Christmas — Page 3

09.08.2018

Avery Elle Fall 2018 Release Blog Hop

09.08.2018 by Caryn Davies 40 Comments

Hey there, happy to be sharing a card today as part of the Avery Elle Fall 2018 release blog hop. You should have arrived from the Avery Elle Blog but if not, you can find a full list at the bottom of this post!

Today, I’m featuring a couple of new sets which are now available in the store – Merry Merry and Quirky Christmas. I wanted to create a card that I thought would be an easy one to mass-produce for the holidays so I grabbed my MISTI and some Avery Elle pigment inks and created this:

The Merry Merry set is along the same lines as the Big Birthday set released in the Summer – it has a fabulous combination of fonts which can be the real focus of the card on their own. I die cut a mat using the Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments and then used the MISTI to stamp the Merry at the top using Cherry ink and then used Cherry and Vino for the ombre effect on the bottom. I LOVE using this technique and it’s so easy with the MISTI. It adds SO much more to the card for very little effort (important when you’re creating for the holidays I think, lol)!

The tree (from the new Quirky Christmas set) was stamped using the same inks and then to finish I overstamped with Versamark and heat embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. It adds a little more interest and lifts the card.

So there you have it – your next stop is my chum Heather – happy hopping!!!

Avery Elle / Jamie
Caryn Davies (that’s me)
Heather Campbell
Yainea
Melania Deasy
Katie Gehring
Amy Kolling
Ashley Marcu
Elena Roussakis
Nicky Meek

To celebrate our Fall 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, August 12th to enter. The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, August 20th . 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:

Comment on any of the design team’s posts and/or here on the Avery Elle Blog
Follow us on Twitter and tweet the contest (we are @averyellestamps )
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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Become a blog follower through email (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already follow us)
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19.04.2018

#getcrackingonchristmas – April 2018

19.04.2018 by Caryn Davies 3 Comments

The third Thursday of the month is upon us again so this calls for us to Get Cracking On Christmas! If you’ve not heard about this idea then let me bring you up to speed. A few of my fellow crafty friends (Jenn Shurkus, Chari Moss and Cheiron Brandon) all got to chatting and decided that this year they would try to get a head start on their Christmas cards by challenging themselves to create at least one every month. I thought this was a superb idea so I jumped in on the gig too!!!

This month I have played with an amazing set from Sunny Studio Stamps that I bought LAST year but never got a chance to ink up – Holiday Style . I have had the pleasure to meet Mendi (the owner) at Creativation a couple of times and boy is she a sweetheart. Such a nice lady. Her ability to create these realistic looking designs is amazing!

Here’s my card created using the 3-step bell image and pine branches. It’s difficult to see but I added shimmer and glossy accents to the bells too!

Supplies:

Holiday Style Clear Stamps – Sunny Studio

Green Tea Ink – Catherine Pooler

Inks For the Bell – Memento London Fog, Simon Says Stamp Smoke, Memento Tuxedo Black

Inks For the Bow – Avery Elle Strawberry, Catherine Pooler Rockin Red and Peppermint Scrub.

Make sure you pop along to the other girls and see what they’ve got in store for our festive inspiration this month:

Jenn Shurkus

Chari Moss

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you get inspired to get ahead on your holiday cards this year too. If you do then make sure to tag your post on Instagram with #getcrackingonchristmas so we can be sure to check you out xxx

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09.12.2017

Avery Elle … Otterly Fantastic

09.12.2017 by Caryn Davies 2 Comments

Hello there, I’m here with a festive twist on the fabulously fun Otterly Fantastic stamp set. As with every year, I find it hard to see past the upcoming holidays so I like to challenge myself to turn sets that aren’t aimed at the festive season into fun Christmas-themed creations.

By picking a few little elements from other previously released holiday sets you can turn any stamp set into a Christmas one!

Here I’ve picked out the Santa hat, bell and holly images from the Dear Santa stamp set and the sentiment and string of lights from the Retro Ornaments set. And there it is – two very festive looking otters!!!