18.05.2015

Avery Elle – Furry Friends

Hello – I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog today with a card I made for my neighbours who recently added the CUTEST puppy to their family.  She’s a Labradoodle called Amber and although she’s getting a bit fluffier as the weeks go by, this cute little dog from Furry Friends is a close representation of her.  I coloured her with Copics (she’s not quite that orange in real life but artistic license and all that!!) and used the Custom Panels dies to create a curved edge to my card base.  I then cut her name using the Avery’s Alpha’s Dies and placed some orange cardstock behind it to create the full card base.  I stamped the “Welcome to the neighborhood” sentiment from Home Sweet Home in a curve and finished off with a few paw prints here and there.

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Of course the downside to any new puppy activity is the inevitable “mum can we get a dog … mum can we get a dog …..mum can we get a dog….”  you know how that goes!  Sadly the answer is always no (we work all day and go away quite a bit) so it wouldn’t be fair.  It is very tempting though!


13.05.2015

Simon Says … inspiration colour swatch

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Let’s Get Sentimental Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

INSPIRATION COLOR SWATCH

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Isn’t this ‘Sweet Treats’ Color Combination lovely !  Thank you Jenn for creating this awesome color swatch, those cupcakes sure do look yummy !  You can choose one or more colors from the swatch, they don’t have to be Simon’s Brand, but please try to get a close match.

We are showcasing our very own SIMON SAYS STAMP EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTS this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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I LOVE this colour combo and it goes perfectly with the Sweet Treats line from Simon Says Stamp.  I stamped the Artful Flowers using ink pads from the Sweet Treats release (Doll Pink, Mint, Cotton Candy and Audrey Blue) and then fussy cut them out.  The frame was created using the Stitched Rectangles dies and the sentiment is from Hand Lettered stamp set.  The middle of the flowers are highlighted with a white gel pen and the sentiment is embossed in white also.
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I hope you’re having a great day wherever you are.
So now it’s YOUR turn.  Happy Crafting
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11.05.2015

Avery Elle – Numbered Balloons

Hey there, I’m on the Avery Elle blog today with a card I created for my friend who recently celebrated her 40th birthday.  I am loving the look of black white and gold right now so I took the “40” balloons and die cut them before heating them in gold embossing powder.  I then stamped the greeting from the same set in gold and mounted them onto a panel cut with the smaller of the frames from Finished Frames.  I took a sheet of patterned paper from the Neutral Collection and finished with a sprinkling of sequins.

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Thanks for stopping by.