Hi crafty friends! And welcome new crafty friends! Did you pop over from the Ellen Hutson Blog? I'm excited today to be part of the very first Ellen Hutson Color Trend Challenge! What is that you ask? Well, it's a brand new inspiration challenge based on the current Color Trend of the month. Each month, there will be a beautiful mood/inspiration board based on the month’s color trend to inspire you. You can find the inspiration board and all the details about the challenge in the Ellen Hutson CLASSroom! CLICK HERE! Also, it's where you can enter your own card! This is something we can all join in!
Each month, a random challenge participant will receive a $50 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson store. WOOT! To be eligible, you must use Essentials by Ellen products and the photo badge as the inspiration for your project. There will be an link up on the Ellen Hutson challenge post where you can submit your projects. I really hope you will be inspired to make a card too! This is how I got my start in blogging and being on design teams. Back in the day, I used to enter every type of challenge I could! It made me think outside the box and try new things. I hope that's the case for you too.
For my card I used the super beautiful Mondo Peony Stamp Set and Matching Dies from Ellen Hutson. This stamp set is an all time favorite of mine! Here is my finished card. I'll show you the inspiration image and explain how I made my card below! All my supplies are listed at the bottom of my post!
And...here is the gorgeous inspiration image! WOW! So many colors, and so many places to use as a starting point! I was immediately drawn to the navy and purple so that's what I started with. Then I loved how the light was dancing off all the colors in the photos so I used gold accents on my card to mimic that. Gold embossing and gold paint flecks. I used watercolors since the images are all sort of flowy and loose. I cannot wait to see what everyone else makes! There are going to be some amazing projects! What are you drawn to first??
Both my card base and my top layer are cut from rich dark navy cardstock. My finished card is A2 size. I stamped the Mondo Peony and the Leaves onto watercolor paper and die cut them with the matching dies. Then I used Distress Inks to watercolor the pieces. I set those aside to dry.
Next I heat embossed the words thank you (from the Stay Golden stamp set) with pretty gold embossing powder. Then I flecked gold paint over this top layer too. I also ended up putting gold paint flecks onto the flower! MMMMMM.
I layered vellum and patterned paper at an angle across the top layer. Then I attached the top layer to the card base using foam tape. Next I attached the flower and leaves at an angle in the corner - also using foam tape.
That's it for today! YEAH for the first ever Ellen Hutson Color Trend Challenge! I'm honored to be part of something new at EH! See you soon - get crafty! XOXO
SUPPLIES FOR TODAY!
so beautiful
Posted by: susan | 05/31/2018 at 03:48 AM
Beautiful card Wanda, the Mondo Peony is also one of my favourites!
Posted by: Tracey McNeely | 05/17/2018 at 06:42 PM
Wanda, so pretty! I have this color palette in my bedroom. Love your design as usual. Julie
Posted by: Julie L | 05/17/2018 at 01:49 PM
This is stunning. I know Ellen's products but only have some sentiments so far. This will give me an intro to some more products. Very nicely done and I am going to check out this challenge. The inspiration is gorgeous. Tata for now....
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 05/17/2018 at 01:38 PM