Hello, and welcome to the Spring 2015 Essentials by Ellen Release Hop! Iām incredibly excited and honoured to be part of today’s hop. I’ve created two cards showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies available for purchase today!
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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:
These cards are great! I especially love how you turned the be-you-tifal into a shaker! Great idea!!
Beautiful projects. Looks like you had a great time with this release.
Gorgeous colored and layered flower!
Hi Emily! Gilded, glittered and GORGEOUS! So pretty!
=] Michele
Beautiful designs!
Two amazing designs….. fabulous color/detail!!
Oh my, LOVE what you've done. I always love your style!
Gorgeous; that big huge flower is beautiful!!
Really nice cards! Love the new Release.
Love all your layering. Those images and dies really are special. TFS! [email protected]
my goodness, I absolutely love your floral card! it is gorgeous! š what great projects you have made with the fun new items being released! š
WOW that Mondo flower really is mondo!! Great cards!
Emily, I love the two totally different cards you created!
gorgeous cards as usual, emily! i love the shaker you created through the beyoutiful die! very pretty
-Rachel
rwkrafts.com
gorgeous projects!
Oh my! Love that magnolia! And that shaker….oh dear, that shaker! So very delish!!! ā„
Love your work. tfs
Gorgeous Emily LOVE your Creations!!
OMG…that shaker card is so beautiful it needs to be framed! hugs, š
2 lovely cards!
Beautiful cards. I especially love the watercoloring!
Really pretty cards!
Gorgeous!
Gorgeous projects, Emily! Love love love that shaker card! So awesome!
Beautiful cards. thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards, as always!
I love how you have layered the cards
WOW! Stunning flower card!!
Lovely cards, especially the big flower. It is lush š
stunning cards Emily š thanks for sharing ā„
Love your "Beautiful Friend" card, just stunning. I hear that die calling my name.
Love all the gold!
I love your gorgeous and unique card designs!Thanks for the inspiration!
I have been in a stamping slump. I think your cards just brought me out. Thank you.
love how you did the center of the magnolia – very effective touch and beautiful!
Lovely cards. Your use of the dies with the images make for a lovely design. TFS your talent.
Great cards, love the flower.
What a great release! I really love the shaker card you made.
Both are Beautiful cards!!! but black and gold have my heart :))) thank you for sharing :)))
Ah, Emily – you never disappoint and always inspire! Love them both, but that color-popping flower especially rocks.
Great cards! I love the shaker you created with the negative cut out. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely! Your flower is so beautiful.
WOW, two beautiful cards. I especially love your beautiful magnolia card.
I love the shaker card creation! Great job!
Both cards are lovely. The first is my favorite but I am liking the texture in the 2nd one more and more.
love both cards but really love the shaker on the friend card – that would make anybody's day!
I'd love to win that stamp set – it's so unique. I just love how you used the vellum flowers to "barely there" frame your shaker.
Black and white card is my favorite! Gorgeous!
I LOVE that mondo magnolia. Beautiful work!
Beautiful!!!
Wonderful flower card!
All beautiful, but that first floral card is amazing!!!
gorgeous work as always!
Love the WOW card with the big bold black sentiment. Striking.
Hi Emily. Your cards are great. I love how elegant the last one truned out.
Really gorgeous cards, Emily! It looks like you had a great time playing with your new goodies š
Great work, and creativity. Just beautiful
Your cards are clever and beautiful!
Beautiful Mondo Magnolia card and the Be-YOU-tiful shaker is awesome! Both of these products are on my wish list, thanks for the generous giveaway and for sharing your incredible talent.
Such great cards!! Thanks for all the inspiration!
Beautiful cards! Love the mondo flower and your shaker card is awesome.
Very pretty cards! I really love how you used the die to cut the flower into layers on the first card!
Love shaker cards and this one looks really fun.
Both of your cards are absolutely gorgeous!!
Very pretty!
Think I need to case your shaker card – it's delightful.
beautiful projects! š
How pretty, love the gold edges!
I absolutely adore the shaker card!
Absolutely beautiful!
Both cards are gorgeous!!
