24.09.2014

Season’s Greetings from Avery Elle!

Hello – this is posting a couple of days late I’m afraid – don’t know where this week is going!!  I have been playing with the scrummy Avery Elle Fall release stamps and dies again – so many amazing sets available – I’m spoiled for choice!

This CAS card features a gorgeous new die that comes with the little holly and berries too – love it.  I used a similar technique to THIS card where I cut thin strips of Avery Elle cardstock and glued them down in rows before running it through my Big Shot with the die. It is a bit fiddly but I love the stripy effect you get.  I cut a panel of white for the card front and die cut the Season’s Greetings from it in the centre.  I then inlaid the stripy die cut onto the white panel and finished off with some sprigs of holly.

Thanks for visiting.

Caryn xxx

19.09.2014

Autumn decor.

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If you’re looking for a cool Autumn/Halloween decor idea then check out the new Taylored Expressions September Newsletter.  I’m sharing a step-by-step tutorial using the new Apple Stacklets dies and some inks – here’s a sneak peek at the project.

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Check out the newsletter for all the details. Caryn xxx

17.09.2014

Simon Says TAG IT!

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Make Your Own Background Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is ,,,,,,,,

TAG IT

you can make a tag or add a tag to a card/project.

We are showcasing TIM HOLTZ PRODUCTS this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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Rather than make a tag I made a card and trimmed off the corners to make it LOOK like a tag.  I punched a hole at the top and threaded through some twine (tip: cut a small slit in the fold of the card and thread the twine through it before tying at the fold – means you can still open it!!).

I used the Holiday Knit stencil and a few shades of blue Copic marker in the Spritzer tool to lay down the pattern on my card.  I then went over it with a sponge blender and white pigment ink.  I die cut the new Clearly Besotted Merry Christmas dies and Snowflake die three times from white cardstock and glue them together before adhering to the card front.  I finished it all off with a few clear sequins.

Tag It

Hop you manage to grab some time to play along this week.

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out 

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

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