sending good thoughts

This week we have been celebrating our friend Heather Campbell over in The Classroom and her adorable designs for Avery Elle. One of my favorite new stamps by Heather is the super cute Wood You? set. Isn't he so adorable?!

I love his dreamy expression and I thought it was perfect for a happy thoughts card...

To create this card I cut a speech bubble shape from masking paper. There are lots of cute speech bubble dies but I was too lazy to clean my desk and find mine so masking paper works great. (P.S. Anyone want to organize my craft room?)

After applying the mask, use a blending tool to apply light pink ink like Distress Ink Spun Sugar.

Next stamp that cutie-pie beaver in a pale ink for no line watercoloring. My current favorite is Distress Ink Antique Linen.

Color with your favorite medium. I love Clean Color Markers because of their forgiving nature (I'm a messy crafter).

Add a sentiment and create a heart for the woodchuck to hold with Nuvo Drops.

Finally fill the special bubble with "good thoughts" like donuts, cookies & cupcakes. Of course your idea of good thoughts might be different than mine, LOL!

Don't forget that you can still get some of Heather's designs for 15% off at Ellen Hutson, along with other Avery Elle goodies. Check them out here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

xo,
Carly

supplies:

Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Wood You? by Heather Campbell

Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Love Birds

Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps, Donut Worry

Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps, Milk and Cookies

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Bear Ware by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Elf'd by Julie Ebersole

My Favorite Things Die-namics, Blueprints 13

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Spun Sugar

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Spun Sugar

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Kit #4

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Antique Linen

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Antique Linen

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Kit #3

Ranger Dye Ink Pad, Pink Gumball

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 026, Light Pink

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 062, Dark Brown

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 067, Mustard

Strathmore Bristol Pad 9x12

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 10pc-8.5" x 11"

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 20pc-5.5" x 5.5"

Zig Watercolor BrusH20, Long Detailer

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops, Carnation Pink Gloss

Ranger Ink Blending Tool, 1 Inch Round

Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper, 5x7, 12 pk

Happy New Year & We {heart} Heather!

Hi and Happy 2017! I hope your new year is starting off great! Mine got off to a little bit of a rocky start but today is treating me pretty well...Chuck's maple bars at work today, some super exciting happy mail, crafting...thanks Tuesday!

So this week is The Classroom at Ellen Hutson, we are showing some love for our friend Heather Campbell and her awesome designs for Avery Elle. I think Heather's designs are so awesome (she has the cutest little animal friends) that I couldn't resist playing along! The sweet little piggy from Hogs & Kisses makes me smile so I started with him...

To create this card, start with stamping Mr. Pig in Spun Sugar Distress ink on smooth watercolor cardstock.

Then create a little piggy mask. Cut a "hill" mask, saving the top and bottom of the mask. I just hand cut mine due to some crafty laziness but there are lots of cut hill die cuts.

Apply bottom hill mask and repeat "LOVE" word across top in gray. A MISTI makes the repeat stamping super easy.

Then apply top hill mask over LOVE background and use an ink blending tool to add some pale pink ink.

Remove the top hill mask & the piggy mask and color the pig. I used Clean Color Markers because they are my fav and I'm terrible with Copics (I'm taking your class in the new year Sandy Allnock!).

Finish with a few little hearts and "inside" in the middle of the big heart.

Thanks for stopping by and hope your Tuesday is awesome too!

xo,
Carly

P.S. Need to pick up some of Heather's designs for yourself? There's a sale happening at Ellen Hutson LLC!

supplies:

Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Hogs and Kisses by Heather Campbell

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, All Inside by Julie Ebersole

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Spun Sugar

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Spun Sugar

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Kit #4

Ranger Dye Ink Pad, Cool Graphite

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 200, Sugared Almond Pink

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 081, Light Violet

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 072, Beige

Strathmore Bristol Pad 9x12

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 10pc-8.5" x 11"

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 20pc-5.5" x 5.5"

ZIG Watercolor BrusH20, Detailer

Zig Watercolor BrusH20, Long Detailer

Ranger Ink Blending Tool, 1 Inch Round

Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper, 5x7, 12 pk

today...

I'm over in The Classroom at Ellen Hutson today making Molotow masked hearts!

Come on over!

xo,
Carly

i'm foiling again!

I'm foiling over in The Classroom today! Come visit...

xo,
Carly

red cup tags

Wanna know something funny? I don't even drink coffee, don't like it. Can't stand it actually. But I do love a Starbucks Coconut Hot Chocolate and cute coffee themed papercrafts. So I had to create some coffee cup tags...

The tags are 3 layers, red cup, white cup and a partially die-cut cup in the center for stability. The lid is fuzzy white felt. 

Simple, easy and super cute (in my opinion)!

Happy Saturday!

xo,

Carly

supplies:

Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Coffee Cup Tags

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Season To Sparkle by Julie Ebersole

Hero Arts Frame Cuts Dies, Coffee Cup tags

Ranger Dye Ink Pad, Classic Cherry

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Festive Berries

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Festive Berries

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Kit #11

Lawn Fawn Ink Pigment Pad, Yeti

Strathmore Bristol Pad 9x12

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 10pc-8.5" x 11"

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 20pc-5.5" x 5.5"

Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White

WoolFelt, 12x18 White (35%)

Ranger Ink Blending Tool, 1 Inch Round