Glitter Me Silly

15.03.2018

#GetCrackingOnChristmas – MARCH

Yes it’s the third Thursday of the month again (wait, what?? REALLY?) and that means time for another festive little number to help you along with getting a headstart on your Christmas craft projects. Dreamed up by Jenn Shurkus, Cheiron Brandon and Chari Moss the idea is to create at least one Christmas card a month so that there is slightly less of a panic come Christmas time!! I’m joining in again this month along with the awesome Libby Hickson

For today’s card I pulled out some older supplies and went for a rustic look with lots of kraft and copper glitter card. I used the Splendid Stags dies from Newton’s Nook and added some glitter foliage using the Tim Holtz Mini Greens dies. The background was done using the Simon Says Stamp Gingham Cling background stamp with Kraft pigment ink from Avery Elle. The Joy was die cut using a die set from Avery Elle (Peace Love Joy) which is now retired.

Supplies:

Gingham Background Cling Stamp – Simon Says Stamp

Taylored Expressions – Banner Stacklets 1

Tim Holtz Mini Greens Thinlets

Newtons Nook Splendid Stags Dies

Kraft Pigment Ink Avery Elle

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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

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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.