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My first card features the Mondo Magnolia and coordinating Mondo Magnolia Dies. I die cut the flower petals, then stamped the images using grey archival ink.
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All of the die cut pieces were coloured using Gansai watercolour paints, gilding the edges with the gold colour.
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I cut the centre out using the smallest of the three dies, revealing the bottom layer. The stem and leaves are from the Wild Garden Dies.
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My second card features the Be-YOU-tiful Die, which I turned into a shaker by die cutting glittery gold stars using Home & Hearth Dies from the inaugural Essentials by Ellen release.
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I used additional phrases from Amazing Women to create a custom sentiment. Then I framed the card with vellum flowers die cut from the Wild Garden Dies.
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And, yay!!! I also get to give away the Mondo Magnolia stamp set to a lucky someone! Please leave a comment for your chance to win this gorgeous set!
The fun begins in the CLASSroom and there is also a Grand Giveaway! To enter, be sure to leave a comment there, and at every stop along the hop by May 5th! Winners will be announced May 8th.
Below, you'll find the entire Spring 2015 Essentials by Ellen Release, as well as complete supply links for both my cards. Thanks so much for hopping with us!
Sources for A Beautiful Day:
Sources for Be-YOU-tiful Friend:
313 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 313 of 313I love your layers of color and dimension! Very pretty!
I love your layers of color and dimension! Very pretty!
Edging the flower in the gold really makes it pop.
Love the sentiment in the second card.
thanks for sharing some great cards.
Beautiful! Your layered flower is stunning!
Beautiful! Your layered flower is stunning!
Love those gorgeous flower dies and the stamp set! Awesome cards!
Beautiful designs, Emily! I love the Mondo Magnolia! I think I need it to:)
OH aren't those lovely cards!
I love the shaker card!
love the dimension of the flower
Absolutely stunning - LOVE your shaker card with that die!
Just love the idea of the vellum flowers used in the background, they look gorgeous!
Great projects! Thanks for sharing.
Oh wonderful cards, TFS!
Beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards, love shaker cards
Great idea for a shaker.! Love the cards. thanks for the ideas.
The Magnolia is a showstopper but I really love the shaker you made with the dies.
Wow! Amazing cards! Love the shaker card!
Love your shaker card what a great idea. I love shaker cards and will have to try to remember to do this with a word die
LOVE the flowers!
Love your shaker card! Such beautiful cards!
I really love that big bold flower and the way you used it on your card is fantastic!
Love the cards you made :) My head is overflowing with all these new ideas
Gorgeous cards! Love the pink flower card!
Love that big beautiful bloom!
Such cool ideas for both cards. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Beautiful cards lady :) love the shaker card. especially the vellum flowers. So pretty.
great couple of cards, the layering on the 1st card is gorgeous as well as your shaker card!
Beautiful cards! Love that shaker.
Two amazing cards! Love all of the great color and dimension you added to them both!
Both cards are great but that magnolia stamp is my absolute favorite!!
Lovely cards!! The be-you-tiful card is amazing!!
So incredibly stunning and just so amazingly done!! Love the vivid color of your first card and the second card has such a good message!!
Love them!!
Emily such great cards! Love the shaker card!
Beautiful cards, Emily! How fun to be part of the hop!
This is such a beautiful spring release and your beautiful cards are a perfect example! Love, love that be-u-tiful shaker card! Thank you for sharing!
Your cards are simply gorgeous! This Magnolia flower is stunning! It's a must have for me. I'm from Louisiana and well this is the flower for down south! I tell you Julie did an AMAZING job designing this flower, it's stunning-did I say that already? :)lol
The shaker card is a stunner! I would love to win the mondo magnolia stamp set. Great watercoloring!
Hugs! Carmen L
Looks like you had a lot of fun with this release. What a Be-You-Tiful shaker card with such a sweet sentiment. Love the Mondo Magnolia and you've done it justice, Emily!
Wow! That gold gilding is amazing! But the shaker card looks just as awesome....great job!
Great cards - love the cut outs. A beautiful release. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome giveaway! TFS! I love the cards!
stunning card
Great cards, beeYoutiful colours and designs. Thank you for sharing yur techniques.
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Ich bin total begeistert von Deiner Arbeit. Die Karte in schwarz/weiss gefällt mir besonders gut.
LG Tinchen
This is a great blog hop, so many creative ways to use the Beautiful die!
I love both of your cards, the watercolor Mondo Magnolia card is beautiful.
love that big flower. Beautiful
Be You tiful cards! Thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards love them both.
Love the layered flower with the center cut out putting the focus on the center of the bottom layer. And that BeYOUtiful die can be used in so many ways! How fun.
