Ellen Hutson May Color Trends Challenge

I have a card today for the Ellen Hutson May Color Trends Challenge.
I think the inspiration for this month is absolutely fabulous.

I knew that I wanted to recreate the gorgeous galaxy sky for my background. I have never made one before but one time like the present to give it a try.  I used Distress Inks, water and Copic Opaque White on some Bristol Smooth cardstock and ended up making two. I couldn`t decide which one to use, so I asked my daughter to choose the one she liked best. Since the background was very busy I kept the rest of the card CAS with a few sweet images from the Essentials by Ellen So Matcha clear stamp set and the Essentials by Ellen So Matcha designer dies.

Ellen Hutson April Pin-Sights Challenge

A card for the April Pin-Sights Challenge at Ellen Hutson!
The inspiration for this month's challenge is the gorgeous Pantone Drama Queen Color Palette.

I stamped and silver embossed the Mondo Peony on Yupo paper and coloured it with alcohol inks. It took me a couple of tries to get the inks blended the way I wanted but they are so much fun to play with. I moved the colour around with Alcohol blending solution, a straw and a cheap craft paintbrush. I used alcohol inks for my card because that is what I saw in the photo and the peony seemed the right flower to represent the succulents.

Essentials by Ellen January Pin-Sights Challenge - Take Two

I have a another card today for the Ellen Hutson January Pin-Sights Challenge. 

Today's card is also for another day of Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I am using Ellen Hutson's Mondo Magnolia. I clear embossed the image on white Bristol cardstock and then I coloured the image in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I used three shades of purple and I added a couple accents in green around the outside of the bloom.





I am submitting this one-layer card to Seize the Birthday.

Ellen Hutson January Pin-Sights Challenge & the 30 Day Coloring Challenge

I have a card today for the Ellen Hutson January Pin-Sights Challenge.

There is so much in this month's inspiration to love. 

My card is also for another day of Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge. Today I used Copic markers to colours the flowers from Essentials by Ellen Rustic Botanicals designed by Julie Ebersole. Today I am colouring along with my friend Ardyth Percy-Robb. This colouring challenge is a great way for us to encourage each other to improve our colouring skills and complete the challenge. We will both be using the same sets.

I am also submitting this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Add a Sentiment.

Ellen Hutson June Pin-Sights Challenge

It's been a long time since I played the Ellen Pin-Sights Challenge, but I just couldn't resist the gorgeous inspiration photo. Life has been incredibly busy lately and I was definitely in need of a little me time in my studio. So the challenge seemed like the perfect thing to take on before the weekend.

Check out the  inspiration!


I got out my Nuance watercolour powders in pink, golden yellow and green then sprinkled some powder on my craft matt, spritzed with water and went to work on the white embossed Mondo Peony.



Beautiful weather today, hope you have a wonderful Father's Day Weekend!

Essentials by Ellen January Pin-Sights Challenge

I pulled out a few sets to create a card for the Essentials by Ellen January Pin-Sights Challenge. I started by sponging some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on a Bristol panel. Then I spritzed some water on it and absorbed it up with a paper towel. One dry I gold embossed the sentiment from Lovely. It has been a while since I have used my ZIG's but I always love colouring this sweet bear from the All Inside stamp set. I stamped and coloured a bouquet of flowers from Bear Ware stamp set for him to hold. Then I painted the bouquet with Wink of Stella and added a small dot of Nuvo Silver Moondust glitter drops to the flower centres. I adhered the bear and a small gold embossed a pink ZIG coloured heart with foam tape for a bit of dimension.

 

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I am also submitting this to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

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