Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop

Late Summer 2016

Good Tuesday morning and welcome to the Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today!  I am 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 Grand Giveaway in the CLASSroom!  To enter, be sure to leave a comment there 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!

If you get lost along the hop, please visit the CLASSroom blog for a complete list of all the designers.  You should have arrived here from Heather Campbell’s blog  and your next stop will be Julie Ebersole’s blog.

My first project was made using the Stay Salty Stamp Set  and coordinating Stay Salty Die Set .  The sun is from the All Inside Die Set and the frame was made using the My Favorite Things Pierced Square Frames.

stay salty_200 stamp stay salty dies_200  All Inside

KC Essentials by Ellen Stay Salty 1

I stamped the boat image on white cardstock with versa and embossed with white embossing powder. I used my waterbrush and Broken China reinker to color the boat and when it was dry I cut it out.  The fish fin was stamped with Broken China ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The sun and waves were cut using white cardstock and then I applied Cosmic Shimmer Glue and clear glitter to add sparkle and set aside to dry. 

The background was sponged using both Broken China and Tumbled Glass ink and then it was attached to the card base with ATG adhesive.  The frame was attached over the scene using thin strips of mounting tape.  The waves , boat, clouds, sun and fish fins were all attached with small pieces of mounting tape.

My second and third projects were made using the Warm Fuzzies Stamp Set , Bear Ware Stamp Set and coordinating Bear Ware Die Set.

warm fuzzies_200 Bear Ware_200 Bear Ware Dies_200

I love that so many of the Warm Fuzzies sentiments match up so perfectly with the Bear Ware images.  Both of these cards were fast and easy to make.  The images and sentiments were stamped with black versafine and embossed with black embossing powder.

KC Essentials By Ellen Warm Fuzzies 4

The rod and fish done in black and white seemed perfect for a masculine card.

KC Essentials by Ellen Warm Fuzzies 1

The tiny bouquet of flowers are so cute and were so  fun to watercolor with my waterbrush and Peeled Paint and Festive Berries reinkers.  I thought they looked so sweet with the cream colored Mini Scalloped Square Stax layers.

And if this wonderful release wasn’t enough to get excited about click on the Sizzlin’ Summer Sale banner below to see all the items on sale for a 20% discount.

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Thanks for coming by and I hope you enjoy all the wonderful projects along the blog hop.

329 thoughts on “Late Summer 2016 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop”

  1. Kittie, your are the queen of layers. Your cards are wonderful in this release. I do enjoy clean and simple cards. The seaside card is amazing.

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  2. Kittie, your are the queen of layers. Your cards are wonderful in this release. I do enjoy clean and simple cards. The seaside card is amazing.

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  3. I lOVE all of the cards you made! The waves were genius! The fishing pole & fish are a wonderful masculine card idea! and the simple flowers to say thanks are beautiful! Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas!

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  4. So creative!! I love your sailboat card…it is so serene. And how did you make the fishing line on your second card? Great cards!!

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  5. Good Morning, Kittie, WOW! a wonderful collection from EH, and you did a fantastic job of displaying the products. If I had to choose, I love the boat, and fishing, funny because I can’t swim and am afraid of the ocean. Once lived close to the ocean, its an awesome thing to see, a even be close on the beach. Love all your ocean scenes. You make them welcome and friendly……LOL

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  6. Wow Kittie! Three great cards. Love the boat scene with terrific use of those dies and layered so beautifully. And two great CAS cards that really highlight the versatility of the products in this release. Thanks so much for your inspiration.

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  7. Oh my I can’t choose which I like best. I know how about ALL of them. Love the 3 d effect on the cards, I’m a fan of that. Crisp clean. Love the embossing as well. My pocket book is crying and I’m smiling. Great ideas.

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  8. Love, love, love these cards! The sailboat one in particular really blew me away! Thank you so much for posting these–so much awesome here!

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  9. Oh Kittie I love all of your cards – all have so much dimension but that first card with the sailboat scene is amazing! I also love the simplicity of the Thanks a Bunch card!

