Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Ellen Hutson, LLC... my new favorites grays!

If you know me, you also know that gray is my favorite color - well... except for in my hair! 

You can imagine my delight when Ellen Hutson, LLC added two gorgeous shades of gray cardstock to the shop.  You really have to feel it to believe it!  Slate gray, and Oyster gray, have truly won my heart!

Not only do they make great card bases, because of the 100# weight, they emboss just beautifully, too. I've misted the paper with my Ranger Mini Mister prior to embossing with a few of my many embossing folders - I have more than 60! 


 
 
 Houses dies 1, 2, 3, and 4

The card stock has just enough 'tooth' to use it for colored pencil work...

EBE S'Whale with Prismacolor pencils:
White, Ultramarine, Indigo Blue, Light Cerulean Blue, and Silver

The dark, rich Slate matches my  favorite gray ink perfectly … which also happens to be Copic friendly!

Altenew:  Cherished Memories



No matter how you cut, emboss, color, or create with these gorgeous gray card stocks, the results will make you a gray-lover, too!

Thanks for stopping by!

=]  Michele

23 comments:

I Card Everyone said...

big time, smile... =]

conil said...

You bet I do...whether it's gray or grey. I do love that Slate but isn't the Oyster on the warm side?

Anita in France said...

Wow, Michele ... what a gorgeous array ... your love of those delicious greys simply shines through each beautiful, perfectly executed design ... stunners, each one! Already a grey lover ... these simply emphasise that love! Hugs, Anita :)

Darnell said...

I'm blown away on a cloud of stunning inspiration!! These are all spectacular, Michele!! Hugs, Darnell

Cat Craig said...

Michele - what a stunning array of fabulous-ness. Those grays do look awesome when highlighted by your stunning creations. WOW.

donna mikasa said...

Gray never looked so chic! I'm blown away by the pencil coloring--can't wait to try this!

Lisa Elton said...

OH my goodness, you must have been in heaven while designing all of these! They're all vision of gray loveliness!

Tracey McNeely said...

Oh you were on a creative high here my friend. Gorgeous grays and gorgeous cards! Your pencil coloured piece is beautiful!

Barb Ghig said...

I can see you were on a creative roll with all this gorgeous cardstock and fabulous goodies! Hands down, you are the embossing folder QUEEN and I really love the deep texture on your first card! I'm also smitten with your pencil work on the whale and how beautiful your silver embossing works with this shade of gray...WOW! You have really out-done yourself with this post, Michele...Bravo!!!

Marge said...

All are fabulous gray cards! Especially love the first and second♡ I'm in awe of your creativity, Michele ;)

Hugs
Marge

~amy~ said...

gorgeous...gray is my favorite! Love your projects. I happened to pop those two packs in my last Ellen order.

Jeanne said...

These look like some awesome shades of gray, Michele. Adore the coloring on the whale card. And the embossing! Your misting sure helps. They are crisp and clean and so detailed. Wow! Thanks for sharing and showing off how pretty gray can be! :) Hugs!

Bobby said...

You should be in advertising, Michele. You know just how to promote and show off products in a most creative way. I love the clean simplicity of your cards with the texture to add interest.

Jeanne H said...

Wonderful cards - all of them. I too love gray and tolerate my gray/white hair. teehee

Michelle two Ls said...

Embossing folders for the win!!!!! I love every one of these cards, just stunning.

Brenda said...

I love grey's too, but then again I love all colors. lol So hard for me to have one favorite. These grey's are beautiful for sure and so are all your cards! I'm in love with each one! I too have a ton of embossing folders and need to use them more than I do. I know, shame on me! Anyway, beautifully done my friend! Hugs, Brenda

Sharron said...

Bet you were in heaven creating with these wonderful grays. I especially love the blue whale, so beautifully colored on the darker cardstock!

Papercraft Boutique said...

What a fantastic array of creative cards, Michele! The Slate Gray and the Oyster Gray must be very happy to be laid under your creative spell. The dry-embossed panels look like pieces of sculpture art. The pencil colored whale looks so cool! Love the color combo. Hideko xx

lostinpaper said...

I agree, these look amazing and I can't remember if I ordered these or not... but if I did't I will have to lol. Totally swooning over the whale card design (actually who am I kidding, I am loving them all)!

Joyce said...

So much to love about the beautiful projects you shared here. And, unfortunately, you have put several things on my wish list, too! You devil! What is the geometric impression plate in your second card? Looks like some sort of optical illusion.

Karren said...

Those grays are gorgeous and you have created some beautiful cards to showcase them. Note to self: I do not need more gray cardstock. I do not need more gray cardstock...

Shona Chambers said...

I love grey cardstock, its on the colour I buy often (apart from white). I only have about 6 embossing folders so must buy some more, have a long way to go to 60!! All beautiful projects, especially love the second card and reminds me that I have that embossing folder too!!

Aileen said...

Well Michele you have totally rocked my socks with these cards, I can see why you are in love with the new greys, simply put they look stunning. Your card designs make it of course from those wonderful embossed backgrounds to the coloured whale and wonderful floral tape card. All wowww