09.03.2015

4 bookmarks for 4 bookworms!

09.03.2015 by 7 Comments

Hello and HAPPY MONDAY!  It’s Avery Elle day every Monday on my blog and today I’m sharing a cute little project I made over the weekend.  My 4 girls are always reading AND they are all big animal lovers (if I had a penny for every time I’d heard “can we get a dog?” I’d be living it up in the Caribbean right now!!).  We are definitely a cat family though so I thought I’d combine some amazing new Avery Elle products and create a little bookmark for each of them.  (I didn’t make one for my 15 year old son – he’s far too cool for that)!  I definitely need more practice colouring animals – please don’t look too closely, lol!  Aren’t they adorable stamps though – the critters from Furry Friends sit perfectly on top of the books from the This Book stamp set – my personal favourite is the ginger one curled up asleep on top of the books – that’s so what a cat would do!

bookmark

I stamped each of the animals onto masking paper and cut them out (only the bottom half needs to be cut if you’re in a hurry) and then I stamped each one on to a bookmark die cut from white card stock.  I then placed the mask over the animals and stamped the pile of books below them so each one looks perfectly perched on top of the stack of books!  I just coloured them in with Copic markers (not brilliantly though, I need to go back and revisit the Copic colouring class from Online Card Classes I think – where is Kathy Racoosin when I need her, lol??)

Thanks for stopping by today – happy crafting xxx


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16.02.2015

Avery Elle – You’re Invited

16.02.2015 by 2 Comments

Hello – I’m here today with a cheerful birthday invitation using the You’re Invited die from Avery Elle.  This sunshine yellow and aquamarine colour combo is so fresh – I love these two colours together!  I used papers from the Everyday and Brights collections and die cut some balloons  and simply added some twine for the strings.  A simple, and easy to mass-produce party invitation which would be good for a girl or a boy!
you are invited

Don’t forget it’s almost time for the brand a Avery Elle release – all the fabulous products revealed at the January CHA show will be available to purchase on 26th Feb – save the date and be sure to join us on an awesome blog hop to celebrate!!

Thanks for popping by.


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09.02.2015

Avery Elle – Thank You Die

09.02.2015 by 4 Comments

Hello – I’m popping today with a card I created using the gorgeous Thank You die from Avery Elle.  I absolutely adore the font style and size of this die – it makes the perfect focal point on a card.

Thank you

I used Avery Elle smooth white card for my card base and cut a strip of patterned paper from the Avery Elle Everyday paper pad.  I cut a narrower strip of co-ordinating paper from the same collection and adhered them onto the card front.  One of the flag shapes from the Dotted Elle-ments set was cut from vellum and adhered onto the layered paper strips.  The Thank You was cut from white cardstock and glued in place over the vellum which also helps hold it in place so no glue is visible.  I finished it all off with some twine and a few Doodlebug sprinkles in silver glitter.

Remeber to visit the Avery Elle design blog every day for lots of amazing creations from the rest of the team.  Also, a date for your diary … the CHA release will be available on 26th February.  Can’t wait to start sharing my designs with you!


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