Hello! Today is release day for Ellen Hutson and we’ve got a huge hop filled with lots of inspiration using the new holiday release! I’m sharing three ways to use coverplate dies to create a trio of quick cards perfect for the holiday season! I have a video for my cards that you can watch below or over at my Youtube channel!
The Twirling Flurries and Birch Tree coverplate dies are a great addition to your craft stash and can be used for a variety of occasions!
I love how a simple change in techniques takes these dies from modern to elegant to whimsical!
My first card took me less than 5 minutes to create and most of that time was spent adhering the card together! I die-cut the Twirling Flurries and Birch Tree coverplate dies from white cardstock and layered them together on a white card base for a simple design. The detail in both coverplate dies gives the plain white background plenty of interest. Then I added the Deer Couple die-cut from gold and silver glitter cardstock and then heat-embossed the sentiment from Love and Light with gold and silver embossing powder to finish the card! Super simple but elegant and a great candidate for mass-production!
My second card is a modern design that also makes great use of cardstock scraps! I chose an autumn palette of rich golds, oranges, and purples and trimmed scraps of cardstock into strips of varying widths. Next I adhered them to a card base and then trimmed off the overhang. I heat-embossed a sentiment from ‘Tis the Season in gold on the beautiful Birch Tree coverplate die die-cut from black cardstock. Finally, I added a shadow layer die-cut from gold glitter cardstock and then adhered it to my cardstock panel! You could easily change up this design for different seasons by using different colors and sentiments!
My final card uses a little ink blending and a spooky surprise! I die-cut the Twirling Flurries coverplate die from strathmore bristol cardstock and blended distress oxide inks over the panel to create my Halloween sky. I used distress oxide inks in scattered straw, mustard seed, wilted violet, blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire, and black soot. When I was done blending I splattered the panel with water, shimmer spray, and metallic gold paint and let it dry.
Next I die-cut the Birch Tree coverplate die from black cardstock and added a sentiment from Halloween Magic heat-embossed in gold embossing powder. I also heat-embossed the spider from Halloween Magic onto black cardstock with silver embossing powder and die-cut it with the coordinating die. Then I adhered a small piece of clear monafilament string to the spider and then adhered that to the birch tree panel. This allows the spider to move just a tiny bit…almost in a way that makes you take a second look at the card and wonder if you imagined the movement! 😉
Finally, in case you missed it, I had this card over on the Ellen Hutson blog a few days ago using the new release and sharing three ways to make your Christmas cards sparkle! I use Sparkly Christmas and Merry Little Christmas and some of my favorite sparkly tools! 😉
And that’s it for me! I hope this gives you some ideas for how to use your coverplate dies and I’d love to know which one was your favorite! Don’t forget to head over to check out the full holiday release from Ellen Hutson and hop along with us for even more inspiration and a chance to win some fun prizes!
To celebrate the release one lucky commenter will win the whole Essentials by Ellen holiday release! And another will receive $25 to spend at ellenhutson.com! For a chance to win, all ya’ gotta’ do is hop along, enjoy the fabulous eye candy, and leave a little love for your fellow crafters: increase your chances by commenting on each stop on the hop! Comments left before 11:59 PDT on October 14th, 2020 will be entered to win. (Winners are selected randomly.) You should have arrived from Laurel and Carly is your next stop!
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!
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Such a fun set and great ideas for using the birch tree die. I love the colorful sunset strips!
What beautiful cards! I love how different each one looks 🙂 So many possibilities with this cool coverplate die!
I predict that the birch trees cover plate will sell out fast! Def getting it myself. And I love your “too sparkly” card!
Love these!
glittery deer … swoon
Love the sparkly Christmas card.
Christmas is all about glitter.
The shading on the spooky
card is fantastic. thanks for sharing
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I love these clean and simple cards. They are so stunning. I always enjoy gold and silver glitter together when done right. #nailedit.
What a fun cover plate. I especially love the reindeer one. All are wonderful. Thank you.
Gorgeous cards. I love those backgrounds and I love those beautiful deer.
Great colors and I like the sparkle.
Love the deer card. All of your cards are stunning.
Jess, these are all so fun! Love seeing the diversity of the supplies- and of course the SPARKLE!!!
Those cover plate ideas are so helpful.
Fantastic scenes! Love the versatility of that birch trees die.
Thanks for the coverplate ideas, your cards turned out wonderful!
Love the different looks with the same die— great way to get a lot of use from your supplies.
Nice ideas for use. I like the backgrounds.
Love your ideas!!! So fun to get some ideas!!! I’m going to start following you, thank you!!!
These cards are lovely! So fun to see the coverplate used in different ways. Thanks for the video.
Wow! So creative, I love how you showed us three different ways to use the cover plate, it makes it so much more versatile than just using it for one season. Thank you so much for sharing
Beautiful cards Jessica. Fantastic new release.
Thank you for the inspiration.
What a wonderfully fun release. Love the light, artsy, fun images.
Wonderful to see the variations you got with one die!
What a great release! Such fun cards and inspiration! Thank you!
I really appreciate how showcased how versatile the dies can be for difference holiday themed cards.
I love your silver and gold on a white background, perfect for the holidays! Thanks for sharing.