I stamped the big pumpkin over part of the masked kitty so when I removed the mask it looks like the kitten is sitting on the pumpkin.

I masked the big pumpkin too so it looks like the smaller pumpkins are behind the big pumpkin.

I stamped a few leaves and then colored everything with Copic markers.

Then I decided I needed more leaves so I stamped, cut and colored a few and foam mounted them to the card.

The final step was to add a sentiment and add a few white highlights.

Thanks for stopping by! You can find more peeks at the MFT September release on their blog and YouTube channel.

Have a great day!

Carly

simple ink blending + mft september release countdown

There are 4 days left until the MFT Stamps September release and as we countdown I've got another holiday card to share with you! This one is so easy with some simple stamping & ink blending!

I started by die cutting the Pretty Poinsettias from masking paper. I arranged the masks on my card front and blended Distress Oxide Festive Berries and Saltwater Taffy.

After removing the masks, I stamped the coordinating images from Pretty Poinsettias stamps in the spaces. Now I absolutely could have stamped first, masked and ink blended but I find sometimes the masking paper smears the ink. I'm probably impatient and don't let the stamped ink dry enough so I've found this work around.

Thanks for stopping by! You can find more peeks of the MFT August release on their blog and YouTube channel.

Have a great day!

Carly

counting down to the mft september 2022 release

Let's start the countdown to the next MFT Stamps release with my first holiday card of the year! 

What do you think? I used the new Christmas Tree Farm stamp set and it is such a sweet set! I stamped, cut and colored the little squirrel & sign but I needed a background...

You might have heard me say this before but stamped scenes intimidate me. I love coloring stamped images but it does not come easily to me. It often takes me a few (or 9) tries to be happy with an image and don't get me started about how long I take to use colors, LOL! So the idea of having to color a whole scene is often too much so I have a few "cheats" I like to use. This background is one of them.

To create it, I cut a DIY stencil with a circle die and I used the stencil to ink blend Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio. With the stencil in place, I stamped the trees with Distress Oxide Lucky Clover.

The background is simple, requires no more coloring and still gives me a place for my carefully colored critter.

Thanks for stopping by! You can find more peeks at the MFT August release on their blog and YouTube channel.

Have a great day!

Carly