Caryn Davies

11.03.2019

Heffy Friends Blog Hop

Hey there! I’m so excited to be part of the Heffy Friends Blog Hop. You should have hopped here from the gorgeous blog of Caly Person but if you want to go back to the start the list is at the bottom of the post.

I’m a big fan of the lovely Lesley Oman who owns and runs Heffy Doodle Stamps – she’s a doll and her products are so fun and original! Today I am playing with the Gnome Matter What stamp set – those wee guys are so cute. I created a scene using some retired Avery Elle dies as I didn’t have what I wanted in my Heffy Doodle stash! The images are stamped and the coloured with Copics and then fussy cut. Don’t you just love that sentiment?!

The winner (chosen at random) who leaves a comment on each stop on the hop will receive a £50 voucher to the Heffy Doodle store. Winners will be announced on Monday, March 18, 2019 on the Heffy Doodle Blog.

Hope you’re enjoying the inspiration. Your next stop is the fabulous Ashley Cornell. Have fun!

Nina-Marie Trampani

Caryn Davies (me!!)

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08.03.2019

Avery Elle … Orchid

Hey there Avery Elle fans. I’m here today with a card featuring the new Orchid stamp set along with some of my all-time favourite Avery Elle products. I also wanted to see how the new Gemini Foil Press machine worked with the cover dies we have available and the result is stunning. I have a little video to share showing how I created this card. (Sincere apologies for the lack of voiceover – I have tonsilitis at the moment so was unable to record a video narration. If anyone has any questions I’d be happy to answer them in the comments).

I started with some Ranger watercolour cardstock and used the Polka Plate cover die with gold foil in the foil press machine. In the video you will see I made a sort of template using vellum to make sure the card is placed in the correct position. I stole that top tip from Julie Ebersole!! Once it was pressed with the foil I created a water coloured background over it using Avery Elle water colours in Cherry and Sugar Plum and set it aside to dry.

Meanwhile I stamped the Orchid images onto some more water colour card using Versamark and heat embossed them in gold embossing powder. I coloured them using the water colours (Cherry for the petals, Celery for the leaves and Sea Glass for the pot) and then die cut them.

To diffuse the colours a little on the background piece I added a small panel of vellum then adhered the die cut pieces and finished with some iridescent sequins and a gold embossed happy birthday sentiment from the set.

Supplies

Orchid Clear Stamps

Orchid Elle-ments

Polka Plate Elle-ments

Cherry Liquid Watercolour

Sugar Plum Liquid Watercolour

Celery Liquid Watercolour

Sea Glass Liquid Watercolour.

Gold Embossing Powder

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21.02.2019

Get Cracking On Christmas 2019 – February

Hey! So as we all enjoyed our Christmas through the year series in 2018 Jenn Shurkus and the gang (Chari Moss, Libby Hickson, Cheiron Brandon and ME) have decided to keep it going through 2019. I missed the January edition but have managed to get one done this month! If you’re the type that when it gets to November/December you say, “shoot, I should’ve started my holiday cards MONTHS ago”, then this is the place for you. We each try to post a holiday card on the third Thursday of every month. We don’t always manage it but we do try!!!

I’ve used a variety of different products/brands on this card. I sometimes forget that I can do that, lol!!! I started with a background using the Wood Plank stamp from My Favourite Things with Avery Elle Kraft pigment ink. I die cut an Oval Burst Frame from Avery Elle from white cardstock and blended a little Kraft ink around the centre just to give it a little more of a vintage look.

I stamped one of the deers from Avery Elle’s Kitsch Christmas (now retired, sniff) along with the Santa hat from Avery Elle’s Dear Santa set and coloured them with Copics. The holly leaves are from the Sunny Studio Christmas Trimmings stamp set. Once everything was stamped and die cut I assembled it all onto an A2 card base.

Happy Holidays!!