New Essentials By Ellen - Grand Lady and Little Gentlemen

Hi Folks! Well, as you may have anticipated, with the Grand Gentleman and Little Lady being released last month, this month's release features the Grand Lady and the Little Gentleman! The Grand Lady is all tricked out with things to bake and knit, and has several sweet sentiments.

I decided to go with a knitting theme for this lady (who isn't necessarily "grand.") Yes, I realize she's holding a needlepoint project, and knitting needles. She's just multi-talented, and able to work on a few different projects at the same time : ) Much like my grandma!

One of the stamps is a pearl necklace, so I used that in conjunction with some glossy accents to bring it to life. The sweater is somewhat ombre, like an actual sweater I have in my closet, and has several "v's" to represent chunky stitches. Like many of the other Leading Ladies, I love that the cooresponding die cuts her arm out so she can hold things, like her needlework.

It's so fun looking for dress details in older sets that you already own. I tried out the heart seaweed stamp from Otter Ware as a trim on the bottom of her dress, and really love how it turned out! The skeins of yarn look cute as a die cut. I took the liberty of adding my initials to the label going around the yarn. 

For the background I cut out a heart from copy paper and used that to blend and spatter ink into. Still loving those Life Changing Blender Brushes!

How cute is the Grand Lady with her Grandson?! Love how they work together, and in this case are fist bumping (only the Grandma is using her wooden baking spoon to knock knuckles) : ) The background panel and letters are from Letterboard Set.     

Let's take a look at the Grand Lady, as there are several things different from the first card:
1) gray hair - she's a little more grand now;

2) eyeglasses - a nice touch to help represent the loved one you're sending this too;

3) neck scarf - instead of a pearl necklace, this lady is sporting a tied scarf around her neck;

4) pattern on dress!! - looking through my older sets, I came across the tiny mollusk pattern stamp from the S'Whale set. Perfect! I made a mask by cutting the dress portion out from the image stamped on copy paper, and then placed that image on top of the stamped image on the card. After blending ink on the dress, I stamped the mollusk pattern through the mask, and what do you know, created a fun pattern on her dress in the perfect scale.

The boy is in a sweatshirt (naturally) over a t-shirt. Similar to the mask for the grand lady, I made a mask for the little gentleman and cut the middle shirt section out. Then I stamped a random sentiment to make it look like he's wearing a custom tee. I had my oldest son in mind when I made him, so I have him carrying a football, with a frog at his feet (he was always chasing after butterflies, dragonflies, frogs, worms, anything he could to keep as a temporary pet).

Again, I just love how they go so well together, and how you can totally recreate your own family.

Stay tuned for tomorrow where I'll be sharing a few cards featuring the little gentleman!

Thanks for stopping by!
- Kelly

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