Essentials by Ellen Late Summer Release Blog Hop

Hello, and welcome to the Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! I’m happy to be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today! 

And, yay!!! I also get to give away an Essentials by Ellen stamp set!  The winner may chose ANY  Essentials by Ellen brand stamp set  (Maximum value $25 USD) currently in stock at Ellen Hutson.com  To enter my giveaway, please leave a comment on today’s post  by Tuesday, August 23rd!

There is also a crazy good Grand Giveaway in the CLASSroom!  To enter, be sure to leave a comment there, also by Tuesday, August 23rd

ALL winners will be announced at the CLASSroom on Friday, August 26th! Please check there on that date to see if you are a winner and for further details on claiming your prize!

You should have arrived from Carly Minner's blog.  If you get lost along the hop, please visit the CLASSroom blog for a complete list of all the designers.

My first card uses the new set Stay Salty and Stay Salty Dies....

I just think this sentiment is too funny, so I had to use it on my first card.  I used papers from the By The Sea paper pad from My Mind's Eye.

For my second card I thought the lifesaver pattern paper from the same pad would go perfectly with the lifesaver image from this set. 

I wrapped the die cut stamped image with red rustic twine and used the Lawn Fawn ocean wave border die to die cut one of the woodgrain papers for the bottom.

For my third card with this set I used the Silver Lining dies to cut some distress watercolor cardstock into some sunbeams. I cut two and inked them with either yellow or orange distress inks, then I cut them apart and reassembled the pieces swapping every other piece for one of the opposite color.  

I covered my sunset with a layer of clear spectrum noir sparkle pen then covered the whole piece with glossy accents and let it dry. I stamped the clouds with Lawn Fawn Merman ink and die cut some popping them up with foam squares.  The ocean is cut with the ocean wave border die from Mermaid card stock.  I love the sentiment and thought it was so fun to use with the seagull holding a potato chip!

My last two cards use the new Bear Ware set and Bear Ware Dies along with All Inside which of course has the sweet bear image.

I die cut the bear from cork then stamped the image with archival brown ink onto the cork.  For this first card I colored my flowers to match the pattern paper I used for the background.  I used a sentiment from the new Warm Fuzzies stamp set and added some google eyes for fun.

For my second bear card I inked the background with distress inks and used the grassy border from Lawn Fawn to die cut pattern paper for the ground.  I also paper pieced the sections of the umbrella from coordinating papers. 

I used Ranger Enamel Accents in caribbean coast to create the rain drops and black tie for his shiny nose. The sentiment is also from the Warm Fuzzies stamp set.

Next up on the hop is Carolyn Peeler! Happy hoppin’!

Here are links to all the new release followed by the other supplies I used for my cards.

NEW RELEASE:

Essentials by Ellen Summer 2016 Complete Release

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Warm Fuzzies by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Stay Salty by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Stay Golden by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Mondo Peony by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Lovely by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Bear Ware by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Sock Monkey Surprise by Kimberly Wiener

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Sock Monkey Surprise by Kimberly Wiener

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Sunshine Word by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Stitching Lines by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Stay Salty by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Stay Golden by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Silver Linings by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Mondo Peony by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Bear Ware by Julie Ebersole

SUPPLIES:

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, All Inside

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, All Inside by Julie Ebersole

Lawn Cuts Dies, Ocean Wave Borders

Lawn Cuts Dies, Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Lawn Cuts Dies, Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black

String by the Spool, Red Burlap

String by the Spool, Natural Burlap

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Wax Lips, 25 pk

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Candy Pearls, 10 pk

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk

Ranger Enamel Accents, Glacier White

Lawn Cuts Dies, Large Stitched 4 Bar Rectangles

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk

Lawn Fawn Ink Pad, Merman

Ranger Stickles, Star Dust

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock, 8-1/2 x 11

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Mustard Seed

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Fossilized Amber

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Wild Honey

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Spiced Marmalade

Ranger Ink Blending Tool, 1 Inch Round

Ranger Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam, 1 Inch Round

Crafters Companion Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens, Clear Overlay

Ranger Accents, Glossy Accents

Tim Holtz Textured Surfaces

Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Potting Soil by Wendy Vecchi

Ranger Enamel Accents, Caribbean Coast

Ranger Enamel Accents, Black Tie

Lawn Cuts Dies, Grassy Border

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Rusty Hinge