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United We Flourish: Better Together Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

21 Jan

Hi!  Today we’re introducing the newest United We Flourish collaboration from Ellen Hutson and it’s from one of my other favorite companies: Hero Arts!!!  Better Together is a fabulous feathered set with great friendship-themed sentiments!

Better TogetherHere’s what I created!

I have so many birds on my branch that you can hardly see it.  Ha!  Anyway, I loved the idea of the rainbow of colorful birds making the world a beautiful place.  I started by stamping each of the birds onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossing them with clear embossing powder.  Then I watercolored them in rainbow order with distress inks starting and ending with spun sugar!  I let them dry and then die-cut them with the coordinating dies.  Next I did a brightly smooshed distress ink background using some of the same distress inks and let it dry.  I stamped the sentiment from a Hero Arts set, You Are Loved, with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I trimmed my watercolor panel down to 4″ by 5.5″ and adhered it to a black card base.  Finally I added my branch and birds with a mix of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape.

To celebrate the release, two randomly selected commenters will win a $30 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson shop! To enter just leave a comment on the Ellen Hutson Classroom blog by 11:59 PST on January 28th.  Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Julie Ebersole!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a great day! 🙂

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Categories:
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  1. terebene says

    January 21, 2018 at 3:24 pm

    Your card turned out so great. I love all the colors!

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  2. Samantha Johnson says

    January 21, 2018 at 3:50 pm

    So colorful and happy!

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  3. Sue D says

    January 21, 2018 at 4:38 pm

    Love the colorful birds and the colorful background.

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  4. Mary says

    January 21, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    Thank you Jessica, your cards are so beautiful, colorful and creative!

    Reply
  5. Patt H. says

    January 21, 2018 at 5:54 pm

    Love those happy colorful birds! Beautiful!

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  6. Bobbi's Treasure says

    January 21, 2018 at 5:56 pm

    What a sweet set – love the strong colors you used for your project, too!!

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  7. Carla Hundley says

    January 21, 2018 at 6:45 pm

    Love these birds and
    your rainbow coloring
    is gorgeous!
    Carla from Utah

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  8. ANDREA HASTILOW says

    January 21, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    Love the effect you’ve got with distress inks on both birds and background, least the cute birds weren’t in distress as the branch didn’t snap !

    Reply
  9. Sharon O says

    January 21, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    Beautiful birds against that beautiful background!

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  10. Mary MacFadyen says

    January 21, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    I love this set. Wow, what possibilities.you really showcased this well.

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  11. sherri scott says

    January 21, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    Your birds are beautiful, so much colorr

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  12. Dee Earnshaw says

    January 21, 2018 at 9:26 pm

    colorful sweet card:)

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  13. amee says

    January 21, 2018 at 10:47 pm

    Love the vibrant colors you used!

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  14. Amanda R says

    January 21, 2018 at 11:38 pm

    I love your watercolor effect!

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  15. Denise Bryant says

    January 21, 2018 at 11:50 pm

    Pretty background and coloring of the birds!

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  16. Debbie Rumpza says

    January 22, 2018 at 12:16 am

    I love the way you colored your birds and the background is stunning. I also love th sentiment you paired with this card

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  17. Teresa Doyle says

    January 22, 2018 at 12:57 pm

    Wow Jessica, all of the colours on this card is simply beautiful, these birds are so sweet.

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  18. Carly says

    January 22, 2018 at 1:56 pm

    Yep watercolor backgrounds are the best!!! Gotta love them! Simple and beautiful

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  19. Paula Haller says

    January 22, 2018 at 2:03 pm

    Love the rainbow theme to your design. Beautifully done background and birds. Love the added touch of the clear embossing powder and varied depth of your birds.

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  20. konarose says

    January 22, 2018 at 3:24 pm

    Thank you for all the vibrant colors! I didn’t even realize they were in rainbow form — brilliant ♫

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  21. cyndi morris says

    January 22, 2018 at 4:47 pm

    Love those colorful birds. Beautiful background, too.

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  22. Mary-Anne V. says

    January 22, 2018 at 5:22 pm

    Oh I love your colourful creation!!!

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  23. jlingraham says

    January 22, 2018 at 8:48 pm

    Lovely colors for the birdies

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  24. Jean Marmo says

    January 22, 2018 at 10:43 pm

    These birds are delightful. Love the colors.

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