By Caryn Davies
I have a card today using the fabulous Hogs and Kisses stamp set from Avery Elle – isn’t it amazing? Love the little faces on the Valentine’s critters – especially the piggy!! I used the pierced rectangles and some new dies coming at the end of February – pierced clouds!! Thought I’d go for a more non-traditional approach to my Valentine’s card for hubby this year – no pinks or reds this time!! I coloured the images with Copics and popped the hearts up for a bit more dimension.
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I know I’m being a bit repetitive here (I used this very same die last week) but I can’t get enough of it. I love how it can be used for other occasions too – not just holiday cards! I started by blending some Picked Raspberry Distress ink onto my card base and then added a spritz of Unicorn white paint from Hero Arts. I dicut the snowflake from vellum and the separate heart die in white. The middle layer was cut using the layering die and I added a bit of the distress ink to add a deeper shade. To finish I used a couple of the sentiment strips from the February SSS Card Kit.
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When I was at CHA I was lucky enough to hang out with some of the gorgeous and fabulously fun MFT girls. I got to meet Laina Lamb, the designer of some of my all time favourite MFT stamp sets and she was kind enough to give me the brand new Undeniable Chemistry stamps and dies to have a play with. I don’t often get time to join in with many challenges these days but I thought this week’s sketch was pretty fab so I used it to start me off. I turned it on it’s side but it’s still there!!
I created a background using various images from the set and stamped them in Avery Elle Fog pigment ink. I added a few touches of colour using Zig Clean Colour markers and added a wee bit of bling here and there with some adhesive sequins. I used the belt die from the Santa Suit Die-namics and cut a panel of purple cardstock and one of vellum and finished by stamping and embossing the sentiment in white.
Whilst I was in the scientific mood I thought I’d carry on and created this little 4-bar card using some of the cute dies. I blended on some Distress ink and splashed a wee bit of water to give the bubble effect.
Thanks Laina and MFT – it was so amazing to meet you in “the flesh”!
