Erin Lee Creative January Release

 Hello Friends!

It's that time! Time for a new release from Erin Lee Creative.

My first card for you today features the new Star dies. 

I started with a red cardstock panel and stenciled the Houndstooth Stencil with black ink. 

I cut the panel down and placed it on a black card front. I then added the new stars cut from Holographic Cardstock. I cut the Shine die as well from the Holographic Cardstock and added it to the card front.

My second card today features the new Leaf stencil

I first used the stencil on a pool colored piece of cardstock. I used shades of blue and green when stenciling. I then cleaned the stencil, turned it and applied Duo Transfer Gel and allowed it to dry over night. I then applied gold foil with a laminator. 

I added the new Stay Golden Die cut out of Holographic Cardstock on a piece of vellum.

Prizes! Be sure to comment on blog entries along the hop so you can be entered to win a $50 voucher to use in the ELC shop! There will be two winners chosen at random from the comments left by January 27, 2021 on all the blogs.

Erin 

Karolyn

Ricky 

Maria

Dilay

Tiffany

Eva - You are here!!

Jen 

Cheryl

Michelle 

Lynnea

Ceal

Thank you for stopping by, Happy Hopping!!

ELC Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

 Hello Friend!

Today I am excited to be part of the creative team sharing some AWESOME inspiration with you using the new Coffee Lover's Kit from Erin Lee Creative. This kit has some unique and fun creative things to play with! So fun! Let's get started!

My first card uses the super cool Cup Heart Die that is an addition to the kit. 

I cut it out of Holgraphic cardstock from ELC. 

The background features the Magenta Mirrored Cardstock that I dry embossed using the                     Fun House Squares Stencil.

The sentiment is from the 6x8 stamp set in the kit and is embossed with white embossing powder on a deep grey cardstock.

The shine and colors on this card can not be beat!

 I love, love, love the Holographic Cardstocks from Erin Lee Creative! 

My second card features the cute little coffee cup from the 6x8 set in the kit along with one of the sentiments. 

I stamped, water colored and die cut the cups. 

The background features the Hex Stencil (another of my favs). I used a a blue distress oxide on the light green cardstock to make the background. 

Fun, simple and quick!

Don't forget to comment before you move on to the next blog! The more you comment on the hop, the greater your chances to win. 2 lucky commenters with win the Coffee Lover Kit. the blog hop closes Thursday, December 17. Winners will be announced on the ELC Blog on Monday, December 21, 2020.

Here are the blog hop participants:

Erin Lee Creative

Dilay Nacar

Jeannie Lieu

Eva Costigan ---You are HERE!

Next stop--Ceal Pritchett

Cheryl Olson Knutti 

Michelle McDaniel

Jennifer Roher Timko

Lynnea Hollendonner

25 Days of Christmas Tags

Howdy Crafty Friends!! 

Today I am participating in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags, hosted by the wonderful Tracey McNeely at In My Creative Opinion. I am featuring one of the awesome new dies from Erin Lee Creative.

I decided to use the Circle Burst Die to create my tree tags.

First, I cut a circle out of scrap card stock that was slightly smaller than the Circle Burst Die. 

 I then cut a the Circle Burst on white card stock and attached this to the scrap circle for stability. I then cut another Circle Burst out of green cardstock. I used just the two large triangle sections to create the tree.

 I used the X Stencil with some green ink to stencil the pattern on the tree. 

I then attached the tree to the white Circle Burst piece. 

I used shades of yellow Copic markers to color the burst to look like light. 

I found a circle die in my stash that was slightly bigger than the Circle burst die and cut a blue circle.

From there, I layered the Circle Burst piece onto the blue circle with foam tape and added the Merry Christmas sentiment strip. The sentiment is from the beautiful Winter Florals Stamp Set.

I hope you you are enjoying all of the wonderful tag creations. Be sure to check out the sponsors listed below.

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!

Eva

Erin Lee Creative Hearts and Stripes Release

Hello Crafty Friend, so happy to see you here today for another Erin Lee Creative Release Blog Hop. 

Look at all that stampy goodness just waiting to be turned into colorful creations!

Today I used the Winter Florals set from the last release, Stripe Background and the Stripe Sentiments Stamps set for my card. 

I started out by stamping the florals in black in on my white card from. 

From there, I took a pick card panel and stamped the stripes in black. I layered that onto my card front with foam.

I used the Stripe die to cut out a white strip and stamped the sentiment in black. 

I wrapped a little bit of silver embroidery floss around the end and popped it on the card from with foam as well. 

Don't forget to leave a comment. There are two $50 gift vouchers to the ELC shop that will be chosen from all of the comments left on the blog hop. The winners will be announce on Monday, November 9th by Erin Lee Creative.

Go check out the rest of the fabulous creation!

 Erin Lee Creative

Mindy Eggen

Ricky Bromero

Dilay Nacar

Eva Costigan---You are Here

Jen Timko---Next Stop

Lynnea Hollendonner

Ceal Pritchett

Michelle McDaniel

Cheryl Knutti

Release Day at Erin Lee Creative

 Hello Creative Friends! 