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  10. As always I love your cards! I am so excited about the additions for the bear and I love the Stay Salty set. The fish/mermaid tail is the cutest! 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.

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  11. Love this release and your beautiful cards! Thanks for inspiring me to make some cards today! Just wish I had some of these new products now!

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  12. All 3 cards are amazing. I know a special little sailor boy who would love the first card. Guess I’ll have to get that set, too.

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  13. Fantastic cards… all three! I especially liked seeing what you created using just a few small images from the Bear Ware set… simple amazing! TFS.

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  14. Kittie,
    these are so cute….. as always, your creativity amazes me. I love your cards… thank you for sharing your creativity….

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  15. Fantastic cards. Love your cute sailboat card. Thank you for sharing your ideas and being part of this wonderful new release giveaway.

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  16. Your cards are all fabulous. The sailboat card is genius – I thought it was a canvas at first. And I love he simplicity of the 2nd card. And the 3rd is my favorite. So simple, but so elegant in design.

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  17. Oh Kittie, you NEVER disappoint! Your cards are all amazing as ever. You do such beautiful work and these are no exception!

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  18. Oh wow, these are three terrific cards. The ocean scene is beautiful and I love the fish diving in the waves. The fishing line in the second card looks so good over the top of the frame and that boquet is cute as can be. Great cards.

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  19. I love all the dimension on your awesome cards. Salty Sales is the perfect set for making masculine cards. The saying in it are wonderful! I have that one at the top of my wish list!

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  20. I knew you would hit it out of the ballpark… you never disappoint. Love how you took the smallest elements and made big statements. Thank you so much for sharing your sweet creations, and for the opportunity to win a stamp set from this amazing release!

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  21. Your cards are beautiful and technically perfect! I don’t know how you do it but I hope one day mine will look that perfectly finished.

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  22. Kittie – the card with the sailboat is fantastic, I can’t wait to try something similar. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  23. Great collection of cards! I love the fishing card–a versatile stamp set–and the last card with a simple bouquet is so pretty in red! A lovely feminine touch.

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  24. Hi Kittie ~ Your cards are beautiful and absolutely showcase these news sets perfectly. I love the scene you created with the Stay Salty stamp set and can’t wait until mine arrives in the mail (I ordered it right away)and the note cards you created with the Bear Ware and Warm Fuzzies stamp sets. Thanks so much for sharing. ~HUGS~

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  25. All the cards are fantastic
    The boat with the waves is amazing.
    Love it.
    The card with the fishing pole is great.
    thanks for sharing.

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  26. Love all 3 cards for their own reasons… the 1st is great for little boys, the 2nd great for guys, but the 3rd is the one I’d most like to have show up in my mailbox 🙂 So pretty!

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  27. Amazing! Your ocean scenery card is fabulous with all the layering and monochromatic scheme. That is one of those cards that the recipient really questions you if you really made it!

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  28. Love your nautical card! Great use of the stamp and die set. I really love that set personally. What a super use of the bits and pieces in the Bear set to make your other cards! Very inspirational.

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  29. Wow! I LOVE your cards! The beautiful blue sea and sailboat is my favorite! You’ve done a lot of work on it! Love the red and white with flowers really pops! A very nice fishing card is perfect for my non fussy fishing friends. They like a non frilly card…lol Thank you for sharing as welk as a chance to win!!!

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  30. I LOVE your cards, Kittie! Great colors and so clean looking. Thanks so much for sharing with us and for participating in this great hop and giveaway.

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  31. So love the Sail boat card, it really stands out in the amazing blue you used and the design is just awesome. Thats not to say the others are lovely because they are but that little boat on the water really shines

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  32. I like all your cards very much, but I love the sail boat card and all the detail. Such fun to see all these great designs from this new release. Everyone should be proud! 🙂

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  33. Your waves made me want to go to the beach! Love the sailboat card so much! They are all exquisite! Great job. Thanks for the chance to win.
    Penny

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  34. Three beautiful cards Kittie. You always rock those dies and always inspire me when I see how you have used them. Many thanks for the blog hop and wonderful inspirations Karen x

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  35. Love this release and your cards are fabulous. I especially love the last one; layers are always so pleasing to the eye.

