20.03.2018

Avery Elle … SPLASH

20.03.2018 by 1 Comment

Hey there,I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog today starting off a week of inspiration featuring the Splash clear stamp set and co-ordinating Elle-ments.  Lately I’ve been having a LOT of fun with the new Avery Elle Liquid Watercolours (look out for a video coming very soon) and have created a perfect backdrop for my chilled out bathing beauties!

I used a thin Yupo paper (picked it up on Amazon) and spritzed it with a fine spray of water before adding Aquamarine liquid watercolour onto it with a paintbrush.  I wasn’t too careful or precise as I wanted the background to have some movement and appear more … watery!  The paper was put aside to dry naturally which does take a bit of time so it’s a good idea to create a few background panels in advance so you have them on hand and ready when you want to put a card together!
I stamped a couple of ladies and their floaties of choice onto Neenah white cardstock and coloured them with Copics and then die cut them.  I glued the dried watercoloured panel onto a white A2 card front (landscape orientation) and then added the ladies and a few clear droplets here and there.  I finished of by cutting a strip of aquamarine coloured card and white heat embossed the Birthday Wishes sentiment from the Critter Crew set and tied it off with some Aquamarine twine.
Supplies:
 
Splash Clear Stamps
Splash Elle-ments
Critter Crew Clear Stamps
Aquamarine Liquid Watercolour
Aquamarine Twine
Pure White Embossing Powder

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05.03.2018

Avery Elle … Mermaids

05.03.2018 by 6 Comments

Hey, I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog today kicking off a week of inspiration with a (slightly sinister) creation featuring the Mermaids clear stamps and Elle-ments.  My wicked streak couldn’t help but pair this cute, sweet-faced little mermaid with one of the hungry sharks from Hello Chum!  I don’t think she realises what’s about to happen but I’m definitely humming the JAWS theme right now!

I stamped and coloured the images with Copics and added some bling to the mermaid with Diamond Glaze and Avery Elle glitter on her hair.  To build my scene I used the Burst dies to create a window using wood-effect cardstock and added some blue vellum behind it so it gives the effect of looking through water.  I stamped a few images from Hello Chum (waves and fishes) onto the vellum and then adhered the shark slightly off-centre.  I die-cut some coral using the Coral Reef Elle-ments and made a small banner for the “Let’s Do Lunch” sentiment.

Supplies used:

Corral Reef Elle-ments

Thanks for stopping by x

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08.02.2018

Avery Elle Spring 2018 Release Blog Hop

08.02.2018 by 36 Comments

 Hello there!  Today is the day the much anticipated Spring 2018 Release from Avery Elle is available to purchase.  The release was so well received when it was revealed at Creativation last month and I have been DYING to be able to share some of the projects I’ve been creating.  Oh and you should’ve arrived here from the Avery Elle Blog but if you’re lost and want to go back to the start all the links and instructions can be found below:

I’m featuring a fabulous new sentiment set called Loads of Wishes.   It combines 2 gorgeous fonts and offers all the sentiments you need for the most commonly created cards.  On both my samples I’ve used Happy Birthday (I have a LOT of them coming up so needed to stock up).

 My first sample uses a STUNNING new stamp set called Hand Drawn Florals (fun fact – Jamie’s 15 year old daughter actually designed this set – I’m concerned for my competition!!!).  It’s such a fun set to colour and I can see this one being VERY popular!

I stamped the images using Avery Elle Fog Dye Ink (alcohol marker-friendly) and coloured them in an aqua tone using Copics.  I decided to fussy cut the flowers rather than using the co-ordinating elle-ments on this occasion although I did use them them to cut out the little bud images.  I added little droplets of diamond glaze (you could also use Glossy Accents) to the centres of the flowers – I love how it looks like dew!

 

 

 

To create the frame I used another brand new product, Pierced Mat Elle-ments (together with our popular Double Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments).  These are so versatile – you can create frames, mats, apertures etc.  I love them!

Supplies used:

I created another card and this time paired it with some of our older products that i thought needed some love!  I stamped some of the images from our Butterflies stamp set in Versamark and heat embossed them using Avery Elle Fine Pure White Embossing Powder.  I coloured them with Zig Clean Colour Markers and gave them a slight “aura” using a great marker to make them just pop a little.  I created the mat using a combination of Pierced Rectangles and Dotted Borders Elle-ments.


Supplies used:

Phew – that was a long post!!  If you’re still with me – THANK YOU!  Now you need to pop along to my wonderful friend and teamie, Heather to see what delights she has in store using the new release.  Happy Hopping!!

 

Avery Elle / Jamie
Caryn Davies
Heather Campbell
Yainea
Melania Deasy
Katie Gehring 
Amy Kolling 
Ashley Marcu
Elena Roussakis

To celebrate our Spring 2018 Release Blog Hop, Avery Elle is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to one random winner.  To enter to win just comment on this post.  There is no purchase necessary and you must be 18 years of age or older to enter.  This giveaway is void where prohibited.  You can also do options 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following to increase your chances of winning. You have until midnight Sunday, February 11th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, February 12th .  All products are available for purchase in the Avery Elle store right now.
To enter to win you can do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 of the following to increase your chances:

  1. Comment on any of the design team’s posts and/or here on the Avery Elle Blog
  2. Follow us on Twitter and tweet the contest (we are @averyellestamps )
  3. Follow us on Facebook (we are www.facebook.com/AveryElle ) and share us with your friends – make sure they tell us you sent them.
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