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05.03.2018

Avery Elle … Mermaids

Hey, I’m over on the Avery Elle Blog today kicking off a week of inspiration with a (slightly sinister) creation featuring the Mermaids clear stamps and Elle-ments. My wicked streak couldn’t help but pair this cute, sweet-faced little mermaid with one of the hungry sharks from Hello Chum! I don’t think she realises what’s about to happen but I’m definitely humming the JAWS theme right now!

I stamped and coloured the images with Copics and added some bling to the mermaid with Diamond Glaze and Avery Elle glitter on her hair. To build my scene I used the Burst dies to create a window using wood-effect cardstock and added some blue vellum behind it so it gives the effect of looking through water. I stamped a few images from Hello Chum (waves and fishes) onto the vellum and then adhered the shark slightly off-centre. I die-cut some coral using the Coral Reef Elle-ments and made a small banner for the “Let’s Do Lunch” sentiment.

Supplies used:

Mermaids Clear Stamps

Mermaids Elle-ments

Hello Chum Clear Stamps

Hello Chum Elle-ments

Burst Elle-ments

Corral Reef Elle-ments

Thanks for stopping by x

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19.02.2018

Avery Elle … Toucan Party

Hello, here with a couple of cards I’ve made using the gorgeous Toucan Party Clear Stamps and dies from Avery Elle. This is such a cool set to play with and is perfect for all kinds of occasions.

I stamped all the images out using New Moon dye ink (I stamped extras of the foliage images so I’d have enough for the two cards) and coloured them all with Copics before die-cutting them.

I used an orange card base and cut a mat using the Pierced Mats Elle-ments. I layered my images using foam adhesive and finished by adding a good coating of Diamond Glaze (my favourite new/old thing to do!)

The second card uses a technique to get even more from your dies – by creating a stencil! I made a stencil (using the Chevron Mat die) from card but you could easily use acetate so you can re-use it again and again. I taped the stencil down over a piece of green card (die cut using the Double Pierced Rectangles Elle-ments) and then used a spatula to spread the texture paste onto the card.

Once this had dried I added my coloured images and finished it off with a sentiment from the Banner Bits stamp set and die collection.

Supplies Used:

Toucan Party Clear Stamps

Toucan Party Elle-ments

Chevron Mat Elle-ments

Pierced Mat Elle-ments

Banner Bits Clear Stamps

Banner Bits Elle-ments

Double Pierced Rectangles

New Moon Dye Ink

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15.02.2018

Get Cracking On Christmas

Christmas is my favourite occasion to create cards for – by a long shot. I LOVE it – I love everything about the festive season. That’s why I was a bit disappointed with myself for only managing to make 14 cards to send out this year rather than the usual 100 or so I make each year. I’m not sure what happened – I guess I just ran out of time! Anyhoo, I was perusing Instagram and saw that three of my crafting chums, Jenn Shurkus, Chari Moss and Cheiron Brandon had decided to challenge each other to create a Christmas card every month for the next 12 months (I’ve missed January obviously) so that they have a chance to build up some cards before the big panic in November! I thought this was exactly what I needed to give me the inspiration to get going early so I’ve jumped on the train and am joining in too! So every THIRD THURSDAY of the month we’ll be sharing some festive inspiration – just what we all need I think!

#getcrackingonchristmas

I have so many Christmas stamps that I’ve never had a chance to use so this is great for getting them dusted off and given some love! Here’s what I’ve come up with this month. All stamps and dies are from Concord and 9th. I loved their holiday release last year but this is the first time I’ve used any of it!