Essentials by Ellen Winter Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Essentials by Ellen Winter 2016 Hop!  Thanks for coming over from the fabulous blog of Joni Nina Andaya.

I’m honored to showcase the Totally Fabulous dies and the Up the Happy stamp set and coordinating Up the Happy dies.  Julie Ebersole designed all of these products, so you know that they are fun and beautiful.

Totally Fabulous Die

This die cut through this Essentials by Ellen crystal clear cardstock like the soft butter sitting on my counter waiting to become chocolate chocolate chunk cookies.  

Painted watercolor paper with a variety of Ranger Distress Stains and then misted from the bottom with a gold spray.  That gold spray (linked below) worked magic; it's like a special sauce ....

Up the Happy Stamp and Dies

This stamp set makes me smile (check out the sentiments), so I created a pile of fun butterflies.

You like?

I also get to give away an Essentials by Ellen stamp set!  The winner may choose ANY Essentials by Ellen brand stamp set (maximum value $15) currently in stock at Ellen Hutson.com. To enter my giveaway, please leave a comment on this post by February 16th!

There is also a Grand Giveaway in the CLASSroom!  To enter, be sure to leave a comment THERE, also by February 16th; ALL winners will posted at the CLASSroom on Friday, February 19th!

The next stamper on the hop is the talented, prolific, and super nice Laurel Beard. If you get lost, grab a cookie, and visit the CLASSroom blog for a complete list of all the designers.  Or, you can see them here. 

• The CLASSroom
• Lisa Adametz 
• Sandy Allnock 
• Joni Nina Andaya 
• Joan Bardee <--- that's me
• Laurel Beard 
• Heather Campbell 
• Kittie Caracciolo 
• Kimberly Crawford 
• Julie Ebersole 
• Kelly Griglione 
• Sharon Harnist 
• Amy Lee 
• Jennifer McGuire 
• Carly Minner 
• Carolyn Peeler  
• Lisa Spangler 
• Julia Stainton 
• Amy Tsuruta
• Kara Vrabel
• Kimberly Wiener
• Carissa Wiley

MOOD WHEN DONE = Happy!

Supplies for Totally Fabulous Card:

• Essentials by Ellen Totally Fabulous die
• Essentials by Ellen Totally Awesome stamp set
• Essentials by Ellen Oh Frappe stamp set
• Essentials by Ellen medium weight Crystal Clear cardstock
• Canson XL watercolor paper
• American Crafts gold glitter paper
• Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Frames
• Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb. cardstock
• Ranger Distress Stains the dauber, not the spray stain (Spun Sugar, Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade)
• Hero Arts Spray Gold Shimmer
• Delicata Ink Pad, Golden Glitz
• Versamark
• Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder Gold 
• Scotch Double Sided Foam Mounting Tape 
• IrRESISTible Pico Embellisher Clear 
• Clear dots (source unknown) 
• Big Shot

Supplies for the Up the Happy Card:

• Essentials by Ellen Up the Happy stamp set and die
• Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb. cardstock 
• Ranger Archival Jet Black ink
• Kuretake Gansai Tambi, 36 watercolor paints
• Essentials by Ellen 40 lb.Vellum Cardstock
• Versamark (stamped over the black sentiment)
• Ranger Clear Embossing Powder 
• Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Alpaca 
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Ranger Distress Black Soot Paint (to make speckles) 
• Big Shot