I can't believe my dear friend Ellen Hutson has had her wonderful online papercrafting store open for 11 years! I'm so honored and proud to say that I've been designing for her for 10 of those years, this month!
Today's project features just a few of my favorite essential papercrafting items you'll find in Ellen's shop, including her fabulous line of Essentials by Ellen stamps and dies, by various designers. One of my favorite lines is Julie Ebersole's Mondo Flower series, which I'm using today!
Ooh-la-la, meet Mondo Peony, one of my favorite Essentials by Ellen sets!
This is the largest in this 4-bloom set. I allowed it to take center stage, by stamping it in Memento's waterproof Rose Bud and Peanut Brittle inks onto watercolor paper and watercoloring it with Kuretake's Gansai Tambi 36-color set. The colors I used, #34 Dark Pink, #36 Wine Red, and #42 Bright Yellow (for the peony), and #53 Mid Green for the leaves, are all also available individually.
After die cutting the peony and leaves with their coordinating Mondo Peony dies, I popped them up over a watercolor cardstock base on which I painted stripes with #90 Gold. To finish the card, I stamped the pretty "just a note" sentiment (from Julie's fabulous Fancy Thanks stamp set) with the same Rose Bud ink I stamped the flower, and scattered around Pretty Pink Posh's 4mm and 6mm Clear Droplets.
BLOG HOP:
This post is part of Ellen Hutson's 11th Anniversary Inspiration Blog Hop. Next on the hop is Francine Vuilleme. If you get lost along the way or want to start at the beginning of the hop, you can find the full list of today's participants over at Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom blog.
Thanks so much for visiting me today!
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