Love the watercolor magnolia & how you die cut/layered it all. So inspiring.
Gorgeous cards!
Just LOVE the shaker! excellent idea
Wonderful cards Emily. Love the bohemian feel to the first one, and the water coloring… the second is so elegant with the classic colors and the touch of vellum.
great new release – thanks for sharing you talents!
Wonderful job on the magnolia! Beautiful watercoloring.
Wow! Love the beautiful , subtle look of the vellum flowers on the background of the second card- at first glance I thought you'd used the dies to emboss, but then I looked closer š thanks for sharing some great inspiration with us!
Your Mondo Magnolia is elegance. I love your cards. Thanks!
Love your shaker card – who wouldnĀ“t want to receive such a great card!
Absolutely gorgeous cards. I;m loving that large Magnolia stamp.
Love the cards that you made using the mondo magnolia set. The shaker card is great. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
beautiful cards!
Lots of ideas here. Great shaker card and pretty flowers.
love the shaker card, it's very stylish and the peony is so clever with the open heart so it doesn;t add too much bulk, i would never have thought of it, thank you for sharing
Gorgeous cards. Loving that big flower.
great cards especially the mando magnolia one!
Yes, I am loving the die background on the Beutiful card. Just a Wow. thanks.
Love that shaker card. You made such a nice sentiment by combining them!
Love the way you made
the first card, with
the flower center cut
out to shown the layers!
Both cards are so pretty.
Carla from Utah
this is a beautiful release, your BeYoutiful card is great
Emily, I follow your work for a reason and I am NOT disappointed HERE! I love your flower card and the shaker is so sweet. That "Beautiful" die is absolutely amazing!
Gorgeous, Emily! Love!
Both cards are beautiful but that shaker card is inspiring me to bring out my sequins!! LOL
These are SO pretty!! The magnolia just blowers me away!
Great cards Emily!
So very pretty Emily! TFS
I'm already hooked on all the lovely blooms!
Dolly
Great cards Emily!
Wow, these are gorgeous! I love these new products!
Lovely CAS card!
Lovey cards! Classy! Love the golden edged petals, nicely done!
That magnolia flower stamps is just gorgeous! Love the shaker card, too!
the watercolor flower is stunning!
luv how you used the gold to edge the magnolia. so pretty!
What a fabulous card, Emily!! I totally adore this new release.
Gorgeous projects! Love your designs!!!
Lovely, delightful, unique–love the watercolor flower especially!
Love the shaker card – it just pops! So clean and simple – great presentation!
What great layouts and cards! Love the vellum flowers!
The tone-on-tone flowers on that second card are such a beautiful, subtle fit. Amazing!
I am loving all the springtime flowers that are starting to bloom in my garden and in crafting! Just gorgeous!
Very beautiful cards.
Love these cards and the clever use of the Be-you-tiful" die to make the shaker card.
Loved your cards, especially the shaker card. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for sharing!
LOVE your cards and this new release!!!
I love what you've done with the mongo magnolia. Beautiful!
BeaYOUtiful!
Beautiful color on the first card, but I especially like the background flowers on the black and white card.
Just beautiful cards. Thanks
beautiful cards!
Gorgeous cards! I love those beautiful watercolored magnolias!
Such lovely projects! What a great release!
That magnolia is so gorgeous!
Wow. Stellar work. Great use of these new products.
Love, love, love the mondo magnolia!! So stunning!
So pretty! Two different styles but I love them both.
The shaker card is just stunning. Thanks so much for sharing your creations.
Love what you've done!!! Fabulous!
Very nice cards! Thanks!
Oh that shaker is inspired! LOVELY!
Love the Mondo Magnolia die and stamp set! Love your watercolor card!
Wow the shaker card is great!
Great shaker card
Lovely cards!!! Love that beautiful die!
Love the shaker.
I'm in love with the mondo magnolia and feel that I really need it. Going to save all these wonderful ideas!
That flower is huge and gorgeous! I am still amazed at what a lovely gold you get from your Gansai paints. And your shaker card is perfect in black and white with the gold accents.
