Glitter Me Silly

29.07.2014

Faux-marquetry with Taylored Expressions.

Hi there. I’m over on the Taylored Expressions blog again today featuring a card I made that showcases how amazing the Taylored Expressions steel dies are. I used the gorgeous Ray Of Sunshine cutting plate and the Tiptoe Through the Tulips dies with some wood veneer sheets. I used two different shades for a lovely, marquetry-style effect. I do love how this came together in the end, if I do say so myself (modest much???)

For all the details on how I made this card please check out the Taylored Expressions Blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Posted By Caryn Davies 1 Comment

28.07.2014

Avery Elle and Perfect paper Crafting Blog Hop.

It’s Perfect Paper Crafting and Avery Elle week! This week the Avery Elle design team is playing with many of Perfect Paper Crafting’s most popular products such as their Perfect Layers tools and their Perfect AirBrush. After visiting here, be sure to check out the Perfect Paper Crafting blog for even more inspiration! Be sure to comment on our blogs throughout to week to be entered to win one of two prizes – a $50 Avery Elle Gift Certificate or a $50 Perfect Paper Crafting Gift Certificate!

I had the great pleasure of playing with the Mini Perfect Layers rulers and I must say – I LOVE them! They are a handy size for card makers to. I used them to create my mats for may card below.

Have you tried the new Avery Elle paper pads too? I used them to paper piece my camera from #Smile – they are such a delight to use and co-ordinate with the ink and card colours too – RESULT!!!

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23.07.2014

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Emboss It!

Hello! It’s Wednesday which means a fab new challenge over at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge blog. The theme of this week’s challenge is EMBOSS IT!

Can’t wait to see all the different ways to use embossing – heating embossing powders, using pastes and texture mediums or good old fashioned dry embossing!

For my card this week I used both heat embossing (for the flower image) and embossing paste (on the chicken wire stencil). I stamped the orchid from Clearly Besotted Stamps Thinking of You in Versamark then heat embossed in WOW! Bright White ep. I coloured the image using distress ink pads as water colours. The chicken wire effect was created using a The Crafters Workshop stencil and Dreamweaver embossing paste in white.

And as always, the AMAZINGLY generous peeps at Simon Says Stamp always love to reward your efforts with an awesome $50 gift voucher for one one lucky, randomly drawn participant! Yay!!