19.11.2024

Jolly Santa in Red

I’m so in the Christmas groove I can’t handle it!! And there are no two stamps sets that make a more festive combo than the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous sets – Jolly Santa and Perfect Plaids.

I started with a green card base and took some red card stock and stamped one of the plaid stamps in black. I die cut this using the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles and adhered it to the card. I also stamped the border image and adhered that along the edge.

I used a couple of different green cardstocks and die cut a variety of sprigs from the Large Funky Festive die set by Tim Holtz Sizzix and arranged them behind the big Santa image which was stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and coloured with Distress Watercolour Pencils.

Thanks for stopping by xxx

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13.11.2024

Simon Says … Give Thanks

I’m OVER.THE.MOON to report that I’m back again over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Design Team! It’s been a hot minute but I’m so happy to be designing again with some amazing and talented girls and to play with the wonderful products available over in the Simon world! Thanks Heidi, Lorraine and all the peeps at Simon Says Stamp for the lovely warm welcome back!

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So let’s get to business and let you know about this week’s Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. 

This week the challenge is …

Thanks/Thanksgiving

We are showcasing CZ Designs 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.

I didn’t get a chance to pick up any CZ Designs products in time for this week so I’ve used what I had in my stash!

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circles Dies

Simon Says Stamp Woodplank Background

Sizzix Tim Holtz Garden Green Thinlets

Avery Elle More Modern Tags

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

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Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too.

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

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02.11.2023

Avery Elle Winter 2023 Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Avery Elle Winter 2023 new release blog hop.

I am THRILLED to be introducing a new stamp and die collection that I created for this release called CHAR-CUTE-RIE! I had so much fun designing this set and can’t wait to share what I did with it.

The dies in this set include lots of little items you’d find on a sweet or savoury charcuterie board. I have hosted and been been to a few “bring a board” parties which are all the trend at the moment so if you’re planning one then this set is just the one for you!

First up is a card with a tasty platter of savoury goodies! I wanted most of them to have some dimension to them so I added some white card to a sheet of double sided adhesive foam and die cut each item. I then coloured them individually with Copic markers. I didn’t add foam to the cheese slices to keep them thinner.

I created the board by adding some wood veneer paper I had in my stash to double sided adhesive foam sheets and then die cut using the heart die from the set. I arranged the snacks on the board and when I was happy, removed the backing from the foam and adhered everything in place.

I kept the rest of the card simple by cutting a panel using the Rounded Pierced Rectangle dies and added a punny sentiment in brown ink.

Next up are a couple of the cutest magnets ever! I love how these turned out but now I need to make a ton more because all my kids (all 5 of them) want one

As above I added the stamped and die cut boards to some double sided foam sheets. I then die cut some thin magnetic sheets and adhered them to the stamped die cut boards. As above I die cut everything from foam backed white card and coloured them all using Copics. For the sweet version I added some sugar (Rock Candy Glitter) and glaze (Glossy Accents)to some of the goodies for extra dimension! The crackers on the savoury board and the shortbread biscuits on the sweet board are the same die but with added “sugar”!

I hope you love these as much as I do!! These would be great little gifts for make sweet tags to gift with a bottle of wine or foodie gifts – theres so much you could do!

Supplies:

Char-Cute-Rie Clear Stamps

Char-Cute-Rie Elle-ments

Pierced Rounded Frames Elle-ments

The next stop on the hop is Heather Campbell but if you want to head back to the start, then here’s the full line up!

Avery Elle
Caryn Davies
Heather Campbell
Yainea
Melania Deasy
Amy Kolling 
Ashley Marcu

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