I hope you are enjoying the creative journey of this blog hop celebrating the new release from Erin Lee Creative. The guest designers are absolutely fantastic as well as the design team members. Lots of ideas to spark your creativity. If you are just joining here, there is a list at the bottom of the post that will link you to the next person. 

For my project, I decided to use the Girl Power Stamp Set. The set features an awesome girlfriend trio and some great coordinating sentiments/words. I actually started my card by using the Tie Dye Background stencil. For extra sparkle, I used gold glitter paste on one layer.

I stamped the girls on a white card panel and colored with a light shade of Copic markers and then added depth and shading with Prismacolor pencils. 

I layered the colored image onto some gold holographic cardstock for just another touch of bling and shine. I then stamped the sentiment on a black piece of cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder. I again layered that onto some gold holographic cardstock and placed it on the card. 

Don't forget to leave comments on each of the blogs in the hop for chances to win one of the two $50 gift certificates Erin Lee Creative will be giving away to her shop.

The hop will end on October 24 at 11:59pm. The winner will be announced on Monday, October 26 on the Erin Lee Creative blog. 

ELC Blog 

Jeannie Lieu

JenniferRohrer Timko

Lynnea Hollendonner

Cheryl Olson Knutti

Michelle Mock McDaniel

Amy Kolling

You are here---Eva Costigan

Next stop---Ceal Pritchett

Thanks for stooping by! Happy Hopping!

It's Going to Be OK

Howdy!! Hope you are doing well today. 

I have a very simple card to share today. 

I used the Protea Background Stamp from Erin Lee Creative for both the larger white grey stamped piece and the middle piece stamped in pink. 

I layered everything up to build the card and what you can't see....is the Prisma glitter inside those pink stamped images. It gives it such a brilliant, sparkly shimmer. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

Eva

Groovy Stuff....Peace, Love and Happiness

Good Day Friends! 

I decided I wanted to do a recap of some of my favorite cards that I recently made using the  Peace, Love and Happiness kit from Erin Lee Creative.

On this first card, I stenciled and then flipped the stencil to the other end and stenciled over it again.

Looks like a bunch of streamers. This is my favorite card that I made from this release. 

OK well, maybe the next card is my favorite card from this release, LOL. Again I stenciled, the shifted the stencil and used black Nuvo Shimmer Paste. 

Wowzers, I love the result!!

The VW image reminds me of Scooby Doo. One of my all time favorite cartoons. 

It's been awhile, my Splitcoast gallery will show that YEARS ago, I stitched on paper. I pulled the machine out and went to stitching. 

And finally, can't forget the alcohol inks. They must always make an appearance!

This was done on glossy black cardstock. I started by adding a layer of gold on the cardstock and built up colors from there. 

Have a wonderful day! 

Eva

Happy Day

Hello Again! I am back to share another card using the new

 Look On The Brightside Kit from Erin Lee Creative. 

Today's card features the rainbow die.

I started by creating the card base from yellow cardstock. Next, I used the Scor Buddy to emboss lines on a white panel. I then stitched up the side of that panel with my sewing machine. 

 I cut the rainbow from a watercolored piece that I made using distress inks.

I decided to spread out the layers of the rainbow over the cardfront. It looked a bit empty in between those layers so I added the little bit of sparkly jewels from Honey Bee Stamps. 

Last, I stamped Happy Day in yellow (also from the new kit) and added it to the bottom of the cardfront. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Until next time, happy stamping!

Eva

 

ELC Look on the Brightside Kit Release

Hello there Friends! It's time for a new release over at Erin Lee Creative, welcome to the new release blog hop. Today Erin is releasing a kit called Look on the Brightside. For today's hop, I am featuring a slimline (or tall card for us ole' folks) chain link card using pieces from the rainbow die and a sentiment from the Here for You Stamp set from a previous released set.  I took the new rainbow die that is included in the kit and cut it twice in each of the rainbow colors. 

From there, I paired two of each color together to make the links and glued only one side of the link together. I assembled the chain and then stitched the links together at the seams. 

The background was created using the Tiny Squares Stencil. 

I assembled the pieces on the card front and added some cute little heart jewels to finish it off. 

Blog hop details:

We are giving away ONE KIT chosen from comments left across all of the blogs participating in this hop. Please leave a comment on any participating blog by Tuesday, September 8. The winner will be announced that week on the Erin Lee Creative Blog. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

Here is the blog hop list.

Erin

  Amy   

Ceal

Eva ---You are Here

Lynnea ****Next stop

Jennifer

Cheryl

Michelle

           

Happy Hopping and Shopping!

Eva        

 

Erin Lee Creative New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the ELC Release Blog Hop!!! Today is the big day---- the newest release over at Erin Lee Creative is available and ready for you to shop, shop, shop!

