Hello, and welcome to the Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! I’m happy to be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!
And, yay!!! I also get to give away an Essentials by Ellen stamp set! The winner may chose ANY Essentials by Ellen brand stamp set (Maximum value $25 USD) currently in stock at Ellen Hutson.com To enter my giveaway, please leave a comment on today’s post by Tuesday, August 23rd!
There is also a crazy good Grand Giveaway in the CLASSroom! To enter, be sure to leave a comment there, also by Tuesday, August 23rd
ALL winners will be announced at the CLASSroom on Friday, August 26th! Please check there on that date to see if you are a winner and for further details on claiming your prize!
You should have arrived from Carly Minner‘s blog. If you get lost along the hop, please visit the CLASSroom blog for a complete list of all the designers.
My first card uses the new set Stay Salty and Stay Salty Dies….
I just think this sentiment is too funny, so I had to use it on my first card. I used papers from the By The Sea paper pad from My Mind’s Eye.
For my second card I thought the lifesaver pattern paper from the same pad would go perfectly with the lifesaver image from this set.
I wrapped the die cut stamped image with red rustic twine and used the Lawn Fawn ocean wave border die to die cut one of the woodgrain papers for the bottom.
For my third card with this set I used the
Silver Lining dies to cut some distress watercolor cardstock into some sunbeams. I cut two and inked them with either yellow or orange distress inks, then I cut them apart and reassembled the pieces swapping every other piece for one of the opposite color.
I covered my sunset with a layer of clear spectrum noir sparkle pen then covered the whole piece with glossy accents and let it dry. I stamped the clouds with Lawn Fawn Merman ink and die cut some popping them up with foam squares. The ocean is cut with the ocean wave border die from Mermaid card stock. I love the sentiment and thought it was so fun to use with the seagull holding a potato chip!
I die cut the bear from cork then stamped the image with archival brown ink onto the cork. For this first card I colored my flowers to match the pattern paper I used for the background. I used a sentiment from the new Warm Fuzzies stamp set and added some google eyes for fun.
For my second bear card I inked the background with distress inks and used the grassy border from Lawn Fawn to die cut pattern paper for the ground. I also paper pieced the sections of the umbrella from coordinating papers.
I used Ranger Enamel Accents in caribbean coast to create the rain drops and black tie for his shiny nose. The sentiment is also from the Warm Fuzzies stamp set.
Next up on the hop is Carolyn Peeler! Happy hoppin’!
Here are links to all the new release followed by the other supplies I used for my cards.
NEW RELEASE:
SUPPLIES:
Wow, what awesome cards. My favorite is the one with the Silver Linings die. I manually hand cut all the triangles for my sunburst cards since I don't care for the lines in between the rays that most dies have, except for the Silver Linings die. This is going to be a life saver for me.
Wow, what awesome cards. My favorite is the one with the Silver Linings die. I manually hand cut all the triangles for my sunburst cards since I don't care for the lines in between the rays that most dies have, except for the Silver Linings die. This is going to be a life saver for me.
What fun cards!
Oh, these are such FUN cards!
Thanks a bunch!!!!lol
I like the masculine cards. They are all terrific.
What an awesome array of cards! Love that they could all be given to a guy as well (ok, maybe not the bear with flowers lol).
Awesome cards Chari (not surprised in the least :D)
TFS
Very cute cards! I love that seagull….Awesome release!!
Your bear cards are just so cute. Thanks for sharing.
The Stay Salty set is one of my favorites from this release and I love what you've done with it.
Good reminder that pattern paper works on cards! Sometimes we forget.
Cute and creative!
Adorable! I love the wiggle eyes on the bear!!
Wow are your cards ever amazing! What a way to showcase the fun stamps and dies!
As always I love your cards! I am so excited about the additions for the bear. This is a very versatile release and I can already imagine many ways to use these new stamps and dies. Thanks for the chance to win.
Love your cards!!!
Great cards, Chari, each and every one. So much versatility with this release that you have highlighted beautifully. Thanks so much!
These look great!
Awesome cards!
I'm so excited for this new release! Love your cards
Beautiful cards! You have been busy… Thanks for sharing 🙂
So cute! neat use of patterned paper!
