Caryn Davies

23.05.2019

Avery Elle… You’ve Got This

Hey there, I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog today with a card featuring a fabulous little set called You’ve Got This. It has a gorgeous feature sentiment that also has a two-layered accompanying die and then lots of great encouraging extra sentiments for lots of different (and difficult) occasions.

I started with a white card base and blended some Lemon Grass and Sea Glass inks to give a little colour to the background. I then took some aqua coloured cardstock and made a panel using the Embellished Heart die to make an aperture. I wrapped some Midnight Twine around the panel then popped it on the card front using foam tape.

I finished off the card by die-cutting the two layers of the sentiment in black and white card and adhered it across the heart aperture.

Supplies:

You’e Got This Clear Stamps

You’ve Got This Elle-ments

Embellished Heart Elle-ments

White Embossing Powder

Midnight Twine

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02.04.2019

Avery Elle … Journey

Hey there, I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog with a pretty pastel card using the fabulous Journey stamp set and dies. I’ve paired it with an awesome new coverplate die called Quilted Frame. I love the way it looks with a little white pigment ink blended around the aperture – it gives the scene a pretty, whimsical feel.

I used the Quilted Frame die to cut the base panel from aqua cardstock and then with a blending brush and Avery Elle White Pigment ink I added a soft halo effect around the aperture. I stamped and die cut the main car image and trees from the stamp set and coloured them with Copics before adding some clear shimmer here and there.

Once I assembled the pieces in place with foam tape I stamped the sentiment on a curve and added “Just Married” to the number plate. Love how this set can be used for so many occasions just by changing the the sentiments that are included.

Supplies:

Journey Clear Stamps

Journey Elle-ments

Quilted Frame Elle-ments

New Moon Dye Ink

Pure White Pigment Ink

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31.03.2019

5 years of Avery Elle

5 years ago I shared my first post as a design team member for Avery Elle Stamps. I can’t quite believe it’s been that long and so today I’m sharing a post to say “THANK YOU” to Jamie for having such faith and trust in me and to the rest of the team for being just so damn awesome!

I thought I’d share that first card again – I still love that set although it’s now retired. It was one of the first sets I bought, along with Bonjour (the macarons set). My photography skills have certainly improved a little in that time I think!!

Joining the Avery Elle team has not only given me so many opportunities (that I don’t think I would have had without it) but has brought so many new friends in to my life too. Even though I didn’t know the first thing about designing stamps, I thought it would be something I’d like to try. Without the encouragement from both Jamie and my fellow teamie, friend and talented illustrator Heather Campbell it would’ve probably ended right there – as a thought. I’ve now illustrated 24 stamp sets and even a couple of die collections! I still can’t believe it!

One of the things that has brought me so much joy has been getting the chance to attend Creativation (formerly CHA) for the past 4 shows. Being in the UK and most of my fellow crafting idols being in the US, I never thought I’d get to meet so many of them in person. It’s been such a thrill to work in the Avery Elle booth with Jamie, Heather Campbell, Karolyn Loncon, Katie Ghering and Amy Kolling. I don’t think I laugh as hard anywhere else as I do when I’m with these exceptional ladies. Not to mention all the other fabulous people from the crafting world – and it’s an incredible world to be part of.

Here’s a few pics of some of those happy times.