Happy Birthday Mixing it Up

Hi Crafty friends-

My jumping off point for this card is the August Mix it Up Challenge for Ellen Hutson with Avery Elle products, and I am still in need of birthday cards so another for Seize the Birthday - no Toppings, and these are some fabulous dies, so it is also going to Happy Little Stampers - August Anything Goes with Dies.

I wanted an almost squarish card to better highlight the center circle so I cut down my card base and the Avery Elle die -Horizontal Stripes to 4.25 inches by 4.5 inches. I used Ellen's Wild Garden dies to decorate the circle and finished it off with a sentiment from Ellen's set Lovely.
  

 

 
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Ellen and Lawn Fawn mix it up

Hi There!

I have two very different stamp styles that I am putting together for this challenge at Ellen Hutson.

I am using the Mondo Hydrangea and Merry and Bright dies from Ellen, along with the Get well Soon stamp and dies from Lawn Fawn.



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Ellen and Penny Mix it up

The challenge over at Essentials by Ellen for the February Mix it up highlights Essentials by Ellen and Penny Black brands.

 

I used Essentials by Ellen's Merry and Bright die cuts, and Penny Black' s Delightful---well about the top half of it.  This is a note card sized card 3.5 by 5 inches.  Sometimes those cute smaller cards are the best "just because' cards.  Have you played along in the mix it up challenge?

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Mix it up MFT and EE

A quick post tonight!

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Ellen's Wild Garden Dies, MFT's Fishtail Flag Stax and Simply Fabulous Sayings

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Mix it up challenge

Hi there - I have an entry for the Mix it Up challenge over at Ellen Hutson's Classroom.  The challenge is to use both Ellen's Essentials and Lawn Fawn products in your project.

I am using Ellen's Merry and Bright die set and Lawn Fawn's Our Friendship Grows set. 

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Retro Mix It Up

It has been a while since I used superfine glitter and sookwang tape...after being frustrated for a while I stumbled upon a happy result.

I started with some 110lb paper (I'll use much thinner card stock next time). I covered it with sookwang tape and die cut two pieces from Bold Blossoms, a new die by Essentials by Ellen.  The frustration came when no matter how many metal and paper shims I used I could not get the interior pieces to cut through the cardstock.   (Note the die cuts beautifully on normal cardstock, it is the tape and liner on thick cardstock that caused my incomplete cuts)  So I put that away, and started on the card base. I inked one line of the Hero Arts Arrows Pattern stencil in with Distress Ink mowed lawn.

Having taken a break from my flower and leaf, I was able to look at a new possibility.  I lifted the release paper off just the interior portions and put darker shades of glitter one them, burnished it and brushed away the loose pieces.  Next I pulled up the release paper from the intended die shapes glittered them with lighter shades of glitter.  The happy result is a full bloom and leaf!  YEA!  I used a sentiment from the Hero Arts set Many Birthday messages, and added a few pieces of sequins.

For my design I used the current sketch at Retrosketches, and I am also entering this to the Essentials by Ellen Mix It Up Challenge.

  

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