30.05.2016

Avery Elle … With Sympathy

Hey there!  It’s a Bank Holiday here in the UK and if all has gone to plan I’m sitting by the pool sipping something chilled in Centerparcs!!  I’m sharing a card using some of the amazing new products from the brand new Summer release from Avery Elle.  I’m using the fantastic With Sympathy die and have paired it with one of my own designs, The Reef and Coral Reef dies.  I used a blending tool to add colour to the die cuts as I didn’t want a solid appearance, I wanted it to look more textured.  I added a splatter to the background using Heidi Swapp Sea Foam spray and added everything to a panel cut with my most used craft item, Wonky Stitches!!!

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26.05.2016

Avery Elle Summer 2016 Release Blog Hop

 

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Hooray!  It’s time for the brand new Summer 2016 release from Avery Elle!  You should have arrived here from my fun-lovin’ and fabulous friend, Karolyn Loncon‘ s blog.  If not go back to the Avery Elle Blog and start from there!

There are so many amazing new products being released today – I know you’re going to LOVE the hop and seeing the design team’s gorgeous creations.  The product I’m featuring today is one of three new stamp sets I’ve designed for this release along with a fun die set that compliments the theme perfectly.  This is a die collection I’ve been NEEDING in my collection for a long time and I’m so happy to finally have it.  I love all things ocean-related and as you may or may not know have a particular passion for sharks!  Well I have my sharks (Hello Chum) and now I have The Reef.  I was inspired by my love of The Great Barrier reef where I learned to dive and wanted to be able to create some pretty, underwater themed cards for my fellow sea-loving friends.   The dies came from my desire to have a coral/sea-weedy backdrop and these Coral Reef dies give me the ability to layer to my heart’s content!!

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Your next stop on the hop is my gorgeous chum Heather Campbell – she’s sharing one of her amazing new sets today too!

 

Avery Elle / Jamie
Karolyn Loncon
Caryn Davies
Heather Campbell
Yainea
Melania Deasy
Katie Gehring 
Amy Kolling 
Ashley Marcu
Maska Vanacker 

To celebrate our Summer 2016 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, May 29th to enter.  The winner will be announced on the Avery Elle Blog on Monday, May 30th .  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.
  4. Follow us on Pinterest
  5. Become a blog follower through email (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already follow us)
  6. Join our Flickr group (comment on the Avery Elle blog if you already belong)
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26.05.2016

MISTI MAY-NIA! Day 26

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I guess you must all know by now but the AMAZINGLY generous peeps over at My Sweet Petunia (let by the fabulous Iliana) are giving away… wait for it … a FREE MINI MISTI EVERY DAY IN MAY!!!  I am chuffed to be joining in the fun and helping them get the word out about this astonishing tool.  I have 2 MISTI’s and hoping to add the Mini to my collection very soon!  I use it every time I craft and can barely remember how I managed without it  (I like to call those the BM days – Before Misti, lol!!).

The MISTI makes so many things easier when you’re stamping – I love to use it to get the perfect, crisp image or to create multiple images super quick and easy.  Another technique that is so easy when  you have a MISTI is multi-coloured or selective stamping.  I have a couple of cards below using one of my brand new designs from Avery Elle (released and available today!!) called Butterflies.  I stamped the the images in one shade and then inked up the stamps in a darker shade and removed the ink from the middle so it only stamps the darker colour at the edges.  I also was able to achieve the perfect placement of my sentiments (from another amazing brand new set called Big Greetings from Avery Elle) which I double stamped to get a gorgeous, flawless impression (Happy Sigh!!)

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So do you want a chance to win one of these fantastic MISTI stamping tools?!  (What a stupid question, huh?!).  All you need to do is leave a comment BEFORE 1st June 2016 on this post by telling me YOUR FAVOURITE STAMPING TECHNIQUE (embossing, masking, water colouring, Copic colouring etc etc) and then I’ll pick a winner – easy peasy lemon squeezy!

You will need to create an account over at My Sweet Petunia so Iliana can mail your prize. Here’s the list of all the participants so far – check them all out for lots of MISTI inspiration.

May 01 – My Sweet Petunia

May 01 – Ilina Crouse

May 02 – Lydia Fiedler

May 02 – Virginia Lu

May 03 – Jana Millen

May 04 – Carissa Wiley

May 05 – Maureen Wong

May 05 – Simon Hurley

May 06 – Laurel Beard

May 06 – Catherine Pooler

May 07 – Laura Sterckx

May 07- My Favorite Things

May 08- Laura Bassen

May 09 – Jeanne Streiff

May 10 – Lawn Lawn

May 11 – Darlene DeVries

May 12 – Crafters’ Corner

May 13 – Pat Huntoon

May 14 – Sally Lynn MacDonald

May 15 – Avery Elle

May 16 – Simon Says Stamp

May 17 – Altenew

May 18 – Concord & 9th

May 19 – Stephanie Klauck

May 20 – Hero Arts

May 21 – Neat and Tangled

May 21 – Debbie Hughes

May 22- Taheerah Atchia

May 23- Jennifer McGuire

May 23- Kathy Racoosin

May 24- Yana Smakula

May 25- Sandy Allnock

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