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  36. I love all your cards using EH new release! My jaw always hits the floor when I see your creations! You inspire me so much.

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  37. Wow Kittie…your cards are just stunning. Each one shows so much thought and detail on your behalf. They’re such tiny pieces of art. Each individually breathtaking in their own way. Thank you for sharing your work with us. They’re ALL gorgeous. ♥

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  38. Wow Kittie,
    Love your cards for this hop. I definitely will CASE your floral bunch card. First time on your blog. I will be back.?

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  39. Your sail boat card design is so unique and I simply love it. The use of the blue background and the white waves makes the card. The other cards designs are so simple that it makes the design stand off. Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much for sharing your cards with us.

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  40. Love the warm fuzzies and bear ware combo… even without the bear, they stand on their own….love the versatility! Thx for inspiring !

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  41. The cards you designed are absolutely wonderful. The nautical card is my favorite because of the color scheme, the blue of the background and water with the white waves makes it do realistic. The other cards are simple and I love that because the design stands out.

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  42. Your talent blows me away, I can’t stop looking at your cards, the sailboat one is very cleverly put together, and then the simplicity but elegance of the last two are amazing! Wow!

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  43. Love love love all of these Kittie, You are always outdoing yourself…Love Salty …so fresh and the black and white
    Fishing card is just perfect for a masculine card…and of course you have flowers….so clean and fresh.

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  44. Your work as always, Kittie, is A #1! The nautical card is perfectly executed & the fishing card is simplicity & elegance itself! I’ve always admired your work. Today’s cards are no exception. Thank you for the wonderful inspiration!

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  45. I love the new boat /sailing dies. It is nice to see something that you use for men’s cards as there are so few. Your work is always interesting and I always learn something from them.

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  46. I think the sailboat card is brilliant and I am always flummoxed by a collection of tiny images, so seeing how you pick the saying and put it together with an image is fantastic. Thanks for sharing!

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  47. I love how you put the Kitty touch on the new stamp sets with the wonderful dimensional cards — particularly the stay salty card! It is wonderful and so different from what everyone else is doing! The fishing pole card and thanks a bunch are simple and delightful!

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  48. I love the All Inside bear so I was super excited to see new things for him to hold! I love that you showed those same things could be featured all by themselves on their own cards!

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  49. Love the monochromatic scheme of your first card, and the added sparkle. Great masculine CAS card with the rod & fish, though I think it could go for a feminine card as well. And I also really like the coloring on your third card. Tfs! 🙂 ~ Andrea

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  50. You always amaze me with such beautiful, over-the-top cards, Kittie. I so appreciate your creativity! And you had such a wonderful release to create with!

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  51. Pretty cards. I especially like how you took small elements from the sets and used them as focal points. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  52. Nice cards! I love how you used just black and white for the guy card, and the tiny flower image with scallop layers. And the wave die cuts. They could also be birds, upside down.

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  53. Kittie, I’m so loving this stamp release. It’s to soon for me to end the summer season. Your cards are terrific. Thanx for sharing.

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  54. I am blown away by the simplicity and beauty of your nautical scene. That would be an heirloom card in my house! Thanks for sharing.

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  55. WOW
    WONDERFUL cards Kittie, LOVE the DELIGHTFUL dimension & designs of each one!!!
    The detail and layers of your boat scene is AMAZING!!!
    THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION, I leave with my head FILLED with EXCITING ideas to try and a very LONG shopping list too 🙂

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  56. Thanks for all the inspiration, thought your card with all those waves was really unique! And thanks to Ellen Hutson for the giveaway!

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  57. Your cards are all gorgeous! I love the design of the sail boat card and all the beautiful dimension you created. Your ‘Thanks a Bunch’ card is just so perfect and classic…it is just lovely!

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  58. I so admire your work Kittie, I think even I can create these charming cards. It’s so fun to see the different uses for the Bear Ware set.

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  59. 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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