19.07.2018

Get Cracking On Christmas (In July) Blog Hop

Hey there – you have no doubt hopped along here from the fabulous Libby Hickson’s blog but if you’re looking for the start of the hop jump over here to Jenn Shurkus’ blog.

If you’re wondering what this is about well it was an idea thought up by Jenn, Cahri and Cheiron way back at the end of last year.  They decided it would be fun to challenge themselves to create a holiday card every month so they would have a small batch ready before the usual last minute rush!  I thought this was an awesome idea so I have been playing along too!!

The idea of today’s hop is to encourage you to pull out some of those unloved supplies and create something for Christmas.  As the sun shines outside it’s actually quite comforting to think about those long, dark nights all snuggled up in front of the fire (my favourite time of the year 🙂 )

 

So onto today’s card …

I grabbed the Sunny Studios Merry Sentiments and Holiday Style stamps sets to create this festive little number!  I used Catherine Pooler Inks and my MISTI to make the fabulous two-tone lights and place my sentiment – where would we be without our MISTIS???  To finish off I covered each of the lights with Glossy Accents for a little extra something!!

 

 

If you get inspired to create a holiday card don’t forget to share it by leaving a link in the comments or tag us on Instagram using the #getcrackingonchristmas.

The next crafter on the list is Emily Midgett so off you pop and happy hopping!!!

 

02.07.2018

Avery Elle … Sea-prise

Hey there, I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog today with a fun card using the fabulous Sea-Prise stamp set.  I’ve combined it with the Indigo stamp set and sentiments from the Hello Chum set that pair perfectly with the shark image in this set.

 I stamped the the background on the base card using all the stamps from the Indigo set in black and the sentiment inside one of the border designs.  Inside I stamped the rest of the sentiment and Happy Birthday.  I stamped and coloured the shark and then placed him popping out of the Star burst die cut and adhered it to the front of the card.

Supplies:

Sea-prise Stamp Set

Sea-prise Elle-ments

Hello Chum Stamp Set

Indigo Stamp Set

Star burst Elle-ments

25.05.2018

Avery Elle … Hummingbird

Hey there, I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog with a couple of cards I created using the beautiful Hummingbird stamp set and Elle-ments from the Summer 2018 release.  This set features a gorgeous Hummingbird image along with a fuchsia design but it could be mixed and matched with so many other floral sets from Avery Elle.

Both cards started with a frame cut from purple cardstock using the largest of the Reverse Pinked Elle-ments and feature some of the images from the set coloured with Copics.

On the first card I created a gold foiled background using the Painted Backdrops stamp set.  I took the striped image and stamped it using Versamark ink onto the card then heat embossed it with sticky embossing powder from Wow.  Once this was “melted” I added gold foil over the top and ran it through a Minc machine.  The effect is so pretty.  I simply added the sentiment from the Magnolia set in black ink and popped the flower and bird images onto the front using foam tape.

 

My second card features the larger of the flower images coloured with Copics and adhered onto the card front with foam tape.

 

I stamped the “Have A Wonderful Day” sentiment in black ink and finished off with some adhesive gems.

 

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