Saturday, May 28, 2022

Ellen Hutson | Meet the Maker feat. My Favorite Things + Secret Sale!


I'm so excited to be featured on the Ellen Hutson blog today! I'm also taking over their Instagram stories for the day so I'd be honoured to have you all join me there. As part of my takeover, I have a very special secret sale for you so be sure to read 'til the end to find out what it is!


Today, I'm featuring products from My Favorite Things and, in particular, the most adorable set called Koala-ty Time. I started by colouring all of the images with a mix of Copic markers and Sketchmarkers. Sketchmarker is a new-to-me brand of alcohol markers and they're amazing! Those colours are represented in the leaves, hearts and little pinkish-purple t-shirts. 


After die cutting the images, I set them aside and prepared the background.  I cut a card base from white linen cardstock. Then used the Slanted Stripes Cover-Up to cut Concord & 9th cardstock in (left to right) Evergreen, Parsley, Oceanside, Aqua Sky and Sprout. You can also find these colours in the Assorted Pack, which I always keep on hand.


After assembling the background, I die cut some Clouds from vellum and position them at the top of the card. I also white heat embossed the sentiment on vellum and cut it using a tag from Blueprints 27, layering it on Dove cardstock. This style of tag could easily be created freehand or by using a quick trimmer and detailed using the Stitching Lines.


My second card uses the May Essentials Composition Challenge sketch (ends May 30th) and features the same five cardstock colours but in different proportions. This time, my background was made using the A2 Piercing Plate 2Essential 4-Bar Rectangles, Essential Circles and Essential Circles for Stitching.


Both the Evergreen rectangle frame and Aqua Sky circle frame were stacked three layers high for dimension. This sentiment was stamped with Nocturne pigment ink and clear heat embossed on vellum, again with a Dove cardstock layer behind it. On both cards, I added enamel hearts from Doodlebug's Love You More Shape Sprinkles. They were the perfect finishing touch!


As promised, here are the details for the special sale on My Favorite Things products at Ellen Hutson

May 28th 12:00 AM - June 1st 11:59 PM PDT
Buy Two Get One Free
Use Code: LUVEMILYL

Shop early for best selection!

*Valid on in-stock My Favorite Things merchandise in the My Favorite Things category only when code is applied. Free items are items of lowest value. Not valid on previous purchases. Cannot be combined with other coupon codes. Sale ends June 1, 2022 11:59 PDT.

Click HERE to shop!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed today's cards featuring My Favorite Things and I hope to see you on the Ellen Hutson Instagram account. Simply click on the logo with the red circle to watch my stories!

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4 comments:

cm said...

Emily, your koala cards are absolutely adorable! Love the backgrounds, the layouts, the palette...everything! So sweet!
hugs~carol

Donna said...

Oh my gosh! The koala cards are just so cute! The koalas and the backgrounds are perfect!

donna mikasa said...

Congrats on the EH feature and IG takeover! Love your cards--those koalas are adorable!

Purple Princess said...

super sweet cards