Great cards.
I love, love, love that Magnolia! Must.Get.
My favorite is the black and white. Real adorable.
Love the dimension you gave the first card and using the negative cuts to create a shaker card is a wonderful idea.
Love both cards – especially the black and gold one!
lovely set of cards!
LOVE your water colored flowers! They are very pretty! What an awesome way to make a shaker card too!
Lovely cards!
Oh Wow… Your cards are amazing! What fantastic inspiration!
Your flower card is just wonderful! Love the new release!
WOWOWOWOWOWOW!! SO IN LOVE with the New Release and I CANāT WAIT to get ahold of these!! =) SQUEAL!! LOVING your AWESOME Cards!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Gorgeous! I just ordered this magnolia and am so excited to play with it! Love what you did!
I really like how you showcased the mondo magnolia with the dies! But I love, love the black and white beYOUtiful friend shaker card!! Amazing!
Wow, just wow!! I love the mondo stamp set!!
beautiful cards, love the gold edged flower layers
Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
Those cards are gorgeous, really like them!
Love the beautiful flower card and that shaker card is so fun!
very pretty cards!
Emily, love the dimension of the magnolia card, just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous I really like the inverted center of your flower
I absolutely love the watercoloring technique on the flower! What a lovely set.
Mondo gorgeous cards! Thanks for sharing.
I really love how you used that big flower die!
Emily, these are stunning! Loving the shaker card! š
Those golden gilded edges are so gorgeous,
and the shaker card is over the top!
What a wonderful use of the gensai watercolors! I bought a set because of your previous cards. Vacationing kept me from commenting on your previous posts, but I did enjoy reading them.
Great cards! Love the bold be-you-tiful one š
Your cards are beautiful! I especially like the shaker card!
Beautiful cards. This release looks awesome.
Both are Adorable Emily
But I love much the Flower card
Hope you and your family healthy
Miss you my friend..
big hugs from Munich
Monika
Both are beautiful, Emily!!!
Sweet cards!!! I love the big watercolor flower!!
How clever to use the die cut piece to make a shaker card! I love it! And your watercolored flower is gorgeous!
AWESOMENESS!!!! Lovin' this new release!
~God bless~
Beautiful cards. I like the dimension and watercoloring on the first one.
Your cards are gorgeous! Love the cut out in the flower! Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
I enjoyed hopping into your world. Great cards
Such fun projects. Thanks for sharing with us!
Absolutely gorgeous creations! I can't wait to get my hands on some of these new goodies!
Gorgeous cards…especially love the gold on the flower petals.
Great cards…love the shaker!
Very pretty cards.
Both cards are absolutely amazing and so beautiful, love them!
Lovely cards! Love the 3-D flower!
I really like the layering of the flower
Great shading & dimension you created on the magnolia card. Very elegant shaker card & really like the flowers cut from vellum.
Love this release. You inspire me.
Such a clever idea for the shaker card!
Great cards–love the shaker idea–thanks for sharing!!!!
I am amazed by your cards! The watercolored magnolia is gorgeous! And the beautiful die cut looks fabulous with those sentiments. LOVE!
Very cute!
aww…these are so pretty. and definitely the first card i've seen done with a stem! way to be different! I love it!
Gorgeous cards. Love The design with Mondo Magnolia .
Your cards are beautiful. I especially like how you die cut the middle to show the stamping underneath.
I love the large magnolia!
The pink magnolia is beautiful and the shaker card is so much fun!!
Be-you-tiful cards.
These are so pretty! The coloring on the first one and the gold, fantastic and I love the elegance and the contrast in the second.
Oooooh!! Both wonderful cards!! Love the large popped up flower on your first & the color scheme & style on yor shaker card!!
Beautiful beyoutiful card.
I like how the stars and the shaker insides match!
I 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 š 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 š 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.
Di
Ich bin total begeistert von Deiner Arbeit. Die Karte in schwarz/weiss gefƤllt 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 š
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 š
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! š
Such lovely layering and watercolouring, Emily … and such a bold, crisp shaker … gorgeous! Anita š
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 š
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 š
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.