I chose this framed watercolor piece for my blog hop project today. A lot of the products in today's release remind me our great state of Kansas. I used the Sunflower background stamp, Arches watercolor paper and watercolors to create this vibrant piece. 

I stamped the image onto the watercolor paper with Amalgam Ink then started the watercoloring process. 

The first 3-4 layers are all watercolor, making sure to let the colors dry before adding the next layer. 

Once all the layers of watercolor were added I went back and added color in the nooks and crannies along with a few details with fine Sharpie markers. 

I just could not bring myself to cut it into a card. So this I framed it! Besides photos, this is my first ever framed piece of art that I have created.

I simply trimmed up the edges and found a couple of 8 x 8 frames from Hobby Lobby. 

The watercolor sunflower piece was layered on top of a piece of water cardstock to create the mat.  

Here is a photo of all the new release products that are available. 

Don't forget to leave a comment before heading off to the next blog, for a chance to win one of 3 gift certificates for $25 each from Erin Lee Creative. Winners will be chosen randomly from comments left on all blogs listed below. Comments must be made by August 24th, in order to be entered into the drawing. Winners will be announced at the Erin Lee Creative blog. 

 Erin

Cheryl 

Jennifer 

 Michelle 

Lynnea 

 Eva :You are here!!!

Next stop: Ceal 

 Amy 

 Thanks for hopping along with the ELC Design team today!

Eva

 

Groovy Birthday

Hello!!! Today, I am bringing you a groovy birthday greeting.

The background stamp is from Erin Lee Creative. I used the technique featured here in Jennifer McGuire's video to create his shimmery watercolor effect. 

I topped it with a Happy Birthday die cut from Simon Says Stay, CZ Designs.

Thank you for stopping by my blog! Happy Stamping!

Bright Alcohol Ink and Shiny Foil

Howdy Blog Friends!

Today I have a few creations to share with you that I have put out on other social media recently. 

The first is an alcohol ink background card with bright bold rainbow colors. The Hello Die is from Erin Lee Creative. 

I used the applicator tips on the ink bottle to put the alcohol ink on the paper in a line then blew the ink out with a puffer.  

The next card uses foil and another fun smiley face from the new Peace, Love and Happiness Kit from Erin Lee Creative. 

I did not have any Deco brand or Minc products so I tried Liquitex Matte Gel with the stencil. I let it dry and then ran foil and the card front through the laminator. 

Not bad for a first try!! 

Thank you for stopping by! Have a super day!

Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism

Ever feel like you just don't know what to do? How to help others feel supported?

I'll be honest and thus lean into being vulnerable. I live in central, almost rural, Kansas. I have always said that I am not racist, but honestly I have never known the term anti-racist until now.  I can guarantee that I have made mistakes, said and done the wrong things and been seemingly non-supportive as I lived like an ostrich with my head in the sand. 

My promise is to learn and find ways to do better and to be more supportive to People of Color. Although this is blog hop is a very, very small gesture, I feel it is a start.

 A small one but a start in the right direction. 

I support YOU and stand with YOU !

Here is my piece of creative to add to this hop. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog! 

Your next stop on the blog hop is here:

Michelle Woerner

Enjoy the HOP!

Eva

Love

Howdy. I thought I should share this little gem on my blog.

I love how this card turned out. Those big ole' sentiment/word dies are show stoppers.

This die is from Erin Lee Creative. Cut out of am alcohol ink back ground and popped up = winner! 

Thank you for stopping by!

Eva

Cheers

I think this background from Erin Lee Creative is one of my new favs!

The detail is so amazingly sharp. I see some watercoloring in the future with this one and even more ink blending.

The die is from MFT.

Enjoy your day!

Eva

Smiles to You

I'm coming at you with another card using this absolutely amazing stamp from Erin Lee Creative.

In case you haven't noticed I just LOVE this stamp!

This is as close to an Easter card as I will be making...it's really only Easter-ish in color, so maybe that makes it Spring-ish???

Thank you for stopping by the ole' blog today!

Have a super day!

Oh Baby...look at that background....

Coming to you today with another card that I absolutely love.

I saw a stamp a few months back that said something like...I love this card so much your are lucky I sent it to you. This is that card for me...right now. I may keep it forever, LOL.

The background and die are both from Erin Lee Creative. I used Hero Arts White Satin Pearl embossing powder with the background stamp and it looks gorgeous!!

Have a super day!

Eva

Oh Heifer!

Today I am sharing a fun little card made with this super cute cow image.

I am a lover of ALL cows, so this was a must have in my stamp stash.

So stinkin' adorable and the sentiments are super fun. 

The set if from Erin Lee Creative.

Have a wonderful day. Thanks for stopping by.

Eva

Hello Purple Rose

I am posting one last card (for now) using this beautiful Sketch Floral background stamp from Erin Lee Creative .

 This time I used some Copic markers to color in just the one large open rose image.

 The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti.

 Have a great day!

Eva