Lovely card. Love the thread you made around the life saver
I love your creations. The googly eyes on the bear are precious!
Beautiful job Chari! Tfs
The Silver Linings dies and the Bear Ware set are really growing on me. Love all the different ways you used the Stay Salty and Bear Ware sets. Thanks for the inspiration.
The Silver Linings dies and the Bear Ware set are really growing on me. Love all the different ways you used the Stay Salty and Bear Ware sets. Thanks for the inspiration.
Amazing use of patterned paper. And I'm going to have to steal…er…borrow your idea for using cork for that darling bear.
I love the googly eyes on the bear, my sons would love it, too!
Your cards are just adorable!! Love them all!
Love your cheeky saying! The colors are beautiful!
Oh my goodness you made so many adorable awesome cards!!! Beautiful job! I am so excited about this new Ellen Hutson release!!!
I LOVE that bear with all the blooms!!
Each card is cute as can be. That seagull with the chip just made me laugh out loud!
Love them all! The seagull – and the bear – are fantastic!
That first card made me laugh and I love the sassy seagull with his potato chip…so typical!!
Oh my gosh what an awesome sampling of cards! Love them all!
I love all these awesome creations! You are a true artist!
I love all these awesome creations! You are a true artist!
Wow. Your cards are amazing! What a great way to show us the fun stamps and dies!
So many cards! So many choices from this release. LOVE ELLEN ESSENTIALS, and you have done a fantastic job. The life saver is my favorite!
Love all the examples. Can't wait to get creating!
Oh, these are so fun! What a wonderful release!
Looks like a wonderful release. I love your cork bears with the googly eyes.
Loved the nautical cards.
The little bear with his bouquet and his
umbrella are darling.
thanks for sharing.
Love the bear he's so cute. All cards are great.
Your cards are so cute. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
Your cards are so cute. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
love the nautical and bear cards! So cute!
These are all terrific, the seagull cracks me up!
Love your cards! Stay Salty and the the bear and accessories are my favourite sets! Love that you used cork for the bear. What a great idea!
wonderful cards, Cheri – your bear card are adorable!
What a nice selection of cards!
Such a fun parade of cards Chari. I love your style.
Oh, these are such FUN cards!
Oh, these are such FUN cards!
WOW Chari, these are all AMAZING! Great work!
Those googly eyes on the bear… too Great!!!
Thanks, Penny
seriously cute set of cards!
I just love the stay salty stamp set and your cards just crack me up!
Awesome texture on the life preserver and the bear. The cork is such a cool idea and look.
Dare I say it…brilliant use of these new products. And the amazing cards…oooh…be still my heart.
Dare I say it…brilliant use of these new products. And the amazing cards…oooh…be still my heart.
Love your usage of cork for the bear, Chari =)
Oh, my goodness, Chari! Your bear cards are absolutely precious!! Love that you die cut them from the under-used cork which adds such a fun element. The bear holding the posies from the Bear Ware stamp set, with coordinating b/g paper, is just too stinkin' adorable!! Your other cards are wondering and those stamp and die sets are already on order with my name on them. Can't wait to start creating!! Thanks for sharing! ~HUGS~
Oh my..each and everyone are awesome….so many cards with so much awesome eye candy…thank you for all the inspiration. If I need an extra kick of mojo, I know where to always go…you blog!
Chari, I love the cards you made! I love the masculine cards using stay salty. Great creations.
Adorable cards! Love this new release.
Cute and unique cards. Love them. So in trouble with picking out the favorite!
Cute and unique cards. Love them. So in trouble with picking out the favorite!
Loving your cards! Love all the details like the floss around the life preserver!
So many fun cards! Love them all!
All the cards are great. Love those googly eyes
Great nautical designs. Seagull is adorable. Thanks for sharing
Great nautical designs. Seagull is adorable. Thanks for sharing
Wonderful use of papers & I love the cork bear.
The bear cards caught my eye and are exceptional!
What fantastic cards! I love that very first card and then the lifesavers too. Those patterned paper are perfect to use with that set. Gets even better that you die cut the bear with cork. All these are so so fun!
awesome cards!
Wow nice cards.
Great nautical cards! And love the bear cards too – the additions and your inspirations give such wonderful ideas!
