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Ellen Hutson’s 11th Anniversary Hop, Day 5 (+GIVEAWAYS and a SALE!)

24 Nov

It’s a BUSY day on the blog!  For ongoing crafty sales and discounts plus my personal Thanksgiving giveaway click here!  For the Tag You’re It Challenge, click here! And for the Purple Onion Designs Surprise Blog Hop and giveaway scroll down or click here!  

Good morning!  I am SO excited to help Ellen Hutson celebrate their 11th anniversary today!  All week long designers have been celebrating Ellen Hutson‘s anniversary by sharing creations featuring their favorite Essentials by Ellen products and today I’m sharing a card using the GORGEOUS Mondo Hydrangea (my all-time favorite Essentials by Ellen stamp set)!

Many Thanks by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Ellen Hutson

This past summer I had the honor of guest-designing on the Ellen Hutson blog and I shared a set of cards using alcohol inks.  I thought it’d be appropriate to use alcohol inks again for today’s card! 😉 I started by stamping the Mondo Hydrangea on yupo paper with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder.  When you emboss on yupo it’s very easy to warp the paper…a few tricks: first I also adhere the yupo paper to a 110lb card base with a good amount of ATG adhesive so that it helps to support the flimsier yupo paper, and second, I make sure the heat gun is SUPER hot and I keep it moving constantly over the yupo paper.  It takes a little longer to emboss since I’m not allowing the gun to stay in one area for very long but it helps make sure the paper won’t warp.  Once I stamped the flowers it was time to play with my alcohol inks!

I’ll have to make a video of this process soon because it’s quite fun but kinda hard to explain!  So I uncapped alcohol inks in Flamingo, Watermelon, Shell Pink, Poppyfield, Wild Plum, and Gold Mixative and placed them on my craft mat.  Then I placed a layer of paper towels on my craft mat to catch any stray drops of alcohol ink.  I started applying color to the petals by carefully dropping alcohol ink into the embossed petals one at a time.  Then  tilted the yupo paper around to move the ink across the petal.  Sometimes I’d mix colors and sometimes I’d add a little mixative.  This created a very interesting look and a really pretty blended hydrangea flower!  And just that touch of gold mixative really shimmers and catches the light as you tilt the card.  As long as you tilt carefully the ink will not run outside of the embossed lines.  And even if it does (and you’ll see in the photo below that mine does) it still looks really pretty!

Many Thanks by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Ellen Hutson

Next I applied drops of shell pink, wild plum, and flamingo alcohol ink to a felt blending pad and wrapped the edges of the pad around my finger (so that it was a much smaller surface).  Then I lightly applied the alcohol ink to the background around the flowers.  I let my finger trace ripples across the yupo with the felt pad to get a textured look.  I feel like the imperfect nature of the alcohol inks is perfect for a background allowing the Mondo Hydrangea to really shine!  After the inks totally dried I trimmed the yupo paper down to 4″ by 5.25″ and adhered it to a white card base.  Finally I die-cut the Many Thanks die two times from white cardstock and once from gold cardstock.  I adhered them together with multi-medium matte to create a thick embellishment-like sentiment and adhered it to the card.  And that’s it!

PSST!  Don’t forget to shop Ellen Hutson’s Anniversary Sale!  20% off almost every item in the shop!  Head here to shop early for the best selection!!

To celebrate, Ellen Hutson is giving away two $100 gift codes to use at their shop to two lucky, randomly selected winners! To enter, leave comments at each hop stop on each hop day throughout the week!  Ellen Hutson is also giving away two $50 gift codes to use at the shop to two lucky, randomly selected winners. Remember to comment, comment, comment!  Winners will be selected randomly from posts throughout the week and will be announced on the Classroom blog on Monday, November 27th (so enter until 11:59pm PST on Sunday).  I’ve included the hop list for today below.  Happy hopping!

  • Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
  • Heather Campbell
  • Emily Leiphart
  • Sharon Harnist
  • Francine Vuilleme
  • LauraJane Head

If you’ve gotten all the way to the end of my super long post, thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!  If this is your first time at my blog I hope you’ll consider subscribing via the sidebar on the right or visiting me on Youtube or Instagram!  Have a fabulous crafty weekend, friends! 🙂

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Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink, Flamingo
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Ranger Metallic Mixative, Gold
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Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo, White
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Pebbles Jen Hadfield Homemade, 12×12…
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Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight,…
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Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Bag
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VersaMark Ink Pad
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Hero Arts Embossing Powder, Gold
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Hero Arts Embossing Gun (Wagner)
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ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider
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Comments

  1. Patt H. says

    November 24, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    So beautiful, Jess! Love those gorgeous colors!

    Reply
  2. Iris M Soscia says

    November 24, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    So pretty – love the pink.

    Reply
  3. Bre says

    November 24, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    This is beautiful, I love that stamp!

    Reply
  4. karenajo says

    November 24, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    Stunning card and gorgeous colors!

    Reply
  5. Julie says

    November 24, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    Beautiful card. Those Mondo Floral stamps are really pretty.

    Reply
  6. Kial says

    November 25, 2017 at 12:51 am

    This technique is so beautiful. I want to try it with some of my stamps immediately!

    Reply
  7. Vivian C. says

    November 25, 2017 at 1:02 am

    Gorgeous!!! Great info on how you achieved the look. A video would be super. The technique really shows off the hydrangea.

    Reply
  8. Danielle Vincent says

    November 25, 2017 at 1:02 am

    Oh WOW that’s gorgeous. Pink is my favorite color and it looks fantastic with the gold! I literally sucked my breath in when I saw this.

    Reply
  9. Sharon Collier says

    November 25, 2017 at 1:27 am

    Love the gold embossing with pink. I’m going to try that. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  10. Memoriesbymanda says

    November 25, 2017 at 1:50 am

    Lovely hrdrangea card

    Reply
  11. Debbie says

    November 25, 2017 at 5:26 am

    WOW, Jessica! Your Mondo Hydrangea card is absolutely gorgeous. I’ve never used my alcohol inks in the way that you described and will have to try it. Love all the pinks with the gold! Thanks for the inspiration.

    Reply
  12. Anita Chang says

    November 25, 2017 at 5:39 am

    Beautiful colors! Will have to try this technique.

    Reply
  13. raggiodiluce82 says

    November 25, 2017 at 5:49 am

    Oh wow! I’m melting down for the stunning colouring!!! Your Hydrangea is really breathless!!!

    Reply
  14. Isabel Z says

    November 25, 2017 at 6:20 am

    I love what you created– little work of art!

    Reply
  15. Rosali says

    November 25, 2017 at 6:39 am

    So gorgeous!! Perfect color combo! <3<3<3

    Reply
  16. Holly Saveur says

    November 25, 2017 at 6:40 am

    In LOVE with your card SO gorgeous!!!!

    Reply
  17. GabriellaB says

    November 25, 2017 at 6:41 am

    Love it, especially the gold! Keep on shining

    Reply
  18. Dee Ann Matthews says

    November 25, 2017 at 6:48 am

    Strikingly beautiful coloring of the hydrangeas!

    Reply
  19. poodlegal56 says

    November 25, 2017 at 6:52 am

    The colors are so vibrant on the hydrangea and bring out it’s natural beauty!

    Reply
  20. Marcia K Designs says

    November 25, 2017 at 7:28 am

    That is absolutely gorgeous! I’ve been playing around with AI’s and love the look they give especially with metallic mixatives. This is a great idea!! Thanks for the inspiration.

    Reply
  21. Jennifer Forster says

    November 25, 2017 at 7:33 am

    gorgeous!!! reminds me of stained glass – thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
  22. Vicky says

    November 25, 2017 at 7:57 am

    This is the first I’ve seen alcohol inks used this way. Gorgeous.

    Reply
  23. Jane says

    November 25, 2017 at 7:58 am

    Love your beautiful card!

    Reply
  24. Chris Handy says

    November 25, 2017 at 8:06 am

    Love this gorgeous elegant card. The colors are so beautiful

    Reply
  25. Amanda Hays says

    November 25, 2017 at 8:09 am

    I love love love this! The mondo hyoranges is my favorite stamp also. I love the gold embossing and the pinks. Beautiful!

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