Lu C
So, so beautiful! Love that magnolia stamp. Your cards are very inspiring!
Hugs
MaryV
Great cards! Love the large die cut flower and the shaker card element!
Beautiful projects today. Thanks for sharing.
Loved the shaker card!
I love the water-color look, thanks for the inspiration!
So excited to try out some of the stamp sets from this release!
Swoon!! Absolutely stunning cards. I love the use of the negative die cutting both on the gorgeous watercoloured magnolia and your classy shaker card.
I love the shaker card. The vellum flowers are a great idea.
Love the shaker card!
I am loving that mondo magnolia. What a great set. Also love the be-you-tiful die. Such inspiring projects on this hop. Thanks for the chance to win a great prize too.
Wow Emily! Both are beautiful, I especially like the second one, with your customized sentiment. TFS
Stunning creations... Thanks for the inspiration :)
Your creations are gorgeous, Emily. I so love this ginormous flower!
MONO MAGNOLILA, Be-YOU-tiful, I want them all. So inspired. Your cards offer a very lovely twist on using these stamps. Thanks
gorgeous cards!
Lovely work!
I am going to have to invest in a set of those water colors!
The colors are absolutely beautiful.
I like the smoothness of the colors as well.
Love how you used the gold to accent the flower!
MAGNOLIA-IFICENT!!
Love the magnolia, so pretty.
Love both the cards! So different and so beautiful!
I absolutely love how you used the die cut sentiment to make it into a shaker card!!!! The white vellum flowers make the card look so elegant, especially with the black and gold!! I also love the look of the watercolored flowers with the center inlaid and the gold gilding along the edges!! Very beautiful cards!!!!
WOW... these are beautiful cards! I love the shaker card a lot :)
Love this release opening to so many fabulous inspirations!
Great cards! Love the shaker idea!
thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards - love that fun shaker. Thanks for sharing.
All beautiful Emily! Your cards always inspire me!
Love the Beyoutiful card. Simple and elegant.
Love what u did with the large flower. Very pretty!
Wow - - who would have thought of doing a shaker card with "Be-you-tiful" - - YOU DID. very nice
Your cards are always so much fun! These are great too!!
Fabulous cards! I just love your watercoloring with the Mondo magnolia -- it is just stunning! Then, what a great idea with the white background for second card! Thanks for the inspiration.
Fabulous cards!
Amazing cards, Emily, from this great release!! I love how you omitted the center on the large magnolia and how you framed the shaker element with the vellum cut flowers.
Oh! These are GORGEOUS!!!
Julie is so talented! the addition of those vellum dies is subtle!
Love the vellum flowers on the shaker card. That stamp is beautiful. Thanks!
LOVE your work. The vellum die cut flowers are amazing!
Great cards. Love the techniques you used.
how fun! :D
Such lovely layering and watercolouring, Emily ... and such a bold, crisp shaker ... gorgeous! Anita :)
BEAUTIFUL cards Emily!!!
LOVE your DELIGHTFUL designs!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION and the chance to win some CRAFTY AWESOMENESS!!! The Mondo Magnolia stamp set is in my TOP 3 from this release, so I'm SUPER EXCITED at having the chance to win it :)
Love the black and white beYOUtiful card! Very elegant!
Wow. Both cards are amazing. I love the shaker card and the beautiful Magnolia card.
I love the pinks and gold, really stunning! The shaker card is really neat too! Thanks for always inspiring and the chance to win.
Beautiful projects! TFS :)
I love the watercolors & the shaker card is great, too!
Love what you did with these stamp sets!
Oh how pretty! Love the way you did the star shaker!
Beautiful inspiration pieces! Love the Mondo magnolia flower!
Don't you just love that Mondo Magnolia...and, I'm in love with all the shaker cards lately...yours is fabulous...love!
This is such a gorgeous set! I love the shaker with the die cut. Thank you for the inspiration!
lovely cards! the new release is so tempting
Your magnolia card is the most beautiful I have seen on this entire hop. It is absolutely gorgeous! I just got those watercolors, too, and hadn't thought of using the gold paint for edging. Thank you for the ideas!
These cards are beautiful, Emily! I love the colors you used in your first card, and the unique die-cutting on the flower. And your shaker card is fabulous. Love how you echoed the star shaker material by having stars on the front. Tfs! ~ Andrea
Amazing! I love the colors you used for the magnolia card!
Your second card is striking. I like the subtle vellum flowers.
This release is amazing and your designs are beautiful..
Both cards are gorgeous, Emily! My favorite is the second one with the shaker element and the vellum flowers. Love it!
The dimension here - awesome. Great great samples. The way the pink magnolia comes off the card is fantastic!
especially love your be-you-tiful card!
Thanks for sharing your lovely work.
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