Your cards are so funny and cute!!! What an awesome imagination you have 🙂
Oh I love these. Love the colors, your cards pop!
Oh I love these. Love the colors, your cards pop!
great cards! salty set is awesome 🙂 as your cards 🙂
Wonderful cards and the coloring is great.
Wow, that first card is just PERFECT!! Amazing, amazing design!! Love it! And then there is all the other ones!! Well done!!
Such fun cards! Also love that you stamped the bear onto cork.
Cute, cute group of cards!
Great cards!
These are all so cute!! The cork bear is awesome!
Great job! love the cards and the cork bear!
thanks
Wow Chary! I love how you showcased the new products
, I especially love the bear with flowers in his hands, how cute is that
. TFS
Cork bear … lifesaver … texty sky … you rocked it girlfriend.
TFS your great cards! Love all the added details like the twine wrapped life preserver. And the salty sea gull card is such fun!!
An abundance of cuteness. I love the cork bear. He is so cute on the cards. Nice.
You are a girl after my own heart…I love your use of patterned paper. These are all sooooo amazing!
Love your bear cards!
That seagull is just too much! And Mr. Bear <3
Awesome cards!
Wow I love all the cards! I need to go find the minds eye pattern paper once my stay salty set arrives! ARGGHHH I wish I had the Budget for silver lining die
All your cards are awesome and I would love to get any of them in the mail!!!!
Great cards. Love those sentiments.
Oh my gosh! Fun ideas and great cards. Thanks so much for sharing on the blog hop.
Love all your examples from the Stay Salty set. And your bear is adorable!
Great cards. Love your use of all the paterned papers. I have such a hard time with this art. TY for sharing all your ideas.
Wow! So many great ideas! Love that so many of these can be masculine cards! Great idea to use cork for the bear.
Don't know where to start! Cutting the bear out of cork: GENIUS! Laughed out loud at the cleverness of the "life-saver" . Thanks for making my day fun. (I am still smiling!)
What a set of great cards! Loving the Summer feel of them all.
Super cute and fun nautical cards. Love the papers. The bear looks amazing stamped on cork!
What a wonderful set of cards!
What a wonderful set of cards!
OH. MY. GOODNESS!!! There is so much here to love! Stay salty is amazeballs and I LOVE the cork bears!!!
Your cards are all wonderful!!! Love them and this new release:)
These are all so super cute, but the googlie eyes on the bears is just too funny, love it.
Pretty and fun cards.
Wow, it's all perfect! From the coordinating papers, burlap trim, cork and googly eyes for the bear, to the sunrise/set colors! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing cards and for the opportunity to win a stamp set from this fun release.
Wow! All of your cards are lovely and creative.
Well done.The lifesaver background is outstanding.
Well done.The lifesaver background is outstanding.
Both your cards are adorable. What an amazing release. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my, all so wonderfully done–great cards and all so inspiring! I especially love your lifesaver card!
All of these are wonderful and then some! The first three are gorgeous and will be great cards for those pesky men in particular, I do love all of these though. I love your cork Mr Bears with his googly eyes and both of them made me chortle/snort lol! Many thanks for the blog hop and wonderful inspirations Karen
A cork bear-so cute. I love all your cards!
These are all wonderful!
Chari you are making me regret not putting that Salty set in my cart!!! OH do I love that seagull … next order!!
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Wow! Wow! Wow! Feeling so blessed to stumble across your blog!!! Amazing work!
These two stamp sets are great and you certainly did them justice!
All the stamps in this release are great! The seagull just cracks me up though!
Awesome cards! The bear looks fabulous cut out of cork.
I love your bear card!!! Using the cork for your bear is just perfect 🙂 can't wait to use the idea for some of my own cards!! Thanks 🙂
Fun nautical cards and cute bear!
Great cards! Thank you!
Oh, my! My hubby's family are all boaters, so you have given me lots of inspiration today. These cards simply blow me overboard – ha! Thanks for sharing and for the great chance to win.
All your cards are so fun and whimsical, love the stay salty with the seagull the most. These all made me smile.
Eep~~ so cute! Love the cork bear!!!
Eep~~ so cute! Love the cork bear!!!
Your cards are all so fun and happy and I just love that die cut cork bear!
Adorable cards!! Really love your use of pattern papers and cork!!
