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Essentials by Ellen October Release Hop (VIDEO + GIVEAWAYS!)

6 Oct

Good afternoon and Happy Sunday!  I am so excited to be hopping along to celebrate the fabulous Essentials by Ellen October release from Ellen Hutson!  I just love the Mondo Floral series by Julie Ebersole and couldn’t wait to play with the gorgeous new Mondo Chrysanthemum!!

I have a video for today’s card that you can watch below or over at my YouTube channel!

To start I stamped the flower and leaves onto strathmore bristol smooth surface cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed them with gold tinsel embossing powder.  Then I watercolored them using Altenew watercolor brush markers in Sunkissed, Autumn Blaze, Rubellite, Fresh Lemon, Emerald, and Jet Black.  Once I was finished watercoloring I die-cut the images with the coordinating dies and then went over the white edges with a black copic marker!

Hello by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Ellen Hutson

Then I stamped a few more leaves and the sentiment from Totally Random Sayings vol.3 onto an A2 panel of black cardstock and heat-embossed with gold tinsel embossing powder.  I adhered the leaves with ATG adhesive and used foam mounting tape to pop up the flower.  Finally I added a few metallic gold sequins to finish the card!

Hello by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Ellen Hutson

And that’s it!  I hope you enjoyed my video today!!  And make sure to check out the Ellen Hutson blog tomorrow for another video from me! 😉

One random commenter will win $25 to the Ellen Hutson shop and another commenter will win the whole October Essentials by Ellen release!!! For a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Sunday, October 13th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by Ellen Hutson via email.  You should have arrived from Emily and Carly is your next stop! 

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fabulous day, and happy hopping!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!

Mondo Chrysanthemum stamps
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Mondo Chrysanthemum dies
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Totally Random Sayings Vol 3
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Lil’ Squatch stamps
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Lil’ Squatch dies
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Sew Cute – Snowman
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Sew Cute Ornament
[ ELH ]
Voices in my Head Vol. 2
[ ELH ]
Tropical Fiesta Set, Altenew…
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Winter Wonderland Set, Altenew…
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Spring Garden Set, Altenew Watercolor…
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Strathmore Smooth Bristol Pad 9 X 12
[ ELH ]
Hero Hues Pitch Black, Hero Arts…
[ ELH ]
COPIC Sketch Marker 100, Black
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Embossing Magic Bag, Inkadinkado
[ ELH ]
VersaMark Ink Pad
[ ELH ]
Tinsel – Gold, Ranger Embossing Powder
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Embossing Gun (Wagner), Hero Arts
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MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool…
[ ELH ]
Classic Metallic Fusion, Studio Katia…
[ ELH ]
Connect Glue, Gina K Designs
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Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape
[ ELH ]
ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider
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Crafter’s Companion Gemini Junior -…
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Comments

  1. lizbechtel69 says

    October 7, 2019 at 3:49 pm

    Jess, your kondo chrysanthemum on the black is stunning. Simply stunning. I can not wait to watch the video! Superb work!

    Reply
  2. Eveline Van Heijst says

    October 7, 2019 at 3:54 pm

    Gorgeous card. I love the black background with that beautiful colored flower.

    Reply
  3. Megan Niergarth says

    October 7, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    So pretty, Jess! Love how you colored the edges of the die cuts. Striking card!

    Reply
  4. Marisela Delgado says

    October 7, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    Wow, Jessica. What a FABULOUS card and flower.

    Reply
  5. Sue D says

    October 7, 2019 at 8:01 pm

    wow–love the vibrant colors.

    Reply
  6. Marisela Delgado says

    October 7, 2019 at 8:04 pm

    FAB. U. LOUS.

    Reply
  7. mjmarmo says

    October 7, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    Wow that is gorgeous!!

    Reply
  8. denisehbisme says

    October 7, 2019 at 10:39 pm

    As always I love the cards you make. Your coloring is gorgeous and the card on the black background is just stunning. thank you for sharing your time and talents.

    Reply
  9. TK Watson says

    October 7, 2019 at 11:49 pm

    Beautiful mum, gorgeous colors!

    Reply
  10. Lauryne Cunningham says

    October 8, 2019 at 9:56 am

    Wow! What a gorgeous card! I enjoyed watching you color the chrysanthemum- beautiful choice of colors!

    Reply
  11. JMN says

    October 9, 2019 at 3:00 am

    Love your color combination … stunning card!

    Reply
  12. Jenny (@Jenny21386899) says

    October 9, 2019 at 4:33 am

    Gorgeous card and thanks for sharing your process video.

    Reply
  13. Eileen says

    October 9, 2019 at 11:02 am

    Love how vibrant this is!

    Reply
  14. Marisela Delgado says

    October 10, 2019 at 4:59 pm

    In awe of this card.

    Reply
  15. momentsofcrafting says

    October 11, 2019 at 6:17 am

    Wow!!! Jessica, this flower is just stunning and sits so beautifully on the dark background!! I love it! Thanks so much for sharing and the great video!

    Reply
  16. amysterywriter says

    October 11, 2019 at 11:11 pm

    I love your colors!

    Reply
  17. Sharilyn Decker says

    October 12, 2019 at 9:05 pm

    the shading you have taken the time to add more depth with makes all the difference, thanks for showing us exatly how to recreate this look!

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