Good afternoon! It’s been really hard to keep this a secret but I am SUPER excited to share that I am now an Ambassador for the Ellen Hutson design team!!! 🙂 I’ve loved Ellen Hutson (she is such a sweetheart!!) for years and I cannot wait to share more inspiration with you using these fabulous products! The March Essentials by Ellen release is now live and it’s SO good!!
Here’s a quick look at the new release! I have a fun video coming up soon with those adorable Life is a Circus animals! 😉
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And here’s what I created today!
Today I used some of the new alcohol inks from Tim Holtz to color the gorgeous Mondo Succulent! I started by stamping the Mondo Succulent onto heavyweight yupo paper with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. If you’re coloring a stamped image with alcohol inks you’ll want to “seal” the ink with embossing powder otherwise it will run when the alcohol hits it. Next I used Rosewood, Everglades, and Moss from the new Tim Holtz collection to color the image. I also used Pebble and Sepia to color the dirt and planter. Also, another tip, when you use alcohol inks to “paint” images make sure you use a synthetic brush as the alcohol will destroy good brushes. This technique is best with super super cheap brushes! 😉 After I finished coloring the image I used diluted Pebble ink and alcohol to “paint” the background with a paper towel. The texture of the paper towel created interesting patterns across the panel!
Once my painting was finished (and dry) I adhered it to a white card base. Then I stamped the sentiment from Mondo Succulent onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed it down to a label and adhered it to the panel with foam mounting tape to finish the card! I love using mediums in different ways and alcohol inks are so fun to use for painting! 🙂
To celebrate the release Ellen Hutson is giving away a $25 to one lucky commenter AND the entire March Essentials by Ellen release to another lucky commenter!! Please comment before 11:59PM PST on Thursday, March 12th! You should have arrived from Therese and Carly is your next stop!
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!
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I love all the Mondo stamps & the Succulent is no exception! Your card is fabulous, Jess!
Simply gorgeous!!
Amazing to color with AIs–beautiful!
Alcohol Inks with the Mondo Succulent is perfect! So much fun in this release!
Thank you for your inspiration ~ I can’t wait for the video!
Lovely cards I really like the succulent card with the greens and pinks.
Jessica, thank you for the inspiration! 🙂
I love the new succulent die. Thanks for sharing your inspiration for it! I can’t wait to see the video.
What beautiful work.
Beautiful cards! Love color combinations. Thank you for sharing.
Wow! Great job. Love the pink tips and realistic gravel. That stamp is a must-have!
I love the pretty birds eye view of these gorgeous succulents! It feels so fresh, and I love the colors too! Awesome!
Warm Hugs,
Michele K. Henderson
crimsonowl@comcast.net
Beautiful.
Gorgeous design, I’ve never seen alcohol inks used in this way! Thanks for the tips.
LOVE your card!
Thanks for the inspiration.
Marty Ferraro
I love all your alcohol ink art. This is beautiful!
Love the background idea!
Love that beautiful card. I never thought it possible to color stamped images with alcohol ink, but it’s amazing!
Beautiful card design!
Gorgeous card! I love the colors you’ve used on the succulent – perfect!
I love how you used color.
Such a beautiful card, and I love how you created it. Thank you for sharing your talent with all of us. 🙂