I love the All Inside bear! I have cork, but never thought of using it with the bear stamp and die! This is very clever! It's also cute to see him holding the flower bouquet! I was very excited to see all of the options for holding things he has now!
I love the All Inside bear! I have cork, but never thought of using it with the bear stamp and die! This is very clever! It's also cute to see him holding the flower bouquet! I was very excited to see all of the options for holding things he has now!
Your cork bear is so cute, love the texture!
Oh wow! Gorgeous cards!!!
These are remarkable! I especially love that cork bear!! : )
Thank you for the chance to win!
Patti
that bird and his chip just crack me up!
All great cards, Chari! I love the details you added, like the twine on the lifesaver & the googly eyes on the bears. Tfs! 🙂 ~ Andrea
These are all so cute! The bear is awesome, and I really love the nautical theme ones!
love the nautical themed cards
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Your cards are great, Chari! I adore how you used cork for the bear! Awesome! Fantastic release!!
The googly eyes on the bear is just perfect!
The googly eyes on the bear is just perfect!
Fabulous cards! I love the cork bear with google eyes!
As usual, you have created heart-warming cards. The sea themed cards are fun and cheerful, but the cards with the bear (complete with wiggle eyes) offer sweet sentiments of love and care. All are wonderful additions to the hop and show the versatility of this release. Thanks, Chari!
Fabulous variety of cards. I like the cork bear.
Cheri, I was lovin your cards with the new release until I got to you sweet bear cards!!! I fell in ❤️❤️❤️❤️ You did an awesome job. The bear with the matching backround paper and coordinating flowers are to much lol. Terrific cards.
Whole lot of eye candy in one post! Love all the cards. And this release is just fabulous!
Your cards are so fun!!! The bear with the googly eyes is adorable! And I absolutely MUST have the stay salty stamps and dies!!!
I really like your use of wood grain.
All sof beautiful. My favs are the lifesaver and thanks a bunch!
Super adorable cards :)! Love Mr. Bear with all those flowers…
That bear is adorable on cork….I have to remember that. I love each and every card especially the two nautical ones.
Chari, your cards are super cute. My favorite is "under the weather". Thanks for sharing!
That seagull with his chip is my favorite and your coloring is just perfect!
Such cute and colorful cards! The coordinating flowers on the bear card are just adorable!
While I don't like that SHIP sentiment, you made some really cute cards. I like the red twine on the lifesaver. I LOVE the bear card. Cork is a perfect texture for the bear. All the colors coordinate so well on the flower bear card. I also love the umbrella bear; so cute.
Cute cards and great inspiration! Love this new release!
Love these cards. Stay Salty is my fav pick (even tho I would love to have them all) from the new release. Thanks for sharing
Look like you were really inspired. Fabulous cards. So many things to love like the cork bear, cute gull and twine accents.
WOW wow WOW
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS cards Chari!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your nautical scenes, ADORE your shining sunset and your cork bears, well they're a DELIGHT!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your AWESOME and CREATIVE INSPIRATION 🙂
Super awesome cards! Love the first two they would be great for guys as well!
Holy ship, what a cute card that first one is! Thanks for the great card inspirations and thanks to Ellen Hutson for the giveaway!
Holy ship, what a cute card that first one is! Thanks for the great card inspirations and thanks to Ellen Hutson for the giveaway!
Gorgeous creations. Love the gorgeous texture the cork gives your bear. TFS
adorable, thanks for sharing!
Great release and blog hop! AWESOME cards! I especially love the "corky" bears!
All so adorable ! The seagull cracks me up! Beautiful cards !
Wow what fantastic cards! Love the sentiment on your first one and your cork bear is awesome and adorable too, what a brilliant design idea.
Wow, I just love all of your cards! The cork bear is the topper, though. So fun!
So many great ideas. Really like the masculine cards.
I love all of these cards, especially the seagull and the cork bear!
What grade cards. I loved the first three nautical cards always looking for more masculine ideas.
SQUEAL!! LOVING the New Release and the AMAZING Inspiration that you've shared!! TOO FUN!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Love the Essentials by Ellen stamp sets! Your cards came out great! Thanks for the chance to win one, I got my eye on the Pineapple!
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Love all